HV batteries still good. No blown head gasket. So what makes one driver push the limit and the car still runs good. And another driver blows a head gasket?
Term for the day - "outlier" I'd read that cars seldom make it beyond the 200K mile category (< 2%) .... but it's not engine failure that causes this, rather chassis / body rust. Seems (afaik) the biggest distance champ GM volt is 'only' up to a mere 400K miles. This Chevy Volt Has 400,000 Miles On Odometer With No Noticeable Battery Degradation . Irony is their gen1 had prius-like egr issues too. 2nd gen has egr cooler - ostensibly to reduce egr issues. Whatever you drive, it's like winning the lottery when a car goes for that long with only minor issues. .
Discounted from 11000 to 10990. Bodes well for G4 owners. I don’t think the total miles I’ve driven is as much as this car.
Not likely. That would require Toyota to actually acknowledge there was a problem. Good luck with that. .
Seems that an ICE car is no different than a human body. A car will need regular exercise (running at high rpm) to help clean out the carbon build ups. Unless this driver is adding any special additives. The problem is, if your carbon build ups are so bad that driving at high RPM can blow out a head gasket (heart attack).
But that was gen 3, and Toyota says they are caused by bad coolant pump software. I’m not claiming any gen 4 have gone half a million miles without a blown head gasket, but it’s certainly possible
If anyone here buy's this car; Please report back engine oil consumption if any or if they run into a traction battery pack issues. Do check and clean the traction battery air cooling system ducts, doors, and fan assemblies. Thanks in advance.
It's makes you wonder if it's humanly possible to reach 550k in 6 years. This is a rough calculation of miles and gas per day fill up. 550,000 miles 5 day work week = 260 days/yr * 6 years = 1,560 days 550,000 miles / 1,560 days = 352 miles/day 352 miles / 50mpg = 7 gallons per day So almost every work day this person was filling up on gas.
Well if anyone wants to pay for a Carfax report we can find out the history of this car. Got image from there: This Clean 500k-Mile Toyota Prius Is Nicer Than Your Car
I don't stand a chance. Christmas Eve our '10 went past 100,000 kilometers. Last time I shut down, couple of days back, it was at 100,500 something...
500k miles .... It necessarily would have gone through CV joints as well as possibly 10 sets of tires & at least one break job .
At average of 65mph per day that is 5.4hrs of driving per day. Imagine sitting and driving 5.4 hrs every work day for 6 years. Toyota needs to reward this owner for reaching 540k miles in 6 years and buy the car out and put it in a museum.
I didn't get anywhere near 540k on my 2017, but I did get to 295,000 before gifting it to my daughter recently. I had the heat exchanger issue around 200,000 miles and got a new catalytic converter, but otherwise the car was completely problem free. Dealer serviced every 10k. Quite a bit of wear and tear on the inside (steering wheel, center console, driver side door inside, etc, and more recently fading inside from the hot FL sun where I've been for the last 4 years. The wear on the inside was worse than I expected, as opposed to the car in the video which seemed to be in better shape inside. My car did develop several rattles, which was very annoying. In terms of getting to high mileage, besides a long work commute, some people live in places where things are pretty spread out. Here in Jacksonville, I average around 500 miles per week and I work from home. Frequent long haul road trips could be another contributor - in my case, we do a ton of long road trips. FL/NYC and FL/Ohio FL/NYC/Ohio multiple times per year and usually 1 long trip west and another trip to Texas. The last 4 years I put 45,000-55,000 on it each year and I can see people doing more if they really road trip.
The 1957 Chev sedan delivery on their site captivates me much more. So much work done to it. 35k though. This Prius seems to be gone. Great advertising for them.
What were the initial symptoms of this heat exchanger issue? I wasn't aware this was a thing with the gen 4.
The obvious sign was the engine overheating light coming on and lack of heat through the vents (it was wintertime). The subtle sign that I ignored for a couple of months was a bit of an odd gurgling sound that must have been the coolant sloshing when it wasn't full anymore.
