Toyota Prius 2016–2017 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin T-SB-0241-17 · NHTSA communication 10132414 · issued Jul 27, 2017
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2016–2017
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
TSB: Some 2016 ? 2017 model year Prius vehicles equipped with a NiMH HV battery may exhibit one or both of the following conditions after repeated driving on long downhill slopes: ? When accelerating from a stop, or from extremely low speeds, the vehicle may have a reduction in power. ? The HV battery monitor on the multi-information display continually shows one bar, indicating that the battery State-Of-Charge (SOC) is at its lowest level. The Hybrid Control Computer (HV ECU) logic has been modified to reduce the possibility of these conditions.
Vehicles covered
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.