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The dealer didn’t find what’s wrong with my prius

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Main Forum' started by Mohammedzayi, Jun 26, 2018.

  1. padroo

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    Anytime I see multiple problems like yours I think of grounds. Start with your battery negative ground, was it your right rear wheel you lost in that pothole? There are body grounds all over the car I would look at all wiring close to the wheel that was damaged.

    Another troubleshooting technique when you have multiple problems come up is to pick one problem, the one that is the least complicated to check and try to fix it and it could lead to what is causing all the problems.
     
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  2. Grit

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    is the turd gen forum malfunctioning? I keep seeing this thread everywhere, or maybe the pinot noit wine is kicking in now. hopefully its the latter
     
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    There are 3 or 4 threads on the exact same topic :(.

    Not the wine tonight at least (y).
     
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    Dam, wish it was the wine.

    whats worse, multiple posts of the same subject or people just not using the search feature and post redundant threads? #searchfeaturedeletemod :p
     
  5. Mohammedzayi

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    hello everybody
    I have a prius 2012 pack 3
    170.000 miles
    The story starts when I hit a pothole so badly
    I got at the same moment the message “CHECK HYBRID “ and “P LOCK MALFUNCTION “
    With the yellow triangle of death
    And when i push the brake the hubrid its not charging
    After i got the ABS AND TRACTION lights on
    One week after i got the” STEERING WHEEL “light on , and its hard to turn it
    O yeah also the charging bar for the hybrid in my dashboard blinking and flashing
    Do you guys think its the abs sensor? Or the abs module? Or its the brake sensor? Or its the rack and pinion ? Or its a loose cable?
    Please guys help :(
     

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    You have posted this several times. Y not just maintain a single thread, and follow the suggestions given you in the other threads you created?
     
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    I didnt get any answer
    Thats why
     
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    The questions asked in the other threads require inspection.

    If you lift the car up and pull the wheel (or have someone else do that), you’ll be able to determine what’s next.

    But in the absence of these inspections, we’ll continue to ask questions.
     
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    Just post again in the other thread, say the problem continues. That'll bump the thread to the top of the new posts lists, and alert all the previous responders.

    As it is now, I have to look through your post history. And then, should I post in that thread or this?? It's never a good idea to create a new thread on an ongoing issue. Maybe asked the mods to delete this, and repost in the old thread?
     
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    Any rodent evidence?
    Have you disconnected the 12v for five minutes?
     
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    @Tideland Prius, is there any way you can merge this person's maze of threads about the same problem into one thread so folks can keep track of previous responses? It's splattered all over the place.
    Thanks.
     
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  12. Mohammedzayi

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    Thank you for your answer
    How can i check the ecu in the battery pack area ?
     
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    IMG-20180130-WA0004.jpg IMG-20180130-WA0005.jpg IMG-20180130-WA0002.jpg You got to open up the battery pack cover, you'd have a full view of the ECU.
    You can also read it up on here on PC.

    PS: where you have the orange cabling, is the location of the battery ECU on the pictures above.
    If you can't handle this job, y not get someone paid to do it for you?
     
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    I just opened and everything seems ok and everything is plugged correctly
     
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    Its normal the i got the steering wheel light on?
    And its hard to turn it ?
     
  16. Mohammedzayi

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    Here is the ecu area
     

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    And also I noticed that when i try tu turn the car on
    I hear i click on the hybrid??
     
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    Any pics of the rear wheel that went flat?

    I’d investigate that area and all wiring.
     
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    I have the flat light on
     
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    Here
     

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