My Toyota Auris hybrid is now 14 years young and still runs like a new car. The European Auris is the baby hatchback version of the Prius and build from the year 2007 until 2018. You can't go wrong with these Toyota's.
Bought a Prius V in ‘12. 126K miles. Somehow I don’t have a blown HG and it doesn’t burn oil even with it being possibly the worst year for both issues. I did rear calipers, rotors and 12V battery this year. Regular fluid changes and spark plugs once. After 12+ years the Dr. Prius app hybrid battery test yields a rating of 70% of new. I did the total EGR system clean out this year and get ~44mpg summer/41 winter. I’m pretty sure that’s not much lower than when new.
@@ZavHustles I did the EGR clean out myself. It wasn’t too bad. The cooler was really plugged. Your 4th Gen cooler is much larger than the 3rd Gen cooler so I imagine your mileage sounds about right for finally needing it. If you have a shop do it I bet they’ll want to replace the cooler, valve and possibly the intake manifold.
@@EvzenKovar-i5p You seem knowledgeable about the topic, do you think an EGR might be the cause of a slight vibration when my car goes from full EV to hybrid, basically when the gas engine kicks in as I’m driving
@@ZavHustles Whilst we have the same engine, 2ZR-FXE, Toyota updated a bunch of the engines supporting hardware when they moved from the 3rd to 4th Gen Prius. So an EGR symptom I encountered may be slightly different than what you encounter with the 4th Gen. I suspected that my EGR system was plugged because I was getting a slight shuttering when the engine was running and I was feathering the pedal to maintain a constant speed in the 45-lower 50mph range. I read a lot in discussion groups and mostly it pointed to EGR. The EGR clean-out completely eliminated the symptom and yielded a couple extra mpgs to boot. It took me about a day to do the cleaning so you don’t have much to lose for your attempt. May I also suggest you purchase a code reader(I bought Blue Driver) and make sure you don’t have any hidden codes first? Also, search YT for Gen 3 Prius Death Rattle. Watch some of those videos and see if your symptom feels like it lines up.
@ appreciate the info brother, I will either buy a code reader or take it to a ship and ask them to run a code reader and look into what the issue might be, thanks
Hello, were you driving with AC on or off? And what octane fuel did you use? Did you use high quality gas or low quality gas (regardless of octane)? Am I assuming right there was no cold start?
The scheduled maintenance log book Toyota handed me, when I bought my Prius V in 20012, doesn’t even have a recommendation for transmission or coolant service. The log book goes out to 120K. That’s how highly they thought of their new “super long life fluids” then. I hope they’ve rethought that decision today. If I was buying today I’d take the initial coolant and transmission fluid to maybe 80K(or 5 years). 50K after that. Engine coolant will eventually go acidic and can eat away at things like head gasket material and etc.
@@Michaellrhodes You’re supposed to inspect it every now and then and change it, it’s really cheap like $10 a filter. Car care nut said it’s one of the most crucial aspects of keeping a hybrid battery healthy over time
The 1.8 litre engine in these corollas unfortunately is quite loud, I find that the 1.5 3 cylinder in the Yaris hybrid and the 2.0 in Corolla cross hybrid and 2.5 in the Camry hybrid, rav4 hybrid and highlander hybrid is far more refined and quiet than the 1.8
My UK top spec excel is quiet it's a 1.8 with acoustic glass and improved sound deadening over lower spec models and is relaxing to drive only negative is the 18" low profile tires noisy on coarse roads.
Just think how economical this would be with a smaller more efficient turbo engine and a gearbox that didn't rev the nuts off it everytime you accelerated.
So you change the spark plugs twice as often as it’s recommended, but you’re almost at 500 K miles and you’ve never changed the engine or hybrid system coolants? 😂😂
It seems to me that the higher the speed you go the mileage drops! You get excellent mileage at lower speeds but worse gas mileage at highway speeds 70-75mph.
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Still have my 14 corolla. It’s a 10 year old car and still drives like when I got it.
Thats awesome, is it also a hybrid?
@stayphun6188 yes 2020 Toyota Corolla hybrid
@stayphun6188 2020 Toyota Corolla hybrid
I bet, boring lol
@@bakgammon maybe for you..
My Toyota Auris hybrid is now 14 years young and still runs like a new car. The European Auris is the baby hatchback version of the Prius and build from the year 2007 until 2018. You can't go wrong with these Toyota's.
Bought a Prius V in ‘12. 126K miles. Somehow I don’t have a blown HG and it doesn’t burn oil even with it being possibly the worst year for both issues. I did rear calipers, rotors and 12V battery this year. Regular fluid changes and spark plugs once. After 12+ years the Dr. Prius app hybrid battery test yields a rating of 70% of new.
