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hayden55 · 12-13-2021, 05:58 PM

My Gen 3 (2010) has been good.
The things I've found:
1. You have to grease the caliper sliding pins every 30k or you will get bad mileage. But if you do that the pads should last the life of the car. I finally ate my pads by accident from the sliding pins seizing up around 190k. Never had a brake job after 12 years.
2. 5k oil changes are a necessity or the car will start to consume oil.
3. Gotta keep the egr circuit clean or just unplug it if you don't want to clean it every 1-2 years. After about 150k you will start having to clean the egr circuit. It seems the egr system becomes clogged and then the car starts misfiring and eventually blows the head gasket.
4. For me I like to keep the battery above 50-54% SOC on scan gauge. I tend to get better mpg and i feel its probably better for longevity.
5. At 3050 pounds, 195mm tires, and 63 or 64% front weight bias on the drive axle this is a fantastic snow car.

To this date I have only had to do pads rotors once, tires every so, original 12v battery, original high voltage battery, and I had to clean the intake manifold and egr cooler, and replaced the pcv valve.
Currently the car gets like 42-48 interstate, and 54mpg average for me with 65% city.

Once i figured out the brake and egr issue i was happy with the car again.

*in a couple months i will have 200k.

12-13-2021, 05:58 PM	#67 (permalink)
hayden55 Master EcoModder Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: USA Posts: 1,171 Sport Utility Prius - '10 Toyota Prius II 90 day: 52.98 mpg (US) 300k Sequoia 4WD - '01 Toyota Sequoia Limited 4wd 90 day: 20.19 mpg (US) Thanks: 352 Thanked 268 Times in 215 Posts	My Gen 3 (2010) has been good. The things I've found: 1. You have to grease the caliper sliding pins every 30k or you will get bad mileage. But if you do that the pads should last the life of the car. I finally ate my pads by accident from the sliding pins seizing up around 190k. Never had a brake job after 12 years. 2. 5k oil changes are a necessity or the car will start to consume oil. 3. Gotta keep the egr circuit clean or just unplug it if you don't want to clean it every 1-2 years. After about 150k you will start having to clean the egr circuit. It seems the egr system becomes clogged and then the car starts misfiring and eventually blows the head gasket. 4. For me I like to keep the battery above 50-54% SOC on scan gauge. I tend to get better mpg and i feel its probably better for longevity. 5. At 3050 pounds, 195mm tires, and 63 or 64% front weight bias on the drive axle this is a fantastic snow car. To this date I have only had to do pads rotors once, tires every so, original 12v battery, original high voltage battery, and I had to clean the intake manifold and egr cooler, and replaced the pcv valve. Currently the car gets like 42-48 interstate, and 54mpg average for me with 65% city. Once i figured out the brake and egr issue i was happy with the car again. *in a couple months i will have 200k. __________________ "I feel like the bad decisions come into play when you trade too much of your time for money paying for things you can't really afford."