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[Dan]

This is my Prius in the video! I'm more relieved than anything that Scotty couldn't find any major issues with my vehicle. It was a true pleasure to meet the man behind the camera. 😁

[jasondananay]

Scotty's hand motions alone could power this car down the road.

[audreylum]

My sister replaced the hybrid battery on her 2006 Prius in 2020 (14 years, 315K miles). The total cost was about $3.5K, parts AND labor for an OEM Toyota battery, so the cost has been coming down, and was lower than what Scotty said in this video. I also have a 2006 Prius (15 years old now) with 157K miles and the original hybrid battery. Both cars have been super reliable and cheap to keep.

[dadsfave]

I have a 2004 Prius with 232000 miles, original battery and engine. Drives like new and gets the same mileage as it did when new. Changed the brake pads once. Hybrid system and battery have been flawless. Prius is one of the best, most reliable cars and it makes a great used car purchase.

[OnTheAir]

10 year old Prius with 204K miles. NO complaints here!
Probably why Consumer Reports judged the Prius the best car sold in the US based on owner experiences.

[DoYouLikeThisName]

2008 Prius here. 250, 000 and no big issues. Love it.

[BrianRadcliffe]

I've owned 3 prius over the course of the last 12 years (08, 09, and a 15), driven roughly 600, 000 miles between the 3 and never even had to change the brakes on any of them. I mean seriously in 12 years I have only done standard maintenance and averaged 50mpg through the life of all 3. Never changed a traction battery or an accessory battery.

[gaufrid]

My late wife bought a used 2003 Toyota Prius in 2007. She passed away in 2015, and after that I sold it. The only thing we ever had to replace was, yeah, that 12v battery Scotty talked about! We drove it from Newcastle New South Wales all the way to Melbourne in Victoria, along the Great Ocean Road, and back through Western Victoria and Western New South Wales, back over the Blue Mountains and up the Freeway to Newcastle. We averaged 4 liters per 100 km, including both city and a lot of highway driving. It was a great car!

[vinceA]

Scotty basically hates everything in the automotive industry. Since it's all bad, I shouldn't worry about buying a Hybrid.

[fknbastages]

My friend and her daughter drive the same car. When the mother drives, it has a jiggle. When the daughter drives, it does not.
It may have to do with how hard or soft he pushes the accelerator.

[donadams]

i had an '08 Prius that started to get poor fuel mileage. I became worse gradually to the point it was very noticeable. It turned out the small 12 volt battery was going bad and the gas engine was running more and more trying to charge a bad battery. The large drive battery was fine. After putting in a new 12 volt battery the fuel mileage went right back up to where it should have been. My daughter has that '08 Prius now and it's still going strong on its original drive battery after 13 years. The car has had no problems.

[tjlingram]

I have a 05 Prius with over 300, 000 miles on it and I love the thing. I wouldn’t say the remanufactured battery’s are all that bad. Depending on who did the reconditioning process it’s not to bad. It’s crazy to think of a car living that long but just goes to show you if you take care of them they will last a long while

[Dan__S]

I've put 166, 000 miles on my 2020 rav4 hybrid.
I've had zero problems with it and I'm still on the first set of break pads.
I've driven over 2 million miles as a medical courier and have been in 18 different cars. And this is the best of all of them.

[craigwjones]

Geez Scotty. You love them, you hate them. You’re starting to sound like my wife. Lol

[saganandroid]

It's really I amazing that changing the 12v battery can address so many apparent issues. When a Prius starts losing fuel efficiency, always check the 12v battery. The high-voltage "traction" battery has to top off the 12v battery when it gets low/weak. Which means less power applied to actual driving. In fact when the 12 volt battery starts to go bad, Prius drivers usually notice that the high voltage traction battery loses its charge more quickly. That's because, at least in the generation 2 prius, the high voltage traction battery has to top off the aging 12 volt battery. I don't know if this applies to later generations but I suspect it does.

[tipturkey]

amazed by the reliability of the Prius, my cab driver swore by them, he had a second driver using his car at night so it was on the road 24/7 for a couple of years and did 350, 000 miles before it started to get pretty rough and he replaced it, got the same milage out of the second one as well. being abused by aggressive driving cabbies 24/7 pure city miles, that is impressive

[joeshmoe]

My 2015 Prius is a tank, 94k miles and running strong. Made in Japan and engineered to last long.

Update-Prius has 127, 700k miles and still running strong w/No issues.

[matteoghirardo]

I have a Lexus CT200h, same engine from Prius. Last year I had a similar problem, the gas engine was shaky at about 1200-1400 rpm. Just in that range of rpm. Brought to the dealer and after a day of searching (no trouble code was found) they said it was some dirt in the air intake. Never had the same problem again. The car is 6 years old and has 200 thousand km but still running fine 👍🏻

[StormsparkPegasus]

I put 200, 000 miles on my first (2004) Prius, and the battery still had the same capacity when I traded it in.