2005 Prius battery options

My suggestion would be to change where you're looking. I wouldn't even consider anything that uses refurbished cells as opposed to brand new. Refurbished units are still older, used cells and are prone to failing quickly since they are usually the remaining cells collected from a failed battery. If one cell failed, those others are probably going soon.

If you can't do it yourself, the best bet might be to find a local hybrid mechanic to install a pack that has new cells from Texas Hybrid, Bumblebee or even a new Toyota pack. Prices have been dropping.

 

welcome!

get a new oem, or new aftermarket; 'newhybridbatteries.com'

don't cheap out if you want reliability

 

and talk to the folks at 'autobeyours' in scottsburg.

 

Do you have a friend or family member that enjoys learning car stuff that can help you? All the options you listed are from people who have learned how to rebuild battery packs and are charging way more than the actual time and effort they'll put into fixing your pack and the repairs they make will have a hard time lasting 2 years.

Perhaps watch youtube videos about how to pull the battery pack than either do it yourself or get help with someone else. There's a chance you could have simple corrosion issues in the voltage sensing wires and for $50 you replace that part, clean everything up and you're done. There's also lots of testing you can do on the pack to diagnose the problem and fix it yourself / help from a friend or family member. We can walk you through those steps when you get to that point.

Another option to consider is if you really like Prius and in a couple years you want to buy another Gen2 or Gen3 Prius you could buy a brand new battery pack for as low as $1650 from a Toyota dealership and if you have your battery pack already out, it's a fairly straightforward swap and you'll have a battery pack that won't give you any problems for 6-12years, so you could put it into your next Prius and be worry free about battery issues in your next car too!

 

Second time I've seen you give this bad link; no such company I can find.

 

I think @bisco means this:

http://newpriusbatteries.com/

 

at least the 50th time oh well, if the o/p's had any interest, they would ask, and i would search more.

 

You, search.

Is that the same category as your pics?

Making progress .

 

and that wasn't a link, by any stretch of the imagination

 

I’m watching my battery closely and have been looking at greentecauto.com. They offer three levels of battery from a one year warranty refurbed one for 950. A two year “high capacity” (whatever that means) for 1450 then a four year unit with all new cells for 1850. I find that 4 year option very intriguing because if it lasts as long or longer than a stock one did back in the day then I’ll be driving this car for something like 8 to 10 years. What do y’all think?

 

Go with @2k1Toaster ’s kit if you’re looking to drop $1600.

You get to keep the old modules and make some money off of them, further reducing the investment you make.

That’s what I’d do.

 

Oh do I pull apart the old plates and sell them individually?

 

Yes.