Codes P3000 and P3009 with Hybrid Warning Light

Zoe · Jul 3, 2013

Zoe said: ↑

Thank you, Bob. The day the warning lights went on it was over 90 degrees and humid. No problems with weather before or after as it is generally mild, even cool, where I am, mostly in the mid 70s through summer. I have called Toyota with suggestions to try (from this board) prior to installing the new HV battery, but no calls back. Hopefully they are trying some of the simple things first to see if the problem resolves. I was told the Prius tech is "looking at it further" yesterday. Thanks again.
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Zoe · Jul 3, 2013

Thank you, Chap! I appreciate all these suggestions. You guys really know your Prius! Thanks again.

ChapmanF · Jul 4, 2013

ChapmanF said: ↑

... where I wrote "middle module of one half of the battery" ... of course I meant the module at one end of that half ... just the end that's in the middle of the case ... if that makes it all clearer.
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It didn't occur to me yesterday, but without taking the cover off and unimpeded by the main relay, there is measurement access to both ends of the battery and both 'middle ends' via the service plug and the plug to nowhere.

-Chap

Debora · Aug 28, 2014

SteamRollerCC said: ↑

Its been a crazy ride... I gave a call to Avi from Avi's Advanced Automotive and he fixed my problem!!

Here's the story, I gave a call to Avi to talk about the P3000 and P3009. He gave me the same information about the actual battery residue possibly being the problem as the link he posted on here. Thought since the P3009 code could involve many parts of the car, he'd have to reset the codes and run a simple startup test to see where the leak is at. I drove where I live in Rialto, CA all the way to Tujunga (a little over an hour) to have my car checked out by Avi. I only had Saturday off to come... Avi agreed to come in anyway on his day off. Once he checked it, he confired it was the battery. When he phyiscally got to the battery inside my car, his predictions were right! The battery had residue all over the cells! Avi cleaned the residue off the cells and then we tested the car again. Surprisingly... the error code came back after 10 minues on "ready" mode. Then Avi took the extra step to clean each of the 38 modules individually! After that... the error code came back again. Avi then measured the volt of each module. Surprisingly, he found there was a volt mesurment on the out rim of the battery. There was a deep leak sending voltage on the outer rim... we even both saw a spark come out with the case. Then it was determined that the whole battery needed to be replaced sometime down the line. The whole visit took 9 hours to finally narrow down the conclusion. Avi worked overtime on his day off... Afterwards, the car drove fine and much better than it did!

My car is a 2002 Prius and with about 90,000 miles. I wanted a new battery and I called Avi, he kept insisting to call Toytoa saying that I might be under warranty to replace the battery. I got very close to being covered... but I was 2 years short of the coverage. Avi then agreed to replace the battery and minus the labor I paid Avi for cleaning the battery. I ended up only playing $2100 for all the labor and replcement with the brand new battery! Afterward, no problems and my car is running ridiculously great! Almost brand new!!

It's been one crazy past few months with this error code! Thanks to Avi, its finally fixed!
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Hi Steamroller CC, Can you give me more info about Avi in Tujunga. The Toyota dealer just told me that my 2002 Prius has error code P3009 and I would like to take it to Avi.

bisco · Aug 28, 2014

Debora said: ↑

SteamRollerCC said: ↑

Its been a crazy ride... I gave a call to Avi from Avi's Advanced Automotive and he fixed my problem!!

Here's the story, I gave a call to Avi to talk about the P3000 and P3009. He gave me the same information about the actual battery residue possibly being the problem as the link he posted on here. Thought since the P3009 code could involve many parts of the car, he'd have to reset the codes and run a simple startup test to see where the leak is at. I drove where I live in Rialto, CA all the way to Tujunga (a little over an hour) to have my car checked out by Avi. I only had Saturday off to come... Avi agreed to come in anyway on his day off. Once he checked it, he confired it was the battery. When he phyiscally got to the battery inside my car, his predictions were right! The battery had residue all over the cells! Avi cleaned the residue off the cells and then we tested the car again. Surprisingly... the error code came back after 10 minues on "ready" mode. Then Avi took the extra step to clean each of the 38 modules individually! After that... the error code came back again. Avi then measured the volt of each module. Surprisingly, he found there was a volt mesurment on the out rim of the battery. There was a deep leak sending voltage on the outer rim... we even both saw a spark come out with the case. Then it was determined that the whole battery needed to be replaced sometime down the line. The whole visit took 9 hours to finally narrow down the conclusion. Avi worked overtime on his day off... Afterwards, the car drove fine and much better than it did!

My car is a 2002 Prius and with about 90,000 miles. I wanted a new battery and I called Avi, he kept insisting to call Toytoa saying that I might be under warranty to replace the battery. I got very close to being covered... but I was 2 years short of the coverage. Avi then agreed to replace the battery and minus the labor I paid Avi for cleaning the battery. I ended up only playing $2100 for all the labor and replcement with the brand new battery! Afterward, no problems and my car is running ridiculously great! Almost brand new!!

It's been one crazy past few months with this error code! Thanks to Avi, its finally fixed!
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Hi Steamroller CC, Can you give me more info about Avi in Tujunga. The Toyota dealer just told me that my 2002 Prius has error code P3009 and I would like to take it to Avi.
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avi's advanced automotive. click on 'search' top right of page, plug in avi as member and hit search, his profile will come up. or just google him. all the best!

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