Reaching 200k Miles

Due to where I live I have to swap out my tires every October and April [summer tires / winter studds], I do oil changes at the same time. I have never seen either of our vehicles needing replacement oil.

My 2011 Gen3 is over 200K miles. No major issues.

My 2017 Prime plugin is over 150K. No major issues.

They have both gone through brake pads and booster pumps, but otherwise nothing.

the bodies are very brittle now, I assume they get brittle from UV. Undercarriage skid plates, and wheel well liners are all gone.

 

Odds of a repair free hg at 200k with 120k now is reasonable but I would not bet the farm on it.

I would change the coolant now and then every 50k miles.

I would verify you have the latest ecm software which can be determined with an online Techstream or at a dealer.

If you start burning a lot of oil it might be time to consider a rebuilt engine partially for hg and equally to save your catalytic converter.

 

Yes.

 

I would say in those 150 170 just touching near 200k and everything is working good You should be trading that car in and getting maximum return on what value there is left with no fender liners plastics and whatnot shockingly idiots will pay a good amount of money for a yard ornament something they'll put 5 7 10,000 mi on it it blows up and then it sits out front or you can be the person with it sitting out in front of your place just however you want to handle it seems to me the smart people have learned that about 150 160 they want to be starting over again whether they get a new payment on a Gen 4 or 5 Go to a Corolla hybrid go to an electric doesn't really matter the choice The point is is that these planned obsolescence vehicles seem to do very well to about 150 170 somewhere right in there Why would I want to push it when the company who's manufacturing the product is got plans already in place for what's going to happen for the most part that wasn't in place in 1985 in my Supra and what have you but it is very well in place for what y'all are messing with today July would kind of heed those warnings possibly maybe not some people this is a very enjoying hobby and this is fun or something along those likes when you work in computers and electronics all day and you don't get out to the garage much or something this can be fun I understand.

 

Consider cleaning again, say by 150k. I’d have a healthy scepticism of the completeness of “professional” cleaning; DIY the next, or at the least oversee what and how they’re doing it. More info in my signature (on a phone turn it landscape to see signatures).

now is a good time for the water pump.

 

EGRs appear to be related to a common issue. So it makes sense to check and clean them on occasion.

Head gaskets appear to be a common issue. So it makes sense at the first sign of a possible head gasket failure to immediately replace the head gasket. Do not ignore it, do not put it off.

The drive batteries do eventually wear out, and they lack any comprehensive self-diagnostic ability. I had just assumed that since my PC has the ability to check its battery 'health' [90% healthy, or 80% healthy, etc] that a hybrid should have the same ability. I was in error. That is disappointing.

On the other hand, I have owned many previous vehicles. In most cases, I had no idea of what failures to anticipate. Now I am driving two vehicles with very well-documented failure issues. So at least I am aware of what I should be watching.

 

Dr Prius app can check. Ditto for Tech$tream.

 

Yes, old coolant can, also, ruin a head gasket as it gets acidic as it ages. I change out all ours every 5-years or 50,000 miles, whichever comes first.

 

After initial enginescoolant change at 100k miles (or 10 years, whichever comes first), Toyota recommends subsequent changes at 50k miles (or 5 years, whichever comes first)

just from reports here, 3rd Gen water pumps tend to fail, starting around 150k miles, or even sooner.

 

Do we have any "Testimony/Data" on replacing the water pump impeller/rotor only?? .....