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  1. Lindsay Griego

    Lindsay Griego New Member

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    HI...we just bought a 2009 prius less then a month ago. after driving it for less then 1000 miles.....the engine started shaking and all the idiots came on, including the death triangle, and the whole car stopped driving totally. It is now at the garage...and the code it gave was a crank sensor...so they replaced it and it still is giving that code. please help
     
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    Hello and welcome to Prius Chat. Sorry to learn of you troubles, though I can't answer them myself, the American chapter of Prius Chat will be offering advice pretty soon. Good luck!
     
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  3. paprius4030

    paprius4030 My first Prius

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    Welcome to Prius Chat. Sorry to hear of your problems. We used to live in the Pocono's. What garage did you take your Prius too? I bought a car from Motorworld but didn't use their service dept. much but when I did they seemed good to deal with. Halterman's in E. Stroudsburg has a very good service dept.
     
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    congrats and welcome!
    they might have to clear the code, or you can try disconnecting the 12v negative for a few minutes.

    how many miles on her?
     
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  5. Lindsay Griego

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    we had it at steve shannon..but they couldnt figure out the problem. so we are now taking it to motorworld in wilkes barre.
     
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    is it possible its the transmission?
     
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    Welcome.
    I hope not. That is low mileage for those issues, IMHO.
     
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    Let us know how you make out with them at Motorworld.
     
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  11. Lindsay Griego

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    I should also add we had the crank sensor replaced and that code is still coming up?
     
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    they might have to clear the code, or you could try disconnecting the 12v negative for a few minutes.
     
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    well..we just heard it was the transmission. thankfully with my father in laws discount....it is a little over 2000.00...so that could be worse. what are the chances that the transmission is the first thing to fail and everything else could start failing?
     
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    at 120k, anything can happen, but your usually good until 150-200k.
     
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