I've replaced the oem hybrid battery with the lithium from Jack. Then he asked me to test the Sodium ion battery. Changing them was easy. And the Sodium ion battery is even better than the lithium.
Interesting. I've inherited a 2010 with 90K miles and developing a plan for the hybrid battery replacement. Sodium Ion seems to be an improvement, however, I am wondering if they have been out there long enough to know expected service life. The original battery has at 15 years, so I am wondering if it is reasonable to expect 15 years from a Sodium Ion battery. Maybe that this is a question for the forum?
I used to work on cars. All makes and models. The Prius was very new to me. But very easy to work on. Toyota's are pretty easy, for the most part. I changed my head gasket at 301,000 miles. 381,000 miles now. It was not any different than any other combustion engine.
I'm in Vero Beach, about 2.5 hours south of you. Been a while since I've been through there on my way to Jacksonville..
What part of Florida are you in? I'm in the central east coast. I'm not an "expert" but I do have experience.
Could you please send me the link for the Gen 5 manuals - I have the 2024 Prime... Tks for all the work to put it together. AltPwr
Ricko the image you shared a while back is labelled incorrectly. The neg cable sits next to the casing not the positive.
If you are still interested, I successfully turned off the TPMS light on my 2012 Prius v. I responded to your old original thread. The wiring block is very small. I used a piece of cat 5 data cable. I jumped pins 5 and 6 at the back of the block. No cutting or splicing is needed. The TPMS system can be restored to OEM just by removing the jumper. Hope this helps you.
good day I hope I'm not disturbing but did you ever get your issued with the Prius not going in ready mode solved because I'm having the same issues
See additional post after this one https://priuschat.com/threads/3rd-gen-reverse-polarity-disaster-and-125a-fuse-access.251715/#post-3577404
THANKS for your comments. Any idea on how to make Prius sound more like a BMW inside on noisy pavement ? ?
Hi Kenny, In this post (https://priuschat.com/threads/cleaning-fuel-injectors.189170/#post-2651556) you advocate using top tier gasoline in the Prius. I assume you mean 91 octane. Doesn't that defeat the purpose of a fuel economy car? Or do you mean buy 87 from reputed sources only. If so, can you clarify which sources you consider trustworthy?
Top tier is gasoline brand - Shell, Chevron, etc. . Not octane. So yes, I mean buy 87 from a reputed source. Have a great day Indel.
