Your diction and proper language makes you so much more enjoyable to watch over other KZfaq channels. Freaking awesome!

I recently completed the replacement of the ABS actuator in my 2008 Prius using this video as a guide. It was a tough project for me, since my car repair experience is pretty minimal, but I was able to do it successfully, and relatively quickly, thanks to you. I really appreciate all the work you did to create this guide. You saved me a ton of money.

Fixed my ABS Actuator because of this guy! Saved me a ton of money! THANK YOU.

I was quoted $1760 for the part and $480 labor plus $15 brake fluid. 2009 Prius. Found the part on eBay for $200. I see I just can’t take the car to anybody and this video is outstandingly informative. Well done. Thank you.

Very good video Mr electric you are the best thanks for your time

@ Mr. Electric, This is by far one of the best DIY car repair videos I has watched. You did a great job and I plan to do this repair on my 2006 Prius. Thx again

First time seeing a guy test a tester......freaking awesome dude....wish I had the tools and the skills as you....good job....

Always nice to watch a pro. Great explanation and focus on safety.

Thank you so much for sharing this video and this is really helpful. Especially the bleeding process for the brake. The ABS module was so hard to take out and it took 3 of us 3 hours to complete the change work. Here is something that i want to share so if anyone sees your videos i hope they can find this helpful. After replacing the ABS actuator, the dash still shows VSC ABS lights, at first i thought the replacement part was bad (i bought the used one on EBAY), then after i finished the bleeding process and use the paper clip OBD trick, the 3 dash lights go off magically. I hope everyone finds it helpful and thank you again for sharing this video.

You are so amazing. The way you assume people know absolutely nothing (because a huge amount of us including me do not) is so refreshing and incredible. And the cameraman zooming in on things just so everything is CRYSTAL CLEARRR. We are grateful for you guys!

This video and one other saved me over 2000$ and like you mentioned, it saved a Prius. My local dealers gave 2 quotes, one for 4000$ and one for $3300. I did the job myself, paid 1200 for the part coolant, and dot3. Thanks a ton. Honestly wasn’t that hard of a job either.

Thank you. Very helpful. If this is how the rest of your vids are, you are a very under appreciated channel.

Augustus Barone Augustus Barone 1 week ago Great Video, Mr Electric. Also Thanks for explaining the physical process to carry out the job. It adds value to the actual work performed .

Owesome, very well professionally demonstrated the dismantling and installation of abs pump unit, 💯👍

You do very well in explanations. Good job teacher.

Hi Mr Electric. I would like to say a big thank for your video. I did it yesterday with a use part. It looks like it's working for the moment. Take me around 6hours with brake and freezing liquid bleeding. Thanks again! Very appreciate your help!

I appreciate you for making this video. For others who are looking to do this, just know there’s about 5 extra parts to remove from the hybrid engine than he shows, and another 5 items to remove off the actuator than show. Make sure to mark which nut goes where, and not to drop any or you’ll have about an extra 2 hours of work finding them. Best of luck

Spent about 10 hours on this today, connecting the brake lines now. What a pain in the ass but it saves me 500$ Labor

Great video. Used this video and others from two other guys. Each one had different take on removal/replacement and I was able to repair my 2009 Prius with over 200K miles. Bought refurbed ABS pump on ebay for $260.

Our 2006 Prius was towed to our Toyota dealership yesterday with the exact codes and they called today with a $2700.00 replacement of the ABS actuator assembly. Your well done video was very helpful and appreciated, thank you. Looks like the quote was in line with your comments. Understanding the scope of this work is huge considering the $$$ involved. Great job thank you! Only 73k miles on the damned Prius, now known as the "bitch".

Clear instructions and direct. Great Job!

