Did my Prius die?

Hey everyone. I’ve been having some issues with my ‘07 and I’m wondering if it’s finally bit the dust.

A few weeks ago I started my car up as normal and as I was pulling out of my driveway the red triangle warning light came on. All it said on the display was “Problem!”. Very specific, thanks Prius!

Before I had a chance to take it in to get checked out, the light went off and everything was normal so I thought it was just a glitch.

On friday, I had been driving normal that day and on my commute home, the light came on again accompanied by the ((!)) yellow light. As soon as this happened, I checked through my display and noticed that the HV battery display was in the pink zone at 2 bars and my engine was revving higher and seemed to have trouble switching gears on the highway. As I continued to drive, the battery charge went back up to normal and everything seemed fine, but the lights were still on. I kept an eye on them over the weekend and did minimal driving.

Fast forward to today (Monday), driving home from work the light is still on and this time I noticed that when I turned on my AC, the HV battery dropped to 1 bar and I lost almost all acceleration. I had to pull off the road, shut the car off, restart and let it idle until the battery level got high enough for me to drive.

I made it home, but it felt like it was really struggling. Difficult to take off from a stop, gears not shifting normally, sporadically revving up high.

Does this sound like something that can be fixed or is my HV battery just on its last legs? Thanks for any help.

 

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I put in a new 12v battery a little over a year ago, but as far as the HV battery goes I’m assuming it’s the original.