Thanks for the video, but there is a much easier way to access the filter and its from inside the cabin, next to the seat push the vent cover up and snap out the cover and see the filter. ( NO NEED TO TAKE OUT BACK PANEL FOR 2010-2015 MODELS)
Dude. You really needed to pull the orange plug to disengage the hybrid system before messing with electronics. In the future just know that you are playing with life and death if you don’t remove it before messing with electronics.
You can actually clean the filter shown at 6:29 without taking any of that stuff apart. Do it from inside the car with a 13mm socket and extension. Push the seat cushion down to access and remove the 13mm bolt. Lift back the filter cover a bit then remove all the hair, lint, etc. Takes less than five minutes.
This was helpful. This applies to a 2014 Prius. No need to remove the motor because this model has the filter that he cleaned. Because of this filter, the fan mother will not be dirty. Once you remove the vent that goes from the filter to the fan, you can look inside the fan to see if it is dirty. Mine had no dust or dirt since the filter blocked it all.
I recognize you wanted to show the most professional version of the repair…but you can vacuum that part by just pulling the plastic back on the passenger side back seat…it’s really a 30 second job. Either way…I don’t hate seeing how everything comes apart…but I imagine some will be intimidated bu that repair by all the unscrewing…when in reality, pulling a plastic piece back and using a vacuum worked for me.
Would this work for all prius? Or what year you think this will be possible? To pull the plastic piece and Vacuum. I like quick jobs. I don’t like opening plastic pieces. You break stuff like that.
So what if it was disgusting and you took it apart and cleaned it and unplug the aux battery and it still reads that error code? Does that mean the fan is broke?
Hi! Thanks so much for the tutorial. I will say that I got to the part where you take out the fan before you remove the part with the filter, and I lost a bit of confidence because, well, I don’t usually work on cars. After the side panel was off, I could slightly access the filter itself by dislodging that black part with the filter attached a little, enough to stick my hand in and pull out some of the lint and hair and dust. When this happened, I realized I could go in through the vent in the back seat with a small water bottle cleaning brush, loosen up the junk in the filter and then vacuum it out through that vent. So for anyone with few tools and fear of killing your Prius, this is a quick fix. I had already peaked in at the fan to see it was not dirty.
Thanks for the video! To erase the message after, I disconnected the auxiliary 12V positive only, for 1 minute and 30 seconds, and then unlock then lock the Orange switch and on the back, and that got the message erased. Saved me $140 from taking it to the dealer to erase the message. Just thought I’d save your viewers money.
I have no idea why this service is not in the maintenance schedule. The filter in my 120K mile 2014 Prius looked just like the one in this video - a couple of spots of the screen showing. I was able to clean it from the front by loosening the dog hair with a wooden stick (the butt end of a wooden skewer) and holding a shop vac nozzle against the grill to scavenge the hair. It took about 5 minutes after I got things set up.
l would break every snap off part, lose half the the bolts, forget how things went back together, and bloody up my knuckles to boot. l do admire people with mechanical skills though, and knock on wood, my beat up 2011 Prius still runs rather well.
Hi , my Prius gen3 poped an error check hybrid system, I tried checking if the fan works by putting a paper on the inlet ( my Prius had no filter behind it) I felt no suction and do not hear the fan spin ) is the fan suppose to be always working when the car is started ? Even if one of the hv battery modules is faulty ? I'm asking to understand if I have found the problem which is that the fan no working so the battery down for safety.
I’m grateful for the tips but you tossing those $100+ plastic pieces is pissing me off Lmao! I literally replaced those plastic pieces from my last car accident and I’m surprised how expensive they can be from your local Toyota dealership 😅
So I actually don’t have a filter in the beginning but the seat, I cleaned it all out but I’m concerned as I’ve had this for 4 years and have a dog. I didn’t see any dog hair in it. Could it have blown through the whole tube to the battery?
I see in the American model, the air exhaust of the battery is directly to the reserve wheel.. in EU Model it's going outside of the car.. can someone agree? It is known the strange smell is in EU cars coming from the battery, is it the case for the us too?
