2011 Prius - A/C Compressor Dead

I'm in Indiana & hotter than heck

 

i'm trying to figure out why so many 2011 are having trouble.

 

Mine was due to faulty compressor from factory most likely Toyota commented. The compressor still works but sent metal shavings through to condensor and plugged it up. I also had a tacoma that had a bad stereo manufacurer. I had 5 replaced in less than 3 months! Toyota should stand behind their vehicles & make it's parts manufacturers do the same. But hey, thats how toyota keeps making money.

 

call corporate and see if they will help, that's ridiculous.

 

Yeah I have. They going to help with $1250 but I'm still going to have take a loan out for my part $1817.00

 

ouch. i give them some credit though.

 

i give them some but I asked why can't you get a hold of compressor manufacturer & insist on giving me a free replacement compressor & I'd take care of rest? I mean they should stand behind their quality & parts that are put into it.

 

agreed, it's frustrating. especially when so many other years are fine.

 

Get a second opinion.....could be a $10 part and thats it. Some dealers really suck

 

Do you have the corporate number easily accessible? A friend of a friend had their AC go out on a 4 year old Prius with 30k miles on it, and has been quoted $2000 to repair it.

 

sorry, i'm not home. should be in the warranty booklet, maybe on line?

 

Maybe Toyota will do all of us 2011 owners a treat and compensate us for our losses. It was almost a year ago that my compressor went out. I was lucky and found a used part, but the bill still came to ~$1400. I hope they take notice of this apparent high failure rate. Most are out of warranty but still.

 

No problem, I think the owner found their number. I thought there was a special direct line that Priuschat members secretly knew about

 

the only one they gave me was 1-800-you-lose.