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Red triangle going downhill

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by ChrisP60, Aug 7, 2024 at 9:02 PM.

  1. rjparker

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    When it’s the common reason it’s not lucky. Changes of elevation and corners nailed it.

    As stated before, your version is only v wagons which started in 2012.
     
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    Somewhat, but no. In the case of a commercial shop never seeing the triangle or heard of anyone reporting that symbol when oil level is low (unless already ZERO oil and hole in the block), I would not wait and guess what symbol will show up and advise 5k oil changes and every week top off if they know they have oil burning since my professional hands on experience is different than your "book" experience.
     
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    It's not the common reason, I've seen the triangle or other warning lights combined with error message on dash for mostly everything BUT low oil. Nuances and splitting hairs over what version is which, I see hundreds of these cars both wagon and hatch back per month. You guys just chatter here with stuff you heard or assumed to be true based on a manual. I've seen warning lights come on and DTC's "on elevation or corners" when it was a bad fuel pump, slightly unplugged evap hoses, or even a couple HV batteries that had a bad portion of the bus bar harness where "spirited" driving dislodged and caused a P0A80.