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Old 10-24-2009, 08:49 PM   #1
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My 2001 Prius needs a new main battery and inverter, it cost too much and too little of a warranty. Any suggestions on what to do with it. It is in great shape otherwise.
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Old 10-24-2009, 09:00 PM   #2
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if u can, get two gen 2 batteries and rebuild the gen 1 pack, itll cost you less than 1000.

are you sure the inverter is bad?
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Old 10-25-2009, 10:46 PM   #3
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Agreeing that diagnosing multiple failures is tricky in Prius. Make sure the 12 volt battery is right first, because a problem there can trigger DTCs in error. If problems persist, ideal would be to swap in a known-good HV battery and then re-diagnose.

The largest parts listing seems to be

www.car-part.com

where at present, both used inverters (search: Power Inverter (Hybrid) ) and HV batteries are about $450 and up.
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