Manufacture to Delivery dates in Canada

I picked up my new Prius (Premium package) in Mississauga on Aug 27, 2010 - only to find that it has a manufacture date of July 2009.

The dealer of course offers no explanation, though they say 'call us if you have any questions', but to this one, they only say, 'it makes no difference'

I want to know if the car has been sitting out through 13 months here at a dealers lot, or if it is normal for Toyota to take many months to deliver to Canada?

These guys didn't even run the ABS ECU update based on the Feb 2010 recall - did'nt seem to care that it was missed. Ther are also some TSBs that I see now that are relevant to the early 2010s - which mine is, even though I just got it. Now I wonder if there are other things that could be affected sitting out for a year - std engine oil stagnating for a year, other fluids gathering moisture, rotors rusting (I notice just a bit), effect on the paint and finish (it is an extra year older already)

Could Canadian members please comment on their date of manufacture vs when they purchased the vehicle.

Also, do you think I should ask them to do an oil change, etc (basically perform the 1 year service now)


thanks

 

The pillar sticker is where I got the date from...since it is not on any of the sale docs we sign before taking delivery - so by then there is not much I could do. The car only had 35KM on it, that I am told was from driving it over from another dealership that they traded it with (for my color choice) - other than the polished exterior being a bit grimy, and the A/C display a tad scuffed, it looks clean in general

 

This was a dealer trade, for the color, but even the one my dealer had on his lot was delivered to him in Aug 2009 (that I saw on their internal paperwork by accident when they were trying to convince me to take the dark grey instead of silver).

All along though, I did get the distinct impression that they were trying very very hard not to sell me a Prius for some reason...so its not just incompetence in sales..probably something to do with thier cut on the sale

 

I wrote to Toyota Canada about this, and it took them a while to reply - simply saying that I had to talk to the dealer about the possible consequences of having the car sit out for 13 months before they sold it to me as new.

In the meantime, before I got this above one line reply, tired of waiting, I also called Toyota Canada, and the rep I spoke to said this was 'definately unusual', but did not comment further, since someone else was looking into my emailed query.

The dealership meanwhile first stated that this is completely normal as this is how long it takes for the vehicles to come here by ship from Japan. When I told them that is BS, they changed the story to 'we don't check the manufacture dates of the car'.....

I don't even know if this is something I should overly concern myself with, or if there is even anything I can do about it to remedy the situation. So far the dealer has agreed to have one meeting with me where they will dig up all the TSBs related to the 2010 Prius and check against my car, so that I don't have to discover each problem and struggle to get them to fix them one at a time (the service tech had initially claimed never to have heard of a brake related recall on the Prius!). So far I have the rear squeak and the fuzzy AC display.

 

Your response mostly sums it up - I'm just dissapointed I guess. As for the warranty, I know it kicks in from the in-service date, but I do plan on keeping it past the expiry of the 3 year warranty and there are at least 3 problems that are addressed by TSBs and Recalls that I have run into so far, which were fixed in newer manufactured models - don't know about all of you, but in general I've found dealing with dealerships on free/warranty/recall services a bit cumbersome - shouldn't have to do it right after driving the car off the lot.


Thanks all for your responses.