Drives Perfectly but inverter failure?

Nick, You did the work, so you deserve the honors. Congradulations. As for the dealership, they are fearful it could take days with no fix in sight.....the business motivation is always "Do not lose money" Electricians/Electronics is not thier strongpoint. (bailywick ??)

 

Hi Nick,

That is great news, congratulations to you!!! I am glad that your persistence paid off.

 

Since it's already worked once, I'd continue to inspect and clean. It could work twice.

Do you really need the amp and nav to just drive the car?

 

Nick, I don't recall without reading through all of the previous posts, but is this the original NAV unit, or a replacement?

Tom

 

i would suggest contacting someone about this the flood that is.

i bought a new tacoma flooded, and the airbag computer, and the occupant classification system computers were fried.

does it smell weird inside? also if there is still water or rust on connectors i suggest running a dehumidifer inside the prius until u pickup enough water

 

Hi Nick,

See Toyota Service Information

I have no suggestions regarding the nav system.
Good luck...

 

Try tracing everywire harness to and from Nav and Camera boxes, clean again, inspect again. It sounds like you have a almost conducting situation but the signals are still weak. The act of reconnecting will often correct. Do this many times until back-up camera and nav system works perfectly. You may also find another abraded, worn or exposed wire. I don't understand what caused this but it is possible that 1 o2 wires are pulled away from the connector pins. Maybe it got some rough handling after the "incident" Sometimes wires need a solder touch-up to restore conductivity. BUT, it's tricky. Too much heat from a solder pencil can ruin things. It takes a rare talent to solder small connectors. GOOD LUCK

 

Sorry, I missed your latest. Antenna connector will do it. Copper underneath immediate male or female surfaces should have little effect. Yes almost any sandpaper or emory paper is too harsh. Better a small brass cleaning brush especially for electronics. It is actually just like a suede brush." Had gone over the top with cleaner " What does that mean? You are taking the connectors apart (where possible) before spraying with cleaner, right?, and shaking off excess cleaner? Probably like everything the connectors are peculiar to the car. Everything is propriatary, meaning Money. Cheers

 

Great job. If you consider your own labor "free", you got a bargain. (You never did say what you paid for your Prius.)

I'd advise not buying a salvaged Prius, or one with any sort of water damage.

 

congrats, your persistence really paid off!

fwiw, dealers don't typically rebuild things like wiring harnesses and electronic connectors. their place in the world is a straight diagnose, remove and replace with new part. they are not trained to rebuild electronics or wiring. this becomes very expensive when you start talking new wiring harnesses and inverters.

from the codes they got vs the evidence, they should have been more suspicious of ecu or wiring trouble over inverter trouble. unfortunately not everyone is cut out for diagnostic work either, trust me on that one.

now you really *did* get a good deal on your prius.

 

Congrats Again, You Did A Great Job And Saved Thousands Of Pounds.

 

Fine job! Too bad your dealer wasn't more help, but Kudos Patrick et al who gave help!

Icarus

 

Hi Nick,

Would you mind taking photos of all of the areas where you located and repaired the bad wiring harness connections (especially the A pillar location), and post? This might help other owners with minor flooding problems.

Thanks.

 

Hi Nick,

Really glad that this is working out for you!

If you're ever in the Bristol area pop by and show me what you've managed to do! Well done you!

Nikki.