2005 hybrid battery, runied by dealer?

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Hope this is in the right thread. I have a 2005 with 135K. Brought car to dealership to change all season to snow tires. For whatever reason the service advisor came out and said I should have the following service items done. This dealership always trys to up sell me. They were both under the hood and under the car. BTW I always service the car at dealership and do the required maintenance.Anyway When I left the dealer the "dead hybrid" red traingle light was on. I turned car around and dealer rechecked the car and said that codes P30000 and P0A80 were diagnosed and wanted 4400.00 to replace hybrid. It's just too coincidental. The car has operated PERFECTLY and I watch the charge screen etc. It is my belief the dealer/service tech did something to the car. They have been accused of this before. I'm having my local garage look for a possible "fix" but it seems that you need to go to a specialist for hybrid diagnoses. ANY HELP would be appreciated. I live in Sherman CT. I'm about an hour north of White Plains NY. Called a place about an hour and a half from here and they said bring car, will swap out battery for 1350.00 with a 12 month 15,000 mile warranty. The car will drive with just the engine....will I hurt it driving 100 miles to get battery swapped. HELP PLEASE

 

In speaking with "experts" around the country who's only business is replacing and or servicing hybrids they found the odds of the hybrid failing with virtual no warning at all to be extremely small, especially since car ran perfectly and charging screen always showed full charge etc. The odds are just too long for this to be a coincidence.

 

Codes have been cleared and came back. Have driven the car to my local "guy" to see if he can find anything Toyota may have done.Spoke to Toyota, the only credit they will give is if I buy a new battery from Toyota. I have driven the car at 50+ miles per hour on the gas engine since problem occurred. Not sure what limp mode is. Having said that I am probably going to use the services of a company called Greentec. Will make the 2 1/2 hour drive to my house and install battery for about 1500.00 . Battery has 18 month warranty. Thanks to everybody who responded. My only concern is that the issue may just be that the bussbars (sp?) may be dirty or perhaps only one cell is bad and i can't find the mechanic to check and fix. I will NOT be going back to this Toyota dealer.One last thing, I was asked about the tire swap. This dealer stores your tires and changes them winter and summer as needed for no charge. I have no place to put tires, nor am I capable of doing the work, as both sets of tires use the same rims. Thanks again to all.

 

I was not given any firm details about what the credit might or might not be. I was quoted 4,400. before I left the dealership to install new hybrid. So even if I got 1500.00 it just isn't worth it. It is very likely that I will be given a 2010 Prius with very low mileage in the next year and I just wanted to keep car running until then. Technically it might be cheaper just to run it with the gas engine, but I'm not comfortable with that. I agree about the rims, I just don't have anywhere to store them during off season.

 

Greentec indicated that the warranty included labor and that they would come back to my home if battery failed. I am waiting for an email with the warranty and will update later today or tomorrow at latest. BTW I spoke to the "parts guy" at the dealership where I had the original issue. I asked if he had any idea about what type of credit Toyota might issue if I was to buy a new hybrid battery but he did not know. They get about 2300 for a new one. He is a good guy and I mention that because I've talked with him at length about other issues. I told him that i was going to buy a re-manufactured battery and he gave me a long technical reason why it was a mistake and that you couldn't really "repair" a battery. I'm sorry I can't be more specific. He was NOT trying to sell me a new one.

 

Greentec was here. It took them an hour to swap batteries. Very professional. These are the codes that came up P3000, P0A80 and C1310. They said the C1310 was a HV System Malfunction and was surprised that the dealer didn't pick it up. The battery and labor are for 18 months unlimited mileage. It was a 2 hour drive for them to come here. If battery has problems I have to get the codes and they will come back at no charge (assuming the codes are related to the battery). Total cost was 1536.00. They thought that one of the cells was probably not operating properly. If I could have found someone who could have done that type of "search and fix" I would have opted for it. I am not a DIY guy and would only create additional problems.