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hey guys,i need help with my prius.anyone who can help me please

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by chichi hollywood, Apr 15, 2015.

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  1. chichi hollywood

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    hey guys.i really need help.my prius wont start,but the dash board is on,and i dont know want to do.i have tried removing the 12v battery for a few minutes but stil wont start.please help
     
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    well you would need to check if your 12v battery is drained. If it's drained, even if you've disconnected it, it won't do you any good.
     
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    i checked and found that it was drained,so i had to go charge it then place back
     
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    what's the voltage on the battery now? Does it hold a charge?
     
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    Right now i gess its drained again because its been a week since i tried it and failed
     
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    oh I think you need to buy a new battery now. The battery probably is weak and cannot hold a charge. Charging it won't work
     
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    but i also tried using someone else battery,and everything woulg go on but wont jst go in drive mode and the engine wont run
     
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    did you have anything wrong with your car before you experienced the 12v battery issue? Have you disconnected anything else? Did you touch the HV battery?
     
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    want really happend before that was,while i was driving the car just shutdown as in everything went off and wouldnt go on,so i call some electrician to check on it,and he found that the inverter cooling pump was burnt,so it ws ordered and replaced.so after it was changed the car would go on but wont start.and the electrician said he has on idea what next because everything seems fine.
     
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    When you got the car back from the technician, did it start? Or it didn't start after it's been to the technician?
     
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    Its never gone on from that day it shutdown even after replacing the part
     
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    The problem may not be your battery, it may be what your technician did. You would need a Prius code reader to better understand what's wrong with the car. Maybe the pump he put in is not working properly? Since the car doesn't start, I hope you didn't pay him any money in fixing the car......seeing that it's not fixed
     
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    huh i paid him nothing.now how can i get hold of the Prius code reader
     
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    Is there a Toyota dealership you can bring it to?
     
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    Actually there is a Toyota dearship but said they cannot fix my car cause its quiet new here.
     
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    Maybe you can get them to read the codes from the car? Right now you don't know what the technician did to your car. Did he remove the inverter and not put it back correctly? Too much guessing.....
     
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    I'm going to take a stab in the dark here. Assuming this tech knows what he's doing with your car. He probably disconnected your HV battery. There's an orange service plug on your hv battery that needs to be locked in before your car starts.

    Put the orange service plug into the battery, tilt it up, and then PRESS DOWNWARD to lock it down. If the tech didn't press the orange plug downward to lock it, your car will not start.
     
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    ok on that am not sure,but i was there seeing remove and also replace the new one,evrything seemed right.so on the Prius code reader,for any car can work or its just a specific one needed
     
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    you can get a mini vci on ebay with tech stream, and you need a windows laptop.
     
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    ok not so familiar with the codes thing,so maybe you tell me more on the mini vci and how it works
     
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