Please help this low-income single mom!!!!

You need to find somebody local to you which I don't know where that is I'm in the southeast United States North Carolina Middle of and need somebody near you to read the codes with the proper scanner and get everything else just to make sure those are break codes usually you hear the brake pump running when you get in the car and open the door if you just sit there for a minute and listen you hear things pumping and whirring etc.. unfortunately that part is quite costly around $1,700 walk-in price maybe 1435 internet price walk-in and pick up either way it's very costly sometimes you can get away with taking one off of used car and be lucky for a while maybe a longer while who knows use there about 340 bucks something like that again It's hard to say I don't know where basically you are so this is all based on the Central Southeast United States basically oh and good luck.

 

Oh you're from Talladega Very cool we're from the other T town Tuscaloosa Roll Tide. You should have really no problem finding an abundant of these things used in the junk yards when I'm down there visiting family there are a few places I always stop at on the way down because it's a good idea they're also some big places in Georgia right across like in Conyers miles and miles of these cars.

 

Honestly that's not a terrible idea. Older hybrids can turn into moneypits, and yours is showing signs that the replacement battery is not all it should be.

 

The C1259 and C1310 aren't unexpected, but all they mean is that the real news will be in the hybrid system codes that the AutoZone scan hasn't shown you. (A lot of scan tools can't show all the codes in a Prius.)

Best bet is to find someone who has a tool that can read all the codes in a Prius, and then tell us what they all are. That could be someone who has Toyota Techstream (the same software a dealer would use), or who has one of the better scan tools reviewed in this thread (which mentions which ones can show all of the codes):

Gen2 OBD2 app review | PriusChat

 

If you are not "mechanically gifted" & DIY capable (or know someone who is), then as mentioned, an old hybrid isn't a great choice.

It might need a sizeable repair budget.

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Odds are the hybrid battery was replaced with a used one that has gone bad again. Pretty common. The problem is a new one is at least $2500 installed and you still have a very complicated hybrid that most mechanics don’t work on or know much about.

Even an accurate diagnosis at a dealer is around $150.

Carvana is not that good of an option either since they won’t give you more than a few hundred as a trade in and zero if you try to outright sell it to them. All of their cars are overpriced for someone on a tight budget.

So you are between a rock and a hard place. The best Prius fix would be a guy or shop like Tom who has hybrid experience and knows where to get parts. But it is likely to be one thing after another.

The best bet is another car from a friend but this time get a conventional budget friendly car anyone can diagnose and repair.


Budget Oldies But Goodies (w Lower Miles)

2000-04 Avalons (no rust)
2004-06 Camry V6
2005-08 Corolla (very good)

 

Any car, hybrid or not, is a financial burden. An older car, with maintenance unknowns, and having precious little “discretionary income”, yeah just convert it to cash, and keep that for a rainy day.

 

Yeah but something like a 1995 or 6 7:00 a.f. 1.8 Corolla. Will roll forever with minimal everything. Step up to a 2002 AE11 1ZZFE engine You've got something there too high mileage can be a problem with oil and what have you but the engines are plentiful on the JDM market Don't waste time with rebuilding like the two Z just grab another one and that will take you until you don't want to drive anymore literally unless you're where it rests then just figure every two or three years come down south by a replacement take it back up north something along those lines I've done that for years when I lived in Western Massachusetts.

 

anyone seen my mom?