by cwerdna (Posted Fri, 05 Jul 2013 23:34:46 GMT)
Maybe you live somewhere hot like FL, TX, AZ, CA?
Me I live on the edge of a rainforest so I don't have to worry about battery packs for a Prius at all, and I have to worry about the battery on a leaf less than others.
The catch is I can't ignore the battery pack on a leaf because they are shipping them all over the country to resell them after someone in a hot state gets Nissan or a car dealer to buy it back or accept it as a trade in vehicle.
Yep, I suspect Desertstraw lives in a hot climate and/or had a Gen 1 Prius (I wouldn't recommend anyone buy one of those used). In CA (and CARB states, more added over the years) the 04+ Priuses have a 10 year/150K mile HV battery warranty. Yes, there seems to be a correlation between early HV battery failure and hot climates and/or hills.
People have taken Priues to very high mileage w/o major trouble: http://prius.wikia.com/wiki/Lifespan/Operating_costs, but yes, there are a few expensive bits that could fail like the HV battery, power split device (rare), or brake actuator (rare).
2 fas 4 u put 465K miles on his 09 Prius before trading it in for an '12 Prius v wagon. I know he eventually had high oil consumption and his combination meter (speedometer, odometer, etc.) had a known problem, which Ingineer fixed for him. Toyota later extended the warranty on this, but it was too late for him. Other than that, I don't recall him having any other significant trouble.
He now is past 201K miles on his '12 Prius v wagon (http://priuschat.com/threads/prius-v-10 ... st-1825552) that he got in January 2012 (http://priuschat.com/threads/299-999-mi ... st-1457248).
dhanson865 wrote:
Desertstraw wrote:
Lots of luck on driving a Prius another 100,000 miles with no major repairs, I needed a new battery pack at 110k. I also got stuck with about $2k because of the check engine light. Even with the help of "Toyota engineers" they couldn't diagnose the problem and just kept on replacing things until the light went out. The Prius is good for the 100k mile warranty, after that you are at the mercy of Toyota dealers.
Maybe you live somewhere hot like FL, TX, AZ, CA?
Me I live on the edge of a rainforest so I don't have to worry about battery packs for a Prius at all, and I have to worry about the battery on a leaf less than others.
The catch is I can't ignore the battery pack on a leaf because they are shipping them all over the country to resell them after someone in a hot state gets Nissan or a car dealer to buy it back or accept it as a trade in vehicle.
Yep, I suspect Desertstraw lives in a hot climate and/or had a Gen 1 Prius (I wouldn't recommend anyone buy one of those used). In CA (and CARB states, more added over the years) the 04+ Priuses have a 10 year/150K mile HV battery warranty. Yes, there seems to be a correlation between early HV battery failure and hot climates and/or hills.
People have taken Priues to very high mileage w/o major trouble: http://prius.wikia.com/wiki/Lifespan/Operating_costs, but yes, there are a few expensive bits that could fail like the HV battery, power split device (rare), or brake actuator (rare).
2 fas 4 u put 465K miles on his 09 Prius before trading it in for an '12 Prius v wagon. I know he eventually had high oil consumption and his combination meter (speedometer, odometer, etc.) had a known problem, which Ingineer fixed for him. Toyota later extended the warranty on this, but it was too late for him. Other than that, I don't recall him having any other significant trouble.
He now is past 201K miles on his '12 Prius v wagon (http://priuschat.com/threads/prius-v-10 ... st-1825552) that he got in January 2012 (http://priuschat.com/threads/299-999-mi ... st-1457248).