r/prius

Today was a big achievement. Swapped out my old hybrid battery and placed in a new sodium cell battery I ordered from Green Bean. They could not get an installer to me so I did it myself (and help from my friend and ChrisFix). This is a 2007 Prius with about 230k miles.
Does anyone know if there is suppose to be venting tubes on the sodium cells? It did not have any. I was hesitant to place my old venting tubes into the new cells as it did not have any way to attach it to. Any one have a similar experience?

Update: My car is driving normal again! When the battery was starting to fail, my car was constantly on limp mode and i could barely get up to 15m/h. Now with the new battery in, it accelerates normally and feels smoother than before!

I did not place my old venting tubes in as google said it doesn't need it. Phew!

I went for a 2026 Prius Limited. Most of the non Plug-In Prius were sold out in my area. Silver and Red were my top choice for colors.

Pics or it didn't happen. 17 Prius Eco 2 w/ 191k miles

The 2015 Prius basic sedan/hatchback been making a scrapping sound yesterday night so I checked it this morning and the engine idle when put in drive w/ engine on was SUPER LOUD and grumbly like a bad muffler job. I looked underneath and I feel like there's this big open space and I can see a pipe that's been cut diagonally? Please advise did I just hit road debris, or did someone steal my catalytic converter?

I am looking to buy my first car, I have over 5k saved so I could buy this one in full. The car fax is clean and the battery was replaced in 2013. Would it be a good idea to buy it and have money saved to replace the battery again at some point? I am disabled and low income so I need a car that’s gonna last a long time with no serious issues.

2009 Prius with 214,000 miles on it. Leaking this red fluid behind the rear passenger side tire. Fluid seemed pretty watery- there was a 10 minute difference between the first 2 photos and you can see it ran a lot. I included an action shot of where it’s dripping from- I’m not sure what the part is but it’s obviously super rusted through.. any ideas?

Last April after a series of bizarre circumstances, I sold my silver 2007 Prius with 150K miles to a man from Hungary who was looking to drive from Boston to Seattle and then fly home. It was the perfect car, a 6-change CD player, leather seats, JBL sound system, very well taken care of. I’m posting to see if anyone in Seattle or really anywhere in the upper west coast may have bought this car. Some nights I get sad thinking she may have ended up in a scrap yard. I can provide VIN number if helpful.

ETA: not looking to buy this car back, just curious how she’s doing out there :’)

My 2010 Prius with 211k miles. Just cleaned EGR and intake manifold. After putting everything together and driving it around for about 70 miles. I noticed my coolant level getting lower. The car starts up smooth every morning. Then I noticed this. Hoses are all dry. Is it possible it’s leaking into exhaust chamber?

EDIT TO ADD:

1. This is my first Prius and I’ve only had it about a year.
2. The way the road it happened on is, there’s a slight curve before that red light and you can’t see it until you reach a certain point and when I saw the light I hit the brake so I was unaware another car was ahead of me until then.
3. I was not driving distracted.
4. The other person is okay! Their car took a lot less damage as it was bigger than mine and a more sturdy SUV.
5. When I say I felt like I have had some times that felt harder to stop, the best way I can describe it is that when I hit the brake I would notice it not being normal and having to hit it harder but it has never not stopped nor has it been exactly like this. It has also only happened maybe 3 other times and it’s been a while and those times had a good bit of time between them.
6. Please only offer advice/comments if you’re going to help answer my question, give any other ideas as to what could’ve happened, or be polite. I didn’t ask for rude comments. I was there, I was petal to the metal mashing the brake and by the time I realized it wasn’t letting up I couldn’t do anything, I tried. I am aware as a driver it is my responsibility to make sure my car is good. I’m not talking to the ones who have politely said this, I agree with you and it 100% is!
7. I was going to ask about it later this week when I was supposed to have my headlights replaced by someone who specifically works on Prius’s and has driven them for years. I was going to ask if that is something known to happen or what could be checked.

I had a wreck this past Friday because my car wouldn’t stop and I was desperately trying to get it to. There have been a few times where I felt like the car had a hard time stopping at either stop signs or red lights but it hasn’t been happening like every time or super consistent. Like it’ll happen a couple of times and then not happen for a bit so I haven’t thought a whole lot about it but I’m also consistently pretty busy and raging ADHD so by the time one thought has completed in my head, 14 more are also going through it at the same time so my brain is constantly overloaded. 🤦🏼‍♀️ So anyways, has anyone else had this issue or felt like it? There weren’t any lights on my dash.

Mine is a 2008 with mileage a little over 100k.

Violent rattling/shaking noise on start up occasionally. Is it a blown head gasket?

2012 Prius
Noise happens on Start up usually after not driving the car that much, goes away quickly but it doesn’t sound good