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I have had a 2007 prius for about a year now. Great little car. Today the warning light, and VSC light came on. Then the ABS light and the car would no longer go into gear. We had a diagnostic and the two codes that came up were 1121 and 1116. A few questions:

1. Can we replace these sensors ourselves?

2. If so, how difficult and expensive, if not how expensive?

3. Would this prevent the car from shifting into Drive/Reverse?


Speed is of the essence as I drive many miles for my job and I need to work

Source podcast: Autoline After Hours

I listen to them while driving to and from work. Sorry, no transcript but these folks are doing 3-d car printing:
Home - Local Motors



They use a carbon-fiber impregnated thermal plastic. This just made all, current light airplane construction moot.

Bob Wilson

Interesting new article from the Economist on the use of 48 volt systems and predicting growth in "mild hybrids"

"VOLTAGE is to electricity what pressure is to water: the more you have of it the more oomph you get. That is why electrical power lines work at high voltage. In the 1950s carmakers needed extra oomph of this sort to start the powerful high-compression engines then being introduced, so they increased the voltage of their vehicles’ electrical systems from six to 12. Now voltages are going up again—to 48."

Source: http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21704778-upping-volts-will-make-hybrid-cars-much-cheaper-last-48-show