2008 Toyota Prius - Page 6 - Answered Questions & Fixed issues

Working on the SRS can be very hazardous. For this reason I highly recommend you have this repaired by a professional.

You need to buy a multimeter tester in order to reset this kinda exclamation mark, you could use this one right here EN61010-1 600V CATIII.

You sure can, but you might be chancing creating a life threatening situation. That light will go on when the level of the brake fluid in the master cylinder reservoir gets low, as it does eventually even on normal cars. Check the level of the brake fluid. It is probably low, so got some more fluid from Checkers, Auto Zone, or whoever, and fill it to the 'full' level. The light probably will go out. If it loses more fluid on a frequent basis you have a leak somewhere and have to take it to a competent shop and have them find it.
Best of luck!

Here's a quick check list for most common cost of SRS / Air bag problem.

Dirty contacts on driver and passenger seat belt buckles

Dirty contacts on seat belt connectors (under seats)

Dirty contacts on driver and passenger sides weight sensors (under seat)

Seat covers

Weight on passenger seat
(Example: grocery package trigger SRS / Air Bag light on the way home.)

I recommend you to pass an vacuum over the contacts and use CRC electronic parts cleaner to rule out connectivity problem.

I DO NOT recommend disconnecting the negative battery connector to clean the code(s).

Without the code(s) the dealer will takes "BILLABLE" time to reproduce the problem.

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Mustgo

call the dealer. you have a warranty issue and if you mess with it they could claim you caused it and not honor the warranty

batteries last on average of 5 years.... if you get more, you are lucky... the fix is to replace the battery

That is the light that tells potential thieves the car has an immobilizer. What you describe is normal operation.

Look in the manual for "immobilizer".

there are several places to start with some thing like thisif this is a 2008 and the breaks failed take it back to the dealer. this could have been worse brakes are nothing to play with

nope

ahh better its yellow and not red brake light it just means the brakes are nearing the time to replace them just having the brakes done will reset the light no scans needed just pushing the calipers back resets it

Acording the online manual , that is the Hybrid system warning light. I havn't tracked down exactly what it means , but is is grouped in with other service reminders. Will add more info when i find it " Google 2005 prius warning light " one of the first listings has a link to toyotapartsandservice.com

they were not at all a dealer offered feature in that not untill the 2010 so toyota has no factory option you can do however there a multiple after market companies that can install them for you just google custom heated in your area a nationwide vendor i recomend as a toyota hybrid technician is d.a.s otherwise known as dealer automotive services http://www.dealerautomotive.com/

i did that once look in to the latch you will see a circular opening where the secure pin would rest if it was shut and latched stick a a phillips screw driver slightly into that opening and start to pull towards the inside of the car as if you are putting presure on the latch now either reach up and hit the latch button yourself while keeping presure on it or have someone else hit the button the latch will release and your problem is solved

ok hit the destination button on the side of the screen it will provide you with options on how you would like to input your dest. decide if you would like to enter the adress of and destination or you can can also input the destination by the name lets say you were looking for wal mart you would enter wal mart in the poi name screen (poi stands for point of interest) it will then bring up a list of the closest wal marts to you also telling you the distance and direction you would then hight the one you want to go to on the touoch screen obviously by touching it and then hitting the enter button that will highlight red i believe on the bottom of the screen your last option is to serch by poi category you would hight poi categoury on the destination screen it will then bring up a screen of categories such as health care and hospital police and fire stations government buildings such as city halls libraries post offices court house things like that there is a shoping category you would pick clothing department stores and such there is one for closest service shop gas stations recreation such as parks golf courses and such once you decide wich category you want you simply hit show list that will highlight on the bottom of the screen and it will show you a list of the closest things in that category to you

Toyota has your answer, Its called your warranty

In your car there should be an auxillary jack located in the glove compartment where you can purchase an auxillary jack and insert and plug into your Ipod in the headphone jack.
Hope this helps

with a small flat screwdriver, remove the 2 by 2 inch black plastic covers behind the steering wheel. one of them has a hole for the cruis control lever.
loosen but dont remove the two torx screws behind these covers.
allow the airbag to fall out into your hands.
carefully raise the two yellow retainers on the airbag wires, then pull the wires away from the airbag module.
then squeeze and pull the black horn wire from the airbag.
to replace the steering wheel, unplug all the wires you see and remove the 19mm nut holding the wheel.
then by hand wiggle the steering wheel toward you.

Have you tried cleaning the disk? Also inspect it for deterioration. The surface should be clean and scratch free. The reflective surface should be uniform. Nothing that looks like water marks or deterioration. Also you might want to try putting a cleaning disk as is used for CD/DVD players in there to clean the lens surface.

The indicator is telling me that the auto adjustment headlight feature of my car needs to checked by a mechanic. Once I read the manual more clearly, that became apparent.

The flashing key-inside-a-car means the anti-theft system is working properly. On page 84 of the 2009 Prius owners manual, the explanation indicates that a flashing key-inside-a-car is normal, and is desired. It should extinguish when the automobile is operating. It may be distracting, but it's a good thing!!

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