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Prius - 435,000 Miles


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Its reassuring to see.

So much for 'oh the batteries will cost loads to change'. I think even if a big bill happened tomorrow he's still had his moneys worth, not that I can see it being likely.

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That is some mileage!!!!!

I would hope that mine is capable of that as well

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Shows how reliable the Toyota Prius is. Quite an achievement.

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A family friend with a doctorate in engineering asked me if we leased the batteries in our Prius. When I said, no, of course we don't (it's not some cruddy French leccy car, after all), he looked very concerned and tried to claim we were in for some massive bills when it goes wrong. Yeah...right... :)

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A family friend with a doctorate in engineering asked me if we leased the batteries in our Prius. When I said, no, of course we don't (it's not some cruddy French leccy car, after all), he looked very concerned and tried to claim we were in for some massive bills when it goes wrong. Yeah...right... :)

Maybe we are in for a massive bill, when it goes wrong................... but they don't go wrong. :driving:

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I think one mis-conception is that it is one huge Battery, when in fact it is many cells (~130 IIRC), so if a cell goes bad, you don't actually replace the whole thing anyway.

On the cars where you rent the pack however, they might insist on changing the whole thing, which is perhaps where this idea is coming from.

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YarisHybrid2016; According to The Internet Toyota changes the whole Battery pack...

Give this a read however..

http://www.forbes.com/sites/tonybradley/2014/04/09/replacing-a-dead-prius-hybrid-battery-doesnt-have-to-cost-thousands-of-dollars/

That should not be our problem for many years to come though.

Anyone on here that had their pack replaced ? If so how many miles / years?

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YarisHybrid2016; According to The Internet Toyota changes the whole battery pack...

Give this a read however..

http://www.forbes.com/sites/tonybradley/2014/04/09/replacing-a-dead-prius-hybrid-battery-doesnt-have-to-cost-thousands-of-dollars/

That should not be our problem for many years to come though.

Anyone on here that had their pack replaced ? If so how many miles / years?

Under warranty maybe, however specialists can do individual cells as far as I'm aware.

Lots about Prius Battery replacement online, although a 54 plate on has just hit 435k miles on its original traction Battery, so I really wouldn't worry about it.

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435,000 miles - surely that's a HUGE advertising opportunity for Toyota.

Give the guy free services for life, get his story, and shout it from the rooftops Toyota!!

Oh, just remembered - Toyota don't believe in advertising the Prius do they?

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might stop people buying new ones lol

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might stop people buying new ones lol

Yep, but only when they look at the OTR price!

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I think one mis-conception is that it is one huge battery,

Like a massively upscaled 12V Battery and we all know how long they last ;)

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Awesome! That's a lot of miles on a 11 year old car - I wonder what does Bob does to rack up that figure!

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