Toyota Prius 2010–2014 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin ZE3-Warranty Pol · NHTSA communication 10142467 · issued May 31, 2016
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2010–2014
model years
5
vehicle entries
Official summary
Warranty Policy Bulletin (POL14-05): Toyota has received some reports indicating the Intelligent Power Module (IPM) located inside the inverter assembly of the hybrid system may fail. This condition is indicated by the hybrid system diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs): P0A94, P324E, P3004, and/or P0A1A. If one or more of these DTCs are detected, various warning lamps on the instrument panel will illuminate and the vehicle will enter fail safe mode.
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.