r/PriusPrime

The Toyota garage says 40% breaking power. 1.5k CAD to change everything. Yeah, the motor breaks most of the time and regular break doesn't get used... Anyways. I hoped to spend more time without 1k+ repairs.

These codes came up - anyone have this happen? Hoping it won’t be a fortune to fix.

Anyone got tips on things I should know on my PP?

Also a few questions:

1. I am unable to remove the previous owners from the Toyota profile of my car and make myself the primary driver even after linking via the Toyota app.

Edit: I found another reddit thread suggestion which worked for me. You just have to email backoffice@toyotaconnected.com with the VIN no. of the car in the subject line. In the email, also add that you would like to reset the profile along with 1. Driver's full name, 2. Address, 3. Phone number 4. Attached copy of Ownership or Purchase agreement, 5. Attached copy of driving license of the primary driver. I got a response in under an hour with an email stating that the profile was refreshed and I could register again.

2. Toyota homelink does not seem to be getting setup using my apartment building's key fob.

Anyone got tips for how to get this fixed + anything related to the "must know" things as a PP owner is appreciated!

Decided to leave the “prime” logo for now since I think it’s kinda cool but might remove later.

The process was easy to get the letters off - used a blow dryer and heated up the letters, then used floss to remove each letter and it came off quite easy.

The residue on the other hand was a PITA! Have a gentle plastic scraper on hand (I used a scraper wrapped in cloth to protect the paint) and then tons of elbow grease with goo gone. Process overall took me about 30 minutes and a couple beers. Then I put a fresh coat of wax after wiping it all down and it came out fantastic. No traces left at all.

Maybe I’ll get tailgated/road raged less since they won’t be triggered by the “PRIUS” large letters in their faces anymore. I doubt it though, people still be dicks out there. Be safe y’all!

Many people asked me what's model of this car

I don't plug in anymore and fueled up exactly 280.3 miles ago. This is horrific for a hybrid like a Prius, especially when fuel is now over $4/gallon.

I MUST leave the air conditioner on at all times. I don't do well with the summer heat.

I then remembered to turn Eco Mode on. My memory lapse costs me a lot in gas nowadays.

UPDATE: My Room Mode Screen Is Normal — And A Note About Trusting AI
Quick update for anyone who saw my earlier post about trying to initiate My Room Mode on my 2025 Prius Prime and getting spooked by warning lights.
The screen is completely normal.
The steering indicator and the check light appearing in My Room Mode are expected. The car isn’t fully powered — you’re parked, using it as a climate-controlled room. Steering’s off because you’re stationary. The indicators reflect the actual state of the vehicle. Multiple people on Facebook and Reddit confirmed this from their own cars. Thank you.

About Gemini.
Gemini told me confidently I was NOT in My Room Mode, that I risked draining my 12V battery, and that the lights signaled a real problem. When I pushed and asked it to quote the manual directly, it invented the quote. Fabricated citations. Presented made-up text with the confidence of a mechanic who just looked it up.
When the community corrected the record and I brought it back to Gemini, it acknowledged the error. Flatly. Like it had spilled coffee and wiped it up.
I use AI constantly. I find it genuinely useful. But Gemini handed me a confident, detailed, wrong answer — and then made up a source to back it — on a question that real owners resolved in twenty minutes from lived experience.
Start with AI if you want. Trust the community to close the loop.

OP
Doing everything by the book on my 2025 Prius prime. Trying to initiate my room Mode. Charging at a level two charger, battery is at 22%, push the power button twice without the brake, prompt comes up asking do I want to enter my room Mode, I select yes, and then I get the screen shown in the attached image. The check engine light and the power steering Light is on. A Gemini search says that I am in fact NOT in My Room Mode. Gemini suggests that I will drain my 12 V battery if I run any accessories while the check engine light is on… Any thoughts here?

Just finished washing my car and tried to back it into the garage and now this is happening? Told my wife and she said she experienced the brakes slipping at one point previously but I haven’t. Is this a bigger issue than a battery? Having it towed to Toyota. Only have 38k on the odometer.

Does it need some kinda tune up? What should be fixed or replaced?

I run the car for plenty of hours at a time 5 days a week because I deliver for Doordash. I drive on average around 400-500 miles a week, mostly for Doordash. I start in the early afternoons normally, or sometimes right around noon, and rarely before noon, and Dash to around 9-10 PM.

I don't plug in anymore unless I'm at Mom's house because I paid more than $100 extra for electricity the last full billing cycle that I plugged in my car. That amounted to around 20-25 cents per mile on the electric alone. Evergy is a huge ripoff on EV charging.

Also, what other metrics should I measure in this Fueling log from now on?

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Edit: To all our Metric friends out here, that is 13.957 kilometers per liter.