No dash lights and now this symbol

Blinking car just tells that the Prius has immobilizer so you can’t steal it. Blinking light is on almost all cars to indicate this or alarm.

Just try to restart it.

If you can’t get dash to light up but can drive it then you have bad combination meter. You can drive it without working combination meter but you just have to guess your speed. In case of bad combination meter you can turn the Prius of by holding the power button for 5 seconds.

 

That’s just a temporary fix. Most likely you have a bad combination meter.

 

yep combo meter. Very common must be replaced. You tube combination meter or go to top of this page and use "Search Forums" button and put in the search word:

combo meter

hundreds of posts about it.

Its basically the dashboard led assembly. There's a few regular posters who can repair it for you or you can buy a repaired board for $100.
if you get yours repaired it will have the correct odometer reading if you buy one repaired it may not. On ebay search...you guessed it...combo meter.

 

would it be worth the drive to titusville?

 

I thought your moniker looked familiar.

That's the problem with "verbal" warranties....or I hope you got something in writing?

Not a good sign, that the vehicle had codes and warning symbols before you bought it, and now continues to have problems.
And not a good sign that the place that gave you a 6 month warranty isn't returning your calls.

All I can do is continue to wish you the best of luck. Hopefully this is a singular issue, just the combo meter, you can have it repaired or replaced and then move on to enjoy your Prius.

But yeah, it's pretty depressing when you buy a used car, and almost immediately start having problems with it.

If it makes you feel any better, I lived through similar experiences when I was younger. Unfortunately, I can't say any of those experiences ended particularly well, but they were learning experiences. Expensive, painful learning experiences.

Good Luck.

Let us know how things go, with the warranty support, the replacement/repair...one way or another.

It is possible, that you replace the combo meter and then go on with good reliability.