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Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by nodiesel, Jul 24, 2013.

  1. nodiesel

    nodiesel Junior Member

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    Dear fellows,

    Last year my red beloved got very noisy, so I first thought a tire got out of balance. The noise did become more persistant and some time later it appeared that 3 of the 4 wheel bearings had to be changed between 100-150th miles.
    Has anybody heared about this strange case?

    thanks a lot,

    Geert
     
    #1 nodiesel, Jul 24, 2013
  2. ursle

    ursle Gas miser

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    On my gen2 at 30,000 the fronts started to go, first I've heard of the gen 3
     
    #2 ursle, Jul 24, 2013
  3. Peter Johansen

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    I have a Prius 2006 and it seems that the front bearings might be going. Likewise, the car has low milage such as 76km or slightly over 30,000 miles. I am a bit surprised of this because I thought wheel bearings should last much longer. Thus, how long can one drive on a bad bearing? Shouldn't this be a recall issue? Are there unsealed bearing that can be used and lengthen the life? Thanks in advance
     
    #3 Peter Johansen, May 17, 2017
  4. Stu Wood

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    I had to change the right rear wheel bearing on my 2010 at 75k miles. Prius seem to have poor wheel bearings. I have a 2001 Honda Accord with 286,000 miles with the original wheel bearings.
     
    #4 Stu Wood, May 17, 2017
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  5. grnd0

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    Replaced a right rear on my 2010 with 55,000 miles. Never heard of a car needing wheel bearings like the Prius.
     
    #5 grnd0, May 18, 2017
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    Should have mentioned, I got an alignment done and the right rear was toed out. That may have caused the problem. I installed the new hub and put a shim kit in to correct alignment.
     
    #6 grnd0, May 18, 2017
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