Car Scanner Pro app for Diagnostics

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by A.J, Oct 10, 2025.

  1. ASRDogman

    ASRDogman Senior Member

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    Hayne's has there people, or someone, tear a car down and go through all repairs.
    Or at least most of them, and made there own manual. And came up with there own manuals.

    Anyone who buys any piece of equipment has the right to repair it if they choose.
    You bought it, you own it.

    But the manufacture is under no obligation to provide anyone with the information to do the repair.
    They don't even have to provide the parts.

    I certainly wish they would provide that information more easily.

    It's a business, they want ALL the business. Nothing wrong with that.

    Luckily, there is youtube! You can find just about any repair for almost anything!



     
  2. Paul Gregory

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    I seem to remember that the drive electric motor spins at 10,000 RPM plus while driving at normal speeds. That tells me that there is some considerable gearing ratio between the wheels and the drive motor. Together with the fact that these motors use rare earth magnets, it seems highly implausible that neutral consists of just idling the gears. If the computer were not constantly monitoring torque to the wheels, it would not function as a neutral gear.

    This is just common sense.
     
  3. ChapmanF

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    Because #42 is about Paul's understanding of neutral and not about Car Scanner Pro, I've responded to it in an appropriate existing thread.

    That response is probably boring to anybody coming to this thread to discuss Car Scanner (except maybe for someone with a geeky interest in how those MG RPMs behave that you can see in the app).
     
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