Hello fine people, Newb here! Been reading the forums and trying to educate myself before buying my first Prius. A 2010 Prius IV with solar package caught my eye. Asking price is $6950. The car has 147k, clean Carfax and all service is up to date and done at a Toyota dealer. I haven't looked at the car yet, it's out of state and I'm trying to determine if it's worth it to go see it. I understand the potential issue with head gasket failure with this year but it does not seem to be a given. So this has not completely swayed me against purchasing this vehicle. Please tell me your opinion about this. I am trying to decipher a few things on the very last service record that I pulled up on the Toyota Owners site. Are those issue alerts that the customer declined a red flag? I don't know if those are a definite problems or just a recommended dealer service at that mileage (135,442). Any advice you have would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for your help! 1 MULTI-POINT SPECIAL MULTI-POINT SPECIAL ~|~PERFORM MULTI POINT INSPECTION PERFORM CHECKLIST ~|~PERFORM MULTI POINT INSPECTION ~|~MULTI POINT INSPECTION ALL 2 BRAKE ISSUE RP ALERT BRAKE ISSUE RP ALERT ~|~ ~|~,CUSTOMER DECLINED SERVICE 3 MAINT ISS RP ALERT MAINT ISS RP ALERT ~|~ ~|~,CUSTOMER DECLINED SERVICE 4 PSI ISSUE RP ALERT PSI ISSUE RP ALERT ~|~ ~|~,CUSTOMER DECLINED SERVICE 5 HYBRID SOFTWR HYBRID SOFTWR ~|~CUSTOMER REQUESTS COMPLETION OF SAFETY RECALL J0V HYBRID SYSTEM SOFTWARE UPDATE ~|~NOTIFIED BY TOYOTA MOTOR SALES ~|~UPDATE POWER MANAGEMENT ECU WITH NEW SOFTWARE J0V01B 0.7
Hey, replying to my own post, I decided to walk away from the 2010 model. I realized it's just not worth the chance of potential problems, particularly since the car is within in the mileage range for these problems to pop up. I want to buy a car to make my life easier and having to deal with major repairs is not what I want or need at the present moment! I am going to go a safer route and get a newer used model, it's worth the extra couple of thousand to have the peace of mind, I've decided.
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