Warning Prius Owners of 2010-14.....Get this recall to save your life!!!!

I don't shun our dealership. I'm in there at least every 6 months, to pick up oil change supplies at the parts counter, and they always ask my phone number, which in turn brings up VIN and stat's. And I do bring it in for all the recalls. And email the service manager occasionally with a question. And of late there's been an ongoing saga of brake system warning lights, which the service department has checked out. Yeah, they've heard about me, lol.

 

It isn't this label, is it? This looks to be from the factory.

 

Thanks for that Tideland. I've emailed my service manager. Dammit I want my sticker.

 

You're late to the party...By 1 year and 7 months ago

 

If you like your local mechanic, I'd suggest that you stay with him. In the long run, he is likely to provide better service.

There are others way to make up for missing recalls, such as by entering service information into Toyota owner's website yourself (see Tideland's post for the link).

 

Thanks for the heads up OP. 1 recall doesn't make a bad hybrid. I lost count on my coworker's 2003 Fors Focus, it numbered 13 at my last count.

Unfortunately, there are few cars that never have a recall. To be blunt, your mistake was not buying a hybrid. Your mistake was not checking regularly whether a recall had been issued.

 

Now I'm all excited because I can't find my modification label. I do have a service log entry at a 50,000 mile service on May 16, 2014 that lists this:

[10TOZE0E] [tech 209 RICHARD CORDOVA] E0E CAMPAIGN
0h 0m
Description: E0E CAMPAIGN
Complaint: CHECK FOR DTCS P0A94, P324E, P3004 AND/OR P0A1A. IF NO DTCS PRESENT, VERIFY ECM CALIBRATIONS.
Correction: REFLASH THE MG ECM WITH THE NEW SOFTWARE. REFLASH THE POWER MANAGEMENT ECM WITH THE NEW SOFTWARE. INSTALL AN AUTHORIZED MODIFICATION LABEL.

I purchased the vehicle at 54,000 miles. Does this look like the recall in question? I looked around the internet for EOE Campaign and nothing comes up. And I can't tell from the service entry if this was performed or not. I am assuming that "Correction" was what was performed. Except for the authorized modification label, which I can't find. There is a label where the rest of the labels are around the driver side door that says something about the load capacity for the vehicle being reduced by 10 lbs due to some modification. I will ask my service writer the next time I'm there.

 

Yes, the E0E is the recall to save your life!!! Well, maybe just to save your inverter... I believe this also means a warranty extension of 15 years or unlimited mileage on the inverter IPM, but this is not verified.

 

Three Prius' and it is best car I have ever owned . That includes (all new) 2 Caddys, 2 Mercedes, 4 Hondas, 5 Chevys, 1 Olds, 1 Corolla, 4 VW Diesel Rabbits, 1 Buick, 2 Dodge Caravans. Prius has been pretty much problem free and I go to the dealer for oil changes with a $10 coupon. Still stand out back and make sure the mechanic puts oil in the car before he starts it up.

 

same here. okay, our hycam is almost as good.

 

The extended warranty is limited. It covers failures only under specific conditions.

 

Some owners have got a letter saying their warranty is extended. I really doubt it's a blanket warranty though. Not sure what's going on, only certain areas?

 

Damn...I didn't get my sticker, although I did have the recall done.
When I mentioned it to the dealership, they acted like they had no idea what I was talking about.
I even posted a few posts here "complaining" that I didn't get the sticker.

The majority response when I complained that I hadn't got the sticker was to just forget it, it wasn't important.

Now I'm wondering if I shouldn't bring the subject up again next time I go to the dealership.

 

Understood, Jim (and Mendel), but in looking around here at threads regarding IPM failure on E0E updated Prii, I've found all report full coverage whether they've received the ZE3 letter or not. Granted, the car needs to be storing P0A94, P324E, P3004 AND/OR P0A1A. Thus my thinking that IPM failure is covered by ZE3 so long as you've had the life saving E0E. And no, I haven't received the ZE3 letter, damn it!

 

call toyota, maybe they can send you one.

 

I will clarify the situation at my next oil change. I only did a half-hearted search for the campaign anyway. The E zero E is listed in my Toyota Owners Group profile maintenance record, just not certain it was performed (no letter or modification tag).

 

The extended warranty applies if E0E was performed and one of those codes are set. If the inverter fails without setting one of the codes then Toyota isn't picking up the bill.