Thanks for your help I was able to complete my actuator replacement on my 06 Prius, I purchased a one month old actuator from eBay for $700 out the door and I ended up doing the paper clip reset so far it's running normal again after I bled them brakes all the way around, I started at 3:30 p.m. and ended about 10:30 I just took it slow cleaned up all the parts went well thank you again

awesome work. love your prudent actions. thank you

This was super helpful and just the right amount of info

Thanks again for the informative and easy to under video . Got it done 2 days . About 4 hours each day . Day 1 uninstall bad part . Day 2 put new part in and bleed brake . Went with new part . Way too much labor for used part . Thanks again !!

Good morning family and good health to everyone. Thank you very much for the valuable information and for your time. 👍🏼👍🏼

Just did this on my 2007 gen 2 prius because I was having issues with the red break light, (!), VCS. Changing ABS actuator helped solve the issue thank you! This was done like on march 29. As of April 18 can confirm the issue has not comeback! Hoping to keep you guys updated!

Thank you bro life saver my car just break down after being driving it for 3 days with red light abs piping I’m not taking it to the dealership for sure 👌

Thank you for being so thorough love the music pimp!!!!

Thank you so much! The search is on for a cheap prius that needs an abs pump!

This video is so satisfying to watch. I just bought my 2008 Prius 3 weeks ago. What a surprise when I was driving around thinking "wtf is that NOISE" HAHA guess I got took.. I need this done because that noise is DRIVING ME NUTS. My vehicle is not displaying any error codes though. I was quoted $1800 Houston TX

Extremely impressive safety measures.

This video is up there with the best of the best. I'm not finished watching it yet, so having said that we'll now watch it deteriorate into total garbage. Are you with me? Let's do it.

Dude thanks for showing us how to do this job. My ABS started failing a couple of weeks after I bought the Prius for $3200. The seller probably noticed it failing (or maybe not) but the car was cheap regardless,

You video was awesome. Awesome information.

Very well done Mr Electric...please upload bleeding procedure.

A very good job and video.Congratulation.

I hope I can find your brake bleeding video! Also, it would be nice to have a video on how you removed the cowl. I have 2 other videos on that so I don't need it but it would have been nice. Great information on safety! That is the most important part!

Great video! It looks like something I can do but the high voltage scares! lol Thank you, Sir!

Great video, and you sir, are a Master Mechanic! just courious, i wonder of Scotty Kilmere could fix that!

Excellent,& Very informative 👍🏼

You should do every car repair video on KZfaq, or give an onlune course on how to speak car talk. Excellent. Maybe be give Scotty some lessons.

You need multiple yous in every state dude. You're too good at this to be only in one area!

Very well done. Thanks for sharing.

You’re just amazing.

Awesome video! I will be able to keep my Prius for some more time now. Thank you.

Hell, yeah brother! About to do one of those for myself, for the first time! Great job at really laying out the step-by-step procedure. Definitely not something you want to take shortcuts on! Thanks for the great video, I subscribed and can't wait to check out more content, Rock on brother!

Great video brother. Stay safe

Thank you for a great video. Learned a lot about the abs actuator. I noticed your comment about not needing to bleed the brakes. I was wondering if you did a video on it and showed the steps? Thanks.

Thank you very much for this informative video

You need a bigger channel sir. You talk well, Know a lot for a specific car such as prius. Please make more videos for anything car related. Subscribed

Good job. Very helpful.

Dude, you are awesome 👏

This is really helpful video.

Great Demonstration!

Great video!

I'm a technician and I just bought an 07 Prius and this keeps me up at night just thinking about this issue, I don't have it but it was stressing me out that I could. I went on AllData and it quotes 4 hours. After watching your video I realized how simple the job actually is (I know its still 4 hours) But you just made me confident in keeping the car. No more worrying. Thanks a lot for this video. I'm gonna download it in case you ever delete it cause it's really useful. Btw I have an Autel bi-directional scan tool, so bleeding shouldn't be an issue either. Good stuff man.

Great video Mr. Electric. Proves you don’t need to drop the F bomb or cuss to make a excellent tutorial.

