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Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Main Forum' started by zzrguy, Jul 12, 2015.

  1. zzrguy

    zzrguy Junior Member

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    Well we picked up a 2015 Prius TWO Friday my wife wanted a SeaFoam green but they didn't not have it in the interior color she wanted. So we got the one I wanted in Barcelona red.

    Argh can't up load the pics
     
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  2. bisco

    bisco cookie crumbler

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    nice, congrats and all the best!(y)
     
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    You need about 5 entrys to be able to load pictures.
     
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    Your first Prius, or have you owned others?
     
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  5. zzrguy

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    It our first. So the learning curve is fun.

    Here's a noob question are my traction battery's suppose to be fully charged after a long drive at highway speeds cause mine only seem to get to 1 bar short of full and seem to drain down to half overnight.
     
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    Per my experience, the traction battery never gets fully charged. Just somewhere between half and near the top is normal. If you're running on a long descent, it might get fully charged and then there will be no regen braking and the engine will rev/spin to bleed off battery charge. You'll be on friction braking (no regen braking) so you might want to use B mode (engine braking) on long descents to preserve the brake pads.
     
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    No, it should not be fully charged, or even show fully charged on the dash display (which isn't the same), unless you've just come down a large hill. Otherwise, if the engine has been running continuously in your "long drive at highway speeds," the display should normally show about 3/4 charged (6, plus or minus one, of the 8 bar segments).
     
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    Congratulations! The same thing happen to us a month ago. I made an online offer for a sea glass pearl but drove off with a Barcelona.
     
    #8 Red Salamander, Jul 14, 2015
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    That mighta happened occasionally with ours. I'm thinking it's meaningless, maybe the car re-assessing the charge amount.
     
    #9 Mendel Leisk, Jul 14, 2015
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    Cool thank everyone.
    20150711_155901.jpg
     
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    The Barcelona Red rocks!
     
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