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Used Toyota Prius Gear Box ECU
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About Gear Box ECU
The Prius Toyota gear box ECU (sometimes known as a Transmission Control Unit) is an essential part of the gear box in an automatic vehicle, and monitors and controls the gear changes and transmission. This electrical part communicates with the engine ECU using a series of sensors that are positioned at strategic points in the vehicle. Using the information given to it by the sensors and the engine ECU it calculates when to change the vehicle’s gears to improve vehicle performance and minimise fuel consumption. These sensors tell the Prius Toyota gear box ECU what speed the vehicle is driving at, whether it is driving uphill or downhill, the temperature of the oil and the amount of torque generated by the torque converter.
Some vehicles have a combined Prius Toyota gear box ECU and engine ECU, known as a powertrain control module (PCM).
Damage to the Prius Toyota gear box ECU is likely down to the solenoids – magnetic wire coils that transport electric current. If your vehicle experiences problems with the Prius Toyota gear box ECU you may first notice a warning code displayed in your vehicle. If ignored, the gear box can fail resulting in an inability to change gears.
Toyota Prius trivia
- The second-generation Prius could get 600 miles in a single charge. The third generation added an extra 100 miles to that, and that's despite having the same sized engine!
- The third-generation Hybrid Synergy Drive unit is both 35% more powerful and 23% more fuel-efficient than the first gen. It's also 25% cleaner when you measure CO2 emissions!
- It's no surprise to find that some of the biggest celebrities in the world own and drive a Toyota Prius. Harrison Ford, Matt Damon, Natalie Portman, Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, and Julia Roberts are all listed as owning a Prius.
- One of the ways that the first-generation Toyota Prius saves energy is through a heat insulation material that's been used throughout the interior. That insulation means that the aircon doesn't have to be running at full power for extended periods.
- Different countries have different emissions regulations, and just because a make or model will pass in one market, doesn't mean that it will pass in another. The Toyota Prius is the first-ever vehicle to be compliant with emissions regulations across three different continents: Europe, the US, and Japan.