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I have a 4 year old Prius with 80,000 miles on it and still runs great. I really don't see how the Prius made that list.
Four years old is still not very old. The article said the problem is with older vehicles (eight years old or 100,000 miles).
The Prius in the USA have not been out that long...so again...why is it on this list...makes no sense except to give it a bad name when it doesn't deserve it.
I have had the dealer offer to buy it off me twice now for an excellent price or trade in value, so I don't buy it being a bad used car at all.
That is kind of the point of the article. The Prius is only now reaching the age where problems are arising.
It is really hard to know what to make of this because there is no information on rates of problems, no numerical or statistical comparisons. The fact that a problem isn't covered by a warranty after 50,000 miles is not unusual, but they make a big deal of it. I also note that as IIRC Consumers Reports has found the Hummer to be horribly unreliable - possibly the worst of all, and yet no mention of Hummers on this list at all. I suspect Prius owners are more inclined to BLOG than Hummer owners?
If you Google for prius reliability and go through the sites, they are consistently found among the very most reliable (including used 2001 models). I agree we need to look at how they age, but this really doesn't give much to go on.
And the article does mention that, so it's not like it's a hit piece or anything.
I know, but it really is a very damning article if it is true that it is the fifth "worst car" in the entire universe of vehicles, which is what they are really implying.
I keep looking for the '73 Pinto to show up on these lists. It's never there.
With the Firestone 500 tires, of course.
That may be the first generation Prius, I'm not exactly sure. The Gen1 and 2 Prii though are quite complicated machines with lots of little sensors and computers just looking for a place to go wrong. Most normal cars begin experiencing problems after about 150,000 miles...thats why most car companies offer protection up to that amount. After that, time and wear start taking its toll...the more complicated the vehicle, the worse it usually fares. For the carefully timed orchestra known as the Prius, that could be more painful than most. High expectations may also play into it. If you expect your Prius to be a Wundermobile, and it turns out to be an automobile...you'll probably be a little more apt to complain about its shortcomings.