Note: I was in a rush looking for a different video, so sorry if he already said this: If you only need to maintain the filter, just lift the plastic trim that hides the filter (careful: don't break the clip), or you can even get this outside fitting filter (G92DH-47010) to prevent having to reach in the awkward position.
Good tutorial, but worst presentation. If i had to go to a mechanic, i never come to you. You almost broke some parts. You use brute force, instead of brain in some cases.
Hi I have a 2007 Toyota Prius and and three lights came on it the triangle with the exclamation point the check engine light and on the screen there's a little car with the exclamation point on it so when I go out in the to do the check system it says check audio I don't know what to do I know the AC is not blowing out cool anymore either because of that
One question I have is I live in Arizona it's hot is it bettery to Run the A/c unit to keep my Battery's cool or have the windows down to get better milage
There is another video on youtube that shows a simpler way of doing this......look around it will save you time and heartbreak......no need to go through the back.....pull up and out from the top of the filter screen panel.....remove and clean from the rear seat area.
Hey guy. I have a 09 Toyota Prius I try to replace the ABS module and why ABS was making noise the unit's ABS noise was when I walked up to the car and can hear the pump running. Oh, sometimes I have brakes it's hard to stop the car & No emergency park brakes. So I find an ABS module on E-bay used ABS MODULE it has a hairline crack on the bottom that calls for a computer. So I put the old ABS module back in the car. How can I check the brake lines connect to ABS module look for links without taking the fucking car apart again. Oh I do like your video on TH-cam & keep up the good work & put more video on here too I'm calling from Houston TX
I just bought a used Prius. Should I wait for the fault.. or take the proactive approach? I used Torque check pro and My battery voltage is fluctuating between 14 to 16.5 - I think at 13 the gas engine turns on to charge it back up.
Junk Torque Pro and install Dr. Prius. Dr. Prius will graph the voltage and show you which modules have high Internal Resistance. IR is much more important than voltage in determining bad modules. Using voltage and creating load is torture. IR is the ticket for diagnosing the battery.
Hey guys need help! I have a 2011 with 230k miles and the check hybrid system light came on about a week ago. I reset the light by unplugging the orange pin from the hybrid battery and main and the white wire from the fuse box (I think that’s the main power?) left it that way for 10 minutes and put it all back and worked fine for about 500 miles. Then it came back again and did the same thing but this time only went 10-15 miles before message came back on and after a few more times I didn’t unplug the 2 things and drove with it and every 10-15 miles or so, the message would turn on and off. Once the message appears, The car will only use the hybrid battery to move the car and won’t turn the engine on but I figured out when it happens, I turn off the car, leave it off for about 30 seconds and after I turn the car on and press the power mode, I can use the engine power to drive but the message, CEL and occasionally the temp gauge light will flash. It happens every time I start to drive around about 10-15 miles. So yesterday, I took out the blowing fan motor from the hv and thoroughly cleaned it which was pretty clogged (never cleaned before) thinking the battery wasn’t getting the air causing the problem, and it drove about 25 miles then the problem persisted. I thought it might be a broken fan but I hear and see the fan running so that’s not it. Any ideas about what it can be? Can it be that the fan isn’t working properly? Could it also be the 12v battery not providing enough power? It’s never been changed since I bought it new and noticed a few things failing like the power mirrors, windshield wipers not working on the first 2 settings but works for the fastest and the headlights seem to be dimmer. Also, at times when I start the car whether it’s a cold start or in and out, the whirring at the beginning is louder and the HUD lights take awhile to fully display... any advice would be appreciated as I do deliveries for work and need my car working but don’t have the money to buy a new car or a new hybrid battery for that matter.. 😞 I will try to get a code for when the CEL and message come back on again and post. Thanks in advance guys.
@@ophrasbankaccount7716 hey, so yea it was the hybrid battery. When certain cells go bad, they have to replace the whole unit. Luckily, now there are plenty of places that do hybrid battery restorations. I got mine done in a very reputable place and it’s been running like new all for $1600 out the door. Where are you located?
