New UK/EU extended hybrid battery guarantee.

Interesting! I wonder if Toyota Ireland is doing the same? Must call them on Tuesday to check. I get my car serviced by an Independent mechanic, but might be worth- look at Toyota for the sake of €50ish if I still have my Gen2 in two years

 

It would be great piece of mind not to have to worry about the huge potential outlay on a battery for such a small amount of money.

In my case my car will be 8 in 2016 and will probably hit 100k in late 2015 early 2016 anyway. It might be time for a Gen3 or PIP then (or if finances allow a nice IS300h F-Sport)

 

that's a great deal! is it fairly new? any idea what made them come up with it?

 

good point. what do you get for the 139, or 100 if you discount the warranty extension? we don't have that sort of thing.

 

They've had it in some parts of Europe for about a year. I got my car checked (I paid the £39) when it first came out in the UK in about January time (ish). My car passed, though still shows some weird characteristics when going down steep hills. I don't mind now though as I have 10,000 miles/12 months extra warranty. My car is due a service in October so I'll get it done again then.

Tony, I'd double check with your dealer as they might be doing it. Toyota UK didn't really advertise it and it's 'hidden' on their website. Might be the same in Eire? If not, I wonder if you could pop over to NI and get it done there? Aren't all warranties valid in the EU or something?

Hybrid Health Check | Toyota UK

 

Seems like a great deal.
At a minimal customer expense it seems to allow you to opt to get at least the similar coverage that is afforded Prius in the USA that are purchased in CARB states. That is 10 years or 150,000 miles.

Good Deal. I'd do it.

My question is, you have to bring it in twice? 1 year interval?

And is offering this extended warranty contingent on the battery passing the Hybrid Check?
What would happen if you brought either for the first time and it failed, or in a year and it failed?

I'd assume if it was the 1st time, and it failed out of warranty, you would simply NOT be offered the option for the extended warranty.

I've been told there is really no way to tell how close a hybrid battery might be to failure. So I wonder what parameters Toyota is using in their Hybrid Check to validate whether a Hybrid Battery is good enough to get their seal of approval for extended warranty.

 

You bring it in once a year and pay £39 or if you get the car serviced at Toyota (which is every 10k miles/12 months) they do the check included in the price.

If the car was out of warranty AND failed the hybrid health check, then if it was still running, I'd have put it up for sale. The test doesn't give any idea how close to a fail the battery is, but if it passes it passes and frankly who then cares?I was hoping for some sort of printout showing the cell voltages or percentages etc but just got the PASS as per the image from Britprius.

In CARB states you get 10yr/150k mile warranty. We only get 8 years/100k miles (or 5 yrs/60k on early gen3's). This service helps give peace of mind upto 10 years if you get the car serviced at a Toyota dealer. There is no mileage limitation and commercial vehicles can't be excluded from warranties.

 

I wonder do the mechanics actually know what to check in terms of the health check or do they just tick the box? A close friend is in sales in an authorised Toyota repairer (gave up sales recently). Must get him to check if the mechanics know anything about it.

Yes, it would be easy for me to pop up to Northern Ireland. There's a Toyota garage in Newry, which is only 90 minutes away. My car came from Scotland, so should still have its warranty from there.

The Gen3 only has a 5 yr, 100k km warranty on hybrid system here in the south

 

It's apparently a new computer upgrade that cost the dealer about £50k. I believe it does other things too, but the system is quite cleaver though I think they'd had some software 'issues' to start with. It is just a case of plug it in and let the computer do its stuff.

So I don't think the mechanics have to do anything really.

 

That's interesting about the test. I'll check if the repair shop has the equipment. Either way I must give Toyota Irl a shout.

Cheers

 

This is really interesting, thanks for sharing. My '08 will be in order around 100k at next service in January 2015. It's not been playing on my mind as such, but there's always a sense of inevitability as warranty limits approach...