1. Attachments are working again! Check out this thread for more details and to report any other bugs.

Gen 4 Prius reliability

Discussion in 'Gen 4 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by mkaresh, Mar 11, 2016.

  1. mkaresh

    mkaresh Member

    Joined:
    Jun 5, 2006
    326
    45
    0
    I wanted more up-to-date car reliability information that made the differences between cars clearer. So a decade ago I started getting people together to make this possible. TrueDelta now updates actual repair frequencies, not just dots, four times a year, to track cars closely as they age.

    Thanks partly to the support of this forum (for which I'm very grateful), we've been providing stats on the Gen 2 and Gen 3 Prius for quite a while. I'd like to do the same for the Gen 4. Just a matter of getting enough owners involved.

    Participants report repairs the month after they occur on a one-page survey. When there are no repairs, they simply report an approximate odometer reading four times a year, following the end of each quarter.

    To encourage participation, participants receive full access to all results, not just those for the Macan, for free. I'll share results for the Macan in this thread after each update.

    Learn about Cars from the Owners who Drive Them | TrueDelta
     
    telmo744 and glennonrp like this.
  2. mkaresh

    mkaresh Member

    Joined:
    Jun 5, 2006
    326
    45
    0
    We've updated our reliability stats for the Prius to include owner experiences through June 30, 2016. Reliability information elsewhere is based on a survey conducted in April 2015--well over a year ago.

    During this time period no completed repairs were reported for the 2016 Prius, with 16 owners participating. Can't get better than this. This is a small sample size, and I do hope we have more owners participating in future rounds.

    For stats on other models and model years, and to sign up to help improve this information:

    Toyota Prius reliability ratings and comparisons
     
    krmcg likes this.
  3. mkaresh

    mkaresh Member

    Joined:
    Jun 5, 2006
    326
    45
    0
    We've updated our reliability stats for the Prius to include owner experiences through September 30, 2016.

    Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year (lower is better):

    2016 Prius: 10, low

    Additional participants always helpful.

    For the repairs behind these stats, reliability information on other models, and to sign up to help improve this information:

    Toyota Prius reliability ratings and comparisons
     
  4. Mendel Leisk

    Mendel Leisk Senior Member

    Joined:
    Oct 17, 2010
    54,662
    38,207
    80
    Location:
    Greater Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Vehicle:
    2010 Prius
    Model:
    Touring
    That's a big drop:

    upload_2017-1-31_10-42-28.png

    And from there to present it hasn't recovered much. Something bad happened? (n)

    Roughly how many cars in each year's sample?