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    Which Spark Plugs?! Denso SC20HR11, SC16HR11, or IXEH20TT??

    I replaced the plugs week before last, holding my Official User Manual open to the page listing the spark plug part number. If it worked to...
    Post by: kbeck, Jul 11, 2018 in forum: Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting
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    Dead Inverter Strikes: P3004

    Well, it finally hit. I have a built-in-2009, model year 2010 Prius 3 which now has around 135,000 miles on it. This past Thursday was driving...
    Thread by: kbeck, Jul 11, 2018, 1 replies, in forum: Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting
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    Fuel Gauge Drops from 2 Bars to Blinking Very Quickly

    For what it's worth, my wife and I had this new Honda Odyssey that had a similar problem. The first 3/4 of the tank would read normally, then the...
    Post by: kbeck, Jun 5, 2017 in forum: Gen 3 Prius Main Forum
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    Theft of valuables in Prius

    Search on Google: ny times prius key fob open doors Results, all legit: 1. NY Times 2. A bit more in-depth, but worried about it being fake 3. And...
    Post by: kbeck, Jan 3, 2017 in forum: Gen 3 Prius Main Forum
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    Piece from bottom of Prius

    As Bzzap! said, it's a heat shield around the exhaust. I've had these fall off of at least one other car I've owned; they get hot, they're exposed...
    Post by: kbeck, Jan 2, 2017 in forum: Gen 3 Prius Main Forum
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    Where to buy engine top cover mount?

    Ha. My time in the USN ended in 1977; back then, everything used comcodes, nothing was computerized, and it was all with commas, no semicolons...
    Post by: kbeck, Jan 2, 2017 in forum: Gen 3 Prius Main Forum
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    Where to buy engine top cover mount?

    Ya gotta just search. "Grommet engine cover prius" did it for me. Link:. Reference #: 11212A, Cushion, Cylinder Head, Grommet. $2.47 a pop. Have...
    Post by: kbeck, Jan 2, 2017 in forum: Gen 3 Prius Main Forum
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    Theft of valuables in Prius

    Actually, the problem with the Prius keyfobs is well known. Setup: Your fob, somewhere within radio range. This mean within a couple of hundred...
    Post by: kbeck, Jan 1, 2017 in forum: Gen 3 Prius Main Forum
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    Where to buy engine top cover mount?

    Yeah, took some searching. Bought a couple about a year ago. Keep on searching various dealer web sites: At least one has the grommets. There's...
    Post by: kbeck, Jan 1, 2017 in forum: Gen 3 Prius Main Forum
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    Hit a curb going straight on

    Rachel, Most likely thing is you popped some connector out or something, as others have said. It's also possible that you might have simply broke...
    Post by: kbeck, Dec 11, 2016 in forum: Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting
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    Question about all 2010 Prius's

    Got a 2010 Prius III; it's got 106,000 on it, still getting around 45-55 mpg (as it has always done), and no excessive oil burning and such. Has...
    Post by: kbeck, Aug 16, 2016 in forum: Gen 3 Prius Technical Discussion
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    2010 Airbag Study/Replacement?

    Yah, went and logged onto my account at Toyota.com, where they got my VIN, maintenance history, and everything. The site says my car is subject...
    Post by: kbeck, Jun 29, 2016 in forum: Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting
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    Toyota to recall 1.4 million vehicles - Prius and Lexus

    For those of you who read the repair forum, you'll notice that in mid-May the local Toyota dealer, at the behest of corporate, wanted the airbags...
    Post by: kbeck, Jun 29, 2016 in forum: Gen 3 Prius Main Forum
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    2010 Airbag Study/Replacement?

    And, here we are back again. Today, June 29th, Toyota has announced a recall of 2010, 2011, and various 2012 Priuses for potentially broken welds...
    Post by: kbeck, Jun 29, 2016 in forum: Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting