# 2012 Toyota Prius - all dash lights come on

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-toyota-prius-all-dash-lights-come-on/132816>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** prius, toyota\
**Created:** [January 17, 2019, 9:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-toyota-prius-all-dash-lights-come-on/132816 "2019-01-17T09:04:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![prasad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9de0a6/32.png) [@prasad](https://community.cartalk.com/u/prasad)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 9:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-toyota-prius-all-dash-lights-come-on/132816/1 "2019-01-17T09:04:20Z")

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all dash lights comes on for my toyota prius check light n other lights n car starts to run on engine battery cut off

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**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 12:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-toyota-prius-all-dash-lights-come-on/132816/2 "2019-01-17T12:18:43Z")

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“starts to run on engine battery”  
No Prious is cable of running on the engine (starting) battery.

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**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 12:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-toyota-prius-all-dash-lights-come-on/132816/3 "2019-01-17T12:56:28Z")

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My three favorite things are eating my family and not using commas.

> [@prasad](#):
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> car starts to run on engine, battery cut off

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**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 1:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-toyota-prius-all-dash-lights-come-on/132816/4 "2019-01-17T13:42:22Z")

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The older I get, the more snarky I become.