Prius (Gen 3) Fuel :: Engine Starts Up And Runs For About 4 Minutes

My Prius waste gas by always starting the engine. Even with the battery indicator at full charge. Every time the Prius is shut down, like leaving the car to go into the store for 3 minutes or more or backing Prius out of garage, the engine starts up and runs for about 4 minutes, regardless of being fully charge or not.

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Prius (2010-12) :: Engine Starts Up For Few Seconds Then Shuts Off

How do you warm up? I turn it on and it might start the engine for a few seconds then shut off... How do I know it's ready and warm?

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Prius (2010-12) :: Rough Engine Starts Frequently?

The first part of diagnosis is to understand how frequently this happens and hopefully find any reproducible patterns. This is an open poll running to the end of October.

ZVW30 - 1.8L Prius...

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Prius (Gen 3) :: 2010 Engine Starts To Shake, P3191 Appears

I have a Prius 2010, 4 years old with 144.000 km.

The last 3 night we had temp. below freezing point. So every time I started my Prius up at the morning, the engine starts to shake violent, and then automatically shut off the engine with a message on the screen "Check Hybrid System". So after several times I restart the car, it runs normally, still with the message on. The temperature outside was -1 degree Celsius.

So I used my OBD to pick up the codes, which says P3191 - Unknown Error.

What does this error mean at what could cause this problem?

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Prius (2010-12) Fuel :: When Heater Is On Engine Won't Turn Off

I have not had my prius in winter yet so running the heater is new. I am noticing the engine will turn off when warned up as in summer if the heater is off. You turn the heater on and boom engine kicks on. Which of course kills my mileage and it's frustrating. Is it supposed to do this or is something wrong with my prius?

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Prius (2010-12) :: When Braking Engine Would Sound And MPG Indicates Fuel Consumption

Yesterday we were on a 10 hour trip and the engine was acting oddly; when braking, the engine sounded just like the engine brake, but the MPG indicated that it was consuming fuel (engine brake does not consume fuel). When braking, the engine would sound, and the MPG indicator indicates fuel consumption, it would go down to 50, with the heavier braking, like when stopping... then at a certain point it would suddenly stop

It seemed to happen most times but not always. This issue didn't happen before.

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Prius (2010-12) Fuel :: How To Do A Steep Uphill When Engine Is Cold

The road my house is on is a steep hill. In the morning when I first start the car I have two choices. I can jump right on the hill and start climbing. Or I can drive down the hill and do a little quarter mile loop before I start climbing the steep hill. Which approach is best? Or is there a better way to handle this?

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Prius (2010-12) :: Check Engine Light Comes On - Air / Fuel Sensor

Just picked up a Toyota certified 2010 Prius III....less than a week later, the check engine light comes on. Took it right back to the dealer...in which they said its the air/fuel sensor. Toyota warranty services was closed, so they need to check tomorrow if its covered by the remaining warranty or not.

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Prius (2010-12) :: Check Engine Light Still On After Checking Fuel Cap

I have a 2010 with 4000. miles on it. Check engine light came on. After reading everything I went and checked my fuel cap and yes it was not on. Now the ce light is still on. What next, do I wait and worry or go to the dealer. ??

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Prius (Gen 2) Fuel :: 2006 Starts And Dies After 15 Seconds

2006 ... HV battery changed over 4 months ago and car ran fine until last week when the car just stopped and won't get ready. Before that incident, the vehicle was running fine all day, while he was returning from the days chores in the evening, it just stopped, dashboard all lit up. After a while, the car started again, and he was able to move it away to the side of the road...just about 2 meters and it stopped again.

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Prius C :: How Much Fuel Left When Warning Starts Blinking

How much fuel is left in the tank when the fuel gauge reads 1 bar? How much fuel is left in the tank when the low fuel warning starts blinking?

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Prius (Gen 3) Fuel :: After Filling 9 Gallons - Gas Pump Nozzle Starts To Clicks Off

My 2013 Prius fills with approx 10.5 Gallons, but around 9 gallons the gas pump nozzle starts to clicks off every 10 cents. Is this normal?

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Prius (2010-12) Fuel :: High Temps Dropping Fuel Economy?

While most of the emphasis I've seen on improving fuel economy seems to focus on warming the car up quickly in cool/cold weather, I seem to be experiencing significant mpg drops at the other end of the spectrum.

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Prius (2010-12) Fuel :: Single Cell Displayed In The Fuel Display

I am new to the prius 2010.

I filled up last week and I noticed that as soon as a single cell display in the fuel display part has some empty section like 3/4 fuel(single cell) the next day or after that that whole cell disappears without it showing that single cell as being empty.

Around which fuel cell, when displayed, is it important and recommended to fill up gas again, with one cell remaining or two etc.

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Prius (2010-12) Fuel :: High Fuel Consumption While Coasting With Charge Available?

When I go out to do errands around town (I live right in town) I get horrendous gas mileage. Now, I understand gas mileage is high at the beginning of a trip, but for this long and this high and under these circumstances? I'm getting ABOVE 10l/100km when I have 80% charge available (for americans, that's disgustingly high MPG like, pick-up truck high), AND my foot is completely off the gas. Literally, coasting, or braking, and I'm still sucking up gas. What the heck?

Is this just because it takes a certain amount of time for the engine to run no matter what or something? I still don't see any reason for me to be eating up all that gas when my foot isn't even on the gas AND most importantly, I have charge available. Feels pointless for me to use my car for what I use it for 70% of the time, which is for quick errands around town at low speeds. Thought the prius was suppose to be a superstar for this kind of thing.

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Ford 6.0L Power Stroke Diesel :: 2003 - When Engine Get Warm It Starts To Smoke Unburnt Fuel

I have a may 2003 6.0l f350 4x4 ,autoenginuity scanner, recently bought the truck starts fine and idles well then when engine get warm it starts to smoke unburnt fuel (white) volume of fuel desired on scanner goes from about 14 mm~3 to 27mm~3 and starts to run rough if you depress the acellerator the motor smooths out and the fuel desired goes down. No coolant smell. egr cooler removed ,oil cooler replaced, exhaust back pressure sensor and tube cleaned .ebp sensor koeo 14.2, eo 17 but jumped to 54.0 when map was at 17, bp 31.20 .... The AE is new to me Also found a superchip tuner under the back seat ...

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Prius (2010-12) Fuel :: One Bar Flashing Fuel Light

So my fuel light started blinking after 480 miles. How much more can I drive it? The display shows 30 miles left before fill up but I read in the manual that when the fuel light starts blinking there is 1.6 gallons left so should that be like 75 miles left. Just wondering. To be on the safe side, I went to fill up.

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Prius (2010-12) Fuel :: Bars On The Fuel Gauge?

I was heading to the gas station with one bar on the fuel gauge. When I got there to fill up I had two bars, same Miles To Empty (45). What would cause that?

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Toyota - Yaris :: 2010 - Unintentional Sudden Deceleration

I have a 2010 Toyota Yaris at 33,000 miles . I love the car BUT on two occasions, the following has happened:

I am driving at 70 mph on the highway. Out of nowhere the car starts decelerating. I watch the needle on the mileage gauge fall and try to accelerate but even when the gas pedal to the floor, nothing happens. No odd noises, no lights go on on the dashboard. Fortunately, I am able to get over on the side of the highway safely. As I brake however, the car kind of lurches forward and feels like it wants to accelerate. After I pump the brakes briefly, the lurching stops and I start driving again and it is like nothing happened. At no time did I turn the car off.

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