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  1. Seksprius

    Seksprius New Member

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    Since my previous post I’ve been able to diagnose that the whirring sound I’ve been having is the brake actuator. It makes the sound about every 30 seconds.

    I’ve seen the entire installation from start to finish and can’t understand why the labor is so damn expensive for this job. It really isn’t complicated. I don’t like doing mechanical jobs myself but the labor is way overpriced. The part is also ridiculously priced. Millions of Prius on the road and they want $500+ for a used part. I’ve been leaning towards making an offer on EBay on the part out of a totaled Prius.
    Does anybody do the entire job for a reasonable price? What did you pay when yours failed? Any suggestions to make this the far cheaper repair that it should be? Thanks!
     
  2. Tombukt2

    Tombukt2 Senior Member

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    There's two pieces in there I'm going to want to replace them both. That's how Toyota does a job and they won't usually do it any other way because they replace one part and then the other ones fails directly now you have to pay the same labor almost twice so go at it like that yeah sure and your driveway you might get lucky and replace them part with the pump and accumulator and get away with that until you get out of the car maybe and if not then you're doing the labor over again so there's always that. Each part is around 700 bucks You might get a discount ordering online and haven't sent to the local Toyota dealer and picking it up that way maybe. You may be able to get it out of the EU or places like Pakistan with the shipping will put you equal or a little above buying it here so that's problematic but this is just part of owning this model
     
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  3. Tombukt2

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    When you do the job you'll understand why it cost so much when you have to do these things to make a living at it not just once every so often on a weekend quite a bit different You seen the job start to finish on a YouTube video sped up. Make sure everything else is good with your car because these cars are known for engine problems and all kinds of funding nonsense You think you're having a problem now.
     
  4. Seksprius

    Seksprius New Member

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    The video took 3:54. Sped up or not that is not a difficult job worth $700+ worth of labor. I’m not really worried about the problems with the Gen 3. Ok so the head gasket can/will fail? Engine swap. Already been quoted on that and it’s not even that expensive. Same thing with the hybrid battery.
     
  5. Seksprius

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    I rather just buy both parts out of a wrecked Prius. Which part is more prone to failure and actually causes the sound?