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A 2002 with only 73,000 mile averages at < 6,700 miles a year so the car has sat idle a lot. Cars are not good at being idle. The price seems...
My experience says that time is more important than miles. The gen1 warranty was 10 years or 100,000 miles. Beginning with 2004 models it became...
Time appears to be more of a factor in battery life than miles. My 2001 Prius battery died in January 2009 at 197,000 miles. My sister-in-law's...
The symptoms you describe are those of a failing hybrid battery. My experience is that the hybrid battery life is about eight years. Do you know...
This occurs while the car is in "Park".
The engine doesn't just stop, it bucks and jerks as if it is trying to turn something that won't until the engine quickly chokes out. It won't...
My experience is that the Gen 1 battery life is determined more by time than by miles. I had to do a replacement on my 2001 in January 2009 at...
There are after-market catalytic converters if you are not in California. I have had them replaced in two 2001 Priuses for less than $200 each....
When I bought my new 2001 Prius it came with three keys. Two had black covers and worked everything. The third one had a gray cover and would...
My 2001 Prius (230,000 miles) is unusable. I can clear the codes. The engine will start up fine. After a few seconds it starts bucking and...
If all you want to do is to clear the codes without reading them, disconnect the 12V battery for a few minutes and then reconnect it.
The radiator is dual purpose. The upper half cools the ICE and the bottom half cools the inverter.
I understand. I have been driving a Prius since March 2001 and I know when the ICE is running. You are right, I do need the diagnostic codes,...
2001 Prius with 230,000 miles, replacement hybrid battery in January 2009 at 197,000 miles has recently been having mutliple electronic problems....
140,000 miles on a Prius is not the same as 140,000 on a regular car. Unless all of your driving is highway miles the Prius engine has not run...
My experience is that time is the major factor in batterry life. I purchased my 2001 Prius in October 2003 when it had 17,000 miles. In January...
I am having the same problem with P0171. Replaced catalytic converter. Replaced upstream O2 sensor. Replaced ECM with a used one from XViper....
My experience with two 2001 Priuses. Main battery life is about 8 years. Both cars required a replacement in 2009. One had 197,000 miles, the...
The down stream O2 sensor can be accessed by removing the floorboards in the passenger compartment. The pink (purple?) wire is for the O2 heater.
The main ECM operates from the 12v battery in the trunk. If the battery is not up to par the computer may cause weird things to happen.
