6 comments

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   Comment by vermaizcool on March 11, 2010 at 4:15 pm

   You cannot return your Prius……(Dad owns a 2010 Prius)

   My dad was in the same position as you, he went to all the dealers and asked if he could return…they all said no, they will not take the car back.

   But the smartest thing to do is to just have your software upgraded….

   Think about it,

   would you rather waste money on purchasing yourself a new car after selling your prius or would you just take 2 hours and take your car to the dealer to have your software upgraded.

   I understand that safety comes first……chances are very very rare that your prius would cause this problem…..only about 2% of prius owners had this problem…..

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   Comment by 8675309 on March 11, 2010 at 4:15 pm

   you cannot. the fix (recall) should fix the problem. or its supposed to

   don’t worry, the brakes should be fine after the fix

   sometimes you can "exchange" but the car has already depreciated some. so, if the dealer cooperates it will be in their interest. which means a loss for you (you have to make it worth their while. meaning more money from you one way or another)

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   Comment by jim on March 11, 2010 at 4:15 pm

   As soon as you drive the car off the lot after buying it it looses its resale value by a hugeee percent. Should not have bought a prius. Let me tell you something funny now that you have because my grandpa is a toyota technition. By the time you save your moneys worth from getting the good gas mileage you will have to by a new hybrid battery which will cost more than you saved. Also you have no idea what they have to do to make those hybrid batteries. Terrible terrible terrible for the enviroment and has to be shipped to 4 different places befor its put into the car! Enjoy your prius!!

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   Comment by 12pleze on March 11, 2010 at 4:15 pm

   How can you return something the dealer does not own? All cars have racalls at sometime just not like our horrifac goverment did to Toyota who has best recall record by next lowest is 100% less.at 11% in 20 Years with 24% next at honda.

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   Comment by USPatriot on March 11, 2010 at 4:15 pm

   Toyota should let you for knowingly selling you a defective product but they probably will not. Its to bad for you, I feel sorry for you. Good luck.

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   Comment by JerryJ on March 11, 2010 at 4:15 pm

   - I’m worried about my safety

   There is no reason to be. There are three areas of concern that the media has hyped:

   Floormats: Did you put an aftermarket floor mat on top of the Toyota one? If so, then it’s possible for the mat to ride up and jam the accelerator pedal–pretty much like in any car.

   Sticky accelerator pedal: This affects only Toyotas made in North America that have parts from CTS. All Prius are made in Japan so they’re not affected.

   Brakes: There are four braking systems on the Prius:

   1. Regenerative brakes
   2. Friction brakes
   3. Engine brakes
   4. Parking brakes

   Generally braking is done with regenerative braking. The friction brakes are used:

   A. When more braking force is required than the motors can provide.
   B. When any of the safety devices (TC, ABS, VSC, etc.) are activated.
   C. When the vehicle speed is under 7 mph.
   D. When a fault is detected in the regenerative braking system.
   E. When the battery has reached the maximum allowed SOC (state of charge).

   You have to really work at it to not be able to stop a Prius. Some Toyota’s don’t have the same throttle opening cut-off when the brakes are applied that the Prius does. Because the Prius has both friction and regenerative braking, it does have a different feel. When power brakes were first installed in cars, they had a different feel too and there were a lot of complaints about them at the time. Everyone eventually got used to the new feel and the complaints stopped. Out of the over a million Prius sold, there are about 200 complaints, mostly from new owners. This isn’t a big percentage.

   Here’s a more technical explaination: http://techno-fandom.org/~hobbit/cars/storm.html

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