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Replying to: dwynne (Jun 02, 2005 7:35 am) Latest reports from today newspapers and NHTSA: 33 cases of Prius completely died on highway and had to be towed away. |
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Replying to: viet (Jun 02, 2005 5:32 pm) Please don't twist the facts. Those Prius continued to drive without the engine, using just the electric motor. And when they pulled off the road, some were able to restart the engine without needing to be towed. And in all fairness, you should mention that there were updates already available which those owners did not have yet. JOHN
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Replying to: john1701a (Jun 02, 2005 7:44 pm) http://www.cnn.com/2005/AUTOS/06/01/toyota_prius/ http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/16/Autos/prius_computer/ |
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Replying to: john1701a (Jun 02, 2005 7:44 pm) The Honda Accord Hybrid does not seem to be having any software problems. Actually you are twisting the facts. In those 33 documented cases, they Prius did have to be towed off. I don't think he was referring to the hundreds if not thousands of cases where a minor software glitch allowed then to pull off the road and then restrat and continue on. If you will look at the real facts both Toyota and the NHTSA have opened an investigation as to the cause. Search the Prius, Honda andother hybrid threads and you can read the exact information youself. I hope you are still enjoying your second Prius. I noticed you have come back to the Edmund's board after a year or so haitus; Welcome back. Cruis'n in 6th  , MidCow P.S.- Toyed with the indae of getting a Prius but couldn't handle the lack of muanual shift and the slow acceleration , so I ended up with a 2005 Accord Coupe 6-speed with NAV: very good mileage, good comfort features, low cost of ownership and great acceleration,
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Replying to: midnightcowboy (Jun 03, 2005 5:54 am) I think the answer is somewhere in between. In several of the cases, it was only the ICE that quit (giving about 2 miles of range before the battery depelted and the car was a goner). I most of the cases, as reported, the entire car died (warning lights lit up and nothing worked either electrical or ICE). However, I don't think that the number of incidents is in the "hundreds" or "thousands". The total number is most likely under 100. The HAH is less vulnerable to this sort of problem because the IMA design is not as sophisticated (or complex) as the Prius. If the electrical motor has problems, the car just runs on ICE alone. This is in contrast to the Prius, where the electric motor is always running. |
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| I only have 1200 miles on my HAH. I did a 430 mile jaunt this weekend about 400 of which was highway. The dash reported 32.3 MPG but my math says it was 34.1 mpg (gallons to fill divided by miles driven). 80 - 90 degrees out so AC was on all the time and I ran 70 - 80 mph the whole way. My wife and I are pleased with the mileage and expect it to get better with age. | |
I picked my 06 HAH up last night. Very nice!!!! 
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Replying to: wa60201 (Feb 09, 2006 7:05 am)
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Replying to: citywolf (Feb 09, 2006 8:56 am)
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Replying to: wa60201 (Feb 09, 2006 11:19 am)
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