@@mikelee581 Bay Area. did you end up buying a new battery pack, refurbished, or swapped out the bad cells? curious bcs i got 270K on mine and well its a matter of time (knocking on wood)
@@ophrasbankaccount7716 oh I’m in NY. Wanted to recommend you to the place where I went to. It was a refurbished unit. A new one costs about 49-50% higher and if you have that many miles on the car,(nearly exact to mine when I got it done) then it’s just fine to go with a refurbished unit from a reputable place. But man, ithas been a huuuge headache off once I got it done. These things if even minimally maintained are beastly work mules. I love it.
@@JaboTheMechanic thanks! I changed our 12v battery the other day on our 2014 prius 55k and decide to go ahead and clean the HV battery fan and duct. It was all pretty clean on ours. We do not have pets and I don't think the original owner had pets either.
@@ggr1847 That sounds like a wonderful way to make sure the filter is not overlooked. In my 18 years of Prius ownership by far the most common failure I have seen, unless you count tires and wiper blades, is the 12V battery. I have had enough trouble that I bought a cheapo Harbor Freight load tester and test the 12V battery annually.
@@JaboTheMechanic what? Five questions up you told STEELERTHUG that this Prius you're working on here is 2014 and here you say 2010, wtf, what year is the Prius in your above video? Lots of people have asked this question.
Thanks for the video, but there is a much easier way to access the filter and its from inside the cabin, next to the seat push the vent cover up and snap out the cover and see the filter. ( NO NEED TO TAKE OUT BACK PANEL FOR 2010-2015 MODELS)
That's what I thought. Takin all those parts off seems unnecessary.
I hope so my light came on and im so nervous its something really major@@marblox9300
Dude. You really needed to pull the orange plug to disengage the hybrid system before messing with electronics. In the future just know that you are playing with life and death if you don’t remove it before messing with electronics.
I didn’t have to take off 80% of what this guy did just skip to 6:23 and that’s all you have to do
he admitted that he thought fan was to the right wall ( 2nd generation priuses ) otherwise he wouldnt.
There are 4 GENERATIONS of PRIUS.....Which GENERATION does this video refer to? Please add it to the title of the video.
You can actually clean the filter shown at 6:29 without taking any of that stuff apart. Do it from inside the car with a 13mm socket and extension. Push the seat cushion down to access and remove the 13mm bolt. Lift back the filter cover a bit then remove all the hair, lint, etc. Takes less than five minutes.
hi, can you make a video how to do that?
Yes i can
I just watched that method on another video. My fan is clean but the filter is a mess.
You just saved me a buuuuunch of time mate! Thanks for your input!
Even simpler method, not tools required (I do not have a Prius so not tried it!!) th-cam.com/video/skSoXGcNpS4/w-d-xo.html
This was helpful. This applies to a 2014 Prius. No need to remove the motor because this model has the filter that he cleaned. Because of this filter, the fan mother will not be dirty. Once you remove the vent that goes from the filter to the fan, you can look inside the fan to see if it is dirty. Mine had no dust or dirt since the filter blocked it all.
Thanks for your education.
I recognize you wanted to show the most professional version of the repair…but you can vacuum that part by just pulling the plastic back on the passenger side back seat…it’s really a 30 second job. Either way…I don’t hate seeing how everything comes apart…but I imagine some will be intimidated bu that repair by all the unscrewing…when in reality, pulling a plastic piece back and using a vacuum worked for me.
Would this work for all prius? Or what year you think this will be possible? To pull the plastic piece and Vacuum.
I like quick jobs. I don’t like opening plastic pieces. You break stuff like that.
dont even try to do it
So what if it was disgusting and you took it apart and cleaned it and unplug the aux battery and it still reads that error code? Does that mean the fan is broke?
Most of the time you dont have to remove the fan , just clean the screen or filter .
Hi! Thanks so much for the tutorial. I will say that I got to the part where you take out the fan before you remove the part with the filter, and I lost a bit of confidence because, well, I don’t usually work on cars. After the side panel was off, I could slightly access the filter itself by dislodging that black part with the filter attached a little, enough to stick my hand in and pull out some of the lint and hair and dust. When this happened, I realized I could go in through the vent in the back seat with a small water bottle cleaning brush, loosen up the junk in the filter and then vacuum it out through that vent. So for anyone with few tools and fear of killing your Prius, this is a quick fix. I had already peaked in at the fan to see it was not dirty.
