Transaxle issue?

i agree.
if you haven't done any other major work, it will be coming. no telling when, but it's just a matter of time.

 

I am from hopkinsville Kentucky I don't currently live there I'm in North Carolina. This is one of the most ridiculous things I've seen in a minute You should be able to buy a transmission in Kentucky from a salvage yard for about 250 bucks tops That's them taking it out blah blah blah You want to get a '09 model It's the last of the generation 2 any mechanic in Kentucky that works on any front wheel drive cars changing out clutches transmissions drive axles and the light should charge you about 200 to 250 to do the swap take your old one out put the one you provide in that sounds like about $6,700 to me tops $3,000 I would stop fooling with that guy there's nothing he's going to do He doesn't have to go into the transmission no servicing nothing just going to change it out If you're rear main seals not leaking and all that which it probably isn't leave it alone If it is it's 6 bolts and a $24 seal or similar to replace If it's not leaking don't touch it and you tell me where you are in Kentucky I might be able to call a couple junkyards and square you one right up they should be plentiful where you are well depends on what part of Kentucky I'm chilton county. But before I did any of that I would get somebody with a good enough scanner to read especially for ABS codes something like an Innova 3250 as a red button that says ABS on it My Innova scanner will read my Prius ABS codes and all of the regular p codes without issue The car feeling like the brakes are sticking seems more like you may be having a failed break accumulator pump assembly The thing that goes bad in the brakes in this car I would like to hope not as this will cost more than the transmission job unless you can find a low mileage takeout part in Kentucky to get which should be very possible You will have to scour yards like LKQ and copart. Places like that where you can look at stock on the internet you'd be shocked at how many $95,000 mi generation 2 Prius are in the junkyard with just the damaged rear bumper It's shocking