2008 Inverter Pump 30+ day wait on part?

You need G9020-47031. MSRP $116. I paid $88 at Champion Toyota Gulf Freeway last June. I suppose that they also are out of stock?

The out-of-stock situation has been reported previously.

 

Patrick and others have identified the pump as a weak spot on the GII Prius. My hunch is that more failures have occurred than Toyota anticipated, leading to a persistent backorder condition. Hopefully Toyota will ramp up production to resolve it.

I plan to replace mine as a preventative maintenance measure in the not-too-distant future. To price the work, I recently called a local indie shop who, interestingly, told me that at least one local dealer had the pump in stock.

 

Call around to other dealerships in your area to see if they have the part. If not, call the numerous online Toyota parts dealers (metrotoyotapartsnow.com, citytoyotaparts.com, etc) and have them ship the part to you for, $90 or so. Many of these online parts departments will not tell you if a part is backordered which is why calling is better. Then, insist that the dealer holding your car hostage install your pump for less than two hours of labor. A competent tech can do this in 45 minutes, and Toyota covers the R&R at 1 hour of labor, so there's really no way to justify more than two hours like some people have reported here.

 

Sounds like early ordering of the part sitting on my shelf was a good move.

 

I still have mine sitting on my shelf. I bet many are doing the same as me. That could also attribute to the "shortage".

My inverter pump just would not quit (now at 133k miles). I have been regularly monitoring it and there is no hint of strange noise nor lower turbulence in the reservoir.

 

30 days to get one... absolutely ridiculous. Shame on you, Toyota.

My '08 has ~46K miles on the clock.

Some while back after reading too many reports of inverter pump
failure, I decided to get a spare. Last week I bought one from a PC
member, and it arrived tonight. :cheer2:

In my case, I don't know that putting the pump on a shelf is wise.
My family is spread out from Tampa, Florida, to Augusta, Maine.
Should/when the pump goes out, it will be little help if I'm on the road
visiting, and it's at safe and warm at home.

I haven't checked it out yet, but I'm hoping that it will fit in that
triangular space on the driver's side under the hatch area floor...
maybe even in a fitted padded box -- worth its weight in gold it is.

Failing that, under the hatch area floor boards.

 

I am a diy guy myself and wondering how difficult the pump is to replace on my car?

 

It's not hard. If you are pushing 100,000 miles, then it is recommended to replace the coolant. Regardless, use an AirLift to bleed air out of the system.