Question about all 2010 Prius's

liskipper · Sep 20, 2016

darkgiant said: ↑

I recently sold both my 2004 and 2007 Prius, partially to flip them, and the other to get another Gen 3 Prius. That being said, my mechanic swears that 2010 Prius's are bad since he always is doing some repair on them (granted, he deals with companies and governments with fleets of Prius's), but apparently the 2010 model is just frowned upon from most of the people at the mechanics shop. Stuff from engines going out to the hybrid battery needing replacement are very common, according to him.

In my current search, there seem to be a lot more 2010 models than 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 in my area (like TONS!), which is what drew my curiosity. I use my cars pretty heavily since I have lengthy commutes, my 2007 Prius was an absolute champ, but it was climbing up in miles to a point where I thought it made sense to sell it before it depreciates even faster.

Either way, would love to hear if people have heard of identical situations with the 2010 model being "bad", I have a 2011, and they look the same, from my research thus far, they are generally the same car and drivetrain, but not sure because this was the first year of the Gen 3, it may be the reason for all its problems?
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I had a lot of trouble with my early production 2010 - all repaired under warranty. After a year things settled down, and it runs like a top. What I learned is never buy the first production year of a new generation.

Rebound · Sep 26, 2016

darkgiant said: ↑

my mechanic swears that 2010 Prius's are bad since he always is doing some repair on them (granted, he deals with companies and governments with fleets of Prius's), but apparently the 2010 model is just frowned upon from most of the people at the mechanics shop.
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Prius is one of the most reliable cars in the world. Possibly THE most reliable car in the world.

That said, 2010 was the first production year of the Gen III. So most glitches discovered would be corrected in the 2011+ model years. And 2010 is the oldest batch of the 2010's, and in that year, gas prices were very high so corporations were buying Prius like crazy and putting into fleets that drove them like crap, because "it's the company's car and not mine."

Despite all that, I think it's still at the top of the reliability rankings across all car models sold.

RyanM · Sep 26, 2016

230,000 miles on my 2010 and it's been great so far. Just take care of it and it will take care of you.

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