I’ve actually done this repair before and you are right… It is not easy. I must commend you on your excellent camera work. No, I’m not being sarcastic that must’ve been difficult to get the right shot and it seems like you did. good job

Thanks so much for the video, but also for giving the Digi-Key information. Extremely helpful!!!

Thank you Sir. I just replaced the three caps and it works like a champ. 280,000 miles on my 05. This video helped a lot!

I'm glad this video popped up 5 days after doing this job. I did blindly replace the 100 uf with a 220 uf as other videos suggested. The orig cap did measure 100 uf so I was puzzled. Your video explains why. If I had seen your video I would have blindly replaced the 10 uf cap too I suppose. I used a standard cap and cut the legs short and bent the ends 90 to make little feet. It was very easy to solder and was a very sturdy result. What was funny is that the center speaker was disconnected. Then one of the black screws holding the black meter housing down was missing. My conclusion is that the unit had already been replaced once, and was failing again.

Many thanks, replaced those 3 caps on my PCB and all good now. Excellent video.

Thanks, for this. I just got a 07 prius and it's starting to have this issue. Time to get the rework station out and plan a repair. Also thanks for listening the parts I will get them on order first.

Just a caution for those that want to apply what's here to other situations. Many modern voltage regulators require capacitors with a specific minimum and maximum ESR. Replacing these with something too low or too high will cause them not to work properly. Also, these PCBs are almost certainly assembled using lead-free solder. If you're in North America and used to leaded solder, you will need a slightly hotter iron than you're used to remove the parts.

Great video. I was wondering instead of surface mount capacitor, will these work? Radial Electrolytic Capacitor, 220uF, 10V and Radial Electrolytic Capacitor, 220uF, 16V? Thank you.

24:00 In cramped spaces like this I tend to evaluate if using leaded components is an option. Cutting, bending and shaping the leads gets me to where I can keep the leads very short but also at best access the SMD solder pads from the top or any angle, so I dont need to go at them from crooked angles andvmelting my solder iron tip into the plastic baseplate of the SMD cap. There is almost always room to place caps flat on the board or other components if need be and tack them down with silicone for vibration protection. After all even the name brand caps dont seem to last as long as they used to. And you can only twist off SMD caps so often until the pad comes off with it,- especially if hand soldered with an iron and adequate amounts of solder on the joint.

Hello thank you for your video.I have prius 2 nd generation.The Problem is when i go to the gass station when put the fuel to the tank of car it's reject.(by the sorry my english)and also the fuel gauge shows in correct what should be reasons?thank you

Do not take surface mounts off like that. You will pull the pads up. Take a pair of sharp nippers and cut a the base and then unsolder each leg. The lower the cap rating the higher the esr will be. That’s why the yellow on the cap wizard says compare. You can literally warm the caps in your hand and the esr will read different.

Love the video, but FLUX FLUX FLUX!! Would have made the soldering job waaay easier.

My repair works perfectly. But, it seems that the new cap overrides the brightness control switch. No problem for me 'tho. I'll be eighty in 5 months God willing. This was a very satisfying little romp.

Hi, Did you fix the dimming issue? Are you happy with the capacitors you chose? Thanks

Thank you.

Great Video!, I did everything and it works but i now have an air bag light. From what i recall, there was 1 airbag plug (yellow) we disconnected. I double check connection it was fully seated. I went into diagnose screen by connecting pin 4 and 13 on the OBDii. there was some BS code that did not involve air bags. I cleared it anyways . it did not clear red air bag light. Anyone have same issue? Can anyone assist ?

Great video , thank you. Can you PLEASE, provide the part numbers on the caps? Thank for your time , Ken

Can you explain how you were able to disconnect the airbag cable from the clip? That is how it is attached in my 2007 and I cannot figure it out.

Where are you located? I'm looking to find someone help me on this.

Re the replacement capacitors from Digikey, very few indicate ESR values that are in stock. Is the low ESR critical? There’s a lot in stock that do not have an ESR value. BTW, all three smd caps read normal in circuit uFd values but I don’t have a way to check ESR

On my 2006 Prius,my left turn signal, high beam light, and parking/emergency brake lights don't display. However, they are all functional. What do you think is the issue?

I can't find it, I've got the 330 But could not get the 100-volt and the 10-volt. Can any help me?

Great info potential business opportunity

heard you mention "Hollywood". is it the SoCal one? if so, would you fix it on my Prius 2007? willing to pay for parts and labor and more.

Hello! I live in Jacksonville Florida state. And I have Prius 20. Where you to pay these capacitors? Thank you.

Do need to replace 100uf 16v to 200uf 16v? Or just replace same as 100uf 16?

good afternoon . My prius changed the cluster combination meter (220, 16v) and the dashboard is still black. Has anyone had this problem?

word on the street has it that Toyota put the wrong capacity capacitor on and is should be a 200 instead of a 100 which is why it was a factory recall and free till 2016

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Those suction tools for desoldering are shit. Use desoldering braid, works much much better.

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$watching this $1800, later :(

While your in there tear that #$**&$ speaker outta there !!!