2005 prius warning triangle question

Hi I am new to the forum and want to thank you all for being here. I hope this is the right forum for this question.

We have a 2005 Prius with 156,000 miles on it. The red triangle warning light was coming on intermittantly, our mechanic ran the code and it had a couple things come up... an evap. warning and an ABS warning. He could find nothing wrong with the car. The brakes were fine but he did suggest we replace the gas cap (we did). The light did not go way, rather it stayed on contunuously. Our mechanic referred us to someone who is more familiar with the Prius. The other mechanic did diagnostics and could find nothing wroing. He did however say that he saw something unfamiliar to him regarding the computer system. He said it appears there is an expiration year (2022) of sorts, for computer updates, he had never seen this before and we have no idea what that even means.. I know there are numerous computer systems in the car and he did not specify. He reset the light to off but said it would likely come back on. it did.

The car runs really well and the batteries are good but I don't feel safe driving it with that light on. Any thoughts or suggestions would be helpful.

 

Thank you for this reply! We will check all of those things out. Hopefully we can work this out.

 

One more thing. Is there a link to the thread that reviews those apps? Thanks again.

 

Thank you!

 

No resolution yet on this warning light. It went off again for two days and came back today. Stayed on for about ten minuts then off again. Oil is full and no "door ajar" light. The second mechanic who ran the diagnostics and could find nothing wrong said he has a new $15,000 machine and it is very thororough. He seems honest and was well reccomended. The only thing left that I can see is to go to a dealership and have them run tests although I won't go to the one closest to us as they are crazy expensive and I don't trust them. Can anyone reccommend a trustworthy Toyota dealership in Massachusetts? Thanks!

 

Hi again,
The red triangle mysteriously dissappeared since my last post. It did come on a couple of times very briefly but then went off again. Now it is back, all the time. The mechanic who said he could find nothing wrong with the car told us that when the code was written for the diagnostics it had a 2022 expiration date. Our car is a 2005. I have no idea what that means and my husband was unclear also. The mechanic implied the car was fine to drive but I do not trust that, my husband is still drivung it. I am including the original code. Any thoughts would be appreciated.