Speed Sensor Malfunction

Body? What body are you they/you talking about?
Purhaps check fuses?

 

Brake a actutor failing possibly . Not sure what your mechanics trying to tell you not getting power into the module which I guess would be the brake actuator

 

I would have read that in the easiest way, as meaning the mechanic checked the right rear speed sensor and the little pigtail that connects to it, and now thinks tracing for the fault should continue with the wiring harness through the body (of the car) and up to where it connects to the skid ECU under the hood. That's exactly what the repair manual would suggest doing in step 7 of troubleshooting for C0210.

The manual wouldn't have you start by pulling a bunch of trim and carpet out of the car's interior, though. It would just have you unplug the connector to the skid ECU up front and use a multimeter from the appropriate pins of that plug back to the right rear sensor connection. That'll show you if there's a wire harness issue, and then you can have fun pulling up trim and carpet.

 

While you were there, did they tell you what the problem was?
Okay, the ECU had a recall, they replace or fixed it, but you still have lights on???
And they just let it go? What about checking the other sensors? One of those could
also be bad, or wiring....
No one seems to be doing a complete check of the system....

 

Well generally those lights being left on are either going to go out after a couple boot cycles or they're going to stay there and you still have remaining codes that some code reader will read several will do it but you know what I don't know which ones you have access to or any of that

 

You need to go to the Prius guy in Tampa. My mind is blank at the moment
but I know someone will chime in with his info.....

It's sad that they didn't check everything out for you, while you were there!
Or give you the option to do it. I know they don't have the business they wished
they had so you'd think they will try to get as much work as they could...

 

The J0V recall is about the power management control ECU and the car possibly going dead in the event of an inverter problem. If the recall had not been applied already, it is good to have had it done, but it has nothing to do with the brakes or the ECU that controls them, so there is no surprise in that original problem still being present.

 

Sure, any decent shop with hybrid experience ought to be able to do the troubleshooting.

To avoid confusion, it helps to remember a Gen 3 Prius has about two dozen different ECUs in it. The ECU for the brakes is the one that's involved with these codes (and it's built into the brake actuator, not another part that could be replaced separately). So when talking with a shop it helps to not just say "the ECU" but be specific about which of the two dozen ECUs is meant. (Of course the shop should be able to figure that out when you come in talking about brake codes. But it can save time to be clear and make sure everyone is talking about the same thing.)

 

So you replacing the actuator in this vehicle no matter because the ECU is housed in that part and is not readily easily separable?. And then the Gen 3 the actuator is the part that's connected to the pedal? Or is the part with the pump in the accumulator?

 

Actuator is the top thing, connected to the pedal. Also called master cylinder, and booster, and skid ECU, because it is all of those things.

And because of the similar names, a person has to be really careful not to mix up the "booster" (top thing) with the "booster pump" (bottom thing), and not to mix up "actuator" (top again) with "accumulator" (bottom again).

 

The wife's 2010 just started running a lot The pump part which I guess is the lower part and it also has a code showing something about low pressure in the accumulator I just want to be clear and replace the right part I have not taken the mechanic stethoscope to listen to the upper portion to see if there's a leak there but it would seem to me the code I'm getting would indicate that the accumulator is leaking down which would seem to me to be on the accumulator and the pump part but lower portion is my thinking even kind of correct I can get both parts from the importers no problem.

 

I think u shud check the codes again. Here in Pakistan we get JDM pri and they have a lot of ABS issues. Get an OBD2 scanner and tell the latest codes again

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