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Hybrid fan cleaning

Discussion in 'Prius v Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by DKCK, Sep 3, 2024 at 8:03 PM.

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    DKCK New Member

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    Greetings all,

    We have a 2012 Prius V, about 88,000 miles. No problems whatsoever with it since we got it. We recently had a routine oil change at a dealer and they recommended a hybrid fan cleaning. We've never had this recommendation before, and to my knowledge it has never been done. They want ~$180 for it. From online videos, it looks like you have to remove the back seats and do other things to get the job done. It seems more effort and time than I'm willing to commit myself. Do I really need to get this done, or is it basically make-work for the dealer's service department? Thank you for any advice you can provide.
     
    #1 DKCK, Sep 3, 2024 at 8:03 PM
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    You can easily do it yourself. The grille can be removed and cleaned. Access to the fan and high-voltage battery from the trunk is also simple.
     
    #2 MAX2, Sep 3, 2024 at 11:41 PM
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    If you have pets in the car, you should bother to replace all the battery air inlet filters and maybe clean the blower. If you don't have pets and aren't in a dusty environment, I'd just deal with the filters. In any case, checking and replacing the filters will give you an idea of whether there is stuff even available in your car to clog the filter, then stuff bypassing the filter can get to the blower. If your filters are clean, so is the blower, most likely. Unless the filters were replaced since they were clogged, such as if you had a dog but no longer do, or bought a pet car from someone who changed the filters to hide that fact.
     
    #3 OptimalPrime, Sep 4, 2024 at 12:19 AM
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