Well, lets tell the complete story: I live in Venezuela and we only have 2 years for warranty, I'still have it for 10K kms more, but I have problems with them finding parts: I have more than 3 months waiting for the Glass channel for the right door window, because they import them for production and not for replacement. Waiting for this console, I can see it taking a lot more.
Erick
Waiting 3 months for something as simple as a window glass channel is unbelievable. What happens when something that makes the car undriveable breaks? Do you just have a un-driveable car for 3 months.
Well to make a story short: almost 2 years ago, I had a rollover in the highway with a Land Cruiser Prado (a car had it's stearing broken while driving by my side) and just touched my left rear wheel. The truck spent 11 months and 25 days in the shop because every time they fixed something there was something missing. I don't blame toyota. I blame the governmen we have, since there are restrictions for international currency operations, you need government authorizations and a lot of crap in the middle.
In the end, that's why I chose my Corolla with the 1ZZ-FE Engine instead of the 1.6 (3ZZ-FE) since if something really bad happens to an engine part, I can really find it from the US. But for example, the brakes are not the same. My corolla has 4 wheel disc-brakes, and the pads from the XRS for example are not compatible. Even the rims are different, the Corollas here come with 4 bolts, instead of 5.
Each time I see so many diferences, makes me think if Toyota is some times Dumb, because it would be easier to have more common parts as possible.