View Poll Results: Has your Gen 2 Prius died and/or left you stranded?
Yes, once, but it restarted and I kept chugging
1
4.17%
Yes, and it would not restart and had to be towed
0
0%
No, I have had not a single problem like this
23
95.83%
Voters: 24. You may not vote on this poll
Poll - has your Prius stalled or been towed?
#1
Poll - has your Prius stalled or been towed?
All this talk about the Prius recall and stalling problems has me interested in what percentage of Prius owners on GH have had issues, any at all, which have left you stranded and/or required a tow. Anyone?
Let's get the responses coming, I need to use this data to settle an argument on another website....
Let's get the responses coming, I need to use this data to settle an argument on another website....
#2
Re: Poll - has your Prius stalled or been towed?
I would like to see the results of this poll (since I am in the market for a Prius), but not having one, I can't really vote (don't want to skew the results!). Is there any way I can see the results without voting? Or could you maybe add a choice for "I don't have a Prius"?
#4
Re: Poll - has your Prius stalled or been towed?
Originally Posted by sweetbeet
I would like to see the results of this poll (since I am in the market for a Prius), but not having one, I can't really vote (don't want to skew the results!). Is there any way I can see the results without voting? Or could you maybe add a choice for "I don't have a Prius"?
#7
Re: Poll - has your Prius stalled or been towed?
Mine has stalled twice. Both times because I ran out of gas. Since that wasn't an option, I chose never.
56k miles, purchased in Jan 04. Never had any of the ECU updates. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
56k miles, purchased in Jan 04. Never had any of the ECU updates. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
#8
Re: Poll - has your Prius stalled or been towed?
I have never had a stall. In fact the vehicles with the stalling problem were predominantly 04s and most of them were early production. Toyota has continually evaluated the programming and logic on the vehicle and has made mid-production tweaks to the software through the entire production process. As such, the software available now is a different version than early 05 production, and that is different than the software in early 04 production.
The car has the unique ability to accept new programming via the Toyota Hand Held Tester (THHT). In theory, any Prius with this logic system on board could continue to get software updates from Toyota as they make adjustments to the drive logic. How many other cars out there can accept significant reprogramming from the manufacturer. Sure, you can tweak some settings on many modern vehicle computers, but you can't install new code in those computers. Toyota can do that with this car.
As such SSC50p, aside from being an inconvenience to have to take the car to the dealer, isn't a huge deal because it is a software upgrade. No nuts and bolts, under the hood work at all.
The car has the unique ability to accept new programming via the Toyota Hand Held Tester (THHT). In theory, any Prius with this logic system on board could continue to get software updates from Toyota as they make adjustments to the drive logic. How many other cars out there can accept significant reprogramming from the manufacturer. Sure, you can tweak some settings on many modern vehicle computers, but you can't install new code in those computers. Toyota can do that with this car.
As such SSC50p, aside from being an inconvenience to have to take the car to the dealer, isn't a huge deal because it is a software upgrade. No nuts and bolts, under the hood work at all.
#9
Re: Poll - has your Prius stalled or been towed?
My 2003 has. I know it's not exactly what you're asking (gen 2 etc) but I want to tell someone. The car had about 52k mi and I went to start it cold in the driveway and the red exclaimation mark of death came on. It would not start but rather made a wierd mechanical whirring sound. The final upshot is that It ended with the dealer covering all costs (including towing) for the replacement (they claim) of some on board computer. I've read on some blogs that they reset these things but the dealer specifically said "replaced and upgraded". The scarry part of the ordeal was that it gave absolutely no warning or indication of impending problem on the previous drive. Tom
Last edited by stealth; 11-21-2005 at 09:28 PM.
#10
Re: Poll - has your Prius stalled or been towed?
Originally Posted by stealth
My 2003 has. I know it's not exactly what you're asking (gen 2 etc) but I want to tell someone. The car had about 52k mi and I went to start it cold in the driveway and the red exclamation mark of death came on. It would not start but rather made a weird mechanical whirring sound. The final upshot is that It ended with the dealer covering all costs (including towing) for the replacement (they claim) of some on board computer. I've read on some blogs that they reset these things but the dealer specifically said "replaced and upgraded". The scary part of the ordeal was that it gave absolutely no warning or indication of impending problem on the previous drive. Tom
I doubt that you will have any troubles with the replacement ECU you received from the dealer.