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#48 of 752 Re: Toyota Prius Software Problems [falconone] by gagrice Apr 02, 2005 (10:35 pm)
Replying to: falconone (Apr 02, 2005 7:01 pm) but overall, the Prius has enjoyed a very good service record. How do you explain the posters that have had their new Prius towed when it just quits? I doubt you will find another car on Edmund's with as many DOA failures as the Prius. I'm sure you have read all the cases of the car just quitting. Is that to be expected? I have read every post on the hybrid boards and the Prius is not the jewel in Toyota's crown. Even some of the real diehard Prius fans admit that there are issues with the car. My complaint is not as much with the Prius as with Toyota not accepting the problems. I have never heard of so many cases where the dealer was clueless about a problem with a car. PS There are 5 cases on this thread that is less than a month old. If I was researching a car and that many all-out failures occured in one month that car would be scratched off my list. You can go back a year on the VW TDI boards and not find that many total failures, where the car was towed to the dealer. Replies to this message: falconone (Apr 03, 2005 9:35 am) gagrice (Apr 03, 2005 2:13 pm) jprice (Apr 03, 2005 10:48 pm)
#49 of 752 Re: Toyota Prius Software Problems [gagrice] by falconone Apr 03, 2005 (9:35 am)
Replying to: gagrice (Apr 02, 2005 10:35 pm) Compared to the people that DO have this car there is NOT a problem, otherwise there would be a TSB issued. I know numerous people personally that own this vehicle and they have never ever had any problems. Just because a few people complain, it does not mean that there is a problem. Granted, the service people are clueless, but most vehicles today are quite complicated pieces of machinery. Regardless of your useless posts, hybrids are here to stay, so just get used to it old man. Replies to this message: gagrice (Apr 03, 2005 2:13 pm)
#51 of 752 Re: Toyota Prius Software Problems [falconone] by gagrice Apr 03, 2005 (2:13 pm)
Replying to: falconone (Apr 03, 2005 9:35 am) there is NOT a problem, otherwise there would be a TSB issued. I may be old but I can still read. See post #44 that poster claims there are 18 TSB's on the Prius II. ceric, "Toyota Prius Software Problems" #44, 2 Apr 2005 5:51 am
#57 of 752 Re: Toyota Prius Software Problems [sganarelle] by gagrice Apr 03, 2005 (8:19 pm)
how do you account for the fact that CR says that owner satisfaction with the 04 Prius is the highest they have ever measured? That is easy. The Prius is a new high tech piece of machinery. It attracts the same people that respond to and support CR. I would bet that a much larger percentage of Prius owners subscribe to CR than say the Toyota Echo or Ford Focus. Those surveys are only as good as the data they get from respondents. I have no doubt the Prius is popular with the owners. Even many that have had them crap out on the freeway and had to be towed still love the car. That does not make it a reliable car just a well liked car. People love VWs and they have more than their fair share of faults. I just bought a new Passat TDI. I just hope that it is a good one. They were rated very high by CR for years in spite of their faults.