Sudden loss of power, Red Triangle, Won't Start + P3190

Battery was free, but I payed for the tech to come service it. Yes, it's very cold right now..polar vortex or whatever they call it. What do you estimate Toyota will charge me for a fuel pump or fuel injector repair? This is what you originally suspected was the issue I believe.

 

Ha. Yeah sometimes I ask myself why I live here. The road salt kills our cars, too.

Anyway...yes I'm at 170k-ish. If I can diagnose the issue with Techstream, they would do the repair for me. They just don't have the right tools to diagnose it. I'm surprised they don't have Techstream with the amount of Toyota cars they service... grr.

 

I have a lot to learn! Didn't realize I needed a subscription for that as well, excited to learn more though.

 

Alright so Toyota says the hybrid battery needs to be replaced and there's an engine coolant leak. That's it. ....I just had the battery replaced, and the car still wouldn't run. Best Hybrid guys stand behind their batteries so I'm a little skeptical that is actually the issue. Not sure what to do. Really my only option is to have it replaced I suppose.

 

The battery installed by Best Hybrid is a remanufactured battery. The water pump is leaking coolant.

This whole process has been such a headache mostly because I'm trying to discern who to listen to, and I feel like I keep making the wrong decisions. I just can't seem to win. I have so many different opinions coming at me from every direction and I don't know who to trust.

Toyota is telling me to pay $2700 and replace the HV. They don't really seem to be digging deep; they're just addressing the drained battery and think that will fix it. Best Hybrid Batteries advised me to bring the car to them for repair, since they deal with these issues all the time, apparently. They said they have a checklist of items they go through to verify the root of the problem. They are really genuine guys, but I'm still worried about my battery failing me down the road. They claim it should last at least five years.

I can try to get Toyota to lower the battery cost for me, but at 175k I'm far past the point of a goodwill discount. Or, I can ask them if the battery doesn't fix the issue, not to charge me for it.

Out of everyone I've talked to, I trust this community the MOST. None of you are after my business; you're just purely here to help others out and share your learnings... and I really appreciate each of you.

Unfortunately, all the money I've saved on gas has now gone right back into repairs...if not even more.

 

Welcome! A little more info please. What have you tried?

 

Right. So the 3 year warranty is great...IF I'm nearby when it fails again. So I can try to negotiate with Toyota about getting the price down, but they are pretty hard to get anywhere with unless I go via corporate which takes some time.

Originally, one of the reasons I got a remanufactured battery was because I was only planning on keeping this car maybe another 3-4 years max. It already has 175k and I purchased it for $6,000 in Atlanta, so there's no road salt damage.

And yeah, I haven't noticed any puddling.