Low gas caused engine failure P0A0F & P3190??

I have not heard of this and I regularly run my 2010 down very low on fuel with no problems, as I have always done with past cars. I am sure some of the knowledgeable folks on this site will have more to say, especially since you have provided the codes.

 

P3190 “Poor Engine Power,” and P0A0F “Engine Failed To Start.”

 

Sounds like you ran out of gas. What was the gauge reading when you left 'Iffy Lube'?

 

This is an engine oil overfill.

 

This sounds like what happened when I did get REALLY low in fuel. The day San Diego lost power I had expected to fill-up by work, but no power to run the pumps. On the way home the low fuel warning alert came on, but from my mileage I figured I still should have almost 2 gallons left (80-90 miles). About 30 miles later the engine shut off on the freeway. I coasted down the next offramp and into a shopping center parking lot. Turned everything off. It started back up, but had "!" warning on dash. Crawled at very low speed to gas station a block away. Filled with 10.8 gallons (523 miles - 48.5 MPG), warning went away and car has run fine since.

 

The low fuel warning is fairly subtle. I'm guessing that you may have just missed the little pipe flashing. If you swear up and down that it was not flashing then you can always have the dealer check your gauge and sensor. Sorry you got stuck with a bill.

 

Low fuel is a red herring here folks. This was engine oil overfill. Come on, this IS Jiffy Lube that we are talking about here!

 

Readers -- note that this is an extension of OP's posts yesterday: Reading the gas gauge.

My brief search for these codes, here and outside PC, found multiple cases of oil overfill, out of fuel, dirty MAF, and some other claimed causes.

 

Exactly. Why do we need two threads for this?

Tom

 

It would have to be seriously overfilled. I've had mine filled half an inch over the full dot and suffered no ill effects. Maybe my engine is just a pig?

 

Yes, seriously, if the car is low on gas then the engine will not run. I hope this is not a big surprise.

Note that the dealer service invoice says nothing about an engine oil overfill situation. Unless you believe the Toyota dealer tech is trying to make Jiffy Lube look good, I would conclude that the OP had an out-of-gas situation.

 

Could it be that they didn't switch the car off when changing the oil, the engine fired up when oil had been drained and new oil hadn't been put it causing engine damage?

It wouldn't be the first time this has happened where somewhere isn't used to dealing with the Prius.

 

That would be plausible if the dealer tech noted permanent engine damage due to a lubrication failure. So far, that has not been reported by the OP.

 

Did the OP ever answered it?
So, actually he ran out of gas and he called it a meltdown?

 

Ok now you're scaring me. I'd never thought of that one before.

But seriously in this case being low on fuel is the most likely situation. They added fuel and it fixed the problem, that seems pretty straight forward to me. Also, this wouldn't be the first time someone had reported running out of fuel with one bar remaining on the "guess" gauge.

 

As someone suggested earlier maybe the gas gauge needs re-calibration.