Toyota Prius

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my 11 year old Prius' batteries will only last 5 years before they are junk

Jan 2026 · comment

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1. The thing I appreciate about the Toyota power-split device, is that it really manages to remove a lot of the ICE moving parts.

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2. The first-gen Prius ended up being the single most reliable car ever made by almost any metric you can name.

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3. The Prius was larger, had better acceleration and routinely got nearly twice the MPG of the Fit.

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4. more mechanically complex vehicles like the Toyota Prius hybrid are more durable and reliable

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5. still going on the original traction battery at 1.5 million kilometres without any failures

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6. The Toyota Prius has the most reliable powertrain on the American market in most studies.

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7. the hardest strain on the engine components is completely negated by the electric motor

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8. There is no clutch, no belts, no starter, there's practically nothing that can break.

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9. None of the two priuses had any issue that required repair in its first 60K miles

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10. This is why there have been Prius taxis that were in service for 1 million km.

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11. A Prius is an amazing car; a 300,000 mile Prius is often still in good shape

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12. my 11 year old Prius' batteries will only last 5 years before they are junk

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13. Still running great on the original battery pack with nearly 200k miles

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14. A Prius really does use less petrol even if never plugged in to charge.

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15. the reliability record of e.g older generations of Prius backs me up

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16. Even a used non-plug-in Prius will get 50 city and 50 highway MPG.

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17. Priuses are some of the most reliable, long-lasting cars out there

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18. Also reliable, there are tons of them with 500k+ km on the clock.

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19. there's an always-on warning beep every time you enter an intersection, which intrusively pulls away your attention

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20. every time I started it up, it would display a big warning prompt that blocked out the rear view camera

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21. a full-screen page of legalese that you had to dismiss every time you started the car

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22. the Hybrid battery can be expensive to replace and they do eventually fail

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23. I found the extremely sluggish performance to be outright frustrating.

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24. the driving experience is liable to make one fall asleep at the wheel

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25. Pre-2023 Prius's are neither, which is why they need replacement.

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26. The only slight pain in those priuses is removing the windshield wiper assembly to get to the spark plugs closest to the firewall.

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27. Reliable, not too expensive, low maintenance, and high mpg is kind of exactly what you'd expect them to look for.

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28. The Atkinson-cycle engine in the Toyota Prius gets around 40% give or take some losses in the drivetrain.

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29. The powerful electric motor in Prius spins the engine to at least 1000rpm before fuel is injected.

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30. My 2010 Prius has out of the blue started burning oil last year, like it's going out of style.

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31. the glaring complexity of a Prius doesn't seem to have gotten in the way of its reliability

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32. a parallel hybrid design like the standard Toyota Prius model is generally a better design

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33. continues to pass its MOT without fail, needs just the usual very affordable consumables

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34. Which basically switches to electric during idle stops and barely has any downside.

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35. Toyota Tundra an exception that might even curb stomp the Prius, non-hybrid though

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36. Hybrids are just amazing and SHOULD have mostly replaced ICE-only a long time ago.

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37. In 2016 they finally fixed it and the fourth generation is really the best one

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38. the Prius made a lot of technical strides given the battery technology/costs

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39. That big stupid bright-ass LCD screen which smugly ruined my night blindness

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40. They had excellent hybrid cars like Prius that have been around forever.

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