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You're correct with the Gen4 but the Gen5 battery pack is outside under the car. Like a true EV and is heated with resistuve heaters and coolec...
I do the same except i put it in charge mode to ensure that the engine properly runs for at least 20 minutes non stop. It gets properly cold...
I've installed an oil pan heater on my 21 Prime to boost oil temps when cold! Very effective!
Yes you're right. I forgot Gen 3 had it but yes! As for the Gen 4 EHRS, it definitely had problems, at least until 2020 MY cars, we changed TONS...
Exactly this! Gen 2 had the coolant thermos that was pretty effective. Gen 4 had the Exhaust Heat Recovery System (that i call heat trap). Very...
Yeah it happens too but in that case i know what happens!
Yeah, well take notice that what you saw was a worst case scenario. The engine never properly heated it's oil during our frigid canadian winter...
Show me the heat thermos on a Gen5 Prime. Your profile shows Silicon Valley as the place where you live. Lucky you! You don't have to live with...
I know that if the car brake because there is a car in front of me it's normal behavior. When the car brake by itself when cruising on a empty...
Personally, Charge mode is my once a week "get the damn engine fully up to temps" mode. HV aka Hybrid mode is really great from a fuel economy...
When i had my brand new Civic Si in 2012, it got broken in on a racetrack the day it was delivered to me. True Story! Not that it even bothered.....
Yes, a two lane road but there was nobody except me.. i'm trying to figure out what could trigger that like it does..
I tought about that. I can have a Noco Lithium battery for a relatively low price and it could shed about 30pounds off the car.. maybe someday...
I use YZZF1 filters personally. Yes they are longer. Yes they take more time to fill. Yes i also put some oil in it before i install them Lake...
Those Priuses certainly are good candidates to receive 5k miles OCI's..perhaps even more frequently during winter. They don't seems to get up to...
Gen 5 Prime battery are cooled by the A/C compressor. If the battery temperature got over a predetermined temperature while charging/being...
Gen 5 Prius and Primes don't have the exhaust heat trap that the Gen 4 Priuses and Prime used.. unfortunately. My guess is Toyota changed a whole...
Personally, my gen5 Prime, even in HV mode won't reach full operating temps before it starts cycling the gas engine on and off. The only way i...
Or you could just deactivate the fob by holding the Lock button and pressing twice on Unlock. The light will flash, indicating the Fob is...
Construction zones also where they make you cross lines on pavement. There is one nearby that really confuse the poor Prius!
