Brake Actuator

There's two pieces in there I'm going to want to replace them both. That's how Toyota does a job and they won't usually do it any other way because they replace one part and then the other ones fails directly now you have to pay the same labor almost twice so go at it like that yeah sure and your driveway you might get lucky and replace them part with the pump and accumulator and get away with that until you get out of the car maybe and if not then you're doing the labor over again so there's always that. Each part is around 700 bucks You might get a discount ordering online and haven't sent to the local Toyota dealer and picking it up that way maybe. You may be able to get it out of the EU or places like Pakistan with the shipping will put you equal or a little above buying it here so that's problematic but this is just part of owning this model

 

When you do the job you'll understand why it cost so much when you have to do these things to make a living at it not just once every so often on a weekend quite a bit different You seen the job start to finish on a YouTube video sped up. Make sure everything else is good with your car because these cars are known for engine problems and all kinds of funding nonsense You think you're having a problem now.

 

That's the trick . But usually the piece with the majority of the electronics.

 

That's two questions. One is easy. The sound comes from the bottom one, where the pump is.



The other question, which one has failed and is making the pump run so often, is harder. It can be either. If you're going to gamble, the odds favor the top one because more valves are in it, but that's just a gamble.

Are you saying the video was three hours fifty-four minutes, or three minutes fifty-four seconds?

If you think you might replace the bottom part, it could be good preparation to review this PDF. It outlines a faster way to do the replacement that doesn't require the front suspension crossmember out.

 

You're going to keep the car through all that really Cool well then that settled

 

Well, I've already put more cash into both my Gen 2 and Gen 3 Prius in repairs than my 2007 Ford Focus with far fewer miles on them. That Ford was reliable as hell until it got totaled by a drunk driver hitting me. My 2003 Ford Focus was also super reliable and awesome until I crashed it. On the other hand, stay far away from post 2012 Ford Focus. Transmission issues and electrical issues galore.

Neither my Gen 2 or Gen 3 has yet reached 300,000 miles. My 2007 Ford Focus reached 299,500 miles and the secondary air intake and the motor mounts were like the only parts I had to replace other than batteries, tires, and brakes.

The Prius is awesome with the MPG, but overall I'm not sure I'm saving money versus my Fords because these Prius are perpetual money pits with constant failures of ICE/Inverter water pumps, coolant control valves, etc. (Gen 2), Combo Meter (Gen 2), Brake Actuator/Pump (Gen 3), EGR Valve (Gen 3), etc.

That dreaded check engine light, triangle of death, etc., is all too common and haunting.

Don't get me wrong, I love the Prius in general, and I hope in the long run the mpg saves me money over my Fords and parts will stop failing after I replace almost everything that was left for me to fail by the previous owners, but mine were both new to me with around 200,000 miles on the clock and both required me to put a lot of elbow grease and new parts into keeping them running.

And then lending my Gen 2 to a friend I've had the fun of replacing more parts due to crashing into boulders and mailboxes and stuff. I'm getting very familiar with wrenching on these cars.

I'm super invested into Toyota these days since I have a Tacoma and probably will get a Sienna Hybrid one of these days. Solid cars for sure. But the 2003-2010 Focus was a very reliable car.

I'm here on THIS thread because my lights on my dash on the Gen3 just lit up and my code tells me I'm suffering the same problem as you right now, or a similar one.

 

Those look like the parts to me, but my experience so far is literally just watching a few videos and scouring some old threads here.

 

Yeah this is really common you'll be doing basically the same thing and that's that It happens in the generation too also there's just only one part here they split the stuff up I figured you'd have more money because you bought the car so I guess that's how they work this stuff out in their mind I remember when ABS units were $5,000 in the late '80s for the BMWs and whatnot so $1,400 doesn't seem like anything really too serious what I'm really wowed about is no rebuilder coverage that's almost a joke

 

Yes all that stuff comes down over time when the Prius first started out 20 years ago you know a battery was four grand or $5,000 and all this and that and only the Toyota dealer had it could do it and so on just like lots of that stuff when ABS first came out so me all day or may not remember all those fiasco's but it all comes out somewhat in the wash.