Help...I need some advice with no start issue!

That's right it will not until you see the words or the letters r e a d y. On dash . When you do attempt to push the brake and push the button do you hear the relays clicking behind your head in the trunk it's pretty loud click click click or click click . Listen carefully . You will hear them or you will not it's important to note if you're getting the relays opening closing and opening back up again that has to do with readying vehicle .

 

it seems to me (and i could be wrong) that the engine not starting would not prevent the car from making 'ready'. that would be more of an electrical issue i think.
perhaps the hybrid battery level is too low from cranking the engine?

 

Clicking in the back of the car when you're trying to make ready do you hear the clicking those. You should be able to be ready even with a low hybrid battery it should attempt to do something it shouldn't lock you out

 

Try scanning for codes again.

What scanner are you using?

 

Right. The startup sequence is READY lights up first (and you can drive away if you want, under electric power, as soon as it does). The engine cranks a bit later if the car calls for it.

If the cranking is unsuccessful, some codes including P0A0F will eventually be logged and the triangle pops up. (I don't clearly remember whether the READY word goes out at that point, or the car just continues to say READY with the triangle showing, and won't go fast.)

 

[email protected] I'll send ya a bite of readying it's easier than posting vids and bites on the chat I think . see another Prius in town at the whole foods just walk up to the person and ask him to sit in the car and push the start button while you put your ear to driver quarter panel . Tell the other car owner you're not a weirdo you just wanna hear something . They'll be happy to do it.

 

If you hit the power button twice with no pedal you should get a full display.

 

Not fast.

 

To be clear with two. Presses twill never ready. From the accessory state you would push brake and button 1 more time and ready

 

It could be a problem with the hybrid control computer,
or whatever it's called.

 

if you are making ready again, shouldn't it be setting codes?

 

You probably read that in a post from someone who was confused. P1121, like all P1 codes, is manufacturer-defined and can mean totally different things in different cars. In a Prius, it's about the Coolant Flow Control Valve Position Sensor Circuit, plain and simple, full stop. But there are other different cars where the same code has to do with the throttle body. Not in a Prius.

Some simpleminded scan tools or lists of codes online just smash together all the things the code can mean in all different cars, instead of being useful and showing just the meaning for a Prius. Then people get confused and start trying to imagine some actual connection between the valve and the TB to 'explain' the happenstance use of one code to mean different things in different cars.

There are two electric motors. Sometimes it can be useful to depart from the usual troubleshooting procedures and pursue some speculative or off-the-beaten-path idea, but it's usually hard to do that in a useful way without having a very accurate mental picture of how the car works, like the kind you would get by taking substantial time out to closely study the New Car Features manual.

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One of your earlier posts mentioned P3190, a code the Engine Control Module sets when the engine is running very poorly for some reason (pretty much, any of the possible reasons a good old-school gasoline engine mechanic would think of checking for).

When there's an engine problem, the usual reason for it to be rougher when the display shows charging (I assume you are comparing the roughness at standstill, between idling and charging) is that charging puts more load on the engine than idling. There's not a lot more to it, so it sounds like, for now, the usual troubleshooting steps for a poorly-running engine will be more useful than pursuing some more obscure idea.