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Dealer says that noise is brake actuator

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Technical Discussion' started by 07P, Sep 9, 2019.

  1. 07P

    07P Junior Member

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    and together with part and labor will cost $2400. How can this be fixed for less than $1000?

    Here is the noise


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    You could get a used unit on eBay and have a local mechanic install it if you can’t do that yourself. No guarantee the used unit will work though. Dorman sells remanufactured units for about 800.
     
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    welcome!
    you don't need to replace it until it fails, and it may never fail
     
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    On my 2006 the brake actuator was noisy sometimes but not that bad as the video. I changed the brake fluid which costs less than $15 for 2 quarts using techstream and it is much quieter the past 15k miles.
     
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    Your ABS actuator might be faulty but you can only tell for certain if there are warning lights on the dash and when diagnosed, the following codes appear: C1253,C1256,C1311,C1313.

    There are 4 Gen2 Priuses in the family and all of them produce this sound but an ABS actuator was needed replacement on only one.

    I would leave it alone until it produces error codes and do a dealership brake fluid change - can only be done using Toyota diagnostics tool - Techstream. Bleeding the brakes in general won't be ok. Often what kills the ABS actuator is the not frequent brake fluid change. These are the warning lights I had on when the ABS actuator went on mine:
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