Good battery, won't start

Just curious, did you jump at the battery or at the jump start terminal under the hood?

And thanks for posting your diagnosis. Too many threads you never hear what was the final outcome. I hope your inverter is OK!

 

Hi Daisy,

Yes, please let us know the final resolution to the issue.
Thanks!

 

There's still the issue of what drained the battery in the first place...

 

How many times have you had to jump the Prius battery?

Why is the most important information always left out of the initial HELP!post?

All too often it come to light, after 4 pages of post, that in fact, the car was wrecked, the battery was jumped, the part was hanging for weeks........

 

Agreed. If you've had to jump a battery more than once, that battery is toast and needs replacing.

If you have had to jump multiple batteries then some underlying problem is killing them, and will continue to kill them unless fixed.
- Are there any aftermarket electronics installed?
- Does someone leave a door or hatch open, or fail to shut the car OFF properly?
- Was the car a salvage or in an accident?

 

Hi Daisy,

Thanks for the update. I am relieved to hear that the inverter was not damaged, which was a very likely outcome.

I strongly suggest that Prius owners should not allow a well-meaning third party to participate in the jump, since the cost of an error can be into the four figures if the inverter was damaged.