Recent content by ground_gainer

Seems to me the $13K out of warranty repair danger for the motor/computer issues will never go away and could put a big damper on someone wanting the car later.

Is that Bosch battery above pretty much the same as this one? http://www.amazon.com/Bosch-S6508B-Flat-Plate-Battery/dp/B010T866D2

I'm not sure. I'm down in CSprings and there's several in Denver. Make sure you apply for your $6,000 state tax credit--it applies to used cars as long as the car was titled in Colorado for the first time. It's a depreciated value but based on battery size so you should still get the full...

Welcome to the Colorado owners club! I think there's around 8 or 9 of us. Cheers, Mike

I got it done a week ago as an out-of-stater... So far so good! Hopefully this really fixes all the check EV system errors!

Ok so Toyota wants to wait until next month to install the ECU because they said a "new" firmware update is coming out next month. I'm guessing this is the one that "fixes" the recall? I'm ok for now with no recurrences of the check EV light, but if it comes back I might push for a sooner...

Sounds like the Gateway ECU is already at the local dealer--seems to be a lot quicker than what most people experienced! Now all I need to do is coordinate when the corporate field engineer can make it out. More to come.

Sounds like they are ordering me a new Gateway ECU and doing a firmware update (I had .79). They said it will take a couple of weeks.

Back with my DTC codes: U1146 (under the "EV" heading) U0293 (under the "ABS/VSC/TRAC" heading) U0146 (under "air conditioner") B1585 (under "navigation") I've seen 1146 on this thread a lot, any idea about the others? Dealer was unsure what to do but I had them open a case with corporate and...

Well, I just had my first Check EV system message at 21,000 miles. I just sat down at 4pm for another drive home from work and as soon as I turned the car on the Check EV system message was waiting for me and I briefly saw a "very low battery" message flash on the touchscreen, but it quickly...

Speaking of the recall.... what's taking so long??

I'm keeping the car but I'm only really putting 11-12k on it a year so 100,000 should be fine. I signed the form and sent it in. I just want a little extra piece of mind, especially as an out of stater. Thanks for all the tips everyone!

So can anyone get something in writing about this 8 yr / 80,000 mile warranty from corporate? I was about to pull the trigger on the 8 yr/100,000 mi Platinum VSC but it looks like I'd be buying that big expensive warranty just for the heater and maybe the 12V Aux power system. Might drop $1100...

I spoke with Steve at Poway today and he quoted me $300 more than the prices listed above even after mentioning Tony's name ($1340 for 8 yr, 100,000)... did I do something wrong or did prices go up? I'll try calling around.

Thanks Airton! I'll give it a shot. Cheers!