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Cell Module Manufactured Date

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Technical Discussion' started by AzusaPrius, Jun 16, 2020.

  1. AzusaPrius

    AzusaPrius Senior Member

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    With this image I let my OCD get to me and I needed to know how old my hybrid battery pack was.

    The bad module I replaced was created on 11/9/2005

    I ordered one on Ebay $25 and was sent one from 6/10/2007

    After going through the whole pack There is 17 modules from 2007
    There is 9 modules from 2006
    There is 2 modules from 2005

    Looking at the invoice for the battery shows on 5/7/2018 @ 155,454 miles.
    $2,100 total

    I bought the car in 7/2018 @ 159,xxx*

    12/12/2018 @ 170,079 was taken back because of codes pointing to the battery.

    1/5/2019 @ 171,468 taken back for same codes and charged $50 for no reason but at this point I was done these thiefs and they had my key.

    2/27/2018 @ 172,901 taken for the final time to that shop.

    Warranty expired on 5/7/2019

    Here I am today only now with a fix that has me back on the road.
    She is just over 182,xxx right now.

    I age the battery pack as a whole to be about 14 years old.

    We will see how long she last before the next module needs to be replaced.


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    #1 AzusaPrius, Jun 16, 2020
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    Looks like your pack has been rebuilt not replaced with new. There's a great deal of confusion when people are selling their prius and say battery was "replaced" but too often it wasn't replaced with new, but with rebuilt which means instead of a decade or longer of life from new, you'll be lucky to get a few years.

    Do you know who did the battery rebuild? Have you checked in with their warranty policy? Some rebuilders are extending their warranty to be more competitive.
     
    #2 PriusCamper, Jun 16, 2020
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    That must be the low mileage one you mentioned.
     
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  4. AzusaPrius

    AzusaPrius Senior Member

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    Warranty is over already that is why I opened it up and swapped out a module, though they did mess it up.
    Also I previously thought it was a Dorman but the lid says Cardone.

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    #4 AzusaPrius, Jun 16, 2020
  5. AzusaPrius

    AzusaPrius Senior Member

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    Good catch Sherlock, guess I can ask the seller to refund or send another module? Maybe it really is low mileage but just made in 2007?

    I confirmed it with the seller and it has 75k miles on it.

    Dont really care since it only cost $25

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    #5 AzusaPrius, Jun 16, 2020
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