Prius battery life
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Prius battery life
Just read in Consumer Reports that Prius batteries are just starting to fail around 12 years - currently 5%. That should bode well for the HS. At the 5 year point, Prius batteries are less than 1% failure rate. This contrasts with the Civic Hybrid, where they are seeing 30% failure rates at only 4-5 years.
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That is good to know that the battery would last so long. I know a few people that still have the 1st or 2nd gen prius on their 1st original set of battery.
I think there are shops out there that can service the battery at a fraction of the cost compared to the dealer.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/hybrid-batte...orth-hollywood
As the car ages, i am concerned about other components going bad though (electric motor, inverter, etc). Spoke with a number of Hybrid specialists around LA and San Gabriel Valley and they are agree that the Toyota Hybrid system is pretty solid.
I think there are shops out there that can service the battery at a fraction of the cost compared to the dealer.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/hybrid-batte...orth-hollywood
As the car ages, i am concerned about other components going bad though (electric motor, inverter, etc). Spoke with a number of Hybrid specialists around LA and San Gabriel Valley and they are agree that the Toyota Hybrid system is pretty solid.
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