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    Interior Windshield Frost and Power button frozen

    Isn't that what the Prius climate control does if you press the "A/C" button?
    Post by: LewLasher, Feb 26, 2022 in forum: Gen 4 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Interior Windshield Frost and Power button frozen

    I would definitely recommend this thread to any Prius users in, say, Florida. I think they would really enjoy it.
    Post by: LewLasher, Feb 25, 2022 in forum: Gen 4 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Interior Windshield Frost and Power button frozen

    This is not an approach that I am considering. However, for others who may be interested in pursuing it: if you were going to run a 1000 watt...
    Post by: LewLasher, Feb 25, 2022 in forum: Gen 4 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Interior Windshield Frost and Power button frozen

    According to the 2019 Prius owner's manual, the limit is 120 watts. (Section 6-4 "Using the other interior features", page 564.)
    Post by: LewLasher, Feb 25, 2022 in forum: Gen 4 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Interior Windshield Frost and Power button frozen

    Unfortunately - and this came up with the previous suggestion for using a hair dryer for thawing purposes - I don't have access to AC power:...
    Post by: LewLasher, Feb 25, 2022 in forum: Gen 4 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Interior Windshield Frost and Power button frozen

    That's because I used the word "moisture" instead of "humidity". This was in my initial post. However, I think my initial theory - that the...
    Post by: LewLasher, Feb 25, 2022 in forum: Gen 4 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Interior Windshield Frost and Power button frozen

    The missing piece is an ice scraper that is properly curved (convex) for the interior side of the windshield. This looks interesting: Lookwoild...
    Post by: LewLasher, Feb 25, 2022 in forum: Gen 4 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Interior Windshield Frost and Power button frozen

    I'd like to change the title of this thread to include "Interior Windshield Frost" as well as "Frozen Power Button", but, unfortunately, I can't...
    Post by: LewLasher, Feb 24, 2022 in forum: Gen 4 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Interior Windshield Frost and Power button frozen

    Yesterday I received the battery pack, and, as luck would have it, it was cold enough last night to create a thin layer of frost on the interior...
    Post by: LewLasher, Feb 24, 2022 in forum: Gen 4 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Interior Windshield Frost and Power button frozen

    Getting back to my overall grand scheme for ... well, probably next winter ... I did receive the little 200 watt "desktop space heater" today. I...
    Post by: LewLasher, Feb 17, 2022 in forum: Gen 4 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Interior Windshield Frost and Power button frozen

    Getting back to the power button specifically, a friend of mine came up with the idea of using one of those air-activated plastic bag hand warmers...
    Post by: LewLasher, Feb 17, 2022 in forum: Gen 4 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Interior Windshield Frost and Power button frozen

    I did a little research on this - and, when I say "a little", it was probably a good couple of hours - and it turns out that there is no such...
    Post by: LewLasher, Feb 16, 2022 in forum: Gen 4 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Interior Windshield Frost and Power button frozen

    The simplest approach might be to get a portable, battery-operated hair dryer. The button-freezing problem seems to be - so far - very rare. But...
    Post by: LewLasher, Feb 3, 2022 in forum: Gen 4 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Interior Windshield Frost and Power button frozen

    How do I remove the power button and swap in the spare?
    Post by: LewLasher, Feb 2, 2022 in forum: Gen 4 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Interior Windshield Frost and Power button frozen

    I did a quick search, and I might have missed it, but it's also possible I am the first person to report this problem. I am not using the word...
    Thread by: LewLasher, Feb 2, 2022, 36 replies, in forum: Gen 4 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting