2004 Prius, about 7K miles. About 5 minutes after leaving work, a bunch of dash lights came on, and acceleration was lost. Coasted to the side of the road. Couldn't even turn the power off. Nothing happened when I pressed the accelerator.
Gas tank was full. Sorry I can't remember the exact lights that came on. Plus the upper left of the navigation screen had some red display symbol.
Called AAA (if this ever happens to you, call the Toyota Roadside Assistance thing, I never even thought of that, duh...).
While waiting the 45 min. or so for the tow guy, I tried starting again, and it started up. Seemed to be able to drive, but I didn't want to take the risk. At least I could sit there with the A/C on and not melt. I was actually able to drive it up on the flatbed towtruck. All those warning lights were still on.
Got to the dealer. Backed the car off the truck and into a space, dash warning lights were still on. Turned it off. A mechanic happened by, asked what's up, I told him, he said "do you have gas" and I said yeah, I just filled it up a couple days ago, here let me show you. I turned it on, and voila no crazy dash lights show up! WTF! He says the computer stores all that info, though.
I'll give an update when they tell me what happened.
Of course, I got there past 7pm, and there were no rental cars left.... what a pain.
Trying not to get too upset about this....
Gas tank was full. Sorry I can't remember the exact lights that came on. Plus the upper left of the navigation screen had some red display symbol.
Called AAA (if this ever happens to you, call the Toyota Roadside Assistance thing, I never even thought of that, duh...).
While waiting the 45 min. or so for the tow guy, I tried starting again, and it started up. Seemed to be able to drive, but I didn't want to take the risk. At least I could sit there with the A/C on and not melt. I was actually able to drive it up on the flatbed towtruck. All those warning lights were still on.
Got to the dealer. Backed the car off the truck and into a space, dash warning lights were still on. Turned it off. A mechanic happened by, asked what's up, I told him, he said "do you have gas" and I said yeah, I just filled it up a couple days ago, here let me show you. I turned it on, and voila no crazy dash lights show up! WTF! He says the computer stores all that info, though.
I'll give an update when they tell me what happened.
Of course, I got there past 7pm, and there were no rental cars left.... what a pain.
Trying not to get too upset about this....