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cthorsman liked rjparker's post in the thread Stinky Smelly mildew smell from AC for the first few seconds at startup.

It is dirty sock syndrome, a mold on the evaporator. If the evaporator is dry you won't smell it on startup but it will be there. When...

cthorsman liked Mendel Leisk's post in the thread Stinky Smelly mildew smell from AC for the first few seconds at startup.

Once mold starts I’d speculate it’s pretty tenacious. If you do get it clean, to avoid reoccurrence: 1. Use AC (meaning the Freon-style...

AzusaPrius replied to the thread All the business!!.

Solar roof keeps the inside cooler but it is only really helpful when you tap into it and modify it to charge your 12v That is what I...

cthorsman replied to the thread Rotten Food/Dirty Socks smell coming out of vent?.

FYI, dealers have "Foam Evaporator Cleaner and Refresher" in their parts dept. I use it about twice a year in my Gen 2, which was known...

Mr.Vanvandenburg replied to the thread Just need to vent....

It’s world wide inflation, after covid. But if you bought a house in 60’s- 70’s, in the best areas of (everyone is moving out of), the...

violinguy posted a new thread.

08 completely shut off while in ready mode. Not the usual culprit of the inverter coolant pump.

Looking for help: this is a real stumper... my son's 08 with 250k miles completely turned off while he was parked in ready mode with the...

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douglasjre liked MIkeDr's post in the thread Interior Noise Level.

Quieter but still loud. It’s too bad that Toyota didn’t sacrifice an mpg or two to add some sound dampening material.

douglasjre liked Cactus's post in the thread Interior Noise Level.

Curious what the interior noise level is at highway speeds? We own a 2014 Prius that my wife drives and it is pretty noisy on the...

douglasjre liked John321's post in the thread Just need to vent....

I do the grocery shopping for our family. I readily admit to being a penny pincher/cheapskate/ Coupon saver etc. My current savings for...

douglasjre liked Jon Vitrano's post in the thread Clean everything still knock when pressing on gas pedal.

Stilling running on the 4th engine. Hot weather is fine, no overheating. Getting about 55-56 mpg on the original 10 year old battery....

KitsuneVoss replied to the thread 2009 Prius - Warnings and will not engage..

It seems to be pretty steady for a week now with getting a combined total as far as MPG of between 48.2 and 48.4 mpg compared to 46.5...

ChapmanF replied to the thread HV fan preset overriding.

Or that they optimized it to a different objective function than you would choose. Still, even if you lay out your own choice of...

ChapmanF replied to the thread Confusion on 2012 used Prius C three Master Cylinder break replacement.

The whirring is the normal sound of a pump that makes up your braking pressure. The not-normal part is the pump having to run so often;...