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problems starting, the big red triangle!

Discussion in 'Prius v Technical Discussion' started by thelouvre, Jul 22, 2012.

  1. thelouvre

    thelouvre New Member

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    Seems like the first start each day now has problems. When I first push the power on button, it goes into "half on" mode only. The big red triangle stays on and sometimes the radio will come on, not always. So far I can hit power on again and it goes off, then one more time and it goes on normally. I always then check the energy consumption panel which shows the battery level nice and blue. What could be the problem? The car is 3 years old, with about 60K miles. Last summer was really hot in Texas.
     
  2. thelouvre

    thelouvre New Member

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    found a video on checking the status of your 12v battery. it shows that it is at 9 volts. so i'm guessing that that is the problem....
     
  3. priuscritter

    priuscritter I am the Stig.

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    any reason you're posting this in the prius v forum?