HELP! Power window switch blinking

Hold and keep holding the power window lever upwards for like 5 seconds or so... you need to recalibrate the switch so the auto feature will work...

 

Thanks Bob64, I'll be filing that info away incase I need it later because I did not know that.

 

I'm betting that the blinking is telling you the Auto function is not working, and once you perform the re-calibration, the light stops blinking. :thumb:

 

Hi Huibin,

To recalibrate the driver's window auto function, lower the window so that it is halfway open. Then close the window by holding the window switch, and continue to hold the switch for several seconds after the window has closed. After you complete that procedure, the auto function should be restored.

Who is the manufacturer of your original 12V auxiliary battery? Did you buy the same brand, or a different replacement battery?

Are many Prius sold in China? Yours is the first post that I have noticed.

 

Welcome to PriusChat, Huibin! It is unfortunate that the Prius is so expensive in PRC. It could help some with the air pollution. Glad to have you here on PriusChat.

 

Checked RMB 282,000, and it looks like $39,822. Does that sound right to everyone? Wow, that's a lot of $$!

 

Hi Huibin,

Thanks for the update and the info about Prius being built in China. You are a true pioneer with your Prius purchase. Which other Toyota models are being sold?

I had traveled to Beijing several times back in the late 90's for business. At that point the Buick Century and an Audi sedan built under a Chinese brand name seemed to be very popular, and I did not note any Toyota presence. Looks like the auto market has changed substantially over the last decade.

Did you decide that your power window switch is still faulty?

 

I agree, that's a lot of dough!
Imagine the Prius w/Pkg 6 is near $45k in China.

What's the point of buying a Prius then?
Lower operating cost is not a valid reason, the overhead is too much to begin with.

That's why OP said so:
"Due to the high price and very low cognition degree for hybrid vehicle in China, the annual Prius sales is not exceeding 1000 units."

 

i thought that all you had to do was roll it down all the way, roll it up all the way.. down.. then up.. and it works. i used to do it to my parents rx400h because the 12v died...

 

Thanks for the info on the Toyota product line, which is a very wide vehicle range.

I like your comment about Prius market positioning in China. Your car must be quite unique. If you have photos of your car (especially the interior with Chinese language labeling) I am sure that group members would enjoy seeing them.

Prius is relatively expensive in Europe as well and the volumes sold are correspondingly small (compared to the US where ~175K units are sold annually.)

I haven't noticed other posters reporting a power window problem, and hope you will find the initialization procedure works.

 

G'day Huibin and a late welcome to PC.
Good to see the windows are sorted.
Must be quite a stretch to buy a Prius in China? I thought they were expensive here but not compared to China. I hope the price comes down and the level of acceptance goes up, I think China along with the rest of the world needs to move to cleaner transport. This is particularly important in a place like Beijing where it is so crowded and pollution is already high.

Pictures of you Prius would be great and as said earlier, the Chinese labelling will be interesting to see.

 

I have a 2010 Prius and have had the same problem. Of the 4 switches the only one not blinking was the driver window. Even the window switches on the front passenger and rear doors were blinking too.

I did the following and it worked

Open all the windows (with their own switches), when open the light on each respective window switch stops flashing. Then close the windows, again with their own switches. This appears to clear the problem and then when you check the drivers 4 switch cluster the lights are all steady again and hey presto all the windows can be controlled by the driver. Hope this helps

 

I'm not an expert but I would guess that with the population size, the country could not handle everyone having a car.

 

Thank you people for the post this procedure seems to work on all toyota cars. I just fixed the windows on the land Cruiser which were blinkig. I lowered all four windows , raised them up and held several seccond on the button after closure. Now the four way switch is working and is opening all three windows which previously it could't.

Thank you agin

 

I had the same problem today on 2012 Prius v. Followed this procedures and it worked, thank you!