Friday, Jan 13, 2012 at 10:42
It's a car Carl & these things happen.
Most things wrong can be found by most mechanics. But some things are a little more tricky & may take a lot of perseverance to whittle out.
I have a Toyota Prius that has 660,000 k on the clock here at
home. It's an old cab that I have pensioned off. It has performed nothing short of amazing for that distance. It has for the last 50,000 k had a warning light on in the dash. The mechanic I use is very good. As have been most other mechanics I have used. He has put god knows how many hours into finding this fault. They've downloaded dozens of pages of instructions on problem finding. They've changed exhaust sensors, inlet sensors, injectors, catalytic converter then the full exhaust system, fuel filters, even fuel lines & checked wiring circuits. You name it they've changed it. They've had the car to 2 other workshops to see if they could figure it out.
The only thing they can think of now & they think they have it, is the fuel pump pressure is on the upper limits of the prescribed range & they think it might spike occasionally.
They have been going on this problem for about 6 months. They had the car for 3 weeks before Xmas while we were away & will have it for 3 months when we go again soon.
But I am not complaining. I have a very good mechanic working on it who gives me a very good service.
Because I am a loyal customer who pays his bills before time I get this kind of service. Some don't.
The car has been, as I said, amazing.
I have replaced that car with the same model with confidence.
You might have to just persevere with your Patrol to get these problems fixed.
After 200,000 k you would normally expect something to go wrong.
You just have to pay & they will fix. That's how I get my cars to do 600,000 plus K. I pay, they fix.
The Prius amazed me when nothing failed until 307,000 k. But they are a truly exceptional vehicle.
Fatso
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Follow Up By: Member -Carl R (QLD) - Friday, Jan 13, 2012 at 15:59
Friday, Jan 13, 2012 at 15:59
I'm not complaining about things going wrong with machinery ( I work on breakdowns all day )what gets up my nose is the lack of professionalism and service, the way the public get treated, car owners get treated as if they are stupid and know nothering about their car they drive every day.When you tell them what the symptoms are I get the feeling they are not listing.Just spent 3 weeks telling a diesel
shop the fuel pump they put in was faulty and kept getting told the pump was ok guess what they found was they had forgotten a part.
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