I blew up the inverter????

[kohnen]

Originally Posted by jayman

It wouldn't be a huge leap to put short/reverse polarity protection at the underhood jump point. My 700 amp Canadian Tire jump start box has reverse polarity protection built in, and I have tried it - on purpose - on the 1984 Ford work truck at my hobby farm

Amen to that!

The Prius only draws about 30 amps on starting from the battery. Thus, if you're jumping the Prius, you don't have to pull 100s of amps through a starter. In the Prius, reverse polarity protection could simply be a 100 amp (or so) diode in series with the jump start terminal. Polarity correct, the car starts. Polarity reversed, absolutely nothing happens.

This would also prevent the Prius from (trying to) jump start other cars. Given the Prius' dinky 12Volt battery, this too would be a good thing.

(My PhD in Electrical Engineering is good for something!)

Such diodes are a few cents each in quantity.

Grrrrrrr...

[morpheusx]

been wondering if there are any updates on this and if the media helped.

[wmveal]

Hello Ginney, Sorry you are having this problem I sell Toyota Cars and Your 3/36K warrenty does not give you roadside asst.You may want to read the Warrenty book that came with the Prius it will give you full details on the warrenty. Good Luck,

Originally Posted by GinnyErns

All I want is my car repaired under warranty like it should be. Even the tow. Don't we get a 3 yr/36000 mile roadside service with our car?.

Why do they keep saying I have topay for towing? They admit the battery is defective yet still keep trying to say I have to pay the $401 towing. The mechanic that led me through the 2nd jump said to have it towed in as it was covered under warranty. So because the battery is defective the tow should be paid for too. I live 85 miles from the dealership and the car died. They did not know the problem and said I had to have it towed in so they could check it out. They found a defective battery. Seems to me no matter what the problem found with the car our roadside service that comes with the new car should cover the tow. I do not have any of my books as they are all at the dealership with my car.

Can someone refresh me on the roadside service. Doesn't that come with the new car and for how long do we get it?

[Highly ImPriused]

If there car died because of a problem that is covered under warranty, then the tow to the dealership that is required to have it repaired it should be covered as well.

[Ct. Ken V]

Hi, Ginny,

If I remember correctly, free roadside assistance (through 3 years/36,000 miles) came with all Priuses through the 2005 model year. It wasn't offered from 2006 on, but if you happened to buy the official Toyota Financial Platinum extended warranty, then free roadside assistance & a free rental car come with that warranty for whatever extended warranty period you chose. It also covers the '04's & '05's that are out of factory warranty (like mine) until you max out the mileage limitation you chose.

I don't think wmveal read the part about all Ginny's books & manuals being trapped in her car 85 miles away from her. I wouldn't want to drive that distance just to find out if her tow is covered (under the factory warranty---which it isn't) but she should know if she purchased a separate extended warranty & if it is the official Toyota Financial Services one (in which case it should be).

That's one advantage (besides lock'g out any future price increase) of getting an extended warranty (if you want to do it) as soon as possible after the purchase (from here & not at the dealer's unless they sell the right one at the right price). Don't let a dealer talk you into buying anything other than the Toyota Financial Services warranties for no more than $990 for the 7yr/100,000 mile/$0 deductible one.

Ken (in Bolton,Ct)

[Codyroo]

Hi Ginny,

Any updates (hopefully good news).....

[GinnyErns]

No brake in the case yet. Wrote to the dealer directly July 7th to ask for re-evaluation on warranty since they admitted the battery was defective. Since then I have gotten emails only from their operation manager. The owner DH Moss was out of town for 10 days, and now as of Monday the operations manager is out of town for a week. Her last word was "UNFORTUNATELY THEY CAN NOT DO ANYTHING UNTIL THE TOYOTA REP LOOKS AT THE VEHICLE' Amazing since he was the one on May 12th that told headquarters the car had no defective parts and on his report they denied my warranty claim. Now they are saying he hasn't looked at the car. I am really beginning to loose my patience with this dealership.

I did find out that Idaho's lemon law requires new car dealers to keep the car operational for two years. So seems they are in violation of that law. Have written them stating that but have not heard a response. Sent that to the owner July 21st.

[kohnen]

Originally Posted by GinnyErns

No brake in the case yet. Wrote to the dealer directly July 7th to ask for re-evaluation on warranty since they admitted the battery was defective...

I did find out that Idaho's lemon law requires new car dealers to keep the car operational for two years. So seems they are in violation of that law. Have written them stating that but have not heard a response. Sent that to the owner July 21st.

Get a lawyer.

[jayman]

I have to second that. This is turning into a major cluster f*** now

[Godiva]

Originally Posted by GinnyErns

I did find out that Idaho's lemon law requires new car dealers to keep the car operational for two years. So seems they are in violation of that law. Have written them stating that but have not heard a response. Sent that to the owner July 21st.

You have a lemon law? Good. They're already in violation. That works for you.

How long have you been without this car? And who is paying for what you are driving now? Their fault. They pay.

Have you been documenting everything? Get a lawyer. Get a lawyer now. These people aren't going to do squat because they see a woman they think they can push around. They're not going to listen to you. Get a lawyer. A male lawyer. They'll listen to him. Give him all of your documentation. I hope you've been keeping a diary with dates and conversations of what they said. (If not, write it up NOW and then continue to reread and revise. You'll remember more as you go along.) Print all of the e-mails. Photocopy all of the letters, estimates, etc. You need to treat this as if it was an accident and they other guy is at fault and isn't going to pay. Give copies of everything to the lawyer.

Have the lawyer send them a firm (I repeat firm) letter.

You don't want this LEMON car back. You now what a new car.

And have the lawyer give them a deadline. Hear from them by this date. Resolved by this date. Otherwise....see you in court.

*That* will get their attention. Even if someone is on vacation.