(!), ABS, VSC lights keep coming back—need flash codes interpreted

The VSC 43 and the (!) 36 are easy, and covered in this very recent post. They just mean the VSC controls and the ECB controls are directing your attention to codes reported by the ABS controls.

So you've got a 32 and 36 from the ABS to look up. I don't have those ones committed to memory, but this stuff is all in the Repair Manual (more info). Is that enough to get you started?

 

No.

When the inverter pump fails, and the inverter pump overheats, these two lights show-up, IIRC:

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Life is so much easier if you get Techstream. 3rd best is a bluetooth OBD2 reader for your smartphone/tablet; but these are unable to read ALL Prius codes, unlike Techstream. There is no 2nd best b/c of the difference between Techstream and everything else.

 

Learn to search better. Solutions are circled in RED.

 

Pace exstudent, I'm not a big advocate of just using Mr. Google to find meanings of codes. There have been plenty of threads on PriusChat where somebody was working from some Googled-up understanding of what the codes meant, where google had matched the search terms to some completely other car model or even make. Plus google finds lots of people giving their own "explanations" of what the codes mean, and people who know what they're talking about and people who don't will all show up in the same google results.

Finally, a little one-liner description of what a code "means" is usually not going to help you figure out the problem; the first and most important thing you find in the manual is the code's "detection condition", which tells you the exact inputs the computer needs to see to log that code. Following that will be anywhere from a page to a dozen pages of troubleshooting steps you can follow to pin down why the code was set.

The "more info" link that I posted above has a lot of resources that Elektroingenieur thoughtfully gathered together to help you solve your not-having-a-repair-manual problem. That is the best way there is to be sure you are getting the information that is (a) specific to your car and (b) correct.

 

OP never asked how to fix, just wants to know what 32 and 36 mean.
OP is aware of Techstream, but chooses not to acquire. Enjoys challenges?

CLICK this image (URL is embedded in the link).


voilà
[HINT: resolve 32 (matches w/ the Prius manual) and you will also resolve 36; the best answer so far.]

 

voilà, sure, and then you turn the page and immediately find that what this training document is really doing is explaining why you would be referring to the repair manual for this:



Its example also shows what the detecting-condition explanations in the manual look like, which contain the information you can actually use to begin to find out why the code was set.

(edit: just noticed you don't even have to turn the page; the one originally posted even says at the top "it is important to refer to the Repair Manual for the specific vehicle you are diagnosing.")

What year do you suppose that reference is from? It mentions jumpering terminals on the "DLC1" or "DLC2" connector.



Ever seen that connector in any generation of Prius?

Such are the pitfalls of diagnosis-by-Mr.-Google: you can find yourself dredging up material with tantalizingly close to the right information, if you make a whole lot of assumptions about what might or might not have changed in braking systems since a 1990s Camry or Avalon.

To even make a judgment like "matches w/ the Prius manual" you need a way to look in the Prius manual, and if you can do that you've already got the right info to fix your car.

Now, maybe one could suppose that the original poster in this thread really did only want to find a couple fortune-cookie one-line descriptions that might go with the codes, and isn't really interested in fixing the car. But other people will be along reading the thread, so it should have the information that helps them too.

 

Course 552, Brake Systems, was published in September, 1996, at least from the photo of the back cover of the handbook in this eBay listing. Its successor, Course 553, was published in 2013.

From its metadata, the PDF file may have been made in 2004:

Code:

/CreationDate (D:191041123142012)
/Producer (Acrobat Distiller Command 3.02b for HP-UX A.09.01 and later \(HPPA\))
/Author (wvpress7)
/Creator (Interleaf, Inc.)

The CreationDate suffers from a Y2K bug, I think—I’d read it as 2004-11-23 14:20:12. macOS Preview interprets it as May 12, 1913, but I think Toyoda was still just in the weaving and spinning business then.

 

Let's recap.

OP only asked

At no point in time did OP explicitly or implicitly ask how to solve/fix.
If you disagree with this assessment, reread OP's posts (#1 & #4).
If you still disagree, don't waste your time reading further.


ChapmanF in post #2 even lists

A link to all kinds of resources: some require payment, another FREE! Chilton online manual via local library card. OP should be happy?

OP responds in post #4 w/

Unbelievable! I don't know about you, but pretty damn lazy by my standards.

Post #5
I tell OP to search better, providing screenshots of the search terms circled and the result OP should click.

Post #6, ChapmanF adds:

Its less than ideal, but many people use it as a starting point. The world is what it is. We (you and I) are not going to be able to change it, let alone how people operate.

Agree w/ you there.
But again, OP NEVER asked how to solve/fix. Only asked what the ABS code 32, 36 mean. Which I provided.

Very useful link, YES!
Kudos to Elektroingenieur for making it, and ChapmanF for highlighting it to OP and anyone else who might be reading this thread.

But lets face the facts. OP acknowledges "helpful," but still wants to know what the ABS codes mean. Unbelievable!

How f'n lazy is OP? For shite's and giggles, I logged onto the city library, to access the Chilton site. Lazy is the only conclusion there is.

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Post#8

I agree with that written assesment from the on line PDF. BUT, OP has clearly demonstrated extreme laziness, won't even go to the physical library or online library to access Chilton, as I demonstrated above.

Not my concern. OP only wanted to know what ABS 32 & 36 mean; and that's what I gave OP (32 that is and 36 partially).

1) Have not had any issues requiring me to look at any connectors on my Prius.
2) As stated in the PDF, those connectors are assumed to be for for the

You assume that I did NOT verify code 32, from this online PDF, match w/ the Prius Factory Manual. Rest assured, I was responsible and DID verify against my 2007 Toyota Prius factory manual that the code 32 in the online PDF linked in post #5 & #7 was correct. That is why in only circled 32 in RED, and gave OP the hint of "resolve 32, you will also resolve 36."

Who cares what OP's through process is. I firmly conclude OP is LAZY! OP made it clear to me, that OP only wants to know what code 32 and 36 mean. I gave OP code 32 and the inclusive reward of 36 being resolved when 32 is addressed. Don't care what OP does or does not do: OP isn't paying my bills and visa versa.

Your too optimistic. People are lazy and can't bother to spend some time reading.
Case in point: Water in the 12V battery compartment/ spare tire wheel well, etc.
How many independent threads exist on this subject alone? I will let you count.