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Pest chewed through wires, need to identify part/wires needed

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by AnotherPriusPerson, Sep 11, 2024 at 3:09 PM.

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    Not my first time on here with wire issues. Last time was because of human screw up, this time because of a pest.

    This is a 2009, second generation Prius.

    Here's the part that got chewed through. If someone could identify the part I need, or the wire types I need to buy, I'd appreciate it. I have all the tools already for crimping and connecting wires from last time, at least, so that's one bonus lol.

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    The hood latch also broke simultaneously which I imagine is going to be much more annoying to replace than this wire connection.
     
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    In case anyone is wondering, the sensor is called a Prius Inverter Circuit Breaker Sensor. It's also called Circuit Breaker Sensor #1 by the official online Prius Parts Center. The part number is G4845-47020.

    I can't seem to find it anywhere except for Ebay and the official Toyota stores. I'd like to just drop in some local car shop but looks like that's a no-go.
     
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    I don't see any sign that anything bad happened to the circuit-breaker sensor itself, only to the two wires connecting to it.

    If you're just going to use splicing materials you already have on hand to repair those wires, there may be no need to look up any parts.

    You could buy Toyota's repair terminals for the yellow connector, and if you wanted to do that, you could find the part numbers in the online wiring diagram, as this post describes.

    But I don't see any advantage to doing that here. The repair terminals come with short lengths of wire attached, which you still have to splice to your original wires; the usual lengths would put the splices just about where you could just splice what you've got already. I don't see any sign of damage nearer to the terminals or connector.
     
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    It looks like that piece of wire loom was also chewed at its base. If the wire visible there is actually damaged (hard to tell from the picture) the OP may need to unwrap the wire harness a little below that point to get an inch or so of clean wire to splice to. There is plenty of clean wire on the plug side already. A new piece of wire loom might also be a good idea, that one has seen better days.
     
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    Get one from a junkyard.

    Or did you mean the cable to the hatch broke? That is much more common than the latch itself breaking. The part number for that cable is 53630-47030, MSRP is $55 but one local Toyota dealer is selling the OEM part for $41.

    Hood Lock Control Cable Assembly #53630-47030 | Autoparts.toyota.com

    The Dorman one is $24 at RockAuto. Given the abysmal quality of most things Dorman and the high PITA factor of a stuck hood, I would spend the extra $17 for the real deal.