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warm weather prius will not start. Stranded every day for hours till weather cools

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by Nathaniel McClain, Jun 9, 2016.

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  1. JC91006

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    So it seems this has nothing to do with heat.....Do you have another keyfob?
     
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    Yes two of them.

    Yeah this is the first time it wasn't affected. It did sit in hot weather though and I only tan it a short time like seconds.
    I know it only happens when hot but today I was playing with it and kind of regret it cause now I'm stuck...

    And yes I have another. I've tried both.
     
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    I looked at fuses and they were crusty looking outside the car so I cleaned them and reinstalled. I'm now wondering if maybe grounds are bad...?
    Does this seem possible??
     
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    Sounds like an immobilizer problem. You probably should send a PM to our Colorado expert "3prongpaul", he would know how to fix this.
     
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    was the car in a flood or something?
     
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    I'm sorry to explode this...
    I was just checking everything and found that there is this vent tube going to this small circuit board below the key fob area. It was extremely dusty. I cleaned it and far started....
    May coincidental but what does this thing do?
     
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    post a picture of this circuit board
     
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    Not that I'm aware of. But it's unsure really
     
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    how long have you had it? miles/years. who/where did you get it?
     
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    I can't add on phone. I will when home. But it's the one below the key fob about 5" down and 1" right. There are small slits to allow air flow as you remove that shifter bezel behind it you will find that small board. It has a white plastic tube about .5" that obviously flows with air
     
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    I've inky had for 8,000 miles it has what is believed to be 84,000 (odometer matches title but was replaced)

    I bought from a guy in Rockville, md. Defintly not a flood area but never know
     
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    i hope not, though they do ship those cars around the country. not sure what would make the fuses crusty.
     
    #72 bisco, Jun 13, 2016
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