2007 PRIUS TRACTION BATTERY FAILURE AND REPLACEMENT

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by kjprius, Jul 7, 2014.

  1. kjprius

    kjprius Junior Member

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    Received these warning lights this morning.


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    Just took it to a local shop and here are the codes it has thrown:

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    The car is running badly now -- really not wanting to drive t at all. Can anyone point me to where I can get this fixed myself? I have no problem single charging / grid charging / balancing these things out and or replacing hopefully only "block 8" as denoted above. Any suggestions? And yes, this is the nightmare of having you battery go out -- 160k miles right now so no chance of warranty.
     
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  2. JimboPalmer

    JimboPalmer Tsar of all the Rushers

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    #2 JimboPalmer, Jul 7, 2014
  3. nh7o

    nh7o Off grid since 1980

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    The posts of HV battery failure are almost daily now. Check out the battery rebalancing and replacement threads in the Technical Discussion forum. They are long but contain what the accumulated efforts of PC'ers have learned.
    Gen II Prius Technical Discussion | PriusChat
     
    #3 nh7o, Jul 7, 2014
  4. Priusfromevil

    Priusfromevil Junior Member

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    Yep, replaced my (2006) battery last year at ~110,000 miles. Cost at Kansas City dealership: $2800 total. Should have gone third party. Better warranty and $1000 cheaper. Unfortunately they weren't open on the weekend. :(
     
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    can't really complain about replacing the battery after 160k though, that's what i figured when looking at the 150k warranty.
     
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    I think you should be glad you went with an original Toyota battery. Many have experienced problems with rebuilt batteries. The ones that have been lucky are the ones that had failures 3 years back, when the modules from GenII were still fairly new. If you buy a rebuilt now, most likely you'll have to call for warranty replacement.....which to most, is a headache and hassle to deal with.
     
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