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Toyota C59

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Toyota C59 is a manual gearbox from Toyota. The Society has 3 vehicles on file with it, 3 with a source we opened and 0 still leads.

Pontiac

VehicleYearsShift patternGearbox sourceMembers
Pontiac Vibe 1st gen (Toyota Matrix twin)
1.8L 5-speed manual (US)
[1]
Applies to: 1.8L 1ZZ-FE 5-speed
20035 speed, reverse bottom rightCorroborated
Pontiac Vibe
5-speed manual (US)
[2]
Applies to: 1.8L 1ZZ-FE 5-speed
MY20035 speed, reverse bottom rightCorroborated

Toyota

VehicleYearsShift patternGearbox sourceMembers
Toyota Corolla E110
5-speed (US)
[3]
Applies to: 1.8L 1ZZ-FE 5-speed
19995 speed, reverse bottom rightCorroborated

Research notes

Caveats and conflicts (2)
  • GT 2ZZ-GE had a 6-speed C60, not covered here.
  • Early US E110 could be a different sub-code; not checked.

References

  1. Retailer. USA Standard Gear C56/C59 kit lists 2003-2010 Pontiac Vibe, transmission code C59; Wikipedia 1st-gen Vibe infobox says 5-speed C59. [link]
  2. Retailer. USA Standard Gear C56/C59 kit lists 2003-2010 Pontiac Vibe, transmission code C59; Wikipedia 1st-gen Vibe infobox says 5-speed C59. [link]
  3. Retailer. USA Standard Gear C56/C59 kit lists 1998-2013 Corolla, transmission code C59. [link]
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