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Maintenance & Repair Hybrid Vehicle Maintenance, Repair and Concerns
133 messages, Last post on Nov 16, 2009 at 3:58 PM
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Oct 31, 2008 7:43 am) I had already made the decision not to buy another Honda Hybrid--just wasn't worth the investment at all, and the company should be made to pay for the many problems the first model has had. I had three catalytics installed--they were all free under warranty, but still: three! With the apparent track record of the model, Honda should be forced to make all first major repairs for free, regardless of warranty; or if it was a smart company, it would do that on its own, to rebuild whatever good will it might have had with buyers. While I'm on the subject of repair costs, why does the a/c compressor cost $1,200 to replace? I can a/c my complete home for that kind of money. Is there something special about the Honda a/c system that makes it such an expense?
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Replying to: annek1 (Oct 31, 2008 7:59 am) So getting rid of the contaminants in the system might require at least flushing lines and condenser after removing them, and often requires a new dryer, expansion valve, etc. Then there's the "trapping" and evacuation of old freon, adding new freon, testing, lubricating, blah blah. This is why you see so many used cars for sale with "AC needs a recharge". Of course what that really means is that the seller found out how much it really costs to fix the AC and didn't bother to do it.
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Oct 31, 2008 8:10 am) 
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Replying to: annek1 (Oct 31, 2008 9:40 am) Not near as many failing as in the 2002-2005 CR-V, which has been an epidemic...
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How about repair shops finally catching up with the hybrid trend: And Gary thought this would NEVER happen |
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Replying to: larsb (Oct 31, 2008 12:25 pm)  The big cost difference from traditional cars is a high-voltage battery, which is supposed to last for 100,000 miles but costs anywhere from $3,000 to $10,000 when it dies. That still does not address the biggest cost. Parts are still OEM and expensive compared to 3rd party vendor parts available for most traditional cars. |
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Replying to: gagrice (Oct 31, 2008 2:51 pm) Now only if one were to fail we'd see what the real situation was ( sitting here playing Maytag man waiting for the first failure to occur ).
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Replying to: kdhspyder (Oct 31, 2008 3:18 pm) |
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my prius used to be a taxi, so explains the high use. It was in a minor fender bender, so they sold it to me for cheap! And its been almost 3 years I had the vehicle I put like 20k miles on it myself. Change the fluids and the coolants, and inspect the belt once in awhile, you can't go wrong. But there are some issues with the current gen prius, but once you got it all up and stable its good to go. |
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Replying to: gagrice (Oct 31, 2008 2:51 pm) |
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