05 Prius - No Electrical Power To Dash, Doors, etc.

Background: 05 Prius, Just purchased form a title company - it was a repo. Dead when I purchased it. Paid $500 and figured what the heck...Title company said the guy drove it in before the lended so something went wrong by the time it was repossessed.

So here is the current condition:
No power at all in the interior of the car except for the OBD connector and hazard lights. Bascially the clock, the Keyfob area, Headlights, door locks, window regulators, screens, instrument panels...all dead.

I started by
1. Testing the battery in the rear. (12.5 volts- right on the money).
2. Checked jump terminal under hood (12.5 volts)
3. Proceeded to check all fuses in the fuse box under the hood both visually and with a meter. (all good)
4. I then inspected the fuse box under the steering wheel..and I found several of the fuses to have no power going to them. (not sure if that is normal).
5. Plugged my OBD sensor in and it received power.
6. I was going to see if I could program a second key - Thought maybe it was the key. Anyhow, my key guy could not get his computer to recognize a connection using the OBD. He said, in most cases you need to turn the key in the first position to power the car to make that connection. Anyhow...please help.

I am wondering if a main fuse or relay or something may be preventing the lower fuse box from getting power to the fuses that do not have power or if anyone has any other ideas to get this up an going.

 

I am sorry for the confusion on the key. You are correct. I believe what I meant to say was that you put the key in and then press the button to ready the vehicle. We did put the key in the slot. The key I have was a new key that the locksmith was going to program to the car. I also have proximity keys as well. It is so weird becuase next to the slot that you enter the key you see what looks like is supposed to be small light of some sort. Everything is just dark. The windows, the locks, the mirrors, the lights (except hazard)...all dark. Do you think it could be the fusible link? I read in some posts where that was an issue but with all the fuses having power under the hood...I was not too sure if this was a possibility.

 

Should all the fuses under the dash have power to them by default?

 

Any suggestions on how to get the dash to come back to life?

 

Thank you for taking the time to reply and share your expertise with me.

The FOB is not live. No red light in the corner. The battery is showing a good charge, volts etc., I also verified there is power to the jumper location under the hood. Reads the same as the battery. Could it stilll be a battery, if I am showing a gold volt? Should I still replace it?

The door ajar light does not come on when it is opened. No red car symbol iwth a key inside of it.
I verified the "KEY" button is pressed in but still have the same issue.

So I am thinking if I can get power to the dash, then they key FOB should light up etc...

 

12.5 - 12.6

 

Thank you... I am out of town but will be back Tuesday and will do as you suggested. I will report back. Thanks again.

 

ok so it turned out to be what you suggested (the dome fuse). once I replaced it the car lit up like a christmas tree. Now when I go to start it, it does not start. All the warning lights turn on. I scanned it and I am getting the following codes.

P0A94
P0A78
P0A94
P030A
C380A
B140A

Looking to determine next steps...

 

DOing as you suggested. I am putting the battery on the charger and checking volts. I did disconnect the battery and rescan. I have a cheap scanner that does not display sub codes. When I rescanned after disconnecting battery. Same codes. I will make sure the batter is fully chargeds and try to start it again.

 

Ok...so here is an update. I noticed the "Low Fuel" message was on. I read some forums where low fuel can keep the car from running. I put 5 gallons in it and it still would not start. I watched another video where the guy had to disconnect the batter after putting fuel in it as well as remove the orange plug in the big battery unit. I did as he said and then pushed the start button (led on it was green).

The dash lit up but this time showed the speedometer with the READY next to it. I thought "Sweet" clicked the button to start it and I heard clicks in the back near the battery and clicks under the hood but the car did not start. After doing this the speedometer and ready dissappeared and I was back to the original warning lights etc. Could it be the large battery is too drained to start it? I believe the 12.5 volt battery is good based on me charging it and testing it but sometimes you just never know.... Please if you have any ideas it would be great. I do not recall if I mentioned it but I do have the big red triangle on the dash...

I am going to do the reset again but this time try and jump the car just in case it is the 12.5 battery. I will let you know what happened.

 

Tried again, disconnected everything but could not get the ready to appear again. I even disconnected everything and tried jumping it as well but no luck. Any other suggestions?