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Can I fit a 2013 compressor on a 2010 Prius?

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by Seymour1, Aug 17, 2024 at 1:28 PM.

  1. Seymour1

    Seymour1 Junior Member

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    I saw a post where someone mounted a 2012 compressor on a 2010 Prius. He said that it was not supposed to fit, but it does. I assume he referrs to a late 2012 to 2015 compressor. The newer ones have a short pig-tail orange cable attached to the compressor while the old style does not. I think my 2010 needs a replacement compressor. Maybe newer designs last longer. And, I found a great deal on an ebay 2013 compressor. However, the vunerable 6-pin connector still collects water, and often is damged during shipment.
     
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    Air conditioning compressors on these models really if they're kept up with the least of the problem I'm in a high heat climate my 2010 and my 2013 Persona air conditioners are flawless they'll run you out of the car The problem is the car is just don't run worth the crap so if you don't have the pigtail or you do have the pigtail you probably going to want to stay with what you got or you're going to be making some kind of a wiring change so if you get it out of the later car that has a plug in the back of it for the HV rather than a pigtail you're going to want to cut the plug that plugs into the compressor and leave yourself about 8 in or so of cable whatever you can get because now you're going to need to cut your business orange cables and connect this plug assembly you just got to make it all work now splicing and making connections on DC wiring capable of 300 volts is not a big deal but it has to be done with the proper equipment proper fittings
     
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    and that's pretty expensive to do, given that those orange wires are shielded, and the connector needs to be properly joined to both the wire and the shield, and you'd be buying connectors and crimp dies to do it that you'll probably never be using again, and they're not cheap.

    I don't think the connection at the inverter changed any, so my hunch would be that either your existing orange cable from the inverter will plug right into the pigtail (maybe with a little extra slack for you to secure somehow), or it won't but you can replace that orange cable with the later 82122-47030 one and it'll plug right in (and maybe confuse every later person who has to work on it).