2009 W/270,000

Welcome. Sorry for the problems.

Sounds like, when they replaced the pump, they didn't get all the air out of the system. At least, I hope that's all it is. But I'd think it would have had problems sooner than this if that's all it is. If you have lights, you have codes. Get them read by a reader that can read the Prius codes (not just any reader). They are essential for a diagnosis that doesn't involve spending more on guessing and replacing stuff than on buying a new car.

You should click the "report" button on your post and ask a moderator to move it to the Gen 2 forums. The Prius Prime drivers may or may not have experience with this.

 

Tough problem, there is some expertise here....Many of us prime owners have owned previous Prius generations...I still spend time under the hood of both a Gen2 and Gen3 that various family members drive...But as soon as you buy a prime, you get encouraged to change your profile and frankly, I don't have the bandwidth to frequent the old Gen2/3 forums anyhow. Not that I have the bandwidth to read about non-prime issues here or what the hell someone's sheep did last night for that matter...

 

I agree. I'm just suggesting that more Gen 2 owners will see it on the Gen 2 forums. And, it just helps keep the forums organized.

 

I too agree...We need to keep the forums organized...Hopefully enough experts still frequent those forums.

 

This leads me to think there is air in the coolant. I don't know of anything else that would make that sound in the area of your heat exchanger.

Yes, it is throwing codes. Your code reader can't real all the Prius codes. It's not possible to have those lights without codes.

Where in FL are you? If you're close to Tampa, you can take it to Tampa Hybrids in Lutz. Or any Toyota shop can read them for a fee. Another option is an OBDII reader and the Carista app. But you'll have to wait for the lights to come back in order to see the codes.

 

yep gurgling under the dash is air in the engine coolant. be careful as its easy to overheat the head. The air goes to the highest point which is the engine cylinder head.
I suggest you buy a Xgauge its very useful in any car and you can monitor the engine temp in this car and can pull codes.

It next to impossible to get the air out completely without turning on the CHS pump. You can force it on by spoofing the relay legs. The air becomes trapped in the bottle when you try to bleed it but eventually gets to the upper cylinder head.
happens to all modern cars to some extent as they usually have the rad lower the engine.

 

How fresh is the 12v, weird things happen when they are about to go ded.
I agree with the let a dealer hook up to see more codes if it stays like a christmans tree.

 

The CC will stop working as a safety precaution when the ECU's gets certain fault codes.

 

Seen some posts where a really tired hybrid battery will not run the ac or the cc.

 

Air had entered the engine cooling loop when the gurgling sound first occurred.

QUOTE="Bigmama124, post: 2692787, member: 162589"]touch screen going out, the cruise control going out and the lights coming on all within a few weeks (lights and cruise at the same precise moment)[/QUOTE]
Touch screen could just have coincidently gone bad. Sucks.

Cruise control not working could be due to a bad clockspring cable, that just happend to occur at that moment in time. Awful coincidence. Have you ruled out the clockspring?

Get mini VCI w/ Techstream. Techstream is the official software for Toyota, that all the dealerships use. Donate your current code reader to Goodwill.

If you feel like a big project, used replacement engines are cheap.