Heads up: looks like safety-recalled brake accumulators on eBay

That's EXACTLY what I was thinking of: same hat, same expression. Speaking of avatars: @bisco has one, wonders never cease.

 

Peer pressure is amazing sometimes .

 

Probably found a kid to show him how.

 

Believe his son and his iPhone .

Whatever it takes.

 

ray can be very persuasive. and persistent.

 

Am I mistaken or is bisco's garage door about to slam down on his Prius??

 

Probably an optical illusion as he was trying to not capture the license plates.

 

What's the best way to check the part number on the yellow label while the part is installed in the car? Some kind of a mirror on a stick? Stick your phone underneath and try and take a pic?

 

Selfie stick?

 

I don't think there's room to get one in there. From the engine bay I can barely see the corner of the yellow sticker. I'm guessing you have to disassemble the car, yank the part to get the number off it then order it but I don't know any mechanics that want a immobile car sitting around for a few days to a week waiting for a part.

Can Toyota look up part numbers by the VIN?

Edit: went to onlinetoyotaparts.com and plugged in my VIN then browsed to ABS section and found the diagram for the accumulator, the part # they gave was 4707047060. I've seen some ebay auctions for a 2010 Prius with part 4707047050, off by 10 digits. I've also seen some on ebay with the part number that onlientoyotaparts.com provided.

 

Off and on I think about getting something like this:

https://www.homedepot.ca/en/home/p.m-spector-360-console.1000822679.html

 

Borescopes are great.

But you can get them cheaper than that.

Try Amazon .

 

Yep bought this one, hope I can grab the actual part # and match it.

 

Is the part # on the yellow label or elsewhere on the part?

 

Thanks for the info, I thought there was some talk around here about people matching the exact part numbers of the accumulators to match the one in the car to avoid programming but as you pointed out that's the actuator. At this point I think I'm going to try replacing the accumulator first since that seems to be the common culprit with C1391 error codes.

 

I have some good news. I sent a letter to Toyota corporate, and with all the complaints they’ve been receiving, they decided to update the Toyota Safety Bulliten to include the additional Prius’ that weren’t previously covered in the C1391 or brake issue. So my $4500 repair bill ended up being $0! I suggest everyone to take their Prius to Toyota if they hadn’t been covered before, you will now. Cheers!

 

Wow, that's big news. I was about to start repairing mine myself. Do you have this in writing? If so can you share?

 

I was able to confirm there is indeed a new customer support program for 2010 prius that were outside the original recall VIN range. Just take your car to a dealer and they will diagnose and fix it free if that is indeed the issue.

Dropping mine off tomorrow 7 am