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I’m using Toyota last 30 year , and Toyota Prius since
I’m using Toyota last 30 year , and Toyota Prius since 2012 . Face lot of problems regarding head light and back light and had replaced more than 50 bulbs. I am extremely unsatisfied.
- Comfort 3.0
- Interior 3.0
- Performance 4.0
- Value 2.0
- Exterior 2.0
- Reliability 4.0
- Purchased a New car
- Used for Commuting
- Does not recommend this car
Great car until weakest links start to fail
Upto 150k mls I never had a problem, except for the VERY tiny falsely advertised all-electric range as a Plug-in. I thought I was getting a car with 60 mile range, but had to acknowledge the salesman did mumble "12-15" miles in one part of our purchase. It never got 15 miles, held 12 miles for a week or two, then 10 miles for another week and stayed at about 9 miles range per charge ever since. The ABS light popped on one day and I suddenly only had less than half braking power! a quick replacement of 1 of 2 ABS pieces fixed the problem @$600 for the part(!!!) so the brakes work again but the light won't turn off unless both pieces are replaced, requiring another $600 part plus labor (grr). Next, when the gas engine is engaged the car hesitates and shakes when starting from a stop until some pressure line clears out (after slowly moving 500-1000 feet). If I open the hood and pop off the overflow bottle cap it relieves the pressure and the car will run normal until pressure builds again. Very dangerous if taking a turn at a light in traffic as the car will NOT stop sputtering until the line is cleared. I'm told it will require the equivalent of a very expensive head-gasket replacement to stop the pressure buildup, whereas common sense says a $3 pressure release cap for the bottle should work. But, Toyota won't acknowledge any fault of their own...Not sure I want to invest anymore as there is no replacement extended range battery for this car right now, and the battery is bound to go soon, too! Averaged 48 mpg, but $10,000 extra plug-in 12 mile range was not worth it-unless it got 50-60 mile range .
- Comfort 3.0
- Interior 3.0
- Performance 4.0
- Value 4.0
- Exterior 4.0
- Reliability 4.0
- Purchased a New car
- Used for Transporting family
- Does not recommend this car
Prius is the best car to own
This car was purchased as a gift for my son to use to travel to his job out of town. He has a lease and I didn’t want him to rack up miles on his other car/lease. As a previous Prius owner, I know he would love another Prius to use daily. After this reliable vehicle is paid off, I plan to buy one for my other son and then a new one for myself! We love the hybrids in our family!
- Comfort 5.0
- Interior 5.0
- Performance 5.0
- Value 5.0
- Exterior 5.0
- Reliability 5.0
- Purchased a Used car
- Used for Commuting
- Does recommend this car