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Mine got the nickname "Batmobile" from one friend, in no small part due to the DRCC and other AT package features.
Actually, they don't add the motor HP to anything - they add the battery horsepower to the engine HP to get the total. The motor HP is higher than...
Unless your car is special, just putting it into Park won't leave you stranded if you don't have a key. It will complain that the key isn't...
I plan on doing most of the maintenance myself, after finding similarly high prices ($130+ for the 1yr/10k services). Plus, my dealer offers a...
Typically, they're optimizing for low noise, because when in the presence of a whiny fan, some of the whine is transmitted to people, which...
What mode was it in before, and what mode is it in now? (Eco, Normal, Power...) Those change the accelerator mapping, meaning you press harder to...
Perhaps you need to tell us what's so different about your way of driving, then. I have never even come close to filling the battery in city...
And all that said, the Prius computer does pretty well if you just drive it like a normal person. Sometimes, trying for high efficiency is even...
And strictly speaking, braking doesn't generate any energy - only burning gasoline does. So the simple fact that you recovered some of the energy...
How many bars does the car itself show? If it shows at least 2, then I'd suspect your gauge is wrong. If it shows 1 bar, and if the MFD gives you...
There are occasional reports of this, but no, a Prius does not normally need to be driven every few days to keep the 12V battery charged. I rarely...
The only time a much larger pack is useful is if you're either charging it from the wall, or if you regularly go up and down mountains. Even on...
I often see 80% coming down mountains, at which point it stops charging the battery. I hypermile, so I avoid getting low SoC (it reduces your...
To summarize this thread, I think I'd say this: There are lots of things that are mildly annoying to various people, but no widespread failures....
Per the manual "When the light comes on after blinking for 1 minute: Malfunction in the tire pressure warning system. Have the system checked by...
Actually, it's a little more complicated, fuzzy; you can only EV up to 9 mph and at 68°F or greater if you hit the EV button before the engine...
While the lack of a switch is true on the Gen 3, they also added a time-based disable of the SKS system. After the car sits unused for several...
Yes, it's the inverter. If I had to peg it down to a specific component inside the inverter, I might guess that it could be some inductors, but I...
By default, at least on the 2010, it locks all doors when you shift out of P, and unlocks all doors when you shift into P. Either or both of these...
This is especially a problem if you happen to drive one of these.
