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Old 03-07-2012, 03:47 PM   #4 (permalink)
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From what I've heard, first gen Prius have a potential issue with the transmission/drive motor going bad, I have one friend who parted their Prius out after having this issue and I saw a Prius transmission that was pulled apart at a repair shop because of the same issue, not sure if this was an issue with a single year/batch or if it's something that will just happen after a set number of miles.
From what I read about 2nd generation Prius is that the taxi drivers who have them love them and find them to be very low cost to own with very few repairs.
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