I think I screwed up... Purchased the nightmare Prius.

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by bigrob, Jul 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM.

  1. bigrob

    bigrob New Member

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    New member here,
    I guess I bought what could just about be called a lemon Prius. It's got a lot of error codes regarding the brake system, and on top of that the battery pretty much quit working altogether near the end of the drive home, it's stuck in limp mode. The one code I didn't find listed in this readout was p3014, cell block 4 is weak. The battery is supposed to have a lifetime warranty from green bean, but they're giving me trouble transferring it.

    Anyway, could someone with more experience with these cars take a look at these error codes in the attachment and give me a roadmap of all the things I have to do to get this thing working again? This is my first Prius.

    Thanks for any help.
     

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    That's lots of info, but I'm more curious as to what comes back when you disconnect the 12v for a few minutes to start it up fresh... Some of those error codes might be super old / no longer relevant and which ones come back right away will make it easier to know what to focus on first.

    Also a weak 12v battery on its own can create all kind of madness like this so make sure you got that covered.

    And as always when you get alot of error codes it can mean alotta wires / plug is not connected anymore and that's a straightforward fix.

    Are you doing the work? Or is someone doing the work for you?