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Jstar, does your CAR have full smartkey system? (is there a black button on outside front door handles?). If so, you need FOB with silver logo to...
Hopefully your dealer is honest and competent. If you feel good about your dealer and the expenditure go for it. A lot of US dealers...
We are a "Hybrids only" repair shop in Boulder. Call us for a 2nd opinion if you get a scary estimate from someone else. www.boulderhc.com...
Is a toyota dealer fixing it or an independent shop? New or used parts? $7k seems like a lot.
Not a bad deal. They are probably "pulls" from wrecked 2012 cars. While it's not wise to buy 01-09 pulls without some kind of testing unless...
I think we're talking about different things. I call the thing inside the HV battery box the Battery ECU. Toyota labels this one as COMPUTER...
In my experience you can swap the ICE ECU no problem, but if you swap the HV ECU you need to re-mate it to the car. Perhaps your key guy...
Slimfrancis, assuming key guy was able to virginize the key ECU properly on car B, , the next thing I'd try is take the known good HV ECU from car...
If no warning lights on dash probably not Hybrid related. You may want to go to a regular mechanic. Dealer will be expensive for something like...
they are links to youtube videos. Watch the videos.
AFAIK Steve doesn't deal with Gen1's (or Gen3's) so call him first. He's an expert in Gen2's, and has plenty of used Gen2 parts.
Other than buy a virgin key ECU from the dealer, the only sure way I know to make a Gen1 "lost all keys" READY UP is to take a known good key ECU...
All that will do is give you a sore back! Here's what normal key should do; [media] And a funky key [media]
Is he doing another Gen1 Prius for you? Gen2/3 are actually much easier. You can make a "lost all keys" Gen2/3 go READY/drive via the OBD2 port...
Attached is the pertinent part about Gen1 Prius HV ECU reset. You need to re-mate the HV ECU to the immobilizer anytime you swap HV ECU or alter...
It's going to be immobilzer problem. I'll bet you a beer. If he truly reflashed the key ECU you still need to mate the HV ECU to car...follow...
Hold everything. You should have mentioned key stuff earlier. Key/immobilizer issues will prevent car from READYing up no matter how good your...
If you mean the terminals behind the rear seat no...they are on the car side of the SMR and only have power when the car is ON AND READY. You...
The two ends are positive and negative. Middle terminal nothing. I forget which end is which, but I do recall the color codes were opposite of...
Did you measure the HV pack voltage? On Gen1 you can do it from the "Plug to nowhere" aka external charging port without taking the battery apart....
