Price is good but it does have really high miles.... Is it as simple as ordering this part (2004-2009 Toyota Prius Steering Rack - Steering - A1 Cardone 04-09 Prius Steering Rack - 18054-09002950 - PartsGeek) which is $129 and a few hours of labor? Anyways, the ad is email only and I'm sure he or she has 10-15 emails so the odds of me getting it are slim.
"No steering" is an awfully vague description. Have you seen and sat in this car to be able to say anything specific about the steering? Taken literally, "no steering" would suggest you'll need to pick up a steering wheel, air bag, spiral cable, upper and lower columns, torque sensor, ECU, assist motor, gearbox, and a coupl'a tie rods. -Chap
Well, they responded and said a guy is coming with a "deposit" paying well over the asking price.... He has it up for $1000 or best offer or it's being donated...It is clean and requires (my guess) $300 to regain steering.... LOL...Miles are 230k but if I didn't have all this competition he definitely would have taken 7 or 800. I responded back "$1600 today" just to see where it goes
UPDATE: Seller raised price to $1800 or best offer and has someone coming tomorrow for $1700....If they don't agree on price then I am next in line...I'm thinking $1300-$1500 is fair considering miles but my email comment was $1600. 1) How many hours for the $130 steering rack? I am anticipating maybe 3 hours max....Not like a 10 hour $700 job...Please someone comment on this point!!! 2) Apparently the clock spring controls steering wheel buttons and horn....And kicks the airbag light on....I will skip repairing this unless it is right there when changing the rack. HE WAS QUOTED OVER $3000 FROM STEALERSHIP...I am anticipating $130 for rack and maybe another $200 tops for labor to put in...So around $300 tops....In case it gets to me tomorrow then Is this about right?
Have you inspected the car yourself to be sure what "no steering" means? You could be in the ballpark, or you could be low by hundreds. As to the labor for rack replacement, best bet is to sign in at techinfo.toyota.com and look over the procedure in the repair manual. I believe (don't take my word for it, I've only had a Gen 1 and Gen 3) the steering gear is mounted on the subframe, which may need to be lowered for access. If you need a shaft, you may need the torque sensor and motor to go on the shaft (or to swap those parts over), for which you may also need the repair manual for any subtleties in the procedure that you might not just guess. With a bad clockspring, you may have no horn, and if the airbag light is on, probably no airbag protection in a crash. -Chap
I'm wondering if dealership quoting the steering shaft is just because that is what they do? And if just the steering rack would fix problem?
Another problem is when I look up power steering failure on the gen 2 I am getting a lot of posts about just having to reset the PS code and/or changing the power steering module on the dash....But it would be hard to believe that a dealership would totally mess up the diagnosis...
You need to see the car and really find out what happened with the steering, and why they decided the parts they quoted are necessary. If you can't get there to see it, then have a detailed conversation with them about the history of the car. Why are you so sure it would be the rack as opposed to any of the other parts in the system? Do you have a rack already, so you're wishing for it to be the problem? Well, slow down a sec and notice you just wrote "power steering failure", while the earlier posts suggested something more like collision damage to the steering gearbox, tie rods, shaft, etc. (And even if the issue were "power steering failure", there are still different possible reasons for that, calling for different fixes. And resetting the code is about as much of a fix as turning up the radio to fix a noisy bearing.) Doesn't it stand to reason that what's needed to fix the problem depends on what the problem is? It doesn't sound like you know what it is yet. -Chap
Someone owning a car that considers steering as non important enough to get fixed is a pretty big red flag.
That is yours? If so, not bad. Funny thing is that I have access to dealer auctions and typically go 1 time a week. Been waiting about 3 or 4 weeks for a gen 2 but nothing so far. If one rolls through running and driving with over 200k it is going to sell for very cheap. So sick of this Pacifica that takes 17 gallons to fill up and is back on empty in a few days.
He is an Uber driver. He immediately towed it to the Toyota Dealership and once the robbery-ship said over $3000 to do a $300 job he listed it on craigslist for $1000 or best offer. It's not that he thought steering was not important it's that he didn't want to get robbed by the robbery-ship...$3000 for a 2 hour job with rack for sale on partsgeek for $130? Insanely overpriced job. Did I mention it has 230k miles?
So is it the Uber driver that has you convinced (or has himself convinced) of what is wrong with the steering and what is needed to fix it? Is it possible to step back a bit and post: what was it about the steering that made him want to tow the car to the dealer and have the steering looked at in the first place? -Chap
No, the dealership has the owner convinced with complete quote parts and labor....It is a good thing because why pay public price when you can get dealer price? Yesterday I ended up buying 2 priuses at the dealer auction which is out of state....hopefully no surprises (red triangles)....although I'm not really scared of whatever it is!!!! Plan to keep the 2005 with 202k miles....dying to get that 45mpg back...Plan to sell the 2007 but you wouldn't believe these people that come to look....They want everything to be perfect for $3500 LMAO... Note: These are sitting in a different state...titles are not in...so they are unpaid for....I have no idea how they look or drive...well, outside appears to be halfway decent and both drivers seats look like they could use a good cleaning. 1) For $1950 delivered, a 2005 that has 202k miles....carfax shows coolant flushed at 160k...brakes/drive belt at 166k...rear brakes 175k.....pvc valve and front diff @ 187k....alignment @ 193k... 2) For $2550 delivered, a 2007 that has 146k miles...carfax shows battery/brakes/drums/shoes/brake wheel cylinder/spark plugs all replaced in last 10k miles
