If I remember, there's a bolt at the bottom of that cover you need to take out (10mm?) in order to remove the cover completely. There are also two versions of that filter screen. One mounts on the outside of the trim cover and one, like yours, is on the inside. I recommend getting one that snaps onto the outside of the vent so you don't have to do all that. All you would have to do would be to unsnap the screen and clean it.
I just cleaned mine is was packed with dirt. Thank you sir for the video! I will post an update when the message clears how many miles I put on during that time.
So I drove my car over 60 miles today and the error still didn’t clear. I saw in another video to just disconnect one of the leads of the battery. I did that. and let it sit for five minutes. I hooked the battery back up and the error message cleared. 0$ fix instead of hundreds of dollars if not more.
@@Mohsinshaikh-m4s The error message did not clear immediately for me as well. I'm not sure if it was 1 hour or 2 or 3. I just recall seeing the error cleared out later that day and has not returned since.
If you screw your gas cap on wrong, and it creates an error, it takes two days for that to clear as well. Just FYI. I did this once, went to the dealer and they told me to remove it and put it back on correctly and just wait 2 days. It went away. It was a 2015 Prius C.
James Holmos? with a vacuum and a straw I was able to clean the vent without having to remove the whole vent. I still have the sign on. it has been a week and the sign still on. Thank you
Well, there is a 10mm bolt at the bottom right corner of the trim. You almost broke yours. The filter comes out for cleaning. The way you did it, you pushed some of the dust in to the air canal. But, still. Good video. A lot of people are not aware of the filter maintenance.
@@KasraOskuie I’ll take a look at the 10 mm bolt. That’s said, no one ever mentioned this filter maintenance to me. I simply got blindsided with this message.
@@technologistonthego2377 Oh bother. I hope I didn't offend you. Same thing happened to me too. Except it cost me $850 to clean the filter, the fan and changed the inverter and water coolant pumps. A lot of people are oblivious to it. Nobody tells them when they purchase a Prius. The bolt is under and between the trim and the seat. You almost broke the bracket where the bolt goes through. Also, you don't want to get more dust inside of the canal. You may want to watch a few videos and clean your canal and the fan as well. I figured since a lot of people are watching your videos, we get the correct info to them. Nothing personal. I enjoyed watching it. You seem like a very nice kind man yourself. I have two Priuses myself and after paying that $850, I found out how easy it is to do some of these maintenance myself. I just replaced my coolant pump to the engine, Thermostat, Cooler pump to the inverter and electronics, PCV valve, EGR valve, Coolant temperature sensor, and cleaned my air intake manifold and cleaned my EGR cooler. At all cost me lest than $400 including some tools I needed. It took me about 7 days since I work and Hot weather. But, saved thousands. It's rather simple. Anyways, forgive me if I offended you in anyway. God bless
@@KasraOskuie No, you did not offend me. No one person knows everything, and pointing out additional facts will be benefit to everyone, including myself.
A filter like this should be easily accessed to be cleaned. This is another one of those stupid gimmicks that the car manufacturers use to get you to go back to the car dealer. I'm not saying the filter doesn't need to be cleaned it obviously does, but it should be easily accessed by the consumer. What will they be doing next hiding the engine air filter behind a bunch of panels so that the consumer can't change it too?
I feel the exact same way about the head gasket. It’s a flimsy $40 piece of plastic. There ought to be a way to replace that without incurring such expensive labor and parts. You would think there would be a way to notify the person it needs replacement much like they do with the oil change, coolant level, etc.
Your point is good. It should be a regular habit that, when vacuuming the car, run it over that filter to keep it clear in a spirit of the "ounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of cure" type thing.
Rather than express an opinion based in zero experience, it may be time to see the dealer. My concern is that hair and other things have clogged the vent.
That is so scary to watch you don't take the bottom off there's a bowls on the bottom of their underneath the seat you don't have to take that off you just pull it back and pull out the filter
I not I was clear as to how long it took for the message to clear from my car. True that had been different for others. One person had to reset power from the hybrid pack (easy enough to do). I am by no means a mechanic.
That is definitely worrisome as this error is caused by the vent getting clogged. If your Prius has no filter, but generated this error, the clog is further inside. I wonder if a vacuum with a narrow flex hose might be able to pull up whatever is clogging up the vent. However, this may be a job for the dealership.
Thank you so much, 10 minutes and my filter was clean and ready to go. Now we will see how long it takes for the message to go away.
Hey! How long did it take??
If I remember, there's a bolt at the bottom of that cover you need to take out (10mm?) in order to remove the cover completely. There are also two versions of that filter screen. One mounts on the outside of the trim cover and one, like yours, is on the inside. I recommend getting one that snaps onto the outside of the vent so you don't have to do all that. All you would have to do would be to unsnap the screen and clean it.
Good Job! Thank you for inspiring all the people out there to fix things them selves!!!
I really appreciate the kind words.
Thanks for this...I had no idea to check the filter so thanks again
You're very welcome
I just cleaned mine is was packed with dirt. Thank you sir for the video! I will post an update when the message clears how many miles I put on during that time.
It’s a 2015 Prius
So I drove my car over 60 miles today and the error still didn’t clear. I saw in another video to just disconnect one of the leads of the battery. I did that. and let it sit for five minutes. I hooked the battery back up and the error message cleared. 0$ fix instead of hundreds of dollars if not more.
