2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.33 Dual VVT-i: which engine is more reliable?
According to our risk index, the 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 carries less risk than the 1.33 Dual VVT-i: 14/100 (low risk) versus 54/100 (high risk). The 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 has no documented serious faults; the 1.33 Dual VVT-i has 1 documented serious fault, the main one being «Excessive oil consumption from piston wear».
The index (0–100) weights the severity and frequency of the three most serious documented faults. How it is calculated
Is the 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 reliable?
The EW10 (2.0) and EW12 (2.2) are naturally aspirated 16-valve petrol engines with a timing belt, which PSA fitted between 1999 and 2010 to the 206, 307, 406, 407, 607, 807, C4, C5 and C8, among others. According to owners there are no frequent internal failures: the most-cited problems are the ignition coils (the only fault also reported by the press), the exhaust and, on the 2.2, oil consumption.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
See the of the 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 faultIs the 1.33 Dual VVT-i reliable?
Yes, with caveats: the 1.33 Dual VVT-i (1NR-FE) is a simple naturally aspirated engine, with no turbo or DPF, and a timing chain. Units built before 2013 carry a factory defect in the pistons, acknowledged by Toyota in a technical bulletin, that sends oil consumption soaring and can end in engine replacement; Toyota corrected it from 2013. We found no specific pattern of water pump or sensor faults; keep an eye on the clutch, manual or with the MMT gearbox.[9][10][11]
See the 3 of the 1.33 Dual VVT-i faultsSide-by-side comparison
| Item | 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 | 1.33 Dual VVT-i |
|---|---|---|
| Technical data | ||
| Type | Engine | Engine |
| Fuel | Petrol | Petrol |
| Displacement | — | 1,329 cm³ |
| Timing | Timing belt (dry) | Chain |
| Power | 135–177 hp | 97–105 hp |
| Production | 1999–2010[1][3][12][13] | since 2008[9][14][15] |
| Reliability | ||
| Risk index (what is it?) | 14Low risk | 54High risk |
| Documented faults | 1 | 3 |
| Of high or critical severity | 0 | 1 |
| Worst severity | Medium severity | Critical severity |
| Main faults |
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| Most expensive documented repair | No reliable data | No reliable data |
| Which versions to buy | ||
| BuyRecommended versions |
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| With cautionVersions to be cautious about |
| |
| AvoidVersions to avoid | None | None |
Severity of each fault: green, low; amber, medium; red, high; dark red, critical. How we rate them
Cars that each one is fitted to
2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12
See the 13 models with the 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12Other comparisons
With the 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.2 PureTech
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.0 PureTech
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.2 and 1.4 TSI
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.0 TSI / 1.5 TSI
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.2 TCe
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.0 EcoBoost
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.3 TCe
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.6 EcoBoost
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 2.0 TSI / TFSI
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs Audi 3.0 TFSI V6
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs BMW B38 / B37
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs BMW B48 / B38
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs BMW B58
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs BMW M54
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs BMW N13
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs BMW N20
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs BMW N43/N46
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs BMW N52 / N53
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs BMW N54/N55
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs BMW N62 / N63
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.2 8v Fire
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.4 T-Jet
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.0 T3 and 1.3 T4 FireFly Turbo
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 0.9 TwinAir and 1.0/1.3 FireFly
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.5 EcoBoost
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.25/1.4/1.6 Ti-VCT
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.2 / 1.4 / 1.8 i-VTEC
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.0 / 1.5 VTEC Turbo
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 2.0 / 2.4 i-VTEC
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs Honda e:HEV / i-MMD
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs Honda IMA híbrido
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.0 T-GDI
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.6 GDI / T-GDI
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.6 GDi híbrido (Kappa)
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.0 / 1.25 MPi
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs Smartstream 1.6 T-GDi
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 2.0 / 2.4 GDI and T-GDI (Theta II)
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 2.0 and 3.0 Ingenium gasolina
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 2.3 MZR DISI Turbo
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs MZR gasolina
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs Skyactiv-G
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs M111
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs M112 / M113
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs M264/M254
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs M260
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs M271
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs M272/M273
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs M270/M274
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.5 VTi-TECH / T-GDI
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs MIVEC gasolina
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs Mitsubishi PHEV
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.6 DIG-T
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.5 VC-Turbo e-Power
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.2 HR12DE and 1.2 DIG-S (HR12DDR)
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 2.0 MR20DE / 2.5 QR25DE
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.6 16v HR16DE / H4M
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.0/1.2/1.4 Ecotec
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.4 Turbo
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.6 and 1.8 Ecotec 16v
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs Porsche V8 and V6 (Cayenne and Panamera)
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.4 and 1.6 TU3/TU5
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.4/1.6 VTi
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.6 THP
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 0.9 TCe
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.0 SCe (B4D)
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.0 TCe / SCe
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.4 and 1.6 8v
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.2 16v
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs E-Tech Híbrido
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 2.0 16v F4R and F4RT
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.4 and 1.6 16v
