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Just replaced the traction battery with K2 Energy LFP26650P LiFePo4.

before I get too elaborate with a comment, is anybody still monitoring this. I'm still a bare bones novice at this new tech, and could use any...

Post by: Buckinghambob, Mar 2, 2024 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Main Forum
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Dash not coming on?

The real issue/expense with the cap repair is taking out the dashboard, guessing you'd spend a couple hundred on that alone. The cap replacement...

Post by: Buckinghambob, Jan 2, 2024 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Technical Discussion
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Dash not coming on?

Post by: Buckinghambob, Jan 2, 2024 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Technical Discussion
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phantom braking only on sharp left curves

sorry, I thought from the earlier posts it was clear, but i just changed tire pressure to be equal in all 4 tires, and all tires were purchased...

Post by: Buckinghambob, Jun 1, 2023 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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phantom braking only on sharp left curves

OK, so just back from the test. I evened out the pressure in all the tires, and hit that curve tonight- and no phantom stepping on the brake pedal...

Post by: Buckinghambob, May 31, 2023 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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phantom braking only on sharp left curves

Thanks for the direction, in thinking about it, my tires are all the same, but I am very casual about tire pressure. In fact later saturday when I...

Post by: Buckinghambob, May 28, 2023 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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phantom braking only on sharp left curves

I went looking for this issue, but it is so strange I haven't seen anything like it in an existing thread. I have had some strange things going...

Thread by: Buckinghambob, May 27, 2023, 7 replies, in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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car won't shift to drive or reverse

Thanks for the link, looking at the circuit boards for the good ones, my pretty blue elm has like half a circuit board where the good ones have...

Post by: Buckinghambob, Aug 13, 2020 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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car won't shift to drive or reverse

Thanks everybody, I learned much more than how to lock the disconnect back in place. only other thing undone is figuring out if this cheap elm...

Post by: Buckinghambob, Aug 13, 2020 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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car won't shift to drive or reverse

seeing the battery level indicator gave me a false impression it was connected, evidently just enough for sensors to read voltage, but not the...

Post by: Buckinghambob, Aug 13, 2020 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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car won't shift to drive or reverse

Thank you, thank you for that diagram, I didn't remember to push down, car went to ready, and shifted, going to test drive now, thank you,...

Post by: Buckinghambob, Aug 13, 2020 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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car won't shift to drive or reverse

yes, battery reinstall totally finished, although i did remove the fabric cover to check the disconnect

Post by: Buckinghambob, Aug 13, 2020 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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car won't shift to drive or reverse

Double checking the disconnect (even though the battery readings appeared normal on the display) and I don't see any way the connection could be...

Post by: Buckinghambob, Aug 13, 2020 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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car won't shift to drive or reverse

So the thing started with lots of codes for a traction battery failure, I rebuilt the battery with nick's cells and from the display it looks like...

Post by: Buckinghambob, Aug 13, 2020 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting