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Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by markabele, Nov 8, 2013.

  1. markabele

    markabele owner of PiP, then Leaf, then Model 3

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    Had the ABS light and traction control light come on and I wasn't getting regen when I braked anymore (which is a weird feeling). So of course I pulled over and tried restarting but the same thing happened about 10 seconds after I took off.

    After about a 20 minute drive with no change (my Torque is running this whole time) I realize that Torque hasn't been updating for a while. So I pull over and see if there is an error code but it said it wasn't connected.

    So I pulled the OBD and restarted again. I took off and no dummy lights and regen was working. Could only drive for a few minutes but all seemed well.

    Thoughts?
     
  2. IMkenNY

    IMkenNY Im just being nosy

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    Chazz8 Gadget Lover

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    I have had this happen on my Prius v and wife's PiP when I had the cheap ($20 - $30 on Amazon) Bluetooth obd dongle plugged in. It was solved by pulling over and unplugging the dongle and a restart of the vehicle. Changed to Garmin obd dongle and I have not had the problem since.
     
  4. markabele

    markabele owner of PiP, then Leaf, then Model 3

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    Ya, I definitely have the cheap obd.

    XT1060 ?
     
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    I had the same experience it was the sender for my Torque the plug in device failed, tryed it over and over many times, finally ordered a different type,problem went away!
     
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    After using new OBD for a couple of months, it now failing again at an increasing rate. I unplug it for a couple of days try it again and it works for a day then fails again with same alarm lights lit and same lose of regen and ABS. I use torque with my old Samsung S3.
     
  7. markabele

    markabele owner of PiP, then Leaf, then Model 3

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    Experienced the same thing after buying a brand new one after a day. :(