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Stiff brake pedal after jump-start.

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by Andrianu90, Nov 16, 2020.

  1. Andrianu90

    Andrianu90 New Member

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    Hello, i forgot the light inside the car on, and the 12V battery died.
    After jump-starting, the brake pedal is stiff. I can still hear the brake motor when I open the door.

    Any ideas what I can do before going to the service?

    I think, the problem is in jump-start procedure: i connected it to another car for just 5 minutes, then disconnected it, and when I started the car. The headlights automatically turned on, and the battery died very quickly. During this 5 seconds, i saw lots of errors on the panel, but I guess is expected, since car didn't have enough power to turn on.
    Then I reconected the jump-start cables , and just started the car with them attached. Without any problem or error light, except this stiff pedal.

    Thanks.
     
  2. tankyuong

    tankyuong Senior Member

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    Get a new battery or fully charge it
     
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  3. Andrianu90

    Andrianu90 New Member

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    Thanks, i started the next day the car, and it just works.
    I guess, the problem was that the 12V battery was flat.

    Thanks!