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Hey everyone. I have a 2005 Prius and haven't had any problems with it until this morning. My wife was on her way to work and a bunch of warning icons popped up. Any idea what might have happened? Everything was fine when I parked the car last night. My wife said that she had to get off the freeway because the gas engine shut off.

 

Thanks Patrick. I hope it's nothing too serious. We've only got 43,000 miles on the Prius so far. I'll be taking it in first thing in the morning

 

Well. It's sitting at the dealership right now. I had to have it towed tonight after my Wife tried to drive it home after work. She only made it about a mile. After you press the power button, the engine would turn on and shut right back off. I'll know more in the morning when I call the service department up.

 

I hope that's all it is.

 

I am still waiting to hear from the dealer. I should have been a little more clear on the issue. My wife started having problems half way to work yesterday. The warning lights came on and the gas engine shut down. She made it to work though. After work, she made it about a mile and couldn't go any further. When I drove out to her, I tried starting the car. Everything turned on, the gas engine came to life for about 3 seconds then shut down. everything else was still on though. I just couldn't move the car. I think the main battery had drained also. I'll update everyone as soon as I can.

 

Patrick. I like your ideas. Keep it cheap for me. Still waiting to hear from the dealership. They sure like to take forever to call.

 

Ok. I just got off the phone with the service guy. They have to keep the car overnight because they want to run tests on in first thing in the morning while it's cold. He mentioned something about some kind of coils they're looking at. I forget what he called them, but it's like the old spark plug cables. Whatever they're called now. he did say they were able to drive it around, so they must have gotten the engine to stay on. I'll have more info tomorrow morning.

 

I just remembered what the service guys said. He was talking about the coil packs. Right now, they suspect them but want to run more tests in the morning.

 

Update time!
Just got off the phone with the service dept. It was the ignition coil. Of course, since they never had to replace one before, they don't have any in stock. I'm without my Prius for one more day. The good news is that it's under warranty, so no cost for me. WOOOHOO!!
I'll ask a few questions tomorrow when I pick it up. I really want to know what made it fail.

 

Just got home and the Prius is alive again! The hybrid battery was pretty drained, but was recharged by the time I got home. Thank goodness the Ignition Coil was under warranty. It would have been a $500 job. Here's a list of the codes that came up:

P0351
P0352
P0354

The dealership said my car was the first time they've done this type of repair.

 

Looks like they replaced all 4 coil packs.

4: 90919-02240 Coil, Ignition