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What 'brand' 12v battery do you recommend for a Prius?

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by ski.dive, Sep 13, 2024 at 8:28 AM.

  1. ski.dive

    ski.dive Active Member

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    Is this WALMART BATTERY for the Prius any good?
     

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    How much are they? I just spent $208 at my Toyota Dealer for my wife's 2017 Prius and it came with an 84-month warranty. (And I noticed the CCA went up from 295 to 470...I know we don't really use that to start but they must've beefed-up the batteries a bit.
     
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    I put two of them in my Gen 2, neither of them lasted as long as the original.

    When the battery in my used Gen 4 started failing, I figured what the hell and called the local dealer's parts department. The Toyota battery cost less, had better specs, and a better warranty.

    Oh, and I don't know if the AGM is a good choice, but to be honest, the last one I put in my Gen 2 was a Die Hard AGM.
     
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    I I would say read the reviews and see what other are experiencing for this group size they're pretty much Prius and Prius like vehicle so quite similar and all of that I'm usually a problems run they run pretty deep but just by looking at the battery and the basic specs on it it should be able to hold its own and usually Walmart will do you reasonably well although on some batteries I have noticed you have to be very careful with they're very stringent about honoring the warranty kind of interesting.
     
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    It is made by a reputable manufacturer, although I cannot recall now which one. Read all reviews at Walmart.com. I would get one. Apparently they also sell (or maybe sold) one with the lower nonSKS CCA rating, and people who ordered the bigger one online sometimes received the smaller one at delivery or pick up. The one shown in the picture is the bigger one. However, I would run it past my portable battery tester in the store first, because sometimes batteries are DOA, or near to it, and what's the point taking that home? (Not just at Walmart, any time I buy a car battery, for any car.)