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2008 Prius stalls out

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by pricejcpd, Mar 24, 2012.

  1. pricejcpd

    pricejcpd New Member

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    My Prius has started stalling out. I had the codes read a couplt days ago..needs plugs or gas cap gaskets. I disconnected the ground cable to clear codes instead of going to dealer and being charged to clear check engine light. after doing this the car has stalled out twice. The first time I tried jumping it didn't work until I disconnected and reconnected the ground cable, it started after about 5 minutes of being hooked up to my other car. took it for a drive to charge it further after about 15 miles everything was working fine, the hybred monitor was showing good charging. Then all of a sudden the triangle light comes on and all the other stuff, check engine etc. takes a few more miles to stall out. I did the same thing with the battery as before leaving it disconneted for about 5 minutes. reconnected and it starts up and ran fine to home. ?? Did trying to clear the codes the first time cause these problems???
     
    #1 pricejcpd, Mar 24, 2012
  2. Keiichi

    Keiichi Active Member

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    You might have a better chance in the Gen II or Gen III forums, this is for the Prius v Wagon forum, so not as many standard Prius gurus here.
     
    #2 Keiichi, Mar 24, 2012
  3. bisco

    bisco cookie crumbler

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    :welcome: how many miles on her?
     
    #3 bisco, Mar 24, 2012
  4. seilerts

    seilerts Battery Curmudgeon

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    Sounds kinda like inverter cooling pump/system, although being a 2008 it is not subject to the recall. Here is possibly the scenario:

    1. Start the car and drive.
    2. Big Red Triangle due to inverter cooling system malfunction (pump, low on coolant, etc). DC converter goes offline.
    3. Stalls out a few minutes later due to dead 12V battery.
     
    #4 seilerts, Mar 24, 2012
  5. JimboPalmer

    JimboPalmer Tsar of all the Rushers

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    I must say, deliberately clearing the very codes that can diagnose your problems seems counter productive to fixing your problem.
     
    #5 JimboPalmer, Mar 24, 2012
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    #6 KK6PD, Mar 24, 2012
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