Great video very helpful

Thank you so much. This was a lift saver. Your other videos are helpful also. But this one is AWESOME!!!!!!! and I only watched 1/2 . But I would like to know where the brake lines where when you did take out the ABS.

WOW! Please never stop your way of properly posting R&R videos! Now that I have your attention. lol 07 Prius, DTC Code (ABS flash code) is 45. I have the same sound but intermittently. 3 things I've noticed: 1) Apply brakes, it stops. 2) Rotate the Passenger-Right tire, it stops. 3) From the main battery compartment area and when the "shuttering sound" stops I can hear what sounds like fluid circulating near that right-rear quarter panel area. Maybe an ABS valve or something stuck open? Any suggestions/vids would be MUCH appreciated.

Very safe, professional way to start your repair, tells a lot about the quality of your jobs. I kind a have similar problem, I have a Prius 2012, the abs, brake and stability lights are on, the code I see is C-1391, a friend of mine working in Midas said is the actuator having a leak, the sound it does my car, is not consistent as the one you fixed, but when the lights are on (abs, brake, stability), the sound is repetitive every 9 seconds more or less, when pushing the brakes feels a little lose, but surprisingly the lights goes off by itself and the brakes works as normal, this symptom is coming and going, do you recommend to replace the accumulator? or start checking something else first, I will really appreciate your advice.

Great video! Loved how you explained every process and made it understandable for us all. And your care and caution for the safety aspect of it... very nice to see the care that you displayed. I'm watching this video because I think that I'm having the same issue with my 2007 Prius. My son was driving and the brakes just "went out" on him. He was actually able to maneuver the car home without incident, but we are not willing to drive it around to "test" it out because of that. I just wanted your opinion on that to see if that does sound like it is the actuator that needs to be replaced. Also, can you give me an estimate on the part and what to expect as far as the cost of labor for this repair? Thank you very much.

This video looks like it will save me a lot of money @MrElectric. I was just wondering if you could list out all of the parts you need to complete this change, like all the different socket sizes and stuff? Thanks!!!

I randomly woke up like 4weeks after watching this video singing the song at 5:40.... What on earth is that? It took me like 2 weeks to remember where I heard it.. this video lol

THIS WAS GREAT ☺️👍

Thanks for the video! I'm planning on replacing this part in our Prius and I think that this video will help a great bit. I do have one question, do you know what the torque specifications are for all the bolts/nuts/brake lines that get removed during this replacement? Thanks, Ezra

Did you ever post the video how to bleed brakes after brake actuator replacement?

Everyone asking about bleeding, I can attest to Mr Electrics statement that brake bleeding is NOT essentional when replacing actuator. Did one today and tried without bleeding and as he said it surprisingly worked! Just fill your reservoir all the way, keep cap off and push pedal multiple times until it starts to harden up check fluid level and your golden

after a rusted brake line repair, I was not able to bleed the left rear, kept getting this ABS actuator fault after a short drive. tried multiple methods, the one that worked was the MityVac brake suction tool at the bleeder. FYI to all.

can you recommend any decent mini vci to do abs bleeding and zero point calibration? i just replaced my abs pump on 05 Prius and new (used) pump is clicking every 20sec for 2-3 seconds. new pump has flat top accumulator.

great bro

I appreciate your time in making these very informative videos. I recently replaced the ABS Actuator on a 2008 RX 400H (so much easier than the Prius) and the brakes worked perfectly after replacing it. I did not need to bleed the brakes at all and all the ABS warning lights went away. If all is working well is there a need to deal with Techstream? Do you know of any issues that may arise if I do not do anything else? Thank you for your time!

I love you sir

What software do you use for your 2008 Prius for the oil calibration? Is it free or pay for?

really a great job. i was charge 2000 for that job

Hi thank you so much for this incredible video. Can I ask you, if my my brake like is completely empty due to a caliper failure. Do you think it will refill just by pumping the pedal and bleeding the caliper, or by pumping fluid from the caliper, up to the master cylinder?