I did the total EGR system clean out this year and get ~44mpg summer/41 winter. I’m pretty sure that’s not much lower than when new.
Hey there, did you do the egr yourself? My 2019 Prius just hit 260 K miles and I really want to look into getting the EGR cleaned.
@@ZavHustles I did the EGR clean out myself. It wasn’t too bad. The cooler was really plugged. Your 4th Gen cooler is much larger than the 3rd Gen cooler so I imagine your mileage sounds about right for finally needing it.
If you have a shop do it I bet they’ll want to replace the cooler, valve and possibly the intake manifold.
@@EvzenKovar-i5p You seem knowledgeable about the topic, do you think an EGR might be the cause of a slight vibration when my car goes from full EV to hybrid, basically when the gas engine kicks in as I’m driving
@@ZavHustles Whilst we have the same engine, 2ZR-FXE, Toyota updated a bunch of the engines supporting hardware when they moved from the 3rd to 4th Gen Prius. So an EGR symptom I encountered may be slightly different than what you encounter with the 4th Gen.
I suspected that my EGR system was plugged because I was getting a slight shuttering when the engine was running and I was feathering the pedal to maintain a constant speed in the 45-lower 50mph range. I read a lot in discussion groups and mostly it pointed to EGR. The EGR clean-out completely eliminated the symptom and yielded a couple extra mpgs to boot.
It took me about a day to do the cleaning so you don’t have much to lose for your attempt. May I also suggest you purchase a code reader(I bought Blue Driver) and make sure you don’t have any hidden codes first?
Also, search YT for Gen 3 Prius Death Rattle. Watch some of those videos and see if your symptom feels like it lines up.
@ appreciate the info brother, I will either buy a code reader or take it to a ship and ask them to run a code reader and look into what the issue might be, thanks
Legend, hoping I can get mine to 300k one day
What is fuel consumption on highway?
I’ll do another video between 50 and 70 miles an hour coming up this week
Hello, were you driving with AC on or off? And what octane fuel did you use? Did you use high quality gas or low quality gas (regardless of octane)? Am I assuming right there was no cold start?
Driving with the AC on, engine was at normal operating temperature regular gas 87
Air conditioner doesn’t matter if it’s on or off it doesn’t affect gas mileage
@@Michaellrhodes Thanks for replying. I drive a Toyota hybrid too.
How often do you do CVT oil changes? I have the 2.0 non hybrid and plan to keep it for at least 200k miles.
The Hybrid does not have a mechanical CVT, it uses the 2 motors to have any gear ratio it needs
60 thousand miles from my research
The scheduled maintenance log book Toyota handed me, when I bought my Prius V in 20012, doesn’t even have a recommendation for transmission or coolant service. The log book goes out to 120K.
That’s how highly they thought of their new “super long life fluids” then. I hope they’ve rethought that decision today.
If I was buying today I’d take the initial coolant and transmission fluid to maybe 80K(or 5 years). 50K after that. Engine coolant will eventually go acidic and can eat away at things like head gasket material and etc.
On non hybrids i would say every 30-40 k miles and on ecvt(hybrid cvt which uses 2 electric motors and planetary gears) every 60k miles or so
You ever change out the hybrid fan filter, if so how often?
No never changed it. Not sure of the interval.
@@Michaellrhodes You’re supposed to inspect it every now and then and change it, it’s really cheap like $10 a filter. Car care nut said it’s one of the most crucial aspects of keeping a hybrid battery healthy over time
Is there a way to show the eco meter in the display to see if you’re using regen?
I’ll do another test showing the regen
@@Michaellrhodes thanks keep up the great videos!
The 1.8 litre engine in these corollas unfortunately is quite loud, I find that the 1.5 3 cylinder in the Yaris hybrid and the 2.0 in Corolla cross hybrid and 2.5 in the Camry hybrid, rav4 hybrid and highlander hybrid is far more refined and quiet than the 1.8
My UK top spec excel is quiet it's a 1.8 with acoustic glass and improved sound deadening over lower spec models and is relaxing to drive only negative is the 18" low profile tires noisy on coarse roads.
Just think how economical this would be with a smaller more efficient turbo engine and a gearbox that didn't rev the nuts off it everytime you accelerated.
you need bearings of the wheels?
I heard the noise I have to test them
So you change the spark plugs twice as often as it’s recommended, but you’re almost at 500 K miles and you’ve never changed the engine or hybrid system coolants? 😂😂
Never changed the coolant engine and hybrid battery are original
It seems to me that the higher the speed you go the mileage drops! You get excellent mileage at lower speeds but worse gas mileage at highway speeds 70-75mph.
You don't need a hybrid if you go 70-75 mph. Hybrids are great up to 60 mph so just slow down or buy an ICE vehicle.