Production resuming / End of stop sale?

Supposedly production in Japan resumed on the 17th. That info was from May 24, and I haven't found if production truly resumed or not. I assume yes. If that's correct, those cars should start arriving in North America in a week or two.

As for when parts will be available to fix the cars currently sitting at the port facilities and dealerships, I haven't seen any info. I'm typically checking TIS a couple times a day for a recall/service campaign update, and I'll post as soon as I see one appear(well, I'll post just after I call my dealer and give them a chance to get my order a bit of a head start - lol).

 

I just took a look at Toyota's inventory search, and it looks like it's confirmed that production has restarted. Lots of Priuses listed as being in the build phase*, with delivery start dates varying from July 11-25. I mean those dates are the first dates in the window. The earliest window I found was July 11 to July 29, and the latest window I found was July 25-Aug 11.

If the production was still shut down, I would expect either no dates listed, or all the dates would be the same. I'm going to hope that the remedy will hit the US around the same times the new cars do, so hopefully we're down to a couple weeks or less before our dealerships can order the recall fix.


*remember that "build phase" includes the time the car is on a ship; build phase begins when the allocation is made and ends when the car is processed at the delivery port facility

 

Don't know if the Prius was effected, but Toyota stopped production in Japan for some models this week over parts shortage.

 

Cars at the ports and dealerships have been sitting for 8+ weeks. They likely have drained 12v batteries and maybe some other issues related to being idled for so long? Does Toyota go through a checklist for these cars before they head out to a customer?

 

Mine is sitting at a dealer lot, and my dealer told me he has 'driven it around the lot a few times, and gotten lunch with it' sort of thing. So "maybe", but I assume it's mostly up to individual dealers.

I would *hope* Toyota has some sort of 'so the car's been sitting there for 6 weeks' sort of thing, but to what level it's followed/enforced is up for debate.

 

Im sure they can deal with drained batteries but im curious too what other issues could pop up given my car is one of these standing around for months now. Especially for the main battery (PHEV/Prime)

For most stuff there is a big warranty anyway so im not too worried.

 

The traction battery has virtually zero self-drain in my 2021 Prius Prime Limited. It didn't even drop a percent when I didn't drive the car for over six weeks last summer. I expect the same in Gen 5.

 

Local dealership just listed a couple in "Build Phase". First time they have listed any since the recall started.

 

Still no solution for the ones waiting around in ports or at dealerships. I will give it probably one more month and then im going to get out of my contract A pretty nice lexus doesnt really cost more here...

 

Going to seize that bait: name a pretty lexus. Every time I go into the local Toyota/Lexus dealer I'm "damn, I thought most Toyotas were ugly and boring colours, but could be worse..."

Oh, did you just mean "pretty nice". Hmm...

 

I honestly cant really argue with that. Perhaps more pretty from the inside? Definitively more luxurious compared to the Prius. And I was really surprised that a full spec NX 350h (HEV though) is barely more expensive than the full spec Prius Prime.

But as you said, not really sexy or any nice emotion (my wife thinks otherwise). And I don't want an chunky SUV anyway so Im holding out for now.

 

Ours has been sitting since April, awaiting the part/recall. I told the dealer I also want to see/sit in a Crown Signia, whenever they get one in, for potential purchase next year. But if the wife loves the Crown Signia (which I assume she'll think is too big for her daily driver), then might just end up with that...