CA 150,000 mile battery warranty.

The CA warranty is only if you keep the car registered in CA (or other CARB state).

JeffD

 

The state that you buy it in sets the warranty, but the CARB 150k one is only recognized if the Prius is registered an a CARB state. It is possible that if you move to a non-CARB state and then back to a CARB state that the 150k warranty would be honored.

If you live and drive in a moderate (not hot, sorry but Phoenix is HOT) climate, the Prius battery will outlive the 150k warranty (unlike the old Civic Hybrid). My 2004 Prius battery lasted 195k miles (now at 255k with a ReInVolt, now Dorman, rebuilt battery).

JeffD

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Always use the AC to keep you and the battery cool (the battery cooling air supply comes from the passenger compartment).

JeffD

 

Really confusing especially in AZ which apparently was CARB for a couple years. Since AZ is no longer CARB, if you buy a new Gen3 it is not CARB warranty. Interesting question if you got a used one from the period AZ was CARB not sure. In any case, so far failure rate on Gen3 has been very low so you do not have much to worry about.

 

I wonder if you can register it to a PO box in CA and keep the box for 10 years, would that work to keep the extra CARB warranty?

 

You can buy this 2012 that's never been registered. The battery is already 2 years old, it will hopefully quit (due to age) before your AZ warranty comes up at 8 years from today (=10 year battery).

New 2012 Toyota Prius 5 advanced tech package

 

I agree I am sort of in the same situation in VA...we could buy in MD to have CARB in case we moved or sold car to MD person. But VA is also a high car tax state, so the rule is you have to pay car tax even if your car is registered in another state.

 

The warranty guide that came with my car says that it must have a California Certified Emission Control System (I think all US Prius models are), and be "sold, registered, and operated in California" or any other CARB state.

Most likely, buying a Prius in CA and having it serviced in Arizona would not get you a CARB emission control warranty - but if you brought it back to CA, with CA plates, they probably wouldn't care if you bought it in California and had it outside the state for a few years in between.

 

...we need to see what Toyota's latest warranty wording is...the other autos (FORD, etc) say if car is CA certified and you are registered in CARB state. I am confused if Toyota has more restrictive wording or not, and if so, why.

 

AZ is a CARB state...at least both AZ and EPA say so.

 

See below... believe AZ is special case they were CARB for 2 years (2011,2012)

With the exception of AZ, any year after the Model Year listed is also covered.​

MY 2004 California, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Vermont​

MY 2005 Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island​

MY 2007 Maryland​

MY 2008 Oregon, Pennsylvania*​

MY 2009 Washington*​

MY 2011 New Mexico​

MY 2011, 2012 only Arizona​

MY 2014 Delaware*​

(these are my best guess, I invite corrections)​

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* not all warranty provisions apply, does not include the 150,000/10 year duration​

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I believe AZ still *is* CARB -- and Toyota just doesn't want to "eat" the costs of batterys vs. AZ's summer temperatures.

 

Source of the 1st?

Yeah, the latter is possible... HV batteries do seem to die earlier in high temp areas, such as much of AZ.

 

1) TOYOTA: "The 2014 Prius Plug-in is also eligible for the State of California’s HOV lane sticker (www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/carpool/carpool.htm). The Prius Plug-in is available in 15 states (California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia and Hawaii). For special deals in your local area, please visit www.buyatoyota.com."

• source: 2014 Toyota Prius Plug-In to Start Under $30,000 | Toyota

2) ARIZONA [A.R.S. 41-1091(D)]: "The Department has adopted California Air Resources, (“CARB”) Standards and test methods. To obtain those standards and test procedures you can click on the links below."

• source:
LEGAL

 

That doesn't mean that AZ is a CARB emission state at all nor that it has the same mandates as California. If you had something hosted on az.gov or some other .gov site...

If you Google for stuff like at-pzev 10 year battery warranty site:ca.gov, you'll find stuff like http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/warranty.pdf‎ mentioning a 10 year warranty on the energy storage device (battery).

I suspect that 10 year/150K mile HV battery warranties are due to individual state mandates, not out of altruism.