1998 Prius ABS On and brakes doesnt work

Discussion in 'Toyota Hybrids and EVs' started by prius1999, Feb 23, 2010.

  1. prius1999

    prius1999 New Member

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    Hi guys

    I had this car since 3 years i guess, but yesterday when i turned it on it was beeping and i put it in reverse, then behold the brakes didnt work as usually, but when i pressed very hard it stopped slowly.

    I though brakes were stuff up, but i moved car up to big parking space and was keep going backward and forward, suddenly the beep stopped and the brakes worked as it should.

    But now today i though i will do the same thing, but the beep doesn't goes off and brakes doesn't work at the same time.

    When i turned on car, i can hear some sounds like tak tak below bonets.

    Any one know why brakes doesn't work.
    I have attached two photos as well, that's what it shows on screen..

    Any help would be appreciated, i have a manual in English, which is very small and doesn't have anything related to these signs.

    Thanks
     

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  2. walterb

    walterb New Member

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    I hope you had it tolled to a shop...... and fixed. it is obvious it needs attenetion
     
  3. tochatihu

    tochatihu Senior Member

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    just want to make sure that you are aware of a yahoo! group called Mk1_Prius. It is probably the largest collection of people exchanging information on how to keep The First Prius on the road