What is maintenance mode in a Prius?
Putting your Toyota Prius into maintenance mode – getting the engine to stay running. Toyota thought of this and, with a special procedure, you can put a Prius into Maintenance Mode, idling the engine until the operator turns the iginition off. It’s a simple procedure: Turn the vehicle to accessory mode, Ready-off.
How do you turn off the maintenance required light on a Prius C?
Keep holding the Prius trip reset button and turn your key back towards the “Off” position. Turn your Prius key to the “On” position. Continue holding your Prius reset button until you see the number near the odometer reach 0. You’ve succeeded in resetting your Toyota maintenance light!
What does maintenance mode do on a Prius?
Discussion in ‘ Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting ‘ started by Den49, Oct 23, 2014 . Maintenance Mode is useful for running the engine continuously without it shutting off, such as when you do a coolant drain and fill and want to purge air out of the cooling system.
How to do maintenance on a G3 Prius?
Perform the follows steps in less than 60 seconds to engage Maintenance Mode for the G3 Prius. Begin with the car and all accessories turned off. Set the parking brake. With the car in Park, and your foot off the brake pedal, turn the Power Switch “On” by pressing it twice.
How do you put a Toyota Prius in accessory mode?
It’s a simple procedure: Turn the vehicle to accessory mode, Ready-off. On 2001-2003 Prii this is two clicks forward of the key, on 2004+ this is pressing the start button twice with your foot off the brake pedal. The display will not show Ready but will otherwise be lit, the car in park. Depress the accelerator two times fully.
Can a Prius go into inspection mode while driving?
Additionally, Art’s Automotive has some good info on repairing the MFD (multi-function display), aka EMV. Oh, by the way, I found you can enable this mode while driving (so far, on my 2005), so it doesn’t appear the parking brake is a requirement to enable inspection mode. The transmission should be in Park with the ignition off.