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If you want to buy a cheap short-term car, don’t buy a Toyota. You want a fairly reliable car from a company that people don’t think is reliable....
As I understand it, the Prolong system is supposed to maintain batteries longer. I’m not sure how well it will work if your battery is already bad.
The phrase “new traction battery” gives me pause. Unless the “new” traction battery was purchased directly from Toyota, there’s a good chance it’s...
The catalytic converter on my Prius has been stolen twice now in the span of 3 months. I’m going to be getting one of those theft prevention...
52? There are only 50 states. Where are you getting the other 2?
I would also agree that the failure rate likely increases with age, and probably increases exponentially at some point. So if you keep a Prius...
From data I aggregated from individual user reports on True Delta and Prius Chat, as well as percentages on Consumer Reports. All told, I looked...
Far from it. In practice, from what I’ve been able to find, roughly 3% of original hybrid batteries have failed in the life of the car. Sure, the...
If you replaced the hybrid battery with a used one, the used battery might be nearing its end
Never owned a new car, but the cars I buy keep getting more expensive After free cars handed down from relatives, the first car I spent real money...
@AngelAcct Fuelly is a website that keeps track of fuel efficiency. You have to put in the information for each fuel up, it’s not automatic. The...
And don’t forget the folks who mix up quiet (silent) and quite (very).
Average miles per gallon in gen 2 Prii are 42-44 mpg, according to Fuelly. Mine gets roughly 45 mpg.
Just in case the original poster does come back, an “8/100” warranty means the hybrid traction battery is warranted to be free of material defects...
I paid $8k for my 2009 three years ago. It had 105k miles then and has 143k now. I could probably get $6k for it today if I really wanted, but I...
In my area, the lowest-priced local 2008-2009 Prius is a 2009 model with 160,000 miles for $6000.
The last year of gen 2 (2009) and gen 3 (2015) seem to be the most reliable Prius models to get, in comparison to other years in each generation....
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Driving style, distance, and location all play into fuel efficiency, and don’t forget how the fuel bladder will expand or contract differently on...
The original poster’s battery very well may be going bad, but there are also more situations than the ones you describe in which the battery will...
