Brand New Prius Check Engine light No Inspection Sticker

How many miles?

this is near-new, low miles (presumably) car; no reason it shouldn’t be a warranty issue.

what’s this “inspection sticker”, a New York State thing? Or the Monroney sticker?


With the lights there will be codes, hopefully will make for a clear cut diagnosis.

 

Take the car to any Toyota dealer in the U.S. for repairs at no charge.

On a new car with low mileage, unless one of the other warranty exclusions applies, anything that makes the Check Engine light (“malfunction indicator lamp”) turn on should be covered under the Federal and California Emission Performance Warranties, described on pages 17, 21, 24, and 27 of the Warranty & Maintenance Guide (PDF). The California warranty also applies in New Jersey and certain other states.

Yes. This is almost never an issue, since Toyota reimburses dealers for warranty parts and labor for any vehicle with valid warranty coverage, which dealers can confirm online with Toyota’s computer systems.

In the Toyota Warranty Policy and Procedures Manual, Policy 5.6 states, in part: “When a vehicle owner requires New Vehicle Limited Warranty work to be performed at a dealer other than the dealer where the vehicle was purchased, the customer (a ‘visiting owner’) should be handled as though they were a regular customer. [ . . . ] Dealers that charge visiting owners for warrantable repairs are in violation of Federal Law and their Toyota dealer agreement.”

 

Is the gas cap on tight?

 

Good point, @Raytheeagle. I don't remember the exact message when you don't get the gas cap clicked shut, but I remember that the message seems to have nothing at all to do with the gas cap itself.

 

There is no manufacturer inspection sticker. Every state has a different inspection sticker so nothing would come from Toyota.

Register the car as normal. Drive to the official inspection station (not the shops that do the inspections for money) and show them the registration. They will then go to your car and place the sticker on your car. You don't even have to make the line behind the cars that's actually get inspected

This is the procedure for any out of state cars that are withing 5 years of manufacture date. I live in NJ and have done it with several cars. More recent was a USED 2018 Jeep got last year. We bought the car in Ohio. We registered the car, got the plates, and picked up the sticker from the inspection facility. No charge, no physical inspection. They just made sure the registration was in order and they themselves put the sticker on the windshield

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Manufacture dealers (not used mom and pop shops) have those stickers and put them on themselves. When I bought my prius (here in NJ), they put the inspection sticker on my car after I signed all the papers and right before I drove off.

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As for your check engine light, you still have the warranty with Toyota so just take it to them and it will be fixed at 0 cost to you

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