I am working on my folks 2003 gen 1 prius. Dealer told them inverter was bad so I bought a used one to replace it from junk yard. I was able to drive the car on purely gas mode prior to replacing inverter. I have now replaced the inverter and innitially was able to drive it on battery power, but no gas engine, it wont start. Now no movement at all. I have reset codes both with my obd2 scanner and by the touch screen diagnostic window. Am I missing something here as I can't get the warning orange triangle to go away or check engine light, and now gas engine. When I turn key, I hear clicking sound in rear of car. Also, I left doors open when working on car and drained little battery, I replaced it with a larger battery that I have put in a battery box. Not sure if that has something to do with this, but I really, really need help. Thanks Chad McKinney
How much did you drive around in purely electric? I wonder if the HV battery has been drained. Even so, something may not have been connected correctly, which prevented ICE-on after the initial repair. It is going to be really hard to figure this out without being able to read the codes. If it was just a matter of clearing the codes, that would have happened when you swapped out the 12V batteries. If you can get your hands on a Graham miniscanner, perhaps from Bob Wilson over at myhybridcar.com, that could save you a trip or two to the dealer to get codes read etc.
Chad, You need access to a scan tool that will show you the state of charge on the batteries and read the codes/sub codes stored in the car. The only one of these that I have substantial experience with is Toyota's Techstream. I know there are others that the priuschat community uses. Without this ability its going to be difficult figure out what happened. Eric
Where do I get the scanner from, does someone in the prius community rent them like the guys in the mercedes diesel community? What is a good scan tool to buy? I really need to get this car running. Is there a way to simply "jump" the electric motor to get the ice moving?
1. Contact Bob Wilson who is a regular on the Yahoo Prius Technical Stuff forum. 2. No, there is no simple way to get the ICE running if the hybrid system is not functioning.
Does anyone have bob wilsons phone number??? I really need to get this car driving again, and I can't find him in Yahoo. Chad McKinney 513 446 9654 Cincinnati, OH
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