Hi. I have this 2012 Toyota Prius V with 181k miles with 2020 or newer engine. (Gen 3 with Gen 4 engine). The car has absolutely no rust, drives like new and no accidents per carfax with records. No dents and very clean. The only problem is the check engine light is on for P0401. My prius mechanic said that it is permanent because of the engine swap (is it true?) I want to sell the car. How much do you guys think I can get for it or ask for it? If I eliminate the check engine light from Autozone it will take at least 100 miles before it comes back on but I would like to be honest about it.
In CA, and possibly other states, if you can't pass smog, you can't register in the new owners name. CEL means you can't pass smog
That seems to be the EGR flow problem so the flow is too low I'm assuming I don't know I couldn't see the freeze frame data from here If that's the case I would think there should be some way to overcome this and I don't mean by reprogramming the computer chip or anything by getting the flow correct or mimicking the flow being correct something I don't have the Gen 4 engine sitting here to look at but one would think you would be able to get that right. For not a lot of money either that's not seemingly a serious kind of like spacing out the downstream O2 sensor not that exactly but some fix similar to that I didn't even look to see where you are sell the car in the southeast there are lots of states and counties in the southeast states that do not have emissions like in chapel Hill North Carolina that Prius would sell for possibly top dollar The check engine light would mean nothing to the owner unless it's getting 39 mi to the gallon or some nonsense University town fairly smart people looking for these kinds of cars The check engine light would make no difference.
Just to clarify: is it a “Prius v”, the somewhat larger version Prius, or a regular Prius, level 5 (aka V in Roman Numerals)?
I don't know if there is any additional value in a Gen4 engine. It's just a 1.8L engine that runs. If your car gets totaled, the insurance company doesn't think of this car as any different. Also there is no proven record of it's reliability, whether it be more or less reliable than your standard 1.8L from the Gen3 cars.