Always looking for a great mechanical video. GREAT VIDEO! Have you ever heard of old brake fluid causing abs actuator issues? Just a show it the dark but my brake fluid on my 07 is definitely old.

Mr. Electric, After replacing the acuator should the abs, brake and (!) go away? Or will it go away after bleeding the brakes? I purchased a used pump on ebay and after following this video, i still get codes like c1256. Brakes have not been bleed yet using techstream.

The Achilles’ heel of the Prius!

This was a great tutorial. Gonna attempt to replace mine w my little brother. Looks easy enough. I do have a question though. If it starts to drain the battery, which mine is doing. Sometimes the battery just dies when I park it, it won’t turn on now. Does the hybrid battery or the battery in front need to be replaced usually?

Hi, thanks for your video, at your scanner show 2 code c1256 and c1391 same happens to my car. My question change abs unit only or I have change brake booster as well for fixing 2 code? Thanks

What do you think of the likelihood that an actuator from a wrecked Prius of the same gen would work - thus saving a big expense for the module? Or is the original module a risky part to begin with?

Question mr electric, what size socket you using to remove that bracket for the abs actuator and how did you magnetize it?

Thank you

Taking on this task Saturday most likely. Just pulled one from a junk yard, hopefully it's good. Really wish you would have released a brake bleeding video. I have Techstream but out of the whole job, bleeding everything is what I'm least confident in doing. I've never messed with all this computer crap and I'm concerned it won't bleed properly.

Can this procedure be accomplished without Techstream? If so, what set up would you recommend? I have a 2013 prius with the dreaded ABS issue, dealership quote >$4k, $1,900 in parts alone... Having a go with used parts from either eBay are my local junkyard and a new scantool seems like a solid option before paying the dealer more than half of what the car is worth!

Mr. Electric, this is an awesome vid. Thank you. I'm about to undertake this job to save my '07 prius, but am not feeling super confident about the brake bleeding. Curious if you were planning on posting a follow up vid on how to do that. Again, thank you!

How did you get the connector to come out so easily at 9:45. Mine is unbolted but won’t come out at all no matter how hard I pull

Hy Mr Electric, I did it last month to change the Acctuator everything worked well installing Zero down etc. No error codes in the ABS/VHC but i was wondering first Time before the change it i oben the door and the Pump was running. But after the change nothing happend when i open the door ! When I press the break it starts running for 2 seconds. After 5-8 times ist starts as well. Do you have any Idea what could be the issue? Thanks Daniel

Video nicely done! Was that the original abs actuator? I noticed the white circle stamp on the black housing on the opposite side of the elec plug, those are indicators of a replacement part during warranty work. It a gud habit to get the brake fluid flushed every 50k miles 2nd or 3th gens extend the life of the actuator greatly! Thanks Nate

Hello what type of scan tool or program do you need for your laptop to bleed the brakes? Is it expensive?

Outstanding video! How long did this take? Thanks!

do you have to bleed the brakes after installing?

Just swapped ABS unit with an ebay one, getting the constant beep with BRAKE, (!), and ABS codes straight away, but the pedal is firm and the technique to bleed by pedal depression doesn't seem to be making the ABS unit pump automatically like it did before the swap. Your lights seemed to turn off automatically or was there something you did with the Techstream before you bled them. Thoughts?

Was your scan tool/program required to cycle to abs module for bleeding purposes?

I close my eyes and hear Aaron Eckhart speak!

Do you have a link for the part? I’m looking online but don’t want to buy the wrong one

Nice sir

Dear Mr. Electric, I enjoyed your video and learned a lot from it and others you have done. I have a 2008 highlander hybrid which has recently developed a noise coming form what I believe is the ABS actuator. It happens when I depress the brake pedal hard in park. The sound is a gurgling sound or muffled squeak. My wife says it sounds like there are mice in the engine bay. There are no ABS lights or any check engine lights on. Can you help with diagnosis? or any ideas. Thank you