Toyota Prius: A triangular and car with icon appears on the screen

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"zub" <fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
 

Take the car to your dealer.

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"zub" <fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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A 1999? Is the Multi-display in Japanese?

Mike

On Wed, 2 Aug 2006 20:41:55 -0700, "Michael Pardee"
<com> wrote:
 

Hate toy cars with a toy cars dash display. Any car that ditches
gauges in favor a warning to take it to the dealer is all BS.

<green> wrote in message
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Good thing you don't have one. Bad thing your post was useful to nobody.

Mike

<green> wrote:
 
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<YAWN> then don't buy one.

Bob Wilson

 

Hate toy posts with toy post grammar. But thanks for sharing; be sure
to write again when you can use your real name.

zub wrote: 

I see by your email address that you are in the UK, so if you have a
1999 Prius, you may have some problems getting it diagnosed/fixed. The
1998-2000 Prius, model NHW10, was originally only sold in Japan, not
intended for sale outside of Japan... Diagnostic tools are difficult
to come by for this model, outside of Japan.

You may find some help on this English-language group of NHW10 owners,
mostly outside of Japan:
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Mk1_Prius/

This more local group to you could help you find a mechanic in your
area that may be willing to try things:
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Prius-UK/messages

"zub" <fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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It might be from a too low octane gasoline. It might be from too much
crankcase oil. It could be it was put in Drive way too soon but the problem
showed up after you shut off the car and restarted it soon thereafter. I
think it's called the 7 second rule. If for some reason the computer gets a
improper firing signal from the engine you might see that graphic displayed.
If the engine runs maybe you can ignore the warning. But if it's from too
much oil then I guess you'll have to have it looked at.
I've had the same warnings but I removed the gas cap and put it back on.
Then I let the car sit unused for about an hour.

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