100,000 Mile Club

[green taxi]

137,000 06' 100k in 14 months! avg mpg 46. Replaced one wheel bearing. Lost one smart key,350ish to replace\reprogram. Replaced some bulbs,non hid are cheap.Hit 3 deer, the last one broke the mounts on the head light assembly. I got a new one on e bay for about 110 dollars, pulled the bumper skin to install,20 minute fix.A couple sets of tires, an alignment. No problems in the snow with studded tires. Lots of problems with crappy tires the winter before! 0-w30 every 8-10 k, using a quart about every 4k. Exact fit seat covers, washed 5x. I wish I had rubber floor mats. STOKED!!! I want another 06' Non HID lights. This forum is a great resource, Thank you! Peace,Mick

[pkjohna]

100K about a week ago on my 2005 top package driven off the lot about Jan 2005. Factory recommended (as opposed to dealer recommended) maintenance every 5K miles at the dealer. My daily commute is about 30 miles of mixed driving with generally more highway miles on the weekends and numerous longer road trips on vacation and such. The commute was about 50% longer with more highway for the first couple of years of the car's life with more additional driving for volunteer services and such.

A couple of trips to the body shop but other than that the only repairs beyond routine maintenance was for a water pump and front engine seal covered by the extended warranty at about 85K. My mpg is somewhat lower than when new but it's hard to tell what is due to different gas formulation (more ethanol), different brand of tires, and/or a different driving mix with fewer daily highway miles.

One minor irritation is an indicator light for "automatic headlamp leveling" or something similar that comes on occasionally then goes off after a while. The first time I took it to the dealer and they couldn't find anything wrong so I stopped worrying about it.

[SheikYerbouti]

Bought mine used back in early 2005 with 25,000mi. One of the first 04's (without the rear wiper), very rare. Coming up on 145,000mi and counting. Used for work travel and everything else. Very reliable for the most part. Since owning had to go back to dealer for a hybrid battery wiring harness and aux battery replacement. Bought custom wheels online and had to remove when replacing front brakes (wheel offset would not clear floating calipers) a bit of a cluster ph__k but luckily I kept the oem wheels. Oh yea,almost 4got, intermittent MFD (I suspect the Dice iPod dealy was the culprit)

[dmckinstry]

Originally Posted by SheikYerbouti

Bought mine used back in early 2005 with 25,000mi. One of the first 04's (without the rear wiper), very rare. Coming up on 145,000mi and counting. Used for work travel and everything else. Very reliable for the most part. Since owning had to go back to dealer for a hybrid battery wiring harness and aux battery replacement. Bought custom wheels online and had to remove when replacing front brakes (wheel offset would not clear floating calipers) a bit of a cluster ph__k but luckily I kept the oem wheels. Oh yea,almost 4got, intermittent MFD (I suspect the Dice iPod dealy was the culprit)

Well, I finally got there a week ago yesterday. While driving from my son's in Centennial, CO to my oldest daughter's in Columbia, MO somewhere near Limon, CO I reached 100,000 miles. I'm now at 101 k miles.

With the exception of the fact that I replaced my HV battery pack myself I've had no problems with the original equipment. I'll say more about that where I give the link to my history of my PHEV conversion. Normal 5000 mile oil changes and recommended other services.

Dave

[gggGary]

2005 125,000 last 30,000 is about 1/2 rural mail route. couple of HID and regular bulbs. repairs (not replacement) of the headlight height sensor. A off and on clicking on the LH side that may become a wheel bearing, A tinny scraping sound out of the right front at full left lock steering. Looks like I will be lucky to get 35,000 out of rear brake pads now. Rear brakes can be VERY touchy, grabby,grindy when cold. First set of front pads went on at 118,000 (just in time) Oversize snows on aftermarket alloys in the winter. Fair number of plug patches in the junktegrities, none in the blizzaks yet. 25 to 32 MPG on the route mid 40's otherwise in mixed driving. Original shocks seem to be holding up so far.
Only had to shovel it out of drifts a couple of times never towed (yet).
The coolant pump squealed on shut down when I bought it but hasn't done that for 15,000 miles now. Very happy so far.

[PA Prius]

Originally Posted by gggGary

2005 125,000 last 30,000 is about 1/2 rural mail route. ... 25 to 32 MPG on the route mid 40's otherwise in mixed driving.

Just curious, what would be the expected mpg of a non-hybrid on the mail route?

