Gen 3 Tranmission

[Deputy Dog]

Hi everyone. I have a Gen 3 Prius. It's a company car. Got it about 7 weeks ago. Everything was going fine until one day earlier this week when the transmission slipped from D to N while in the fast lane. At first I had no idea what was happening. Same thing happened two further times in the space of 30 mins. There has been no repeat performance. However, I have reported it and it is due to have a diagnostic check. Any similar problems out there?

Otherwise car is great. Averaging 61.7 mpg with best figure of 65.4.

[phil4]

Hi everyone. I have a Gen 3 Prius. It's a company car. Got it about 7 weeks ago. Everything was going fine until one day earlier this week when the transmission slipped from D to N while in the fast lane. At first I had no idea what was happening. Same thing happened two further times in the space of 30 mins. There has been no repeat performance. However, I have reported it and it is due to have a diagnostic check. Any similar problems out there?

Otherwise car is great. Averaging 61.7 mpg with best figure of 65.4.

Sorry, nothing here... never done it. 8000miles in.

[Jonathan Mason]

I've had it happen once. But it was because my left hand was bored and started playing with the gear stick.

[johalareewi]

In normal operation, you would have to hold the gearstick in N for a couple of seconds to get there from D. It is possible to get to N from D by presing the P button while going more than 3 mph. Other than that, sounds like a possible fault.

[Grumpy Cabbie]

Or could you have inadvertantly pressed 'park' instead of 'auto' for the climate control? I know I've done that once or twice by mistake when I had first got the car. If you're going over 3mph it doesn't engage 'park' but just slips the car into Neutral.

[Deputy Dog]

Had the diagnostic check this afternoon. No faults reported. Will monitor and if it happens again will keep you all posted.