Dash/warning lights - is this normal?

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by Melchior, Mar 18, 2015.

  1. Melchior

    Melchior Junior Member

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    Hi all,

    I don't have a Prius (yet) but am looking at what's for sale, getting a feel for the Gen 2 market and learning about them.

    There's an ad for a car quite far away from me and one of the photos shows the dash lit up like a Christmas tree. Is this normal during power-up or is it normal when there's something quite wrong?! There is no red triangle of doom shown; I'm unsure if that might be out of shot though.

    This is the photo:
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    Car is quite high mileage with just over 270,000 km on the clock and is from 2006.

    Thanks in advance :)
     
    #1 Melchior, Mar 18, 2015
  2. nh7o

    nh7o Off grid since 1980

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    Those lights indicate that there are error conditions in the various subsystems that each one corresponds to. To be certain, errors are most definitely not normal. There is a brief flash of all the lights right at start up, to allow checking for any missing lights due to bulb failure. But if that represents what happens when the car is turned on, then there is something to fix. If it is a car that has been sitting, waiting to be sold, the highest likelihood is that the 12V battery needs to be replaced.
     
    #2 nh7o, Mar 18, 2015
  3. Dookin

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    Without the speedometer being lit up, the car may be "on" or in "accessory" mode in the picture, rather than in the "ready" mode to drive. My 07 looks like this when in the accessory mode:

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