Shakeout tour

Discussion in 'Gen 5 Prius Main Forum' started by Paul Gregory, Jun 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM.

  1. Paul Gregory

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    Yesterday was a 15 hour round trip, just for fun. Three unfortunate incidents occurred. Firstly, my windshield was hit with a fairly big rock, flung out by the truck in front of me. It w.as spreading fast, so i found the nearest glass shop, where he applied the glue and drilled the end of the spreading crack. He didn't charge me anything, because he said it will probably spread. The good news is that it hasn't spread in 24 hours. I'm hoping it will last another year or two.

    Second, I lost all power to the 12V power socket. I assumed (correctly) a faulty fuse, and I was fortunate to have someone replace it for me in under an hour. I had wasted over half an hour trying to find the fuse location and gave up. Well worth the $35.

    Thirdly, I noticed my cooler had stopped working. The auxiliary battery I had installed was dead flat. I found out why; it was no longer connected to the 12V system. Apparently the dealer had left everything unplugged in a contemptuous fashion, as they often do. I'll have a job today connecting it back up.

    They do say that bad things happen in threes. :-/
     
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    Be careful brushing your teeth and zipping up your fly..I've had the misfortune of both.
     
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    which still leaves a third :eek:
     
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    This dealer doesn't want any feedback, otherwise I'd tell them to stop blaming the customer for everything.
     
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    dealers are good like that
     
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    Well...Where was it? ;)
     
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    I don' t really need to know, but if I have to, I'll call that guy who was able to look it up.
    I couldn't find it anywhere.

    I do know, it's under the dash, where I can't get to it.
     
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    Under the steering wheel somewhere. Ill never see it. I don't bend like that anymore.
     
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