Hi. Since my car was in for the recall work over a week ago it's since started displaying the big red triangle but only when starting the car and only for a second. So have taken it to Toyota dealer but of course it's now been on its best behaviour and not did it once. They have looked for codes and found nothing, I'm due to pick it up in an hour any ideas on what else to ask them or should I just hope that it's now fixed and by plugging it into whatever machines thru have has sorted it.
Well I got kind of lucky or unlucky depending on how you look at it. Got there and the tech guy was like honestly bud nothing wrong with it watch. As it then fails to start and the doors not unlocking and when he did get it into standby the window went up really slowly so they have finally realised that the diagnosis from here was right and that pretty much the 12v battery is dead. So I have a brand new yaris with 300 miles on it till Tuesday so cant complain
Yeah...that darned 12v battery is vital and when low it makes the whole car act like a crazy mess. Maybe when the dealer did the recall work last week the door was left open long enough to drain the last margin of the aux battery. I just replaced my 12v yesterday and can relax now.
If you have an iPad or iPhone use the video function to grab an intermittent for the Toyota shop. If you must borrow a device then arrange to email the video or photo to the shop.When you walk in and play these on the 2012 iPad the HD screen makes it easy to see even the smallest of details with a simple pinch. A video also documents any unusual sounds for the technicians. I do not have a Prius but three of my neighbors do.
Need some help here in relation to this issue. I too am having the red triangle on startup then goes out straight away. Its been cold the last few nights (Winter here in Melb Australia) Under 8 degrees celcius. I noticed this light last night and again this morning. If the car is driven warmed up the problem doesnt occur. If it sits for a while the light will come on and go out again. Is this the 12 volt battery on the way out. I have booked the vehicle to go into the dealership early next week hopefully it holds out till then. I am assuming the battery is still the original vehicle was built on the 12/2007. Anything else to check or look out for? Edit Just to add to the above i tried the on of headlight sequence and unable to get into this mode. I have been able to in the past. When vehicle is set to accesories and once i turn the headlights on i get the red triangle and the MFD screen resets with the Toyota emblem. Everything basically dims down and the mfd reboots. I can still start the vehicle it goes into ready mode but the headlights are a bright once in ready and quite dim when i turn the vehicle off. I will purchase a replacement battery tomorrow morning and hopefully thats all it is. Regards
Final update hopefully. Today the wife took the car into Toyota requesting a replacement battery even though i had it booked in for Tue. Dealership offered to look at it which was great. They determined the aux battery (small one) is on its last legs hence the issues we are having above. All good so we thought. Anyway the wife went into the spare parts dept and asked to purchase one. None in stock further checks in their database there are none in Australia dealer advises 4-6week wait. Has to be ordered from Japan. Well what a suprise that was i wasn't impressed. Great service initially but of all things a battery Australia wide not availiable is on the rediculous side. My preference was to go genuine but we had no choice in the end. I noticed some people here are using optima batteries google search came in handy i found a distributor here in Melbourne and rang them. Distributor just got some in for the Prius. I went and picked one up from the otherside of town after work. (85kms there and back in my thirsty V8) Now just need to install it. Regards
Installed the optima yellow top battery. All good but i cant believe where they put it from factory. What a pain installing it. You have to remove the air duct and everything around it to get it out and back in. Well its done now havent seen the red triangle appear since so it looks like its good to go.
