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Just ordered the Michelin Energy Saver A/S for my Prius. I have the touring model so needed the P195/55/16 tires that were a special order in our city. Hope they work as billed. Good luck with your search.

There have been some discussions about how to measure the traction battery capacity but very few have taken time to do it: backing up a hill - the altitude change when it runs out of 'omph' is proportional to the traction battery AHr. Best done after doing a 'forced charge' to bring the traction battery up to maximum energy level. leaving car in "R" with brake on and every other electrical ...

It's not possible to "reflash" the Classic engine or hybrid vehicle ECUs. This is why a number of Classic owners had to get new engine ECUs installed as the firmware evolved (my 2001 also benefited from this.) When was the last time your iridium spark plugs were replaced? If not recently, I'd start with a fresh set of correct NGK or Denso iridium plugs. Then, clean the throttle body interior ...

100 miles...might as well try. I'd suggest having a back up plan (ie. a ride home). The closer you can get the less expensive it will be to tow. You should be able to find a salvage battery and have it installed for less than $1000. A brand new battery will be around $2300 + installation. Hope that's all that's really wrong with it...it seems odd though, one would think the original ...

Quote: Originally Posted by jdms2000 In case you're looking for new tires, I just bought 4 Michelin X-Radials from costco for $275 total. People on the forum seem to like this tire. They're 185 65 14, so slightly bigger.... I think the deal runs through this Sunday. Did they do a 14" wheel as well then? I only found out most of your Prius wheels in the states ...

Thanks, we are always interested in what works. We can figure out why later! I'd guess that your car has an unusual 'fuel map' (relationship between throttle butterfly angle and fuel injector milliseconds), for whatever reason. Disconnecting the 12 would cause that relatinoship to be forgotten, so the ECU would use default values. Without much success. Any way to get the relearning started would...

Hi Julianne, When you see the traction battery SOC gauge moving up and down quickly, that is an excellent indication that the battery is bad. Normally the Classic gauge will only show 50% or 75%. Unfortunately repair prices in Japan are quite high as you've noticed (probably to encourage new car sales). Your car probably has to be scrapped if you can't obtain a used battery. Good ...

Quote: Originally Posted by jetsonj . . . 1. The first time I took it to the mechanic for the A/C, which was blowing hot, they put in $120 of freon/??, and said it was fixed. The A/C stopped working after a few uses. When I returned, they said they hadn't used dye to check for leaks, they'd used a "sniffer", so they would use dye this time for free. The found the ...

Quote: Originally Posted by SpeedyG40 ...No matter how many times I have tried (10 times) the engine starts runs nice then shuts off like clockwork at the 10 second runtime mark. I doubt that the engine has started. It's more likely that MG1 is spinning the engine but the engine has not actually started. Then an error code is logged after sufficient time ...

audio aux-in for 2003? Hi all. I have a 2003 Prius, no CD player or navigation system, and I've been listening to my iPod through a Belkin charger/audio-out and a cassette adapter. However, my tape deck just died, and I don't like FM transmitters, and I'd prefer not to bother with installing a new CD player. So it looks like I want a FMM-100 from installer dot com (which I ...