Can i still drive to dealer withRed triangle, vsc light, check engine light, icon on screen

Hello,

Past few weeks I noticed how the battery on screen shown with cold starts and immediate driving that the battery drained very quickly and charged quick as well. I was already concerned about the health of the battery pack.

Now today i drove the car to the petrol station (about 2 miles), filled with gas, then drove for few hundred meters and got the red triangle, vsc light, check engine light and a red car sign on screen with a (!) in it.

When i drove the car to the gas station i already noticed how the battery drained very quickly to one bar of "juice" and then when arrived at the petrol station it had all bars in the battery on the screen. Found this odd already.

So after I got the red triangle and other signs i checked all fluids, seemed okay, checked the 12v battery on screen, was 12v with car off.
Then drove the car home , about 15 miles. all seemed fine, but cruise control didnt work, car still drove fully on battery at times as it usually does. Mileage is great, about 20/21 km on 1liter. Warninglights are still on.

Now I wanna take the car to the dealer on monday, near my work. Its a 30 miles trip to work and I'm wondering if i can drive the car that far, or if i can do other tricks to find what the problem is.
Is there a way to reset the warning lights? Should I try this?

Info about the car;
from 2006, 255.000 km (170k miles)
recent mantaince: changed spark plugs, engine oil, transmission fluid(1st time change), all filters. Did this myself, about 3000 miles ago. about 15000 miles ago the coolant pump (engine ) was changed. Tried to find movement in the coolant of the battery but couldnt find any, or see any coolant when opening the cap. Level is fine though. 15000 miles ago both coolants were changed. 5000 miles ago i went back to the dealer because the level of the battery coolant was low, they added some and said there was probably some air in the system after they changed the coolant.. Said that wasnt a problem and how it shouldnt of done any damage.

Any ideas what the problem might be?

Hope anyone can help!

 

Here a picture of the warning lights... Excuse me for the quality!

 

Thank you for your reply.

I was thinking the same but I am also concerned I have no movement in the coolant near the radiator. I am supposed to see movement when take the cap off right? Also I have no drop in mileage and the car still drives fully on the battery / shuts off engine at times, as it usually does. Just am concerned about if I can still drive it like that and ignore the warning lights, for another 40 minutes.

Saw a thread about disconnecting the 12v to reset warning lights, worth a try?

 

Not worried about that as the car drives fine, other than not working cruise control...

More worried about any damage that might be done to the car while driving with the warning lights...

 

Cheers, i was indeed looking at the wrong reservoir. Will check the other one later on.

New/fixing the battery is going to be expensive as there are not many options other than going to the dealer to have it fixed, in the netherlands.

Now I'm wondering if it's worth getting fixed. If the battery failed, are there other components that are likely to fail in the near future because of the age of the car and the mileage? I just got this car about 1.5 years ago and love it but don't wanna pay crazy money for repairs, as I simply don't have that.

 

kk Gonna drive it first thing tomorrow morning, its nearly freezing here so don't think its going to be a problem. And indeed no steep hills here!

 

Found online some used battery packs for about 600 euro, around 100k miles on it. They are battery packs from wrecked prius.

Is it difficult to swap the battery and is it a DIY job? Is it worth swapping the battery with a battery that has 100k miles? Can I fit any battery pack from any prius from 2006 - 2009?

 

Cheers, def going to look into that. Is it worth a try to try to revive my current battery with a Prolong grid charger?

 

Just got called by the dealer, three codes and need new battery, 1900 euro including placing it.

The codes: P3000
P0A7F
P0A80

and they want 100 euro for reading the codes... Which imo shouldn't of taken longer than 30 mins.

 

Yeah I know, but not worth it compared to other options. This car is worth around 3500 with working battery...

I wanna try to change single cells. Doesn't seem too difficult.