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Stalling out when trying to accelerate 2003 Prius

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by wm12782, Sep 17, 2013.

  1. wm12782

    wm12782 Junior Member

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    Car will be running fine, then intermediately when trying to accelerate car will stall out. When this happens on my screen I get a warning PS+battery that says main+the red ! with the car. I also get a red triangle with ! on the dash display along with check engine and brake light comes on. When the car is restarted, sometimes it won't have any power when trying to accelerate then after a few times of restarting car will run fine. I have done the maintenance recommended on here to the throttle body and cleaned the MAF sensor. Since I have done this, it has happened less frequently. And now it hasn't been stalling out, but when the errors flash on dash screen the accelerator has no power. Any help with the issue would be greatly appreciated.
     
  2. BreakingPrius

    BreakingPrius Junior Member

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    Uh oh, sounds like a battery problem!
     
  3. Patrick Wong

    Patrick Wong DIY Enthusiast

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    You'll need to have the diagnostic trouble codes read, if you want meaningful suggestions about what is wrong. Good luck.