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Slipped wheels, and now it sounds like someone threw a wrench in my engine

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by SlimyRat123, Jun 17, 2024.

  1. SlimyRat123

    SlimyRat123 New Member

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    Hello all, I was about 1 mi from my house going up a hill from a red light and passing over the painted stop bar my wheels slipped. I heard a weird whining noise and then the car started clunking and making a horrible grinding and whining noise with it also just stopping, as if someone had tapped the brakes, with the TC light coming on too. I pulled over, checked for obvious damage and didn't see anything and drove it the last 1 mi home at like 10 mph max. The whole time it was continuing these problems but no lights came on except the TC light. Does anyone have any idea what happened.
     
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    you can read the trouble codes with an autel200 scanner
     
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    Make you wonder if the wheel slip and then regrip damaged an axle, CV joint or something else in the drivetrain.
     
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    Yeah, today we found oil under the car, its going into the shop today but its in shared spot. It would've had to have not leaked any for like 4 days and then let out like half a quart of oil today