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Mojavemojo replied to the thread How does not driving a 2010 Prius for long periods affect the hybrid battery?.

So seems it's a good sign that the Toyota dealer fixed this before putting the vehicle up for sale since it wasn't a cheap fix and it...

Mojavemojo liked rjparker's post in the thread How does not driving a 2010 Prius for long periods affect the hybrid battery?.

This is another common problem with gen3s and has nothing to do with head gasket fails or even excessive oil consumption. The timing...

Mojavemojo liked ASRDogman's post in the thread How does not driving a 2010 Prius for long periods affect the hybrid battery?.

If you can do the work yourself, you don't spend a $1000! Perhaps you should look for a 2015 model. It has the updated pistons and...

Mojavemojo liked Mendel Leisk's post in the thread How does not driving a 2010 Prius for long periods affect the hybrid battery?.

The timing chain cover has proven prone to leak. Dealerships jump on that, and charge $1500~2000 to reseal it. It can be done with the...

Mojavemojo liked Danno5060's post in the thread How does not driving a 2010 Prius for long periods affect the hybrid battery?.

I'd stay away from the Gen 3. You may actually find the one that's got no real issues, but the chances are that you're finding ones that...

Mojavemojo replied to the thread How does not driving a 2010 Prius for long periods affect the hybrid battery?.

I found a 2015 in our price range with 133k miles on it (vs 108k-112k for the 2010s we've been looking at). Also doesn't have all the...

Mojavemojo replied to the thread How does not driving a 2010 Prius for long periods affect the hybrid battery?.

If it was totaled and rebuilt, surely that wouldn't show as a clean title on CarFax? Or be sold by a Toyota dealer. Why would the Toyota...

Mojavemojo replied to the thread How does not driving a 2010 Prius for long periods affect the hybrid battery?.

I guess we got really lucky then for once. Never did any EGR cleaning on our 2010 (though took it in for a recall issue in early 2020...

Mojavemojo replied to the thread How does not driving a 2010 Prius for long periods affect the hybrid battery?.

I realize the oil burning issue is common in higher mileage gen 3s (looked it up when it first started happening) but seems that unless...

Mojavemojo replied to the thread How does not driving a 2010 Prius for long periods affect the hybrid battery?.

So basically you're saying our experience with the gen 3 was atypical (it definitely wasn't our stellar maintenance that resulted in a...

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How does not driving a 2010 Prius for long periods affect the hybrid battery?

We recently lost our 2010 Prius when our insurance company declared it a total loss. It was easily the best vehicle we ever owned; had...

Forum: Gen 3 Prius Technical Discussion