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Prius wouldn't start

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by avoice217, Sep 29, 2022.

  1. avoice217

    avoice217 Member

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    Hey guys, so small update; so I received a used one from another guy on eBay & apparently its something else in the battery pack. So come tomorrow I'm gonna take the battery pack out and do a more intensive look. I honestly have no idea why it has to be this complicated, but unfortunately it's become this way. Thankfully tomorrow is a holiday, so I'll have plenty of time to figure things out.
     
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    If you've got TechStream, you can verify your battery's wire harness deficiencies the "easy" way as @mr_guy_mann already suggested.

    Otherwise you need to spend some time manually probing your battery pack and harness with a multimeter.
     
  3. avoice217

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    Hey guys, so I believe I found the root of my problem (and its probably a very rookie mistake). So I was working on taking the battery pack apart and hiding right in front of me was one of the battery contacts that's supposed to be screwed down by an 8mm nut, but it was just handing out. I'll admit that sometimes I rush through things and this just happens to be one of those times. Now my problem is that I have a package of nickel plated bus bars with the nuts, but that's what I'm currently trying to find. If I can't find it today, then I'll have to contact the dealership and see if my original crate is still on their premises or not (hopefully it is based on how long it took them to ship it to the dealership to begin with).