I got some warranty information from a friend who referred me to this site. The warranty was like $990 as opposed to the one sold at the dealership for just shy of $2000. Now this warranty I just found out does NOT cover the batteries. The person I spoke with said that there is already a factory warranty that covers the batteries for like 8 years/100,000 miles. Is this true or is he pulling my leg? Does anyone know anything about such a warranty? He also said that CA already has a warranty for the batteries for up to 150,000 mile and I forget how many years. I saw that some people already had to pay out of pocket for those batteries and my husband spoke with a mechanic who works at a Toyota dealership who recommended that we sell our Prius after 3 years because the batteries are only built to last no longer than 3 and half years. This bums me out, so someone please tell me that this is not true. thank you for any information you can provide me! - Jayne
In California (if that's where you purchased the car), the warranty on the hybrid components (such as the large battery) is 10 years/150k miles. To date, no one has had to replace the battery that I'm aware of. Somebody is feeding you a large spoonful of BS.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(brandon @ Aug 30 2006, 01:38 PM) [snapback]311693[/snapback]</div> Wow that is awesome! Thank you Brandon for your reply. That helps a bunch.
Welcome to PC Jayne. As I'm sure you've already noticed, there is heaps of good info here. Use the Search function and you'll find more hybrid battery info than you can use. Bottom line: Hybrid battery is designed for the life of the car.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(brandon @ Aug 30 2006, 02:38 PM) [snapback]311693[/snapback]</div> Just for the record, My HV battery has been replaced under warrantee around 30K miles. The story is on here. So, it's not true that 'no one' has had one fail.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(aaf709 @ Aug 30 2006, 02:24 PM) [snapback]311715[/snapback]</div> Thanks all! That does make me feel so much better. I am really glad we decided to get one. I just got a little over 65mpg for my last fill up. 438 miles on just a little over 6 gallons. I haven't seen an under $20 fill-up on I don't know how long.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tempus @ Aug 30 2006, 02:37 PM) [snapback]311721[/snapback]</div> Tempus - Why did they replace your battery? Was it due to battery failure? Did it resolve the problem?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(brandon @ Aug 30 2006, 02:38 PM) [snapback]311693[/snapback]</div> Interesting because I just purchased a new 2007 Prius and my dealership was very specific and said it wasn't covered for 10yrs/150k, it was 8yrs/100k.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Rest @ Nov 1 2006, 12:39 AM) [snapback]341780[/snapback]</div> Did you buy the car in California or one of the other states that qualifies for the longer warranty)? Are you living there? What does your warranty booklet say? It says 10 yrs/150K in the booklet for my 06.
