A switch and a water pump on a 5 year old car isn't a big deal really. When I bought a similarly aged Ford Galaxy it need a new heated windscreen, a new rear seat belt, it needed a replacement heater for the rear zone, the aircon had just been completely rebuilt (compressor etc), the ARB drop links needed replacing, and probably some other stuff I can't remember.
A four year old Mazda 6 I bought needed a new water pump. Thinking about it, the Mazda and my current Laguna are both chain cam engines, so perhaps I need to start thinking about the water pump on this type of engine as being a servicable part, just like on cambelt engines. Anyone else had the same with chain cam engines?
Son's Yaris 1.0 chain driven has just ticked over 130k miles - 11 years old. Original waterpump (and battery)
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