[BOXOUTBM]

So Saturday afternoon I was taking a drive on the freeway and out of nowhere a very large piece of metal appeared in my lane and my 2 1/2 week old Prius ran right through it at 65 miles an hour. Needless to say that the enitre bumper is smashed, the paint is heavily scratched on the drivers side and who knows what has happened underneath the car . My question is, because the car is new and relatively hard to come by are the parts readilly available? Today I dropped my prius at the dealeship, but the body shop is closed, so I have to wait until tomorrow tro find out when my car could be back on the road. One of the sales guys told me that because the car is limited, the parts are more difficult to find and fixing my car could take a while. I hope he is wrong, as I can't imagine Toyota producing a vehicle that the parts would be difficult to get, But maybe I am wrong.

 

[KTPhil]

Do you have the extended warrantee? I believe you'll get a free loaner car while it is in the shop.

 

[An04Prius]

Hard to say, but my experience getting a non-critical part was very positive.

The center front arm rest upholstery came apart. Certainly not a crisis; I could wait forever. Pulled into the dealer to ask him to order replacement, but they had the part in stock !...in the right interior color.

Popped it in in 20 min.

 

[DanMan32]

Isn't this a double post, and in the same forum no less?

 

[BOXOUTBM]

Sorry about that. I Clicked submit twice. Very tired when I wrote that post and quite frustrated with the situation.

 

[melgish]

That's ok...it happens.

 

[melgish]

That's ok...it happens

 

[BOXOUTBM]

:lol: Funny

 

[mrv]

Do you have the extended warrantee? I believe you'll get a free loaner car while it is in the shop.

if it was a warranteeable repair. but this is an accident, so it depends if you have rental insurance on your auto insurance...