List of Maintenance/Service Items for a 2017 Prius 2 w/100k on the Odometer that blew a head gasket?

Hi all,
This is my first post here, and I apologize in advance if this is a dumb question and/or I missed an obvious threat.

I just recently purchased a 2017 Prius Two with just under 100k miles on the odometer from a non-Toyota dealership. I did my due diligence (or so I thought). I did a CarFax; it was single owner car, purchased and serviced at Lancaster Toyota in LA, then traded in and sold to wholesaler who sold it to my dealership. Nothing major listed in its service records, and it seemed like regular intervals of service.

When I picked up the car, I checked all of the fluids, did a test drive, etc, and all seemed good. When I went to take it home, I made it exactly 16.7 miles from the dealership before the overheating indicator came on white smoke started billowing out of the tailpipe. The indicator came on less then two minutes before the smoke.

The dealership is fixing the car, but I'm worried now that there might be something else I missed or some other issue with the car. I need this car to be dependable because I bought it for work.

What are some things that I need to do? Here is what I have so far:

Oil/filter change
Transmission flush
Coolant/radiator/inverter flush (and potentially go ahead and replace related hoses).

Thanks in advance!

P.S. I thought I found a link to a spreadsheet on here, but I seem to have lost it.

EDIT: I just realized I have posted this in the wrong sub forum. I am so, so sorry. I can't seem to delete it.

 

Hi! Sadly I missed the replies on this thread.



It's a high mileage vehicle, but there didn't seem to be anything in its service record seem to indicate anything crazy. I figured it was the same thing I intended: a lot of highway miles.

I didn't think too much about a dealer selling it off. It's not terribly uncommon in my area for the high end dealers to sell of less profitable trade ins to either wholesalers or smaller car lots they have an affiliation with. For instance, my brother does IT work for one lot that deals almost exclusively in new cars, and only keeps nice, low mileage used cars less then 5 years old (with few exceptions) on the lot. Most of their tradins go to wholesalers in another state.

It's been a month, and I still do not have the car back. As of right now, it will be the 19th before I get it back. My plan is to show up, pull the vehicle onto a trailer, take it the the highest review toyota dealership in the area, and have them do the most detailed inspection they can along with a coolant flush, coolant pump replacements, and trans-axle flush because of its mileage.

I'll definitely as them to look for head sealant/motor honey/etc when they do.

Thanks guys, and again I'm so sorry I missed the replies

 

I just thought I'd update this post. According to the mechanic, the problem was traced to some kind of hose that runs near the catalytic converter. It caused a fast loss of coolant, which lead to the blown head.

 

Absolutely not. I made it 5 at most. The mechanic suggested mounting a tablet on the dash and running Torq or Dr. Prius in order to get gauges. I'm not sure I'm happy with such an arrangement, or the need for such.

 

I think I could make that a cleaner looking solution then a six inch tablet on the dash. Where did you get it, and where did you put the probe if I may ask?

 

I'm just kind of worried. I'm not terribly confident in this dealer, their mechanics, or the Toyota dealership I'm going to be taking it to, and I'm going to be putting a lot of miles on it and depending on it. It may be perfectly fine. As you've said, it's still a newer car with a lot of quality engineering in it.