That's illogical!

Regeneration during braking should be reducing the use of the friction brakes, not increasing them.

1. Do a search on here. If it's true, then undoubtedly a number of owners will have reported the same.

2. Go the the reviews section. Again, if people have reported this, then it will most likely have been added to the 'what's good / bad' section.

A few reports can be ignored. If a pattern starts to build then it's time to be concerned.

Do also bear in mind that if a car is little-used (I know someone with a 2013 plug-in Prius that's only done 14k miles) then the brake discs will be more likely to get corroded and worn out, simply due to rust forming on the discs and not being 'scrubbed off' by the brakes being used. The rust then goes deeper, and eventually the discs/pads need replacing.

Finally, if it was true, then it would be clobbering the CO2 / 'official' mpg figures, as well as the reported 'real-world' figures in the 'RealMPG' section of this site. Which you can also look up.

Hi all, Rumour has it that the Toyota Prius eats brake discs and pads in an effort to regenerate the batteries.

Er - it's the opposite. You only use the brake pads/discs when the regerative braking can't slow you quickly enough.

Ie it wears discs and pads much less - so much so you don't get the usual black brake dust on your alloy wheels and pads/discs last for years

I've got two friends with Toyota hybrids (one on his second)and they have been bullet proof. Another good indicator that they are great cars is many taxi drivers are now buying them. They are capable of doing starship mileages. The PCV vlave can fail at 100k miles which can cause the engine to burn oil (blows oil past the valve seals) - cheap fix though

Edited by Big John on 26/05/2016 at 15:19