Sleuthing on and questions about a used 2016

TPMS light is on too.

 

Yeah, too many red flags to even consider this Prius. A problem with the hybrid system could be anything from the battery to the inverter to the ECU that controls the whole thing.

 

It looks to me like the passenger seat was replaced. The drivers seat matches the Moonstone interior. It may be just the lighting though. On another photo both seats look dark.

Hybrid System Malfunction but in READY mode?? Most malfunctions do not permit READY.

Early 2016 could not switch to Km/h if that is a concern.

The 2 Eco has no spare tire. The Three has a spacesaver spare. I believe the Three has option packages for some of the safety features but the Two Eco did not.

There is no rear wiper, so it definitely is a Two Eco.

 

Is it at a scrap yard ?
It could be a repaired write off.

 

Looks to be a generic used car place; click on "inventory".

 

Quite the drive home from San Jose California to Anchorage Alaska.

Are they planning on stopping by & visiting you?

 

No matter what the condition the car is in I think I would trust my instincts, follow them.

Nice pictures.

 

Here's the missing tow eye cap but you need to get it painted.

Tow Eye Cap - Toyota (52127-47907) | Toyota Parts

 

"Malfunction, Visit Your Dealer". When mine came up with about 8-12 (lost count trying to write them down) Malfunctions, it was because of a single event fail of the brake light switch - which never recurred in 5 months before I got it fixed. But it showed up in the Vehicle Log - so this car's should have shown up to the mechanic preparing the car for sale.

In my case, because the brake pedal (and hence brake light) is related to 1) braking, 2) shifting, 3) POWER ON, 4) RADAR Cruise, 4) ABS 5) Stability Control, 6) AEB - and lots of other things - each one came up with a malfunction.

The Hybrid System Malfunction could similarly have just some minor issue - which may in fact be semi-unrelated to the Hybrid system.

But the odd seats - there's something really wierd there. Unless they're really well made seat covers?

I wouldn't consider it because of the colour (though technically, black isn't a colour - the absence of colour or light).

 

That would not be a Hybrid System Malfunction though. The interior is Moonstone (white). I think the strange sighting sometimes makes the seats look black. (or they changed the drivers seat between photos)

 

When you back out this way again?

If you still like the Gen3, maybe we could work something out.

That Prime itch is striking me again.

 

@jerrymildred got you jealous?

 

It’s not @jerrymildred ’s per se.

I was parked next to one that my staff members has all week and he hasn’t bought gas in over 2 months.

He kept egging me on to upgrade.

He has an advanced and has done some tasteful upgrades to it.

But it appears @Lightning Racer is wanting a newer Gen3 .

So I’ll keep piling on the miles on ours.

 

@Prodigyplace - yes maybe, but when I said "The Hybrid System Malfunction could similarly have just some minor issue" - I meant that it could be that some other seemingly unrelated thingy in the car triggered that warning. We wouldn't know - maybe it also flashed some other Malfunction warnings and came to land on this one.

The same as my brake light switch error triggered a pile of seemingly unrelated Malfunction warnings. After mine flashed the warnings, it ended up with just one on the display - I think the Cruise one, but that was 2½yrs ago so not certain. BUT - in my case, turning the car off and on, it disappeared.

 

Let us know exact timing and maybe we could do a meet up.

 

I can't see them all being the same. Maybe there is a very professionally fitted seat cover - maybe someone didn't like SOFTEX? Or it was a UBER and he damaged his Driver's seat and got one from a wrecker?

I had a work-mate in the early 2000s bought a new MINI - her pride and joy. And she loaned it to her husband, who, with his old fashioned mobile phone (cell?) clipped on his belt, cut noticeably into the almost brand-new leather seatback. She had to buy a whole new seat leather covering - which didn't quite match the leather of the rest of the car (but only if you looked closely) - but at ~$1000 for one to be done, she wasn't going to pay to do the rest of the seats.

 

Was black softtex available with moonstone dash trim? As crazy as it sounds it looks like the black seats are the add

For the record my 4 non touring vin comes up an eco 2 as well

Why is that towhook cover missing. Wonder if it has been towed