PA P

[athos25006]

2005 Prius, 125000 miles driven in Los Angeles: Bad rear strut after 110k. Also seems to easily go out of alignment; lucky I have lifetime alignment service. Recently replaced water pump (leaking). Otherwise, everything has been fine. However, I've noticed that mileage has decreased lately as the car approaches the 150k battery warranty; closer to 40mpg instead of 45mpg it used to average.

[usbseawolf2000]

I crossed over 100,000 miles 4 days after the 4th of July. The car has been very reliable. I have done only the normal maintenance. This includes changing engine oil and filter. I started using Mobil1 since my first change at every 5k miles until 60k miles warranty. I started 7.5k miles oil change with no detectable oil consumption at every change.

Transaxle oil changed at 65k miles just to be safe. Brake fluid is still clear. Front brake pads are still at around 75%. I expect them to last until 400k miles. Replaced brake actuator for free to stop the barking noise with the special service campaign.

I replaced the button battery in the remote as I noticed the range was getting closer. The 12V battery is still going strong. HV battery is also still in very good shape, getting 54 MPG with 15" wheels and Nokian i3. 49 MPG with 17" Kyowa and Nexen. I wrote up how to take care of the HV battery to prolong it's life.

I spent more money modding the car than the cost of maintenance. I will be replacing the inverter coolant and spark plug replacement is coming up soon. I also plan on replacing the struts, coil springs and shock absorbers as the ride is getting a little rougher and bouncier going over the bumps.

I am extremely satisfied with ease of DIY maintenance, very low operating cost, and trouble-free reliable design. I can't think of any other car I want to own! Well, except the 2010 Prius.

[fgp]

Originally Posted by Prius Maximus

I purchased my 2004 on 3/8/2004.
I just hit 100K this morning (4/25/07).

Two complaints...
1. I would like to be able to adjust the air conditioner temperature without having to turn the fan on. I miss those old mechanical temperature sliders.
2. The odometer needs commas. I can't read my miles now with all those zeros.

I've pumped 1,945 gallons of gas into this car, but have saved 1,615 gallons (7,435 gallons saved compared to driving my truck to work). That works out to $3,770 in saved gas money compared to my previous car. make that $18,000 if I was commuting in my truck. Who says a hybrid can't pay for itself?

I replaced the OEM tires with Michelin hydroedges (after making the change I wish I had done it sooner rather than being cheap and making the oems last as long as I could - the hydroedges are the best tires I've ever had).

Other than the 3 items in the list below, I have only needed routine maintenance - oil, filters, wiper blades, two tailight bulbs.

1. Console armrest fabric came loose on the front edge after a few months. I glued it back in with silicone sealant. still looks like new today.

2. The plastic retaining tabs for the springs on the upper glove box lid broke off. I replaced the tabs with a couple of screws and washers.

3. On an overnight trip, I hit a coyote on a 70 mph interstate. It mangled the front bumper pretty good. $2,500 in repairs.

That is my complete repair list. No other car I have ever owned has had so few repairs. (Since I had the screws and washers and silicone sealant laying around the house, and hitting the coyote doesn't count because that wasn't the car's fault, I figure my total repair bill for 100,000 miles is $0.00). And that includes the handfull of oil plug crush washers I got free from the dealer.

This car is the best car I have ever owned - by far.

thanks for the info. i know that many folks have switched to hydroedge. did you take a temporary ding or permanent hit on your mileage?? i drive my gen 3 to work but also just enjoy the freedom and choice of driving for pleasure. also ride my harley for the pure joy and thrill of being alive

[Evilshin]

Hey I just hit 170,000 km, that's 106k miles. (160,000km ~ 100,000 miles)

I have no issues to report. A small crack in the front bumper below the grill. Some paint chipping on the bumper. A couple of small (less than 1/16") rust spots where paint was chipped.

Batteries are fine. Bearings are fine. The brakes are bit noisy, but the dealership said they were fine. Tires needed changing about 50,000km ago. The wipers need to be changed again.

Fuel efficiency is about 4.8 L/100km (49MPG), during the summer using the A/C. About 500km is highway, about 300km is city.

I hypermiled on a local small highway for about 150km and got 4.0 L/100km 58.8 MPG... Though, considering even on the small highways, I managed to annoy a few people, I am definitely not doing that again. (I save $1.05 in that trip.)

No other issues, except the car's interior needs to be cleaned out... I put a lot of stuff in it...