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Toyota Prius Basic Care & Maintenance

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#274 of 323 Re: 60000 Miles maintaince [whitey9] by mickeyrom

Feb 17, 2010 (9:27 am)

Replying to: whitey9 (Feb 17, 2010 8:36 am)
Thanks for the reply.What is the HVAC system? I do not smoke or haul cats,but I do take our dogs to the vet on occasion.
I have managed to change the cabin filter on my Optima,so I guess I have some mechanical ability,but my Optima book has instructions in it, and I don't even know where the Prius filter is located.In the Optima I have to drop the glove box and after that it's easy.Is it anything like that?

#275 of 323 Re: 60000 Miles maintaince [mickeyrom] by 210delray

Feb 17, 2010 (9:49 am)

Replying to: mickeyrom (Feb 17, 2010 9:27 am)
Same location as Optima except you also have to pull off the damper on the right side of the glove box lid (no tools); HVAC = heating, ventilating, and air conditioining system.

#276 of 323 Prius battery by laughen59

Feb 17, 2010 (4:29 pm)

I have a '09' Prius I bought new. Does anyone know if the battery ever had to be replaced how much that would cost these days? Also, are their any recalls on any Prius other than the 2010? Thanks. I really like this site, people are so knowledgable.

#277 of 323 Re: Prius battery [laughen59] by 210delray

Feb 17, 2010 (5:20 pm)

Replying to: laughen59 (Feb 17, 2010 4:29 pm)
Don't sweat the battery (I assume you're talking about the big traction battery, not the small conventional one like all cars have). Hardly any have had to be replaced, and all were in older Priuses. The cost is about the same as a conventional automatic transmission last I heard, about $3000.
 
Yes, there is a recall on the 2004-09 Prius. This is for the floormat/gas pedal interference. You will receive a letter. The fix will be to shorten the gas pedal and supply a new all-weather (rubber) mat if you have the latter already.

#278 of 323 Re: Prius battery [210delray] by mickeyrom

Feb 25, 2010 (9:08 pm)

Replying to: 210delray (Feb 17, 2010 5:20 pm)
I have very carefully inspected my floor mats and their relationship with the accelerator pedal, and come to the conclusion that the whole deal is a red herring.The mat is attached to the floor with two hooks, and is virtually impossible to move accidentally.I tried to make the two interact,and without manually unhooking the mat,it's impossible.The acceleration problem,if there is one ,is in the electronics.

#279 of 323 Toyota Recall by snowboarder4

Feb 26, 2010 (7:28 am)

Toyota has always manufactured a superior product to GM and Ford. Since the inception of the recall efforts, I concluded that the safety issues are greatly exaggerated and much of the promotion is politically-motivated. If you want to analyze the safety hazards in a motor vehicle, begin with big contributors: cell phone and other distractions; exhaustion of the driver; inattentiveness; intoxication; lack of adequate driver training; poor response judgment of the driver; excessive speed for conditions. If you read a few of the reports of injuries from alleged unintended acceleration events, then you know that in many incidents it is likely that the driver was traveling at a high rate of speed before the situation arose. After reports began surfacing, I practiced responding to a potential unwanted acceleration issue by disengaging my transmission: corrective timespan of about one second. Similarly, when my Prius begins gaining speed on steep grades in the mountains, it only takes a moment for me to shift gears and engage the retarder. I guess that driver training should be conducted on manual transmission vehicles, so that drivers understand what makes their deadly weapons move forward. From my daily observations and near-miss accidents, many drivers need training in how to safely operate a motor vehicle. On every day with snow, I observe one accident for every two hours that I am driving. When snow has been less frequent or the storm is not heavy, the speed of travel and accident rate goes up.

#280 of 323 Re: Toyota Recall [snowboarder4] by mickeyrom

Feb 26, 2010 (8:37 am)

Replying to: snowboarder4 (Feb 26, 2010 7:28 am)
How would you explain the ones where the driver claimed that she/he put the car in neutral,yet the acceleration continued.Either it's unexplainable,or they are lying.

#281 of 323 Re: Toyota Recall [mickeyrom] by 210delray

Feb 26, 2010 (11:36 am)

Replying to: mickeyrom (Feb 26, 2010 8:37 am)
Without a thorough inspection of the vehicle, it's not possible to know. When people make a claim, you're only hearing their version of what happened.
 
I'd get the recall done if I were you. My son will do so with his 2006 Prius, even though there's also no hint of the secured, proper mat possibly interfering with the pedal.

#282 of 323 Re: 60000 Miles maintaince [mickeyrom] by rpaley

Mar 03, 2010 (3:01 pm)

Replying to: mickeyrom (Feb 17, 2010 9:27 am)
I have a 2004 and live in suburb of Washington, DC, but did not look at the cabin filter for the first 5 years. It was still fairly clean, but I changed it anyway. I guess the frequency mostly is affected by dirty air outside and dogs and cats inside.
 
Fairly easy to change, mostly a nuisance.

#283 of 323 Re: Prius battery [laughen59] by rpaley

Mar 03, 2010 (3:04 pm)

Replying to: laughen59 (Feb 17, 2010 4:29 pm)
the 2004 (2nd generation) also had a recall because of sticking gas peddle.

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