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How many years your original HV battery lasted before repair or replacement?

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by Aegean, Nov 3, 2020.

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How many years your original HV battery lasted before repair or replacement?

  1. 0-8 under warranty

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  2. 9

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  3. 10

    1 vote(s)
    4.8%

  4. 11

    2 vote(s)
    9.5%

  5. 12

    1 vote(s)
    4.8%

  6. 13

    2 vote(s)
    9.5%

  7. 14

    3 vote(s)
    14.3%

  8. 15

    2 vote(s)
    9.5%

  9. 16

    1 vote(s)
    4.8%

  10. Still original HV battery

    9 vote(s)
    42.9%
  1. Aegean

    Aegean Active Member

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    How many years your original HV battery lasted before repair or replacement?
     
    #1 Aegean, Nov 3, 2020
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  2. srellim234

    srellim234 Senior Member

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    The battery pack was showing signs of having problems soon after we bought it at 8 years old. Using the Hybrid Automotive conditioning system I got another 3 years out of it. It never threw a code but I replaced the pack with a new OEM one preemptively when we moved here in 2019. 115+*F summers are not friendly to batteries and I didn't want to take a chance on stranding the family in the middle of the Mojave Desert.
     
    #2 srellim234, Nov 25, 2020
  3. Isaac Zachary

    Isaac Zachary Senior Member

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    I got my 2006 this year (2020) for cheap because it was throwing an HV battery code. Turned out a cell was dead in a module. I checked the capacity of the other modules and found that most were around 3.5Ah by my measurements but replaced a couple that were considerably lower.
     
    #3 Isaac Zachary, Nov 25, 2020
  4. mr_guy_mann

    mr_guy_mann Senior Member

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    My story is exactly the same as Isaac. I bought my 2006 earlier in July because the original pack had a failed module at 160k. Got some replacements on ebay and chargers to cycle all the modules.

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    #4 mr_guy_mann, Nov 26, 2020
  5. 8AA

    8AA Active Member

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    I bought my Prius in 2004 and put about 190K miles on it by this past September, then the HV battery started giving me codes. About a year prior to that, I had noticed that the SOC indicator was changing faster than it had in the past, both discharging and recharging.
     
    #5 8AA, Dec 4, 2020
  6. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    Almost 11.5 years but we traded it in for a Gen 4 instead.
     
    #6 Tideland Prius, Dec 4, 2020
  7. caliwaves

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    Bought used 2006 prius at 146k miles; carfax and dealer verification shows battery was replaced oem at 76k miles in 2014.
     
    #7 caliwaves, Dec 5, 2020
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