Being the target of recurring problems on your automobile is particularly frustrating, furthermore the financial aspect that these complications represent, one must also add the time lost with a non-operational Toyota Prius and the time spent to identify and repair the malfunction. However, some problems are less major than others, which is not to say that they do not stress us. Today we are going to take a look at a issue that can occur to most of us, perceiving vibrations at acceleration on Toyota Prius. This issue can in some cases be difficult to perceive but it must be handled. We will consequently start our content page with the sources of these vibrations on Toyota Prius, then, with the answers you have to reduce or stop these tremors.

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Why does my Toyota Prius produce vibrations when accelerating?

So let’s start our content page with the sources of this form of issue on your car. You should already know that an engine, specifically if it is ancient or if it has been driven a lot, can naturally vibrate without being a issue behind it. Large diesel engines, specifically those with a lot of torque, can trigger this sort of feeling, both at idle and when accelerating.

I feel vibrations on my Toyota Prius only when accelerating

Let’s take the most interesting circumstance for us in this content page. The fact that you feel trembling on your Toyota Prius during your acceleration periods, in this situation you will have to check the condition of some components because many of elements can be at the source of these vibrations and whether or not you are unfortunate a combination of several of them may also be possible, here is the list of parts that can be involved.

  • Turbo: If the turbo of your Toyota Prius is defective, it may trigger vibrations that you will come to feel when you accelerate at the moment it is turned on.
  • The turbo pressure sensor: This sensor will manage the pressure exerted in the turbo of your car, if it fails it may bother the performance of your turbo and generate vibrations that you may feel at the time of acceleration of your Toyota Prius.

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  • If the turbo is punctured or harmed, the consequence will be the same, the power supply of your turbo will be disrupted and its performance too. Make sure you visually check their condition.

I’m having vibrations on my Toyota Prius at acceleration and deceleration

We will now concentrate on the situation where you feel vibrations on your Toyota Prius when you are accelerating but also when you are idling. If you only feel vibrations when you are idling on your Toyota Prius, please seek advice from our content page focused upon this issue to solve your problem. If, on the other hand, you notice that your Toyota Prius vibrates when accelerating but also when it is stopped, here is the list of components to check:

  • EGR valve: Indeed this valve which handles the return of exhaust gases for pollution standards can become dirty and affect the evacuation of exhaust gases which can trigger Toyota Prius vibrates when accelerating but also when stopped.
  • Injectors: Your injectors that regulating the fuel/air mixture flow may be dirty or damaged, which will generate the wrong amount of mixture and thus prevent your engine block from working effectively, it is even possible that one or more of your cylinders are not running properly.
  • Fuel Filter: Like the injectors, if the filter is clogged it will not let the fuel pass properly and therefore affect the performance of your Toyota Prius, up to the point of leading to vibrations during acceleration.

Here are the most important causes of a Toyota Prius that vibrates at acceleration

What can I do to stop the vibration when I accelerate on my Toyota Prius? What can I do?

To conclude, in this last part, we will tell you the possibilities available to you to handle these tremors on your car when you accelerate. Here is the best attitude to adopt according to the component that is affected:

  • Turbo: If your turbo starts all these vibrations when you accelerate your Toyota Prius, it will be good for you to control all the parts associated with it because changing a complete turbo is a big budget and in most cases the issue does not come precisely from the turbo. So remember to take a look at your turbo pressure sensor, your flowmeter, the EGR valve and the hoses of your turbo. Otherwise take your Toyota Prius to your garage.
  • EGR valve: The EGR valve has the advantage that it is often times easy to access and simple to take apart/clean. You can always check out it and clean it, for this see our content page on cleaning the EGR valve of an Toyota Prius.
  • Injectors: Injectors are very delicate parts and a few impurities may be enough to affect their performance. Use a fuel additive to simply clean the injectors, if this is not enough you will have to go to a specialist.
  • Fuel Filter: If it is the fuel filter, just replace it. A fuel filter doesn’t clean itself, so if it is clogged you will only have to replace it with a new one.

Now you have all the information you need to discover the cause of the vibrations at acceleration on your Toyota Prius. If you don’t feel able to complete certain operations don’t hesitate to go to your mechanic.

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