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Leaking axle seal on 2015

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by JC91006, May 9, 2018.

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  1. JC91006

    JC91006 Senior Member

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    I'm pretty familiar with how things work at a dealer, but imagine if some rookie went in there with this? Have a heart attack on the spot
     
    #41 JC91006, May 11, 2018
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    new cars are crap no matter whos name is on it, all parts made by the lowest bidder and shorter a warranty should tell you they have no confidence in their product, when my 08 dies Im going Kia.. cheap to buy, 10 year warr, gets 40 mpg so why not.
     
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    So Toyota has agreed to do a goodwill warranty on my actuator repair since I was 1 day out of warranty when I brought it back to them. They are going to replace the actuator and bleed the brakes again. Total cost $3500.

    I really hate using the goodwill warranty on this car at 1 day past warranty. Now I'm kinda SOL if I'm to ask for another goodwill down the road.
     
    #43 JC91006, May 22, 2018
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    Got my car back from the dealer with a new actuator, car is back to 100%. They diagnosed the problem to be a seized valve in the actuator. So 2 quality issues on a car often sitting in the garage with 15000 miles, bad actuator and leaking axle seal.
     
    #44 JC91006, May 28, 2018
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