Hello all PRIUS persons here ! John here after buying a 2020 base model with 208.800 miles, two years and a whopping number of miles . This was a patrol vehicle(one of three). Car is in pretty good shape but some smaller cuts and nicks on paint, couple sensors out of front bumper and splash wheel well guards/lower bumper need fixing, etc... Since ten years is expected for HYBRID batteries, I've got about 8 more ! Maintenance is OK. because it was a lease but I'm updating that daily, just ordered WHOLE SET of brake rotors/pads w/fluid, changing parts is a necessity now... Next is CVT. Coolant, Steering, probably plugs, etc... but car is running like new so may wait a little. 209K miles for $13K and returning 55-68 MPG, very nice ! Anyone can suggest parts, routine repairs, etc... please, THAT'S WELCOME ! (I'm learning about the dash/electronics, that's ARGH! ) (I'll post PICS little later but it is JUST WHITE, white ! Just white...
congrats and welcome! maintenance schedule available at toyota.com/owners outside of the schedule, you might consider free 12v load test at auto zone, and changing the tranny fluid. take a peak at the air and cabin filters too, and of course, oil level and tyres pressure
YES ! I keep forgetting to check entrance to HYBRIB battery vent but MANANA, I'll do it fo' sure...! Waiting SO patiently on air filters because betting the cabin one is yuck ... I'll keep you all abreast of stuff, thanks and gimme pointers like how to change CVT fluid. Thanks !
Congrats! My 2021 AWD Prius (LE) is also white...my wife named her Mini-Pearl. (Color is "Wind Chill Pearl") I'll post my standard maintenance chart for our vehicles: Oil/Filter Every 6-months or 5,000 miles Air Filter As Needed (check every 6-months) Cabin Air Every 12-months (Charcoal) Radiator Coolant Every 5-years or 100,000 miles Hybrid Coolant Every 5-years or 100,000 miles CVT/AT Tranny Every 5-years Power Steering Fluid Every 4-years/50,000 miles (Not Hybrids) Front/Rear DIffs Every 3-years Transfer Case Every 3-years Lube Every 12-months Spark Plugs/PCV and PCV Valve Hose/ Radiator Cap / Gas cap Every 10-years/100,000 Miles Brake Fluid Flushed Every 4-years/50,000 miles Throttle Body Cleaned Every 25,000 Miles MAF Sensor Cleaned Every 25,000 Miles Tire Rotation Every 5,000 Miles
Really enjoying having a new(er) car that is a gas mizer FINALLY ! So glad that we can get stuff we need so fast these days... 1. Installed engine air filter, wasn't so bad but it's done! 2. Replaced cabin filter with charcoal filter, it WAS needed. 3. HAD to remove Hybrid battery intake filter cause it was clogged, put filter media there while the one(s) ordered arrive in a couple days... Ordered full brake set of rotors/pads, etc... Ordered 2 small touch up paint thingies Going for the coolant(s) and CVT fluid changes soon AND learning about the vehicle, so far getting 57 MPG average and high a of 76 so far(but short trip)
Since the air filter wasn't clean, shine a light into the air fins on the blower motor and make sure it's not clogged up. If it is, just blow some compressed air in there to remove it...want as much air as possible blowing over the traction battery. 57 MPG? Nice! Even at 200,000 miles it's getting way better MPG than my wife's 2017 Prius which doesn't even have 30,000 on her. Concerning the brakes, you know we have a different setup than traditional brakes, right? Bleeding the lines can be done the old-fashioned way but, I've found, it's easier to disconnect the negative battery terminal so the regenerative brake pressure doesn't turn on while working on the brakes. (There's a way to bleed the brakes using a scanner but requires two people and it's just as effective just turning the system off.) The electric pump sound you hear whenever you open the driver's door is the regenerative braking system charging itself up for use.
There are many misconceptions in regard to regenerative braking and it's relationship / function to the friction braking system. I did a search in the forum search box of regenerative braking and got 6 pages of results. skimming all 6 pages I did not find even one post I thought was worth linking to as a basic description for others to follow. On the olther hand I think there is a very good post that took me only a few minutes to find when searching the term brake booster pump which is the sound that is heard when the driver door is opened and a pumping noise is also heard. Brake actuator pump... brake accumulator pump...? | PriusChat The understanding of how the regenerative braking system and the frictuon braking systems work together and / or separately, gets extremely complex and is dependent of many things not the least of which is it's differences when in HV mode as compared to in EV mode. This post is already longer than I like it to be .....
ColoradoBoo: THANKS for this information, SUPER helpful ! LOTS to learn about the electric system and all of its intricacies, I heard that it is a BIG OUCHIE if done wrong... Checked brakes and they'll last another 3-4 months but I have new ones when needed. Went to TOYOTA "stealer ship"(dealers try to get to get customers to hop on board and bite the cost of parts/repairs 'cause it's got their name on it(including labor...), and they smell "nice"... Yes, there are parts and services that Toyota does deserve us to buy, but many, ALL ? Hmmm ! Dealership stated that my Prius WAS UNDER WARRANTY until they heard the mileage...! VIN came back with 4 miles on the ODO. and THAT'S what is in the Toyota cloud, until they learned there are 209.323 actual miles... BUT there is a 10 year battery warranty, isn't there, I asked ? Yes, but that is 7.5 years to go said service tech and he invited for a $150 Toyota service check up, including ALL electrics... I THINK I WILL PAY FOR THAT...!
ColoradoBoo "The electric pump sound you hear whenever you open the driver's door is the regenerative braking system charging itself up for use." Dang aliens living under the dash..., Know I know where the beeps are coming from... And thanks for the TID BITS... of INFO. !
So went to Phoenix for the month, came back and with strong winds of yesterday and today, still 50.4 for 1,100+ miles for the return ! Been averaging 62-64 while in Phoenix and being patient with your foot is THE key to the EVO thing.., just keep the blue bar within the ( ) and the lower the better. IT is like a staircase... Accelerate a little then pause, accelerate and more pause and repeat till your wanted speed for the next process... After that, PULSE to an above 3-6mph+ speed and GRADUALLY lower to an "acceptable" flow with traffic and up and down you go AND repeat X infinity.......... Or use an accelerator egg but might smell bad if you crack it ! (Did the LYFT thing while in Phoenix, taking riders EVERYWHERE and this is a viable number for me, maybe others in normal driving)
Sorry for the double post here... DID finally change engine oil 03/08/23 and better MPG's happened DID change the trans fluid three days ago before my trip, and YES, it was an ogre looking chocolate looking black. Probably 35-40K later, it'll get done again... I didn't have the breaker bar necessary-long enough to break the factory seal on the plug while laying on my back, seems factory fill so went to Midas ! Alignment and tire rotation, THERE is difference in something so overlooked... (At Midas, they did: alignment, labor, tire rotation w/my oil-Toyota WS $190)
