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Mountain Driving

Discussion in 'Prius c Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by roomwithabear, Oct 29, 2017.

  1. roomwithabear

    roomwithabear New Member

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    Hello, I have a few questions about mountain driving and going up hills. Should you turn ECO off or even stay in “B” so the gas engine takes all the heat? I ask because I recently drove my 2015 Prius C with 60,000 miles up Flagstaff Mountain in Boulder and when I got out of the vehicle it smelled almost like burning. It wasn’t a brake smell, it was more like an electrical or plastic smell. I’m a little paranoid about it now. Thanks for your input.
     
    #1 roomwithabear, Oct 29, 2017
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    Uphill, neither will matter.

    Do use 'B' on long downhills, though, on anything long enough that the battery fills up and requires a lot of foot braking. But with regards to engine heating and smell, ECO / Normal / PWR again won't matter on the downhills, or anywhere else.
     
    #2 fuzzy1, Oct 29, 2017
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