It may be helpful if you put on the description what type of Prius you're working on thank you for the trouble you went through anyhow
Thanks for the video! To erase the message after, I disconnected the auxiliary 12V positive only, for 1 minute and 30 seconds, and then unlock then lock the Orange switch and on the back, and that got the message erased. Saved me $140 from taking it to the dealer to erase the message. Just thought I’d save your viewers money.
What orange switch are you referring to? Thank you
Can u do a video on that!
Lol I literally watched this video and checked my 3rd gen 2010 and I dont have either layer of filter 😅 dam now wonder why im getting 30mpg
I have no idea why this service is not in the maintenance schedule.
The filter in my 120K mile 2014 Prius looked just like the one in this video - a couple of spots of the screen showing. I was able to clean it from the front by loosening the dog hair with a wooden stick (the butt end of a wooden skewer) and holding a shop vac nozzle against the grill to scavenge the hair. It took about 5 minutes after I got things set up.
I'd probably remove the hybrid battery safety plug before working around there, just in case.
For a simple small tool you almost brook the whole car!
l would break every snap off part, lose half the the bolts, forget how things went back together, and bloody up my knuckles to boot. l do admire people with mechanical skills though, and knock on wood, my beat up 2011 Prius still runs rather well.
thanks, i may do this someday
Awesome, thanks. can the language be changed on a 2002 Prius?
Mine is a prius 2015 v, the vent is under the back seat, trying but cat get it out...=/
I want to tell you thank you so much for the video I disconnect the battery for five minutes and everything back to normal thank you so so much👍😀
Anybody experience not having a filter there at all?
I cleaned it6 month ago and it happened again. What do you recommend to do?
how to fish out my air flow hose that goes to my aux battery in the trunk, thank you?
Hi , my Prius gen3 poped an error check hybrid system, I tried checking if the fan works by putting a paper on the inlet ( my Prius had no filter behind it) I felt no suction and do not hear the fan spin ) is the fan suppose to be always working when the car is started ? Even if one of the hv battery modules is faulty ? I'm asking to understand if I have found the problem which is that the fan no working so the battery down for safety.
You’re the only one o found that indicated how to reset after cleaning the filter! Thank you!
Does this works for a priusV 2015?
is this the same on a 2009 prius?
I’m grateful for the tips but you tossing those $100+ plastic pieces is pissing me off Lmao! I literally replaced those plastic pieces from my last car accident and I’m surprised how expensive they can be from your local Toyota dealership 😅
Lol this is Alot of chances to make a Mistake here
The pace and energy in the speaker's voice is easy to listen to and that helps with understanding new things.
So I actually don’t have a filter in the beginning but the seat, I cleaned it all out but I’m concerned as I’ve had this for 4 years and have a dog. I didn’t see any dog hair in it. Could it have blown through the whole tube to the battery?
I see in the American model, the air exhaust of the battery is directly to the reserve wheel.. in EU Model it's going outside of the car.. can someone agree? It is known the strange smell is in EU cars coming from the battery, is it the case for the us too?
Note: I was in a rush looking for a different video, so sorry if he already said this:
If you only need to maintain the filter, just lift the plastic trim that hides the filter (careful: don't break the clip), or you can even get this outside fitting filter (G92DH-47010) to prevent having to reach in the awkward position.
Good tutorial, but worst presentation. If i had to go to a mechanic, i never come to you. You almost broke some parts. You use brute force, instead of brain in some cases.
Hi I have a 2007 Toyota Prius and and three lights came on it the triangle with the exclamation point the check engine light and on the screen there's a little car with the exclamation point on it so when I go out in the to do the check system it says check audio I don't know what to do I know the AC is not blowing out cool anymore either because of that
One question I have is I live in Arizona it's hot is it bettery to Run the A/c unit to keep my Battery's cool or have the windows down to get better milage
Now I can't get the filter housing back in place!
Just left the Toyota dealer and they brutally raped me and charged me $535 to do this.
