View Poll Results: Has your Gen 2 Prius died and/or left you stranded?
Yes, once, but it restarted and I kept chugging
1
4.17%
Yes, and it would not restart and had to be towed
0
0%
No, I have had not a single problem like this
23
95.83%
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Poll - has your Prius stalled or been towed?
#12
12-08-2005, 10:50 AM
Re: Poll - has your Prius stalled or been towed?
Originally Posted by stealth
My 2003 has. I know it's not exactly what you're asking (gen 2 etc) but I want to tell someone. The car had about 52k mi and I went to start it cold in the driveway and the red exclaimation mark of death came on. It would not start but rather made a wierd mechanical whirring sound. The final upshot is that It ended with the dealer covering all costs (including towing) for the replacement (they claim) of some on board computer. I've read on some blogs that they reset these things but the dealer specifically said "replaced and upgraded". The scarry part of the ordeal was that it gave absolutely no warning or indication of impending problem on the previous drive. Tom
My car is in the shop right now, and a google search found this thread.
Same year, same miles, etc. We just got dumped on with about a foot of snow, and the temp was around 7'F last night.
Lots of lights, bells, warnings, sirens, etc, were flashing when I started it up. Called the shop, and they said I might be able to drive it in, but might not want to risk it. AAA brought the car to the shop. They said they needed to replace the ECU since it wouldn't accept their new computer program, that it is covered under warranty, etc.
Otherwise, the only problems I've had are other cars throwing rocks up and chipping the paint and windshield (which has been replaced TWICE now...)
Bryan.
#13
12-09-2005, 11:26 AM
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Re: Poll - has your Prius stalled or been towed?
Originally Posted by bryanw
I have exactly the same issue.
My car is in the shop right now, and a google search found this thread.
Same year, same miles, etc. We just got dumped on with about a foot of snow, and the temp was around 7'F last night.
Lots of lights, bells, warnings, sirens, etc, were flashing when I started it up. Called the shop, and they said I might be able to drive it in, but might not want to risk it. AAA brought the car to the shop. They said they needed to replace the ECU since it wouldn't accept their new computer program, that it is covered under warranty, etc.
Otherwise, the only problems I've had are other cars throwing rocks up and chipping the paint and windshield (which has been replaced TWICE now...)
Bryan.
My car is in the shop right now, and a google search found this thread.
Same year, same miles, etc. We just got dumped on with about a foot of snow, and the temp was around 7'F last night.
Lots of lights, bells, warnings, sirens, etc, were flashing when I started it up. Called the shop, and they said I might be able to drive it in, but might not want to risk it. AAA brought the car to the shop. They said they needed to replace the ECU since it wouldn't accept their new computer program, that it is covered under warranty, etc.
Otherwise, the only problems I've had are other cars throwing rocks up and chipping the paint and windshield (which has been replaced TWICE now...)
Bryan.
Realizing the need for occasional software updates, Toyota moved over to the ability to flash the programming with new programming with the 04 and up models. The fixed programming of Prius I makes it hard for Toyota to upgrade them as events and improvements occur because it requires the replacement of a piece of hardware with the old software onboard with a new piece of hardware with the new software installed. Cumbersome and expensive.
#14
01-05-2006, 01:18 PM
Re: Poll - has your Prius stalled or been towed?
I had a complete breakdown of my 04 Prius on my daily commute. This was in August.
It would not start, I could not change gear, the front wheels were stuck and not even the engineers at toyota could free the wheels enough to roll it into their shop so they had to drag it off the tow truck with locked front wheels.
Turned out that it was the inverter that had died. It was pretty quick to get a new one actually even if they had to get it from Japan. (or so they said)
Thought I's share this... pity the poll is closed...
Regards
Lars T
It would not start, I could not change gear, the front wheels were stuck and not even the engineers at toyota could free the wheels enough to roll it into their shop so they had to drag it off the tow truck with locked front wheels.
Turned out that it was the inverter that had died. It was pretty quick to get a new one actually even if they had to get it from Japan. (or so they said)
Thought I's share this... pity the poll is closed...
Regards
Lars T
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