100k maintenance recommendations

You could DIY all this in a day, or weekend at most.
Watch @NutzAboutBolts videos
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Cost would be about $150-200 max for fluids etc.

Or you could find a reputable hybrid or Prius certified mechanic shop in your area
check google for reviews or maybe someone can recommend one local
For the stealership, they are grossly maximizing their profits...
Shouldnt pay more than $500-700 or so to do all the above, about half (or less!)

However, have you know about the EGR issues for Gen3?
Please read up on them and decide when to start the cleaning and maintenance
for the EGR cooler and intake etc. maybe OCC oil catch can install.

 

I am going to take a whack at this, others will chime in with their take as well. (the excellent NutzAboutBolts videos can give you a feel if you feel up to DIY, but even if you don't, you get a feel how long a professional SHOULD take)

I am guessing that hybrid services is cleaning the HV Battery fan. You can do this for the price of tools.

Coolant service: DIY is about $60

Inverter service: DIY is about $30

Brake fluid exchange: I prefer to let the dealer do this but here is how:

Transmission service: DIY is about $50

You can get various gaskets at the Toyota parts desk and fluids from Toyota or Amazon

www.amazon.com/Genuine-00272SLLC2-Engine-Coolant-Antifreeze/dp/B0071N5DM4

www.amazon.com/Genuine-Toyota-Automatic-Transmission-Standard/dp/B00CTUSEMU

Just in case you don't have it, here is your maintenance schedule, you are on page 50 of the manual, page 52 of the PDF.
https://www.toyota.com/t3Portal/document/omms-s/T-MMS-12Prius/pdf/2012_Toyota_Prius_WMG.pdf

I am not discouraging you from doing these, but the HV Fan cleaning is variable largely based on pet hair. (or human hair, I won't judge) Brake fluid degrades due to water absorbed by the fluid, Key West will need it more often than Phoenix.

 

Since your around cab country, you could ask them where they get their Prius cabs serviced.

Maybe something will crop up that way.

 

IIRC there was a horrible review about a long island shop monopolizing the island?

Hope to see someone local that can give an experienced hand in the driveway.
It would be a long stretch for me, i think around 3 hours.

But you could cherry pick the necessary things for now,
and I dont think any are necessary atm. If she is driving correctly with no issues.
But get ready to do some soon. plan it out. This post is a great start.

Continue the search and hopefully a local reaches out with a recommendation

 

First the good news, none of these services are Hybrid specific. Any mechanic who is not just terrified of Hybrids can do them. Every car has brakes, every car has a transmission, every car has a radiator, etc. And you can point them to the NutzAboutBolts videos.

These guys claim to be hybrid experts, if you ever need that.
Hybrid Repair - Village Automotive Center
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So you never go into New York City?

 

With all of those, you can practically visualize whoever dreamed up that list, sucking on the pencil tip, looking up at the ceiling, trying to come up with a number that'll just be credible.

(1) No idea what that is. Maybe a fan cleaning. eminently DIY'able. If a pro does it, maybe $100.

(2) Assuming that is an Engine Coolant Change: due at at 10 years or 100K miles (whichever comes first), $100~125 would be reasonable.

(3) Assuming that is an Inverter Coolant Change: due at at 15 years or 150K miles (whichever comes first), $100 would be reasonable.

(4) Not on the US schedule, but Toyota Canada now recommends tri-yearly or 48K kms. I've done that a couple of times myself now, with wife pushing the brake pedal. Needs no expensive tools, takes me about an hour. $100~125 would be reasonable.

(5) Assuming that's a transaxle fluid change: robbery! It's a simple drain and fill, a bit different than an oil change, that's all. $80~100 would be reasonable.

 

Yeah thats the kinda shit that loses a customer.

Maybe check reviews to see if they straightened out a bit.
Most people nowadays review on those incidents.

 

There is nothing hybrid specific about these maintenance items. No special expertise or training is necessary. The Prius uses the same engine as the Corolla and other Toyota’s.

There is one item, to replace the inverter coolant, which is hybrid specific. But it’s exactly the same as replacing the engine coolant, same fluid, just a different drain bolt.

Any reputable independent Toyota shop can easily do this stuff. Your dealer has massively overpriced these tasks. Amongst ourselves, we’ve created MeetUp groups and we meet at somebody’s house and do this stuff together. It’s a fun Saturday, there’s always somebody who knows how to do it, has the tools, etc. Try to arrange one in Long Island!