Help - Error warning

Hi guy and girls,

My excuses if i post this in the wrong part of the forum.
I have been looking for a car to replace for a while now and the prius was on my wanting list. So i have been looking around for a second hand prius, after some searching me and my gf finally found one with a decent price 12k euro. We have been there to do a test drive everything seems fine and it drive as it should. So we consider taking it as it was a pretty good and attractive car with handfrees/ navigation jbl sounds etc. ( i guess this is a business edition) odo is 30k km.
Btw its a privat seller "he said the first owner is a senior".

So after long discussing we finally got it today our Prius. During our trip home we get some error warnings.
"Master Warning (Triangle with !), VSC, and Brake warning lights came on, the MFD displayed "Problem" temporarily and now shows a car-shaped icon with a "!" through it in the upper left-hand corner of the MFD. Additionally, cruise control has stopped working."

So we took it to toyota dealer the check the car and came up with some code.

p3000
p0a85
c1310
c1378

I called the seller and he said he didn't know there is any error or anything wrong with the car, and promise me to call the actually seller and get something to fix for me.

I was hooping to have a car with out any problems for this price, but it came with some problem i am soo desperate and dont know what to do .
So please help me out with this problem.

Thanks alot and hope to hear from you guys sooon

Wing

 

Thanks alot for you reply, currently i am feeling like someone is cutting me in peaces. Well i went to the toyota dealer thats what they gave me as the error code, and they said if i am going to repair it it could run up to thousand of euro's. When buying a car this pricy i am not expecting to receive any error or whatever i just expect it to drive well.

I am all new to the automate / hybrid thing so is this a big problem? shouldnt i be driving around with this error ?

Btw you said (C1210 and C1278) are odd does it mean its not a big deal? sorry for my poor english as its not my native languages.

And about Battery ECU or HV Battery how do i test it?(i dont have any knowledge of car inside).

sorry for all the question and.

Hope you can help me out again thanks

 

Thanks for you quick reply. Well since yesterday the warning appeared i have been doing some digging. (not the technical parts)

Because its a pretty big amount of money we spent on it we hope it should function atleast 80% but turn it out its not. Me and my Gf are both pretty down atm, 12k euro is alot for both of us as student.

So i dig futher into the car history and called the dealer where the owner got it from. I was stunned and shock what he told me about this car. The dealer said the car has had an accident in the pass where it land into some water. The old owner doesnt want to repair it so he/she declare it as a waste and gave up on the car. The dealer even advice me to call the police to ask for help.

So i did call the police and they pointed me to some agency who's handling this cases where buyers are scammed.(its called juridische loket in dutch i think its called legal desk)
But since its weekend its hard to get intouch with them.

So after all this scam action, I would like to get my money back so i can get a real car. But seeing this happen i would never ever going to some privat seller anymore.

But the question is what are the chance i am getting my money back.

Is there anyone with familiar situation or know someone with the same situation? I would like to know the outcome of this so i could be prepared for the worse case.

Thanks for your reading

 

Thanks you all for the quick reply i really appreciate.
I love the prius after the scam i still love Prius but it feel like all the saving was just for this scam. In case i lose this lawsuit i will be left with a car that is not fully functioning.

Btw while those warning sign are on am i still able to drive? As for now the warning signs is on but the car still drive normally.

One thing that bothered me is the Hatch wont open from outside no matter what i do. Or there is something i havent done as it should be. But normally i have the key in my pocket walk up to the car and the car will automatically open it, so i assume it should do the same if i want to open up the hatch right?

And another weird thing is there are 2 button 1 left below the steering wheel and one right close to the mfd both without names. Do you know what they are for ? As i cant find it in the manual.

Thanks alot

 

Hi Guys,

Thanks alot for all the help i am really happy there is actually an active place for ppl to get help and provide help.

Well underneath the hatch there is something you can move your hand over it and it should open. But in my case it doesnt open, but something really weird happen is whenever i put my hand near the unlock thing it gives some clicking sound at the driver seat. what could this be ?

 

Btw i have made an image of vehicle signal check mode and came up with this picture. Btw does it mean my battery is dying?

[IMGLINK]http://i40.tinypic.com/2mceul2.jpg[/IMGLINK]

And here is 2 button i dont know what it does. Maybe one of you can tell me what it exactly does.

[IMGLINK]http://i41.tinypic.com/zx5nbp.jpg[/IMGLINK]
If i press the switch it make some sound here.

[IMGLINK]http://i41.tinypic.com/o6mjom.jpg[/IMGLINK]
This one doesnt make any sound

I hope its clear to see what it is.

Thanks for your time

 

Ah i know what those 2 botton does, its the parking sensor bottons.
But can you tell me about opening hatch ?

 

I tried that and it didnt work, the only i hear is the clicking sounds inside the car when the rubber is depressed.

It looks like its trying to make contact but it just wont open. Is there anything else i should know or is the 12 volt dying thats why the hatch is not opening?

wing

 

Patrick thanks alot for quit reply.

Well tried to push the rubber thing as hard as i can and pull the hatcher up but nothing happen, but as you said if i open from the inside out with the metal thing it does open. But does this mean everytime i want to open the hatch i have to craw inside the car to open it ?

 

Hi Uart,

well i know the whole story behind the accident from the dealer himself. They told me everything in details. Unfortunately i paid the car in cash only so its going to be hard to charge back. And since the guy who sold me the car refuse to pickup his phone i dont have any other way to contact him.

Well i engaged a lawyer for this situation and hope it will get solved.