Buying a 2019 Gen4 w damaged body strut - concern?

Discussion in 'Gen 4 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by PaulyG, Jun 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM.

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    Close to buying a Gen4 Limited (refresh/ facelift) but the garage check shows damage to a front right piece of the chassis/core. Its clearly hit something a while ago, and gotten bent back, but still looks intact/ strong (AZ car, no rust or corrosion) Seems to be an older event, and I suspect current owner has been driving w it like that for a good while.

    I will negotiate a price to take it into account, but: is this a deal breaker or easy fix, or don't worry about it?
    Needs new front floor pans of course, but thats kinda easy.




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    anything on the carfax?
     
    #3 bisco, Jun 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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    Nope. Carfax is clean other than some hail damage repair to the hood last year.
    Thanks for suggesting checking tho!
     
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    don't worry about it

    Prius is a low clearance vehicle. You're going to hit things on the highway. Wife hit a piece of metal that scared the sh*t out of her. She only saw it in her rear view after running over it. Resulted in the hood latch misalignment such that it won't release normally anymore. It stays securely closed, but won't release completely with the control inside the car. It unlatches, but doesn't "spring up" anymore.
     
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