New Prius owner, but with issues :(

This sounds as though there is air trapped in the inverter coolant system. Can you see coolant flow through the top up point on the reservoir with the car made ready. If not this is your problem. The reservoir is the one near the center of the engine bay on the side of the silver inverter box.

John (Britprius)

 

I do not think you have a major problem. If you could pick up some Toyota SLLC (Toyota supper long life coolant, 1ltr should be enough) on your way home this will make life easy. If you do not need it it will keep for topping up.

John (Britprius)

 

Watch the video on post 10 of this link.
Mig1 and 2 numbers after inverter pump fail code today
If you need bleeding instructions let me know.

John (Britprius)

 

Sorry to say it sounds like you bought a wonderful piece of Toyota Japanese engineering. It's like waking up in a motel room with the words "Welcome to the world of feline AIDS" scrawled on the mirror in lipstick.

Commonly known as Prius ownership. Expect a ton of other things to go wrong in the near future.

I bought mine at 96k with a bad HV battery pack. Drove it for two months and got the triangle of death, brake and check engine light. They replaced it under warranty...thank FSM I was under 100K!

Check my posts; just about everything (including tin-can doors) is still making me kick myself for buying this wonderful piece of Japanese engineering.

 

ouch, you bought a car with 96,000 miles and have had a few issues? ridiculous!

 

Anyone who buys a used car should know there are risks involved. If Rich12 is having such bad luck, I am trying to figure out why Rich12 is still driving the car and has not traded it in. Kicking themselves must be mighty painful.

 

Not just a car with 96K miles, but one with a known issue to begin with (HV pack bad). Seems like foreshadowing to me.

 

NOT a known issue. All lights were good when purchased. Try again, troll. 0/10 is for you.

 

To the OP take it to the dealer and spend $125 and have them look at the Hybrid pack with there Techstream Software and also pull all the CEL/DTC codes that are now logged in your car. Record and report ALL the codes back here. You are paying the $125 to get the codes. Without those codes its all speculation.

Do this asap. Limit driving. Driving a Prius thats in CEL mode without knowing why can really hurt the car.
Seen that many many times here.

 

Your here to make friends. Welcome.

 

I class a car with 100,000 miles as end of life. You purchase at that mileage you takes your chances. If you're not sure what you're doing, get an expert to inspect the vehicle. Toyotas are meant to have great reliability but that doesn't mean 100% reliability at all ages and mileages.

I like my Prius but it has not been reliable.

 

Not to be harsh but did you expect a Blue Sky when you purchase a car with 147,000 miles on it? Hopefully it is nothing major. Did you pull the codes?

 

I guess I am not the only one that doesn't trust stealers.

 

Until the next time the warning lights come on.

 

12.1 will not make any lights come on. I drove my car for 1 year at 12.1 with no issue.
Don't go on a long trip.

 

If the inverter starts to overheat the Prius systems try to protect it and reduce it's load by shutting down the AC and the cruise control and the DC to DC converter. So air trapped in the system can and does cause this. The pump will still run though not as quietly as normal, this is why I ask you to check for fluid movement.

John (Britprius)