Bill M

Hi Gabs/Rojie, I'll check the Proscan out. Back to your message re the Inverter, the one you refer to is the small inverter which produces power for the 100Volt outlets which you rightly point out has a fan as you'd pictured. I have checked that one yet but I will and let you know how I get on. I hope it's not as tricky as getting the battery fan out! Cheers.

Hi Gabs, I'm not sure I have one of these, maybe just haven't found it yet, although I would have noticed if it had been running. One thing I will say is that I may have the wrong inverter cooling pump fitted. it looks like it's a recent replacement (before I got the vehicle), and I think it might be the one for the Prius. Someone trying a cheapskate repair I presume, unless anyone can tell me that it will do the job. I'm sure that that will not be strong enough for the job. It's all coming off tomorrow to check part nos. etc.

Hi Gabs, That's the thing, no fault codes at least with the scanner my mate has. He was able to read codes and reset a couple on his hybrid. I'm thinking could it be an ABS sensor, the ABS/VSC module. Worst case it is likely to be the inverter. So far my investigations have included removing the hybrid battery fan and cleaning and testing it, removing the inverter cooling pump, cleaning and testing it and while the pump was out, I took the opportunity to backwash the system. Nice and clean but did take some pressure to blow through, which makes me wonder if the pump is up to it. Haven't checked the 100V system or the cruise control but all the windows are operational, in fact everything electrical bar the drive works well. Thanks, watch this space for updates as we go.

Hi folks , guess what my 2004 hybrid is doing the same thing, red car up, VSC lamp up and the regenerative brake lamp up. car drives fine on the engine but as someone has already said the car feels heavy. There seems to be some effect on the steering which I perceive to be related to the ABS/VSC (traction control). I should point out that I no longer have any effective regeneration braking and occasionally when turning round/off a left hand corner there is an audible alarm (but no lights) which can continue for as much as 100metres. Having read about the tyre pressures, I ensured that all tyres were exactly equal pressures. Took it out for a test drive and there was no difference no clearing of alarms/lights. Something that also happened at this time was that the wheels on the power graphic have stopped turning. curiouser and curiouser? Any help/suggestions welcome.