New Prius Owner!

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Main Forum' started by Tosif Sailar, Mar 30, 2026 at 8:36 AM.

  1. Tosif Sailar

    Tosif Sailar New Member

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    Hi all hope everyone is in the best of health. Firstly I would like to apologize if I am posting in the wrong place.

    I have recently got my self a prius which I think has a decent spec which consists off

    PANROOF
    Solar roof
    LEATHER seats
    Led headlights
    And I think auto park

    A few niggles I have are the seat belt chime
    And knowing which headlights I have and can the bulbs in them be changed.

    Usually a bmw guy so I'd know my way around them haha.

    A picture or 2 for insight

    Many thanks
     

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  2. bisco

    bisco cookie crumbler

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    congrats and welcome!
    looks like a beauty, how many miles on her?
    all the best!
     
  3. rjparker

    rjparker Tu Humilde Sirviente

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    If this was a US spec gen3 Prius it would be a model 1229 highest spec as seen by the options only it has.

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    As a UK 2011 Prius it may be different including a heads up display (windshield?) which US versions did not have to my knowledge.

    The LED headlights have a non-replaceable LED low beam and a separate replaceable halogen high beam.

    It is certainly no BMW and gen3 "niggles" can be significant. Hopefully yours has already had the major repairs.

    It seems we hear about very few head gasket issues with European versions. Probably your oil change interval is 5k miles or less.

    It would be interesting to know if it has an egr system. Some overseas versions do not.

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  4. Tosif Sailar

    Tosif Sailar New Member

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    Hi all, thanks for the warm welcome. Yes it has head up display too. Miles are on 209k full service history from Toyota stored online with a paper copy. Runs and drives flawlessly and also has egr system with no current faults. My only annoyance is the bloody seat belt beep which shouts at you haha. Really need to find a way to get rid of that.