What is the typical rpm of the 2012 prius at 70 mph? I am trying to keep my rpm around 2500 to minimize wear and tear for long distance. I need to find a way to check temp and rpm with after market prosucrs, what works?
View 6 Replieshow much fuel is consumed during a typical warm-up period for the Gen III? I realize there are variables related to ambient temperature etc..
my interest is to get a baseline consumption figure to compare warm-up saving devices/techniques against.
I just found out I have a blue controller (lucky me previous owner didn't know) i'm getting the typical leak called Hpa and they said to get this done.
View 11 RepliesI have a k04 turbo on the passat. (2000 b5) been having problems with it for longest time. however one night i was cruisn around and suddenly when car boosted the turbo went from the typical whistle to a whistle with a distinct buzzing noise (no to loud but very noticeable) almost like a bery dull sounding supercharger.
Ripped inlet hose off found that where the clamp is to hold on to turbo inlet was slit all the way through got new inlet hose hooked it up nothing happened. checked all turbo charge pipes and lines am going to double check again tomorrow. does this sound like a turbo issue or a leak issue. There is no loss in boost car was fixed and now runs great ... but this buzzing sound is annoying and kinda worrying me at the same time.
I just recently installed a CTS2 Insight and wondering what the typical boost pressures I should be seeing without a load just normal driving. Right now I am seeing mostly 0 unless under acceleration then it goes up to 10 psi if I floor it I am getting 15psi.
View 14 RepliesIn our 2010 rear center seat the belt will only come out a few inches and then stop like that's the end of it. It just got really cold here. We can't have our entire family go in the car now. This is a serious safety issue.
View 5 RepliesDespite changing battery in key fob the car sometimes doesn't recognize my key fob. Dealer wants $99 to diagnose it. What should I do?
View 8 RepliesIs the Optima D51 battery the best buy for my 2010 Prius and do I need the installation kit too? Is that kit only available from Eleanaid?
View 13 RepliesMy 2010 has no ACC mode. Took it to dealer to have key fob programed and dealer could not put car into ACC mode.
I'm second owner. This is not an issue of how to put in ACC mode. It does not enter ACC.
I just got my new 2010 Prius and very happy with it, but I have experienced three different times when the darn car started by itself. I seriously doubt that I left the car on. Each time, the car has been sitting out in the hot sun with temperatures in the high 80's to low 90's. The gas engine has gone from off to definitely on. It happened again today and I went over and looked at it the dash read "Ready" and all systems were "go" on the dash. One of the times I could have sworn the car turned itself off (I was in shock so not 100% sure).
View 19 RepliesI have a 2010 Prius with 100,000 miles. It has a vibration that starts at about 70-75 mph and gets much worse at higher speeds. The tires appear good with no unusual wear.
View 8 RepliesI own 7 taxi's 5 of them are 2nd generation and 2 of them are 2010's . I have had a couple 2008's that had over 600,000km before they were written off in accidents and the origional battery was still working fine. They certainly were not 100% but still were running ok.
I just ordered a hybrid battery for my 2010 that has 280,000km. Very disappointed. Another taxi broker with our company has 3 2010's and he has replaced the battery in 2 of them.
I talked to a mechanic at Toyota and he says the battery is getting too hot because there is not as good of venting to keep it cool as the 2nd generation has. The 20 hour + days and the battery being so hot compared to the 2nd generation is to hard on the battery.
The 2010's have all had transaxle problems and the 2nd generation never had any work done on the transaxle which was amazing the way we eat transmissions in out taxi's.
There have been a couple of incidents where the key fob has not been detected by the car, even though it is in the car. When it did this, I also noted the unlock button on the fob didn't work. It only does it a couple of times then all of a sudden it seems to work. There is no message for a low battery (it's not that old).
View 9 RepliesI didn't see anything in my search. Why is EV mode not available sometimes? i know for sure it isn't available when i start the car. But sometimes else it is not available. And I don't mean "excessive speed" or "low battery"
View 5 RepliesSo there I am, showing off my new car (1 week old) to my family, and I'm bragging how I can go up to 25 MPH while in EV mode.
View 12 RepliesWhen I start my car at the beginning of the day I can never put my prius in EV mode even when the battery (battery at half) is not in low.
Also, as I am driving down my small street for about a few mins then it let me put in EV mode. When I do put it in EV mode, I only can drive up to 10mph and it cuts off.
This is when I'm already been driving for a good period of time like 30 mins. For example when coming from work my battery is charged pretty well because I'm on the freeway for about 24 miles. I put my prius on EV mode and I'm able to go up to 25 mpg. How come I am able to go 25mpg in EV mode after being in the prius for at least 30 mins and when in the morning in EV mode only at 10mpg?
Removing the black cap on the EGR valve and accessing the shaft inside? I remove it but now when I'm fitting it back it doesn't seat properly and it pushes the shaft slightly in and the car rattle like hell, what I'm missing?
View 7 RepliesIs it possible to get OUT of "P" without starting up the works? I need to move Prius about a couple feet in my garage in order to get my motorcycle out, in the past I've just put car into neutral, let handbrake off and leaned on the bumper but that doesn't seem possible with Prius.
Car was built November 09 and when I purchased it in September 2011 (22000 km) I found it had a replacement battery fitted. Thinking the charging circuit might be low I checked the voltage at the ciggi lighter socket and was surprised to see 14.6v. I came across a post here which mentioned the float voltage as 13.8V. At 14.6v the battery is well into the "gassing" area which makes me wonder if the original boiled dry. 14.6V is within Toyota's spec?
This has happened 4 times already....I go from N to D and the Transmission goes into Reverse by itself?
View 19 RepliesI went to my garage today and went to open the door... it didn't beep and unlock... let's try again...same results.
View 6 RepliesI have a 2010 Prius Gen III; It appears to have ran out of gas yesterday and in trying to get to the gas station the battery has apparently ran very low, the gas gauge still showed two bars. After putting gas in the car it will not power up, I get the "Check Hybrid System" indicator. Is there anything that I can do to get the car to power up or will I have to have it towed to the dealer?
This happened once before approximately a month ago but after putting gas in the car it powered up and ran. I don't know that the battery had gotten as low as it is now. We were returning from an out of town trip and had found that my son had his coat over the vent in the rear seat so thought that the car had ran out of gas earlier; while still showing two bars, than it would have otherwise. I definately will be taking it in to have it checked out, if for nothing else to have the gas gauge checked out but I would like to save the tow charge if possible. I already had to pay for one yesterday just to get it home.