Prius computer has a bad day.

I was out shopping today and for my return home, I started the car normally using reverse to back out of a parking spot and forward to leave the parking lot and enter traffic. I immediately noticed an unusual drag when not pressing the accelerator. But there were no alarm-lights lit - - nothing to indicate anything was wrong. I entered the freeway, turned on "cruise" and when I was at the desired speed I pressed "Hold" and found it would not hold speed. "Cruise" was showing on the dash panel, but it just wasn't working, and again the deceleration when not giving it gas was greater than normal. I had to stop at a store on my way home, and when I came out and restarted the car, it was back to normal. There was no excessive drag when not feeding gas and cruise worked just fine. I guess I was lucky the casualty state it wound up in was a benign one.

Reply to
Chuck Olson
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ANY car computer can get a glitch; if you feel abnormal behavior like that, the very first thing to do is to pull over, turn the car off, then turn it back on again. The computer will be reset.

It happened to my 02 Honda van just the other day, on a long road trip. After a short stop, the transmission went flaky on me as I pulled onto the road and went toward the on ramp. I just shut it off then back on, and away I went--no further problems.

BTW, what happened to you wasn't a glitch--it was that you weren't in D, you were in B. You did it by mistake, obviously, and it seems you may not know what B is. Read your owner's manual.

Had you simply pulled over and shifted to Park and then back to get on the road, you probably would have been just fine.

Watch your shifting.

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Elmo P. Shagnasty

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