Prius wouldn't start

Hey guys, so small update; so I received a used one from another guy on eBay & apparently its something else in the battery pack. So come tomorrow I'm gonna take the battery pack out and do a more intensive look. I honestly have no idea why it has to be this complicated, but unfortunately it's become this way. Thankfully tomorrow is a holiday, so I'll have plenty of time to figure things out.

 

Hey guys, so I believe I found the root of my problem (and its probably a very rookie mistake). So I was working on taking the battery pack apart and hiding right in front of me was one of the battery contacts that's supposed to be screwed down by an 8mm nut, but it was just handing out. I'll admit that sometimes I rush through things and this just happens to be one of those times. Now my problem is that I have a package of nickel plated bus bars with the nuts, but that's what I'm currently trying to find. If I can't find it today, then I'll have to contact the dealership and see if my original crate is still on their premises or not (hopefully it is based on how long it took them to ship it to the dealership to begin with).

 

Hey all so heres a little update on my end; so I don't have anymore problem codes, but still my car just won't start. None of the data on my obd2 scanner is giving me any kind of information. For those of you talking about doing Techstream, I can't do that because I don't have any laptop that runs Win XP and can bypass any kind of setup stuff. My laptop runs Win 10 & even then it wants to see if I'm a registered mechanic. Therefore, I'm considering taking it to a local mechanic that does work on hybrid vehicles because I can't think of any other ideas, but like always I'm open to suggestions.

Hey all, so a quick search from these forums said that it could be possible low oil. My oil is currently at the bottom dot, but since it hasn't been run in over 6 months, I don't understand how that could have any bearing on the situation since my situation has been the hybrid battery this whole time. Also I wouldn't even know how to jump up the front of the car properly to even perform the necessary oil change (I do have proper stands to keep the car up though).

 

So I found my mini vci cable and found a great video on how to install a virtual box with Win XP in it. The only issue is that the video didn't really explain how to update the firmware so that Techstream recognizes it all.