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  1. ChapmanF replied to the thread Prius 2010 Wheel Bearing Assembly: OEM or Aftermarket?.

    ^ A good reminder. In the past, I have left at least a couple of the bolts hanging on by the last couple threads, so when I finally...

    Feb 11, 2026 at 12:54 PM
  2. ChapmanF replied to the thread Prius 2010 Wheel Bearing Assembly: OEM or Aftermarket?.

    In Geek, they have the same mean time before failure, where the mean is a kind of central point of a curve that can be kind of...

    Feb 11, 2026 at 10:46 AM
  3. ChapmanF replied to the thread Dreaded P0A80 Code - Car Running / Charging Good..

    A Prius can't meet its emissions targets if the traction battery is to far gone.

    Feb 10, 2026 at 10:07 AM
  4. ChapmanF replied to the thread Dreaded P0A80 Code - Car Running / Charging Good..

    While the confirmation pattern mentions Techstream, by looking at the steps in the procedure, you can see that what you need is any...

    Feb 10, 2026 at 2:31 AM
  5. ChapmanF replied to the thread Environmental News.

    The industrial-scale sustained release of sterile males to maintain a barrier far to the south seems to have been an older story, as...

    Feb 9, 2026 at 7:21 PM
  6. ChapmanF replied to the thread C1259 and C1310 still.

    P0AFA is a code about a low voltage reading among the blocks of the traction battery, but the key point is, "low" for this code means...

    Feb 9, 2026 at 5:40 PM
  7. ChapmanF replied to the thread C1259 and C1310 still.

    P3000 is there because of the P0AFA; C!259 and C1310 are there because of the P3000. B1421 isn't a problem; it's a code they provide in...

    Feb 9, 2026 at 4:23 PM
  8. ChapmanF replied to the thread Environmental News.

    This appears to be again/still in the news... CDC warns doctors to look for screwworm symptoms. What are they? New World screwworm...

    Feb 9, 2026 at 12:53 PM
  9. ChapmanF replied to the thread U0140 Check Hybrid System Stop The Vehicle error.

    Or a communication network to the body module has failed. The reason for lack of communication to the body module has to be diagnosed....

    Feb 9, 2026 at 12:11 PM
  10. ChapmanF replied to the thread Regen Braking sounds like helicopter.

    Something tells me that, if we were shown the prompt that notspam3 used to generate that AI 'explaination', it wouldn't turn out to have...

    Feb 9, 2026 at 10:21 AM
  11. ChapmanF replied to the thread 2009 Prius 248000km Death triangle no codes.

    Did he tell you what the trouble codes were? That's more important here than whatever J. Random Hybrid Expert may have thought they...

    Feb 9, 2026 at 8:14 AM
  12. ChapmanF replied to the thread BuddyGo ionic cabin filter.

    The liftback has that button too. That's a separate feature from the "Plasmacluster" ion generator, which is on all the time whenever...

    Feb 8, 2026 at 4:57 PM
  13. ChapmanF replied to the thread BuddyGo ionic cabin filter.

    Interesting: [MEDIA] Seems a lot like something the early gen 3 IV and V trims have: [img]

    Feb 8, 2026 at 1:51 PM
  14. ChapmanF replied to the thread Regen Braking sounds like helicopter.

    When the rotor is flat as-new, and the pads are flat as-new, the pads can "sweep clean" rust that is quite fresh, say the flash rust...

    Feb 7, 2026 at 11:24 PM
  15. ChapmanF replied to the thread Would you worry? Long trip planned and.....

    It may depend on what the condition is. It seems to me that the right number of times for a Prius water pump RPM to have dropped below...

    Feb 7, 2026 at 11:12 PM