There is another video on youtube that shows a simpler way of doing this......look around it will save you time and heartbreak......no need to go through the back.....pull up and out from the top of the filter screen panel.....remove and clean from the rear seat area.
Thx 🙏
All that trouble to clean that filter. I reach it, clean it, and put it back in 2 minutes through the back seat.
Good morning, how are you?
I am an automotive specialist in Brazil!
Great video, congratulations, keep it up!
looks like that guy was making marshmallow with dog hair over there.
Thank you brother, I got the dash sign to go away and got the fan clean
Saved. Great video. I used to hear my high voltage battery I don't anymore. At what temperature does the cooling fan come on?
🙏🏼
Thanks for posting this helpful video, it worked for me!👍🏼
Totally thanks I go and do it tomorrow and I comment later how everything works
dude you look like L Suárez 😅
Thanks so much Friend, very helpful,
Glad it helped
Oof
This guy doesnt know what hes doing !!
Thank you so much for the detailed video
👍👍🙏🙏
Glad it helped
What tools are needed and what are the links to buy the replacement fan?
Clear as mud.
This is an awesome video! Thanks for posting!
Forgot the screen
nice vid thanks
Thanks it's hellpfull bro keep it up 👍
This video helped so much thank you! Now just have to reprogram
Glad it helped
Hey guy. I have a 09 Toyota Prius I try to replace the ABS module and why ABS was making noise the unit's ABS noise was when I walked up to the car and can hear the pump running. Oh, sometimes I have brakes it's hard to stop the car & No emergency park brakes. So I find an ABS module on E-bay used ABS MODULE it has a hairline crack on the bottom that calls for a computer. So I put the old ABS module back in the car. How can I check the brake lines connect to ABS module look for links without taking the fucking car apart again.
Oh I do like your video on TH-cam & keep up the good work & put more video on here too
I'm calling from Houston TX
thank you for sharing. What Prius model are you working on?
I have the same question!
Is there a connection to the engine heat engine
That lights up after a long faction?
Thank you
very good your video for me is a little difficult since I am a woman can you do it for me. how much you charge?
Where are you located?
Looks EZ gonna try it tomorrow
Your an angel thanks!
Interesting
my hyundai sonata hybrid is simular
Thank yuo
Thank u
Very helpful info on the Prius. Thanks
Glad it helped!
Great video!
Do you think we have to remove back seats as well?
no, apparantly there is an easier way to do this without going through the trunk. Take a look at the responses above.
The fan work, what do you think if I just clean filter on back sit inside ?
Yeah you can clean it and wash it than dry it
I appreciate that, thank you Sir.
I just bought a used Prius. Should I wait for the fault.. or take the proactive approach? I used Torque check pro and My battery voltage is fluctuating between 14 to 16.5 -
I think at 13 the gas engine turns on to charge it back up.
Yeah that is normal for the pruis. As long as the charge is within specification during idle
Junk Torque Pro and install Dr. Prius. Dr. Prius will graph the voltage and show you which modules have high Internal Resistance. IR is much more important than voltage in determining bad modules. Using voltage and creating load is torture. IR is the ticket for diagnosing the battery.
@@amazoidal what is ir?
thanks homie
Is this like this on prius c 2012 also
I believe so
Was that the customer crying
Lol no
I BOUGHT HONDA FIT HYBRID 2013 GP5 HE IS NOT GOING ON EV MODE PLS CAN U TELL ME REASONS
Is there any check engine light on the dashboard
@@JaboTheMechanic nahi sir no check lite
thank you
Great video.
lol, to reach that filter you simply lift up on the panel next to the passenger side door. You don't have to remove anything that you removed.
Yeah I know.
@@JaboTheMechanic then you should probably edit or delete this video because you'll have people pulling their whole car apart for no reason...
Is this panel underneath the passenger seat?
@@shining-piece-e4934 nope
Hey guys need help! I have a 2011 with 230k miles and the check hybrid system light came on about a week ago. I reset the light by unplugging the orange pin from the hybrid battery and main and the white wire from the fuse box (I think that’s the main power?) left it that way for 10 minutes and put it all back and worked fine for about 500 miles. Then it came back again and did the same thing but this time only went 10-15 miles before message came back on and after a few more times I didn’t unplug the 2 things and drove with it and every 10-15 miles or so, the message would turn on and off.
