Broken down on highway

Help!
I pulled off I40 to check my tires. I was getting some side to side wobble. I didnt see anything wrong and restarting got no power only light was parking led very dim. After a while power was back. I started up to the red triangle. Now I'm sitting in ready mode not wanting to shut down. 4 bars
Torque indicates no error codes

Advice?

 

I am on an i40 side road with red triangle of death. After shutdown no power. Eventually came back and now in ready mode and red triangle of death plus orange car light. Torque shows no codes

Any advice?

 

I drove 4 miles to a better exit.

I suspect the aux battery. I cleared fault codes and warning lights went off
Temps for inverter are normal. Main battery has 5 bars. So I wil continue on down the highway for now

 

Just noticed that my clock reads 2:11
Apparently a power failure occured
My 2005 prius with 264k miles is due for an aux batt replacement soon

 

Thanks JD and Patrick. Ive got 2 threads going the other is on gen ii main I'm an hour further down the.road. I did reset codes with torque and al is well. I suspect the aux battery. Temps all normal


Thanks again

 

Hi. Keno
My test this am showed 12.2 and the 11.9 at the second step
This is what I was getting 2 years ago when I was concerned about my mileage

My main battery also gets interesting Sitting 3 minutes in a drive in can run it down from 6 bars to 2. Another concern is that when the engine starts it only charges the battery about one bar then shuts off. This can't be normal can it? The delta V is normal between the modules

Thanks all

John C

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I bought the car at 235k miles and have had good service
As far as I know the batteries are original. I'll check tomorrow for a date n the aux


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thanks Patrick. I jut wanted to hear someone who "gets it" more than I do say it!

6 bars to 2 bars is as much as 20% of the pack's charge. Do you find it fills up the display quite readily when you brake? And empty completely when you accelerate?

Charging 1 bar and shutting off is perfectly normal. The car tries to keep the SOC in the 47.5% and 57.5% range. This is the entirety of the "blue" area. If it gets low down to 2 bars, it will start up. Once it gets to 3 bars, and the engine is nice and toasty warm, the load is light enough to be acceptably managed by the traction pack alone, etc then the engine shuts off.

Oh. I see.
Other than the aberrations already mentioned it has a tendency
I did a test once against a curb described somewhere on line. With the pack as fully charged as I could get by using B mode, it discharged in place for around a minute before the engine started. The rate if I recall was somewhere under 30 amps. I could try again if this is a worthwhile test. Someone else reported 3x that duration with the test.

It doesn't empty and fill as radically as you describe but the tendency is there

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In process of installing new Napa AgM battery I found the body ground screw loose
Tightening that seems to have improved everything. My battery test showed 12.5v.and 12.0 with ac on low. I Also seem to be getting better mileage and more even charging. Travelling on level ground the soc ran in the green a lot then stabilized around 6 bars. The car runs quieter and easier. I had felt I needed new main and aux batteries now feel relief on both issues

I got this car with 235k miles at well below book value 2 years ago and it doesn't have a rattle though now has a squeak or 2. I'm ready to head back out on the interstate and try again

Thanks guys
John C.



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Patrick

I didn't install the battery which is called the Legend Premium by Napa
It is 325 c.c.a. I don't know if it is a deep discharge and will not install it even though....

I still have problems with start up charge. The lights are dim and flicker then stabilizing enabling me to start. So I need to do more troubleshooting. Could there be some other component troubling me that you know of? I know you have great knowledge of Prius systems

Thanks
John


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