Prius 2008 Damaged. What to Expect..???

Hi All.

I just recently purchased a 2008 model with some what seems to be small accident damage, bonnet, front & rear passanger lights & slightly sagging bumpers.

It's due to be delivered in a few days from interstate where someone else checked it out for me (sigh), where I will be able to assess it myself.

I beleive it's has been moved around the yard, but I'm guessing there may or may not be other damage...but wondering whether Toyota service would have to [reset] it or anything else for that matter even though the air bags were deployed...???

I'd say the batteries would be run down and need a full charge, which I ask whether I could put mains volts or a battery charger to it somehow given I wont be driving it for some month....

I found a US company that sells really cheap parts which is a reall shame given I'm in Australia, namely a bonnet for under $100 US, where a new retail price I got over the phone was $700 AU which didnt take much to bring that down $480 AU.. so wondered if that's site price was about right. (carpartswholesale)

Also how would I get into diagnostic mode with this model, and I'm a bit of a IT head and would be interested to see more of the backend operations.

Anything else I should consider when I get the car would be much appreciated, like disconnecting the battery & having to reneter the radio code...

Cheers
Tekmann

 

OPPS... That was a typo in my orig post as the airbags [wern't] deployed, as sure they would have cost a small fortune.

Just thought there may need to be other stuff reset from toyota.

Thanks for the toy man link and yes that would be a good idea for a car like this. Would the manuals be in pdf or something so they can be downloaded..???

So is there a reasonable priced odbII device I could use that is good all round for dtc & restting things from a notebook that people have experienced.

Can you add an additional Traction battery pack that would be acknowledged by the computers as being there or is that cost prohibitive.

Also I read somewhere they are or have put a mains outlet/inlet on the new model so charging from the house could be attached...and wondered if anyone has installed a charger for the traction batteries on older models.

Thanks
Tekmann

 

Bump...

Hoping to get some responses from my previous questions, before this thread falls into deep space...

 

It's Here. NeeD HELP PleasE

I received the 08 Prius today, only to find the aux battery was flat so I jumpered it as per manual and ICE started and dash lit up.

The tractionHV batteries were showing 2 bars on the screen, and wouldnt go into EV mode at that level.

The ICE ran smooth at first then rough and seemed very irregular, so intereted to hear what that was about, and assuming because it's been sitting around and maybe jumped started before.

There are many things I dont understand yet, but reading through the forum as much as possible with great interest.

I tried to move the vehicle forward selecting the "D" position with the parking brake off and foot off the main brake, but it only crept 3-4meters forward, and reverse was only inches while it was in reverse beeping away.

I dont understand what goes on there, but do observe there are faults lights on, namely the red trianglur & double round circle with exclaimation in yellow is on, also the multi information display lcd has a car with exclaimation through it..

I had the aux battery disconnected while recharging for few hours, and just reconnected to find none of these errors we cleared...???

Suprisingly this accident was only very minor visually, so astonished it's got these issues.????

Thanks in Anticipation
Tekmann

 

Thanks for your response Patrick.

Do you know if the odb2 scan tool read & reset the same codes toyota can read or will it be limited in functionality.

Could this be why the vehicle is moving forward only a few meters, as it does seem like the brakes are on, as the engine labours (knocking/pinging usually when older car towing uphill) which I found in the first few seconds, hence pushed it thereafter..

Edit: actually maybe not as although the car labours to go up the driveway, it freely rolls back down the driveway.

Could there be mechanical damage..or worse still ECU computer damage???

Tekmann

 

The accident damage seems minimul but I will inspect further when daylight breaks (6.30am atm) and I can attach pics of where it was hit, as soon as I find out how...???

These really dont show much as most of the damage seemed to have occured to left front corner (US drivers side, our passager side)

Edit: As these pics show one (me) wouldnt think there would be powertrain damage, but will try to get it up on a hoist soon and inspect further, though not sure which pics to take atm.

Is the rough idle something to do with engine calibrating itself, and what codes are reset when aux 12v battery is disconnected given I did that.

Tekmann

 

The bonnet opens fine & the front raidator support & inner guard needs metal work if not replaced, but there are no visual signs of damage to the wiring loom or engine components (transaxle) that I can see, though getting it up on a hoist once movable may reveal more.

I'm assuming the transaxle is the gearbox hookup to both of the motors, which hasnt been touched that i can see.

At a guess the loss of water from the radiator (not presurised atm) & the tank next to the electric more may be part if not all of the reasons why the errors appear not detecting water.

I would like to also put charge in the traction batteries, to see if that will move the car, as opposed to the ICE...but need to know how to charge them manually as cant see running the ICE atm.

Is there any other way to view the DTC data from the lcd panel, apart from the scantools...???

Tekmann