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You need to check the battery with a load on, like headlights, after it has sat over night. Then check the value with car in ready mode. So three...
This is apparently another data point, where a car in a hot climate has had premature battery problems. The Prius does not like getting parked in...
Yes on the oil level being much too low. Top it off ASAP. Prius uses more oil as it ages. As for your other problem, I am not sure of the...
The HV battery is overheating, causing the fan to run on high speed. There is a possibility that the fan is clogged up with hair, debris, etc....
Rear AC? No such thing. I think you are hearing the battery cooling fan, which has it's intake at the passenger side back seat. It normally runs...
According to the service manual, it looks like one is expected to remove the brake pedal assembly in order to get at the switch. That involves...
Because the Prius uses the regen braking so effectively, the friction brakes get used much less than a standard car. Very little heating. The...
Yes, it's just rust on the discs. The Prius uses the regen braking so effectively that the front brakes don't get polished off often enough,...
The battery being at 4 blue bars is not necessarily a problem. There can be a recalibration cycle that happens, such that the battery will...
Don't make any decisions until you have DTC's that you can read. Look for "mini VCI" on eBay for a reader, if you have an old Windows laptop. The...
As an addition, there is a note in the Chilton manual saying that if you live in mountainous terrain or tow trailers often, change the ATF at...
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The car has set DTC's, so the first step is to find out which ones. You should pull blink codes from the ABS system to get details of what is...
Another guess, is it possible there is RF interference in your area? Does it do this at only one location, or anywhere?
On my car, when my wife drives, we see about the same battery SOC as usual, even though she is, like the others above, not paying much attention...
I am skeptical about the driving habits guess as a complete answer to this. In my car, it seems there is nothing I can do to get SOC to change...
We have heard several posts about the blower motor having problems with the brushes internally, either dirt or just wear. If you are able to...
One possibility is that your original 12V battery has a shorted cell, which causes the engine to run more, trying to charge it, but it never gets...
It seems the manufacturing tolerances on the original batteries are close enough, that if one cell fails, the others will follow before too long....
I still hear this once in a while, and I too think it is just a more or less normal noise. I don't think it has to do with transaxle internals or...
