Is the car dealer lying?

A 2010 Prius is old enough to potentially be a money pit of problems:

Head gasket, traction battery (AKA high voltage battery), water pump, brake booster/accumulator, etc.

I'd avoid it.

SM-G781V ?

 

Don't do it my friend run as quickly as possible You're in Pennsylvania too run even faster You're making a big mistake I don't care if they're giving you the car for free what kind of job do you have? You live in the Northeast United States these cars do pretty poorly in the salt and those conditions unfortunately by the way things are looking and sounding you'd be better off with a Yaris or a Corolla My honest opinion is the dealer lying the dealer mechanic is telling you what he saw when he scanned the car and if he's not talking a whole lot and that's the kind of person he is or he's staying quiet because he knows the troubles these cars have and he doesn't want to spend a whole lot of free time and a lot of hot air talking to somebody that flies a desk doesn't know anything about a car etc so on and so forth a lot of mechanics are like this because when they talk to regular people well it just seems kind of pointless to them You have to understand people that work on things for other people and or for money

 

Like you said, it’s pretty, so that means go all in and buy. Don’t let anyone change your feelings be in the cool egr cleaning elite club!!!

 

It sounds like this is a first car purchase for a person that's not really in the car club kind of mentality You just want to get to work drive your car show it to your friends get on with your life this is not the car for that I promise you I am sorry but that is a fact If you want to enjoy your life and get to work and all that sort of stuff and not become a car person and all of that take my advice above a Yaris or Corolla will serve you a lot better and you won't even have to know what a torque wrench is or any of that ever unless you just have that kind of interest and you're bored or whatever the case may be. Or buy a generation 2 Prius that's been well cared for with paperwork and a caring owner that will go over the basics with you and whatever you think you need to do That's not hard to find you just have to seek that sort of thing but without doing any of it and not having pretty much a care in the world a Yaris or Corolla Will allow you to concentrate on what's important to you in life and not how you're going to get there or arrive.

 

Yes

 

What was the asking price? If it's $2-3000, okay. Because a NEW battery will
cost about $2000-3000.
It "might" be a low 12v battery. But since you don't know anything about the Prius,
it's probably not worth the expense of learning about them since you likely won't
be able to drive the car.
Search for a 2015 model Prius, which will be in much better condition.
And stay away from that dealer!!!! They can't be trusted! If they lie about this, they
WILL lie about other things.

 

Is the car dealer lying?

Was his mouth open and lips moving?

On a more serious note, I would avoid the 2010-2014 (?) years as they seem to have the most problems with head gasket issues/bent connecting rods. I think it was 2015 that Toyota made some changes to alleviate that problem.

Personally, I would avoid a 2010-2011 like it was the plague, regardless of miles or hybrid alarms. If the dealer was leaving his laptop connected, he was expecting something to happen and he's trying to pull the wool over your eyes if he's attempting to blame his laptop battery getting low.

The funny part is I would have been like "cool, let me connect mine real quick".

 

Yes, they lied to you. Stay very far away from this dealer and the car. Gen 3 Prius (2010-2015) have many problems. If you want a Prius, look at 2016 and newer.

 

More succinctly, the next Gen, Gen 4.

what’s the miles on it btw?

 

was this a toyota dealer, or a used car dealer?

 

If you could find a 2009 Yaris and very good condition pretty much regardless of mileage if the car was in good condition looked good was cared for even if it had $230,000 mi on it it'll go to 500 easily easily you'll get tired of it before that generally speaking. Scion XA very similar little wagon back thing similar engine all of that they'll go forever unless rust or an accident takes them out and they're easy to work on there's no excuse not to keep the car on the road unless you're just going to be carless or you're going back to a horse or something I don't know One of the most inexpensive pieces of machinery you can possibly own and if you can do anything a few tools you can work on one of those very easily.

 

Yes, he was lying. That error message has no relationship to his laptop battery charge.