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What Toyota Doesn’t Want You to Know About the Prius

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#1 ·
When the Toyota Prius was introduced to the market, its hybrid technology was nothing consumers had ever experienced before. Its compact styling and incredible fuel efficiency made it the perfect answer to rising fuel costs. Shortly after its introduction, the Toyota Prius found itself with increasing amounts of competition from manufacturers like Honda and Ford Motor Company. Although it seems to be the ideal answer to growing environmental concerns, there have been recent rashes of Toyota Prius problems that have left consumers weary of purchasing this green machine. The Prius is not alone though, as suspected from the moment they started to gain popularity, there are quite a few hybrid car problems facing consumers.

Top Toyota Prius Problems

While some model years have encountered issues involving the car’s battery and head lamps, the most concerning Toyota Prius problem revolves around the most recent recall. In 2010, amidst Toyota’s plight with many models experiencing acceleration issues, the Prius was recalled for potential software problems that interfered with the vehicle’s anti-lock braking system.

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#3 ·
I used to use the local car-share co-op (hourly rental), and would often get stuck in one of their Priuses. The brakes in those cars are fricking awful. I understand they have a regen system, but the feel is terrible and you really don't get the confidence that you could make an emergency stop if needed.

(And despite whatever greenie halo the Prius has, the other coop customers always reserved the other cars first. I guess the people who own these things really don't know any better?)
 
#4 ·
Stupid article. How is it that TM '...doesn't want you to know...'? The cited 'issues' were publicly announced and solved two and three years ago. How is this news today? Did you have a Rip Van Winkle sleep?

And That's it? 115K 2010 vehicles had a software adjustment and 600K Gen2 vehicles had a water pump recall to avoid problems. Sounds like customer service to me.

BTW did you write this article on another site and cross post it here :eek:.

But if you want real issues.... I did have to replace my hybrid battery on my Gen 2. Yep it failed. Yep you told me it would. At just under 250,000 miles it simply said that it was time to return to the Mother Ship. I got a new one sent from the Mother Ship and installed, and now I'm good for another 200K plus with a brand new full warranty. Total cost OTD was just under $2500. Now you have a real actual data point for the question everyone asks.... 'What does it cost to replace one of those when they fail?'

Thus far in just under 250K miles I've saved ( based on avg of $3.50/gal )...
~$8700 over an I4 midsizer
~$16400 over a V6 midsizer
~$25000 over a V6 crossover
.... that's after-tax money still in my bank account not in some oil company's treasury.

Obviously I'd do it again in a heartbeat.