Why You Should Not Buy A Toyota Prius

I'm on my second Prius ~ this one is a PriusV and I love it! They truly are generators on wheels!

I got 450,000 out of my 2016 prius 4.

Kilmer has long the biggest joke in the actual automotive community for a very long time. You can't change out the alternator in a Prius because it doesn't have one. I've talked to you, Peter, about my first gen on several occasions over on Facebook. I don't own it anymore but that thing had over 300k miles on it and only needed 3 cells replaced to get back on the road. Now I'm back to daily driving my love, my lifted first gen Sportage. There's something wonderful about driving a car built for (and won from 1993-1997) the Baja 1000 on a public road.

I have a 2007 Prius. I like it, but at around 100,000 miles, the big battery went bad. Dealer wanted $3,500 to replace it. I found another company that came to my house and replaced it with a rebuilt battery with 5 year warranty, for $1,500.

The 12v battery failed shortly after... replaced it myself for nearly $300. Then the Combination Meter failed. The dealers in the area wanted up to $1,500 to change it. I lucked out and found one who would do it for $750.

All in all, I like the car, but the best mileage it's ever gotten was 42mpg, and at this writing, with 108,000 miles, it's getting 37mpg. 37 miles per gallon is not a deal breaker, but I would never try to pass this off as getting great gas mileage, especially when a standard Corolla can get in the mid 30's, with no fears of hybrid battery or combo meter failures.

I have a guy that will do a bad cell replacement for 500

I stopped reading after"According to Scotty Kilmer,"

I just bought a 2011 Prius4 with about 185,000 on it. The car was serviced frequently and has very few age spots. I've had a 2007 Honda Civic hybrid since it was new and am satified that this 2011 is a strong performer for its age and miles.

I have a 2010 Prius bought it in 2009. Maintained regularly at dealership. No issues whatsoever. I am close to 100K miles and I love my car! I will keep it until I’m done driving, if possible. I am retired, so as long as DMV lets me keep my license I don’t see the need to buy another car.

I have a 2009 Prius it has 170,000 miles on it and I just had to replace the clock spring in the steering column because I got a charger cable Tangled Up in it and pulled it out breaking the box spring. That $500 repair is the biggest thing I've had to do to it and that hundred and seventy thousand miles.

So I’m your typical Truck owning Texan, I have a Chevy 2500 4x4, when I saw a “dead” 2005 Prius on Facebook for $400(paid $200.00), I knew it would scrap for more than that.I was intrigued with this hybrid technology and began investigating. I would up doing a two week deep dive into the in’s and outs of EVs. All it needed was a traction pack, so I bought a wreaked Prius ($500) with a viable traction pack and swapped (3hrs, easy job, very straight forward). That was 2 years ago, the Prius is now my daily driver and the big truck stays parked. LOVE my Prius, especially now that Gas prices are astronomical again. The plus side is now all my buddies who ridiculed are now paying $130.00 to fill up their trucks and are asking about my Prius and “does it really get 43/mpg?”.

I would agree. I have only owned two, the Prius and the V. Both were excellent and I am still driving the Prius and approaching 100,000 with nothing but oil changes and Filters.
No problems at all.
Plan to keep until it dies. I expect Round 300,000.

Just sold my 2010 Prius with 166000 miles on it have not had any major problems with it. Very happy with it, my son-in-law has it now and he is happy with it especially with the mileage it replaced a Mercury

I have 2011 Prius with over 220000 and I never, I mean never had any issues. Honestly, I had just replaced the front brake pads. It is the best car I ever had.

Really STUPID article. Prius vehicles are beloved by their owners — they never fail! I’ve owned 2. 475,000 miles. No engine issues. Marvelous machines. They haul tremendous amounts of internal cargo. Likewise, I routinely tow 1,000# of cargo on a 300# trailer and get 35mpg in East Tennessee. Prius haters, go away.

I love my 2021 Prius Prime. I wanted a car that I could go where ever I want to go and not pay out for a whole lot of gas. Well I have that. One of the best decisions I have every made. That you Capital Toyota. Where its your way on the park way.

My elderly mother has an 07 with over 200k miles still going strong.

I had Prius from 2011 and I may said that was one from the best cars in my life.
It was equipped with latter' seats and milage was 420 on full 10 gal tank.So I don't know what you guys tolking about in this article.I Reed other guys opinions and for example one guy did 33000 miles on oryginal battery and was stil going.
It must be paid article by other brand....