Warranty question and Invertor pump 2005

In my case, no

My inverter pump gave out at 67,000 miles and I was so hoping it was covered under the factory warranty, but it wasn't. I was told at my dealer that the warranty was for 6 years or 60,000 miles - which ever came first. I was just 7,000 past that point. Lucky me!

 

The bumper-to-bumper warranty is 36K miles/3 years. Power train (which I'm guessing the inverter pump would be covered under) is 60K miles/5 years. The hybrid system (HV battery, motor/generators, and the inverters themselves) is 100K miles/8 years unless you're in California (and other CARB states), in which case it's 150K miles/10 years.

 

Mine failed at 65K in my 06, and it was covered by warranty. I'm not sure if it was the California extended, or the Platinum Toyota warranty, but it was covered.

 

If the inverter pump is covered, it's covered unless you it failed due to negligence, salvage title, modification, etc. If it fails due to another component not covered, that component, like the pump, wouldn't be covered but the inverter still would be. You'd have to pay for th epump, but not the inverter. Did you complain to Toyota?

 

The invertor pump in my Prius06 (with <87K miles) just failed and Toyota will not cover it under the 8/100 warranty.
The warranty reads "Hybrid-related components for hybrid vehicles are covered for 8 years/100,000 miles". I see this pump as part of the hybrid system. A non-hybrid car would not need this part, even if it's just a water pump.
I tried arguing my point with Toyota, but they keep on going back to "it's a water pump that cools down the invertor and not part of the hybrid system".
Toyota is so predictable when dealing with warranties. I've gotten this "close by no cigar" answer with two cars already.

 

Yes, the pump is a powertrain warranty item, 60K/5 years. See TSB EG001-07. Sorry radtech. Has yours gone out? You may wish to review the numerous threads regarding lack of pump availability (though I know for a fact that Conicelli aka partznet.com has them), DIY repairs, etc. It's not much different than replacing a regular water pump. An AirLift helps immensely.

The real problem is that these pumps had some kind of design defect that causes premature failure in 2004-2006 and yet there is no recall.