Once the message appears, The car will only use the hybrid battery to move the car and won’t turn the engine on but I figured out when it happens, I turn off the car, leave it off for about 30 seconds and after I turn the car on and press the power mode, I can use the engine power to drive but the message, CEL and occasionally the temp gauge light will flash. It happens every time I start to drive around about 10-15 miles.
So yesterday, I took out the blowing fan motor from the hv and thoroughly cleaned it which was pretty clogged (never cleaned before) thinking the battery wasn’t getting the air causing the problem, and it drove about 25 miles then the problem persisted. I thought it might be a broken fan but I hear and see the fan running so that’s not it.
Any ideas about what it can be? Can it be that the fan isn’t working properly?
Could it also be the 12v battery not providing enough power? It’s never been changed since I bought
it new and noticed a few things failing like the power mirrors, windshield wipers not working on the first 2 settings but works for the fastest and the headlights seem to be dimmer.
Also, at times when I start the car whether it’s a cold start or in and out, the whirring at the beginning is louder and the HUD lights take awhile to fully display...
any advice would be appreciated as I do deliveries for work and need my car working but don’t have the money to buy a new car or a new hybrid battery for that matter.. 😞
I will try to get a code for when the CEL and message come back on again and post. Thanks in advance guys.
Hi, just curious how did you end up fixing your problem?
@@ophrasbankaccount7716 hey, so yea it was the hybrid battery. When certain cells go bad, they have to replace the whole unit. Luckily, now there are plenty of places that do hybrid battery restorations. I got mine done in a very reputable place and it’s been running like new all for $1600 out the door. Where are you located?
@@mikelee581 Bay Area. did you end up buying a new battery pack, refurbished, or swapped out the bad cells? curious bcs i got 270K on mine and well its a matter of time (knocking on wood)
@@ophrasbankaccount7716 oh I’m in NY. Wanted to recommend you to the place where I went to. It was a refurbished unit. A new one costs about 49-50% higher and if you have that many miles on the car,(nearly exact to mine when I got it done) then it’s just fine to go with a refurbished unit from a reputable place. But man, ithas been a huuuge headache off once I got it done. These things if even minimally maintained are beastly work mules. I love it.
Sorry exact to my mileage now. I have 272k now so 42k without even a stutter step.
Did it make noise and engine lights were on?
Yes
Thanks for your information. Do you think that by cleaning the fan would clear code P0A80 on my 2010 Prius?
No. Sorry that's a battery issue
@@JaboTheMechanic Do you know how to fix it?
Rebuild the battery or replace it
@@JaboTheMechanic Do you know how to do it?
Not cleaning the motor and duct is usually the cause of why that goes bad.
Great video! How often would you recommend cleaning this for someone without pets?
Once every 2-4 years
@@JaboTheMechanic thanks! I changed our 12v battery the other day on our 2014 prius 55k and decide to go ahead and clean the HV battery fan and duct. It was all pretty clean on ours. We do not have pets and I don't think the original owner had pets either.
Thats great.
@@ggr1847 That sounds like a wonderful way to make sure the filter is not overlooked. In my 18 years of Prius ownership by far the most common failure I have seen, unless you count tires and wiper blades, is the 12V battery. I have had enough trouble that I bought a cheapo Harbor Freight load tester and test the 12V battery annually.
Thank you so much it made it so easy
Glad it helped!
What year prius was it ?
2010
@@JaboTheMechanic what? Five questions up you told STEELERTHUG that this Prius you're working on here is 2014 and here you say 2010, wtf, what year is the Prius in your above video? Lots of people have asked this question.
What year is that Prius? And what years does that work with
This is 2014. Same 2010-2015 but the other gens are slightly different
Ok cool, thanks for the info
No problem anytime!
Is it same for Prius c hatchback?
Should be a little bit similar
Hahahahaha this was so funny I thought he will pull The Whole car apart to get to the filter in front of passenger seat! 😂
The Hell with buying Hybrid and going through All That Shit that he says!!!!
Wow... I think that could have been the first time he's done that...