Inverter failure Australia

It's best you contact Toyota for assistance. Many have done the recall and still had a failure. In the usa, Toyota has extended the warranty on the inverter to 150k miles

 

Some Prius in the US have an extended warranty for the inverter.

 

4. Log on to Toyota Owner's Online and enter your car's info (I'm pretty sure you just enter the VIN). Any recalls will be listed there.

Toyota Owners Official Web Site: Service Coupons, Owner's Manuals, Service Scheduling And More

 

1. The purpose of the software update was to detune the inverter response to try to prevent future inverter failures. Chances are your inverter failed in spite of the recall.

2. Toyota is extending the warranty to 15 years in the US due to the number of inverter failures. It would be hard to believe that this is not true in Australia. I would definitely appeal to Toyota.

Keep us posted.

 

The Inverter is considered as part of the Hybrid System so is included in the 8 years / 100,000 mile US warranty. They are extending the Inverter, or the Inverter Power Module to be exact, warranty from 8 to 15 years for unlimited mileage.

 

Double check the hybrid system warranty in Australia. Does the car have a full Toyota service history? I ask because my UK Prius had the inverter fail at 71k miles and my particular car only have a 60k mile warranty. Because I had been a loyal Toyota customer having the car serviced by them at every interval, Toyota paid for the inverter and I paid for the fitting. My dealers arranged things directly with Toyota to get this good will payment.

Six months after I had had my inverter replaced, Toyota issued the worldwide inverter software recall.

p.s., I'd also question the cost of your quote. My gen3 inverter was quoted at about £1,500 for the part (AU $2,800) which includes 20% UK VAT. Fitting was a further £250 inc diagnosis.

 

good point. if in the end you have to pay for it, look for a salvage unit.

 

wow, that's surprising. can you buy on ebay?

 

It seems the only way you are going to get it repaired in a timely manner is letting the dealer continue with their diagnosis/repair. You can proceed with an appeal to Toyota even if you have to initially pay for the repairs - at least you get your vehicle back while Toyota decides what to do. In the end it may come down to which part of the inverter failed. You can read about my inverter failure & how Toyota picked up the tab for everything, even though I was out of the 100K US warranty.
2010 Prius died - P0A94 - Inverter Failure - Replaced | PriusChat
A couple days after the repair was complete I posted (in the above thread) that the only expense I had was the towing charge which I had paid cash. A fellow PC member ask why didn't Toyota cover the towing charges also, since it was a warranty repair. I made another trip to the dealer & asked the Service Adviser the same question. He had to make a call or 2 but he came back in a while & said Toyota would cover the towing also. He made a copy of the bill & within a couple weeks I received a check from Toyota for the towing charge.
Good Luck!

 

This thread reminds me of exactly why I fear owning a hybrid in Australia. Fairly small market for them here and consequently almost no independent workshops that can handle them.

I've been really lucky with my Gen2, it's been super reliable and I've been able to keep it as far away as possible from the stealer's service dept. My first (and last) experience with them was getting stung $660 for service that basically amounted to nothing more than an oil and oil/air filter change. Grrr

 

Private messaged OP

 

I have the same issue and asked to pay $4500 - It seems the extended warranty is not applicable to Australia -

 

Hybrid Inverter system - Toyota Prius 2010 - Australia

I was driving my car and just before I inter into a roundabout, my car lost most its power and all hazard lights came up. I drove the car to a dealer and they advised me the Hybrid Inverter system of my Prius 2010 has failed.

They charged me over $500 for diagnose, estimate of cost repair $4500.00, turnaround 2 month and the manufacture will not cover the cost as the car is more than 3 years old.

I called the Toyota and the Western Australian consumer protection, but unfortunately they said I have to pay the costs and if not happy with the decision it can go to the court.

I am wondering if others have had similar issue with this type of cars.

Your comment will be highly appropriated.