HV Battery fail @ 126K miles

It could b that the HV battery was not bad and they just told u that. Did they give u any codes that point to the HV battery.

 

So you saved over $3500 in gas during those 6+ years over a car that gets 30mpg. Not a bad trade-off.

 

If you lived in a CARB state the battery would have had a 150K/10 yr warranty!
Did you check?

 

Listen to Yourself! If you are going to act helplesss and submissive to all the unyeilding "experts" out there, yheah, you dont belong in a revolutionarily innovatative work of Human Genius, such as the Prius, which is ahead of it's time. It needs time to pass to clear the herds of sheeple out of the way of progress.
The internet does link to numerous sources of used parts for the car, which, if someone can concieve to build, someone can diagnose a part failure, and replace that part. The Dealers want to make retail money. they are like hospitals , where, many clinics offer less expensive car. If you remove the carpet over the battery in the trunk, you may find that the battery should not cost 600.00 labor to replace, I heard there is a place in Denver MileHybrids, that does refurbish, and garuntee batteries for the Prius. Good Luck, Quit the sour grapes wine

 

by the way, 110 k times at least a nickel equals 5500.00. Not a bad fund to adress car repairs, which all cars will require.

 

We still don't know if the HV battery was really bad in the first place.

 

The Prius is not for everyone. This person is similar to any other non Prius experts who know that the main traction battery is a ticking time bomb and when it fails it is for many a day of reckoning.

 

Sorry you dumped your car in year 7. Here's hoping whatever you replaced it with doesn't need a tranny, or an engine, or some other expensive repair. The thing to do upfront is to decide how far you are willing to go with the car. Then when that time or that situation occurs you know that it is time to walk away.

Perhaps if one can't afford a 4 figure repair bill one should be looking at less expensive cars.

 

Guys let's be respectful. I would be just as ticked to be presented with such a Large repair bill after 7 years of ownership

 

Salvage battery is about $500 plus install. No guarantees.

 

If you must rely upon Toyota dealer service installing new parts, then I agree with your new policy to trade the car before the warranty expires. The traction battery is not the only consideration: the inverter and transaxle are two other costly components that certainly can fail after the car has registered six digits on the odometer.

Clearly, just because some Prius taxis have logged 300K miles without needing major repair, that does not therefore mean that all Prius owners should expect the same. There is usually a range of outcomes with regards to component failure.

There are alternatives to costly dealer service in some areas of the country, but apparently not where you reside. It is also possible to DIY replace the traction battery with a used battery, and there are several posts about how to do that. Obviously there exists a DIY safety issue if you are not competent to work with high voltages.

 

I recently faced this same issue with my 2005 @140k. It is tough to swallow but ultimately I accepted it as a maintenance cost. 2¢ per mile is far less than what I save driving it. I know no one wants to actually have to face the actuality of a failed HV, but there is no way you can't know it is a possibility.
I don't begrudge your decision, as I considered the same. But the is no way you got a good deal trading it in. In fact I would be willing to bet you would have easily made your money back plus if you had done the repair and then sold it yourself.

 

So, wait, you bought this prius new, had it fail 7 years later, traded it in on a different car and THEN you joined prius chat today to vent?!?!

 

yup.

 

Dang -- I hope the next time a Prius Chat member within 1000 miles of NC has this issue they contact me. I need a good used prius that just needs a battery. the battery is an easy replacement and good one's are $500 or so at junkyard or $900 to $1000 rebult. Much cheaper than a tranny in "normal" cars.

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