No doubt you saved hundreds of dollars. Also, no doubt they wouldn’t tell you how easy of a fix it was either.
Where did you read to disconnect one of the battery leads ?
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Thank you. It took me only few minutes to clean the filter.
Has the error message cleared out?
Error message did not clear automatically, I had to use OBD scanner to clear it. Message has not appeared again since then.
@@Mohsinshaikh-m4s The error message did not clear immediately for me as well. I'm not sure if it was 1 hour or 2 or 3. I just recall seeing the error cleared out later that day and has not returned since.
Wow!!! Thank you for making this video!!!! Totally fixed the error.
Yo this video was amazing. Cleaned my screen in less then 10 minutes.
If you screw your gas cap on wrong, and it creates an error, it takes two days for that to clear as well. Just FYI. I did this once, went to the dealer and they told me to remove it and put it back on correctly and just wait 2 days. It went away. It was a 2015 Prius C.
Thank you for the video and telling how long it took to clear.
You're very welcome.
James Holmos? with a vacuum and a straw I was able to clean the vent without having to remove the whole vent. I still have the sign on. it has been a week and the sign still on. Thank you
Well, there is a 10mm bolt at the bottom right corner of the trim. You almost broke yours. The filter comes out for cleaning. The way you did it, you pushed some of the dust in to the air canal. But, still. Good video. A lot of people are not aware of the filter maintenance.
@@KasraOskuie I’ll take a look at the 10 mm bolt. That’s said, no one ever mentioned this filter maintenance to me. I simply got blindsided with this message.
@@technologistonthego2377 Oh bother. I hope I didn't offend you. Same thing happened to me too. Except it cost me $850 to clean the filter, the fan and changed the inverter and water coolant pumps. A lot of people are oblivious to it. Nobody tells them when they purchase a Prius. The bolt is under and between the trim and the seat. You almost broke the bracket where the bolt goes through. Also, you don't want to get more dust inside of the canal. You may want to watch a few videos and clean your canal and the fan as well. I figured since a lot of people are watching your videos, we get the correct info to them. Nothing personal. I enjoyed watching it. You seem like a very nice kind man yourself.
I have two Priuses myself and after paying that $850, I found out how easy it is to do some of these maintenance myself. I just replaced my coolant pump to the engine, Thermostat, Cooler pump to the inverter and electronics, PCV valve, EGR valve, Coolant temperature sensor, and cleaned my air intake manifold and cleaned my EGR cooler. At all cost me lest than $400 including some tools I needed. It took me about 7 days since I work and Hot weather. But, saved thousands. It's rather simple. Anyways, forgive me if I offended you in anyway. God bless
@@KasraOskuie No, you did not offend me. No one person knows everything, and pointing out additional facts will be benefit to everyone, including myself.
Thank you before my wife throws the whole car away let me get that cleaned
Thank you my man, you are a good man,
A filter like this should be easily accessed to be cleaned. This is another one of those stupid gimmicks that the car manufacturers use to get you to go back to the car dealer. I'm not saying the filter doesn't need to be cleaned it obviously does, but it should be easily accessed by the consumer. What will they be doing next hiding the engine air filter behind a bunch of panels so that the consumer can't change it too?
I feel the exact same way about the head gasket. It’s a flimsy $40 piece of plastic. There ought to be a way to replace that without incurring such expensive labor and parts. You would think there would be a way to notify the person it needs replacement much like they do with the oil change, coolant level, etc.
I have 2009 gen3 and this filter came 2012 to gen3 facelift i think. I would try strong vacuumcleaner beforeremoving any part😅
Your point is good. It should be a regular habit that, when vacuuming the car, run it over that filter to keep it clear in a spirit of the "ounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of cure" type thing.
Anybody experience not having a filter there? What do you do then?
Look to get the “Battery Cooling Intake filter” for your model Prius. They sell on eBay affordably, but you can get it from the dealer also.
What if you don’t have a filter? I opened mine up and there was nothing in there?
Rather than express an opinion based in zero experience, it may be time to see the dealer. My concern is that hair and other things have clogged the vent.
That is so scary to watch you don't take the bottom off there's a bowls on the bottom of their underneath the seat you don't have to take that off you just pull it back and pull out the filter
The message doesn't clear itself
I get what you are saying. It's all in the timing. Even I have to watch my own video several times to get it right.
anyone can say how long it takes for message to go away after cleaning filter
I not I was clear as to how long it took for the message to clear from my car. True that had been different for others. One person had to reset power from the hybrid pack (easy enough to do).
I am by no means a mechanic.
@@technologistonthego2377 Me neither I am scared mechanic will take advantage of me
My message hasnt cleared. I did it 2 days ago.
What year Prius do you own?
Thank you
I opened this and thought I don’t have any dirt until I realized it didn’t even have a freaking filter…
That is definitely worrisome as this error is caused by the vent getting clogged. If your Prius has no filter, but generated this error, the clog is further inside. I wonder if a vacuum with a narrow flex hose might be able to pull up whatever is clogging up the vent. However, this may be a job for the dealership.
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9am then it changes to 4:30 pm. Hmmm 🤔
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