PiP - Arm rest fabric coming off...

How many miles are on the car?

 

Mine is fine as are all of the other Prii I've been in. I assume you rest your weight on it quite a bit?

You can opt to have it recovered with something more durable at an upholstery shop or you can upgrade to leather seat covers from Clazzio like it did. The arm rest cover doesn't fit terribly good but it is very solid and looks nice enough.

 

Ok, I've got around 4200 on the car and it's still like new.

 

I noticed the same thing. You can't have everything. Just one of those compromises. Rather have 50+ mpg than a perfectly fitting arm rest fabric


iPad ?

 

I agree as I myself have discovered at least several "cheap" fitments on my 2010 with 22k miles. Apparently they have not changed the "model of success" with the 2012's. First thing that popped off was the plastic casing on the front passenger side pillar with the airbag logo on it as I was loading a very light cardboard box and accidentally hit it. Another issue was the passenger side door molding/cover or whatever this thing is called on the interior side of the door. I pushed it open just under the arm rest and one of the plastic tabs that was held together by a screw snapped off. Saw what it was when I took apart the door since the area below the arm rest was caving in to the lightest touch. Inside, the parts are very flimsy and bolted/glued/snapped together with seemingly inexpensive pieces that are easy to break if you're not careful. What I've learned from this experience was that all companies cut corners somewhere to make the most profit and with the Prius, I have to say that it is the cheap interior throughout.

Still love the car and am looking forward to Gen IV coming around, but after having owned a couple of other Toyotas, their interior is one of the cheapest around, along with Chevy and Fords. Just be very gentle with plastics! Not that I'm rough lol.