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs Rover K-Series
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.0 and 1.4 Boosterjet
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.2 Dualjet and 1.2 VVT
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.5 K15B (Jimny)
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.3, 1.5 and 1.6 gasolina (serie M)
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.0 VVT-i
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.2 Turbo
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.4, 1.6 and 1.8 VVT-i
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.5 Hybrid
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.6 Dual VVT-i
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.8 Hybrid
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 2.0 and 2.4 VVT-i
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 2.0 and 2.5 Hybrid
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs Volvo 5 cilindros gasolina
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs Drive-E gasolina
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.0 MPI
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.2 12V
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.4 16v and 1.6 MPI/FSI
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 1.8 T 20v
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs 2.0 FSI
- 2.0 and 2.2 16v EW10/EW12 vs VW 2.0 TFSI EA113
With the 1.33 Dual VVT-i
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.2 PureTech
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.0 PureTech
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.2 and 1.4 TSI
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.0 TSI / 1.5 TSI
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.2 TCe
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.0 EcoBoost
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.3 TCe
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.6 EcoBoost
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 2.0 TSI / TFSI
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs Audi 3.0 TFSI V6
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs BMW B38 / B37
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs BMW B48 / B38
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs BMW B58
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs BMW M54
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs BMW N13
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs BMW N20
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs BMW N43/N46
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs BMW N52 / N53
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs BMW N54/N55
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs BMW N62 / N63
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.2 8v Fire
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.4 T-Jet
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.0 T3 and 1.3 T4 FireFly Turbo
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 0.9 TwinAir and 1.0/1.3 FireFly
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.5 EcoBoost
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.25/1.4/1.6 Ti-VCT
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.2 / 1.4 / 1.8 i-VTEC
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.0 / 1.5 VTEC Turbo
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 2.0 / 2.4 i-VTEC
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs Honda e:HEV / i-MMD
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs Honda IMA híbrido
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.0 T-GDI
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.6 GDI / T-GDI
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.6 GDi híbrido (Kappa)
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.0 / 1.25 MPi
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs Smartstream 1.6 T-GDi
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 2.0 / 2.4 GDI and T-GDI (Theta II)
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 2.0 and 3.0 Ingenium gasolina
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 2.3 MZR DISI Turbo
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs MZR gasolina
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs Skyactiv-G
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs M111
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs M112 / M113
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs M264/M254
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs M260
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs M271
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs M272/M273
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs M270/M274
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.5 VTi-TECH / T-GDI
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs MIVEC gasolina
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs Mitsubishi PHEV
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.6 DIG-T
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.5 VC-Turbo e-Power
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.2 HR12DE and 1.2 DIG-S (HR12DDR)
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 2.0 MR20DE / 2.5 QR25DE
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.6 16v HR16DE / H4M
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.0/1.2/1.4 Ecotec
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.4 Turbo
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.6 and 1.8 Ecotec 16v
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs Porsche V8 and V6 (Cayenne and Panamera)
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.4 and 1.6 TU3/TU5
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.4/1.6 VTi
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.6 THP
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 0.9 TCe
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.0 SCe (B4D)
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.0 TCe / SCe
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.4 and 1.6 8v
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.2 16v
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs E-Tech Híbrido
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 2.0 16v F4R and F4RT
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.4 and 1.6 16v
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs Rover K-Series
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.0 and 1.4 Boosterjet
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.2 Dualjet and 1.2 VVT
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.5 K15B (Jimny)
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.3, 1.5 and 1.6 gasolina (serie M)
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.0 VVT-i
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.2 Turbo
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.4, 1.6 and 1.8 VVT-i
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.5 Hybrid
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.6 Dual VVT-i
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.8 Hybrid
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 2.0 and 2.4 VVT-i
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 2.0 and 2.5 Hybrid
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs Volvo 5 cilindros gasolina
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs Drive-E gasolina
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.0 MPI
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.2 12V
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.4 16v and 1.6 MPI/FSI
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 1.8 T 20v
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs 2.0 FSI
- 1.33 Dual VVT-i vs VW 2.0 TFSI EA113
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