2006 Prius HELP!

I assume Monk is over 100k miles and not many 2006's will be older than mine and mine turned 8-yrs old a couple weeks ago.
But Monk should advise us ODO Miles and date of purchase date if he has not already.

 

I would start by replacing the inverter. However it is also possible that the transaxle (which houses MG1) will also need to be replaced.

Used inverters can be easily found on eBay or salvage yards, for example autobeyours.com

They are fairly easy to install if you have reasonable DIY skills.

If the transaxle needs to be replaced that will be much more difficult. Typically the engine and transaxle are removed as one unit after the suspension is taken out. Used transaxles are pretty inexpensive, the big charge will be for labor time.

I doubt that Toyota would give the OP a break on repair pricing since he bought the car in its current failed condition.

 

...I forget if we already told you the first step is always to assume the 12v battery could be bad and causing the probs...need to check that first

 

P0A7A: Generator Inverter Fail (over current by inverter assembly malfunction)
P0A92: MG1 malfunction

Inverters do not cost that much several hundred on Ebay, like Patrick says, start with this and see if the problem is fixed, or you have to go on to the transaxle.

04 05 06 07 08 09 Toyota Prius Hybrid DCX DC Inverter Converter | eBay

 

Get the code reads then report back here with the results. Your problem might be different. Upside, you are inBay Area and have two reputable independent mechanics (Art's Automotive and Luscious Garage).

"Maintenance Required," light is just an oil change reminder light. Its triggered every 5,000 miles, and stays on until reset. Owners manual has the reset procedure. Since you might ask:

• Get odometer to total mileage odometer, if it happens to be on Trip A or B odometer.
• Turn car off.
• Keep ODO Trip button DEPRESSED; don' let go.
• Keep foot OFF brake.
• Press Power button Twice.
• Six dashes will appear, where odometer mileage numbers where, then goes to 5 dashes, 4 dashes, 3 dashes, 2 dashes, 1 dash, then six zeroes appear, finally mileage odometer reading again.
• Maintenance Required light is now reset until 5,000 miles.
• Release Trip ODO button. Turn car off or start car.

 

Thank you for the info. We had our oil change done already. But still it lits. I will try to manually reset it today. How can i find the diagnostic code?

This is what shows up on my dashboard when i start the engine

I manually reset the odometer. When i turn it on maitenance reqd still lits up but now it disappeard immediately. And its not blinking anymore. Did i do it right?

I manually reset the odometer. When i turn it on maitenance reqd still lits up but now it disappeard immediately. And its not blinking anymore. Did i do it right?

 

maybe a bad alternator?

 

Thank you exstudent. Just got this reset today. Realized my mileage wasn't reset the last time the oil was changed so this light came up and I came here to find a way of resetting it.
Highly appreciate.