Critical error messages when Techstream ran health check!!!

First time I've read of anything like this... Maybe @ChapmanF has some thoughts? If I had your experience I'd of disconnected the 12v battery for a few minutes to reset all the systems back to original. Same thing as when people tell you to try turnoff your computer and starting it again to fix it. Most computers prefer this method of fixing them...

 

When Techstream (or any other diagnostic software) interrogates a Prius, it needs to communicate with several different computers in the car.

Not all of the modules in the car speak the same language as each other, so the software and the hardware interface need to be able to flex into a few different communication modes throughout the course of a full scan.

Techstream is good with this, but not all J2534 hardware interfaces can swing through every mode required by a Prius. I suspect this is your problem, based on your report that the setup was able to begin a scan but blew out halfway through.

Consider a different interface and/or driver.

I doubt this has done any lasting damage to your car.

 

And this is on a generation one the end of the 2003s the little coupe I've never seen that red PS next to my screen in my generation too and I've seen all the red blocking the car and shading the car and everything that gets discussed here so I'm thinking this is the older last of the generation one's which they are known for doing some funny things at times then given that was the car that started the dream it's quite possible that tech on laptops and various drivers may not be a thing. The real deal maybe but I'm not sure about the versions everybody's using or wants to use but I've seen this happen on the 2010 right here in the driveway pretty uneventful brought up a whole bunch of nonsense it made no sense for what we were doing at the time resetting the car put it right back to where it was and that was that.

 

Nope, it's a Gen 2.

 

Your VCI claims to have "similar functionality" as the Tactrix open port 2.0 - for about $25. So it's a cheap clone (with a pretty housing) and could be glitchy.

Posted via the PriusChat mobile app.

 

The hardware reviews are not great on Techstream. When you consider there will always be 5 star reviews from suspect buyers….

 

I've had many a cheap Chinese junk do similar to pri. One was a Walmart 12v socket splitter, another was a cheap bt obd2 dongle. I got lucky that there wasn't permanent damage from these cheap PRC made fire hazards. Not worth the risk. Run like he11 from Chinese peripherals