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Reliability info on the Gen III Prius -- help make it happen

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Main Forum' started by mkaresh, Jul 1, 2009.

  1. mkaresh

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    Looking forward to having an initial result in November, with a preview for participants in a couple of weeks. 67 owners signed up so far. A great start. The more owners participate, the better the information we can provide.

    Those who are signed up--consider reporting some fuel economy results. We don't have many responses for the 2010:

    Real-world Toyota Prius gas mileage
     
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    Just signed up. Will have my first fill-up this weekend and I'll report my mileage then!
     
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    Thanks, I certainly appreciate it.

    We've had excellent participation in the reliability survey, and will have a result next month.

    The gas mileage survey is optional, but more responses to it would be very helpful.

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    It won't accept my email address because of some sort of bug in their system, that things I won't be able to read it.

    I don't have any sort of special spam filter, or verification or anything.

     
  5. mkaresh

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    It's not a bug. We screen for addresses with terms like "spam" and "junk," since it suggests that someone wants access to the site's information without having to help make this information possible. Not always the case, of course, but I can manually enter the exceptions.
     
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    We'll have a result soon. Great participation by Prius III owners.

    That said, the more owners participate, the better the information we can provide.

    Car reliability research
     
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    just signed up...
     
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  9. mkaresh

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    Thanks, I certainly appreciate it.

    We'll be publicly releasing the results early next week--the first reliability stats anywhere for the Prius III.

    92 owners signed up so far. An amazing start, but more is always better.

    We're going to start providing new stats for the odds of requiring no repairs and the odds of getting a lemon. These require larger sample sizes, so additional participants would be helpful.

    For the details, and to sign up if you haven't already:

    Car reliability research
     
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    Thought I'd already posted the results. Perhaps in another thread? Anyway...

    We've released a reliability stat for the redesigned 2010 Prius that includes owner experiences through September 30, 2009.

    We had 61 responses, outstanding for such a new model. The reported repair rate of 8 repair trips per 100 cars per year is similar to those for the 2007-2009, and excellent for a redesigned model early in its first model year.

    This forum and everyone who has been helping, thanks, this result would not have been possible without you.

    We'll have further updates in February and May. The more owners participate, the better the information we can provide.

    Toyota Prius reliability comparisons
     
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    We'll start previewing the next set of results to participants in just a few weeks. The more owners prticipate, the better the informataion we can provide.

    For the details, and to sign up to help:

    Car reliability research
     
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    118 Gen III owners now signed up. Among 2010 owners, this is second only to the Kia Soul, with 123 signed up. So very close.

    Not yet signed up? Details here:

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    Now just two owners behind the Kia Soul...

    Updated results next month. We've had 99 responses so far. So one more would be nice!
     
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    We've released an updated reliability stat for the redesigned 2010 Prius that includes owner experiences through December 31, 2009.

    We had 101 responses, outstanding for such a new model. The reported repair rate of 12 repair trips per 100 cars per year remains similar to those for the 2007-2009, and excellent for a redesigned model early in its first model year.

    This forum and everyone who has been helping, thanks, this result would not have been possible without you.

    We'll have further updates in May and August. The more owners participate, the better the information we can provide.

    Toyota Prius reliability comparisons
     
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    138 owners signed up so far for the 2010. An outstanding start, but five fewer than the 2010 Kia Soul!
     
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    Just enhanced the related repair history survey so that it can (optionally) be used as a personal car maintenance record.

    As always, more participants would be helpful.

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    Updated results in May. Great participation by Prius owners, but more always better with sample sizes.
     
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    158 2010 Prius owners now signed up, the most (though by a small margin) for any 2010. Great group of people here.
     
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    Actually, now 172, and by a healthy margin the most for any 2010 model.

    Thanks, everyone. Updated stats in about a week.