Prius C (2012) Jumps Out of Drive

Discussion in 'Prius c Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by Naro0804, Dec 9, 2024.

  1. Naro0804

    Naro0804 New Member

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    Hello,

    I been dealing with this issue for a few weeks now.

    The issue i am running into is that when i accelerate the car the car jumps out of drive and it slowly decelerates to a complete stop. On the dashboard the D (Drive) disappears and nothing appears there. If i put the car into park (p appears on dashboard) and back to drive (d there) it takes a bit to accelerate but then after a few seconds it works like nothing happen. This happens more when i am accelerating from a complete stop, but it has happened too when i am driving down the road.

    If anyone can help it will be great. There is no engine code.

    I already swapped the pedal sensors, was first recommendation.
     
  2. Leadfoot J. McCoalroller

    Leadfoot J. McCoalroller Senior Member

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    What scanner is reporting this? There are many cheap scanners on the market that do not know how to ask all of the ECUs in a Prius for a report, so depending on the problem type they can report "no codes" when in fact there are some- they just don't know how to even ask.