HV (traction) Battery Fail at 100,500 miles

$3300 for the most reliable car in 36 years isn't too bad. It provided you with 9 trouble free years and possibly another 9 trouble free years to come

 

did you contact toyota to see if they would help out? many here have received a substantial discount.

 

IMHO, It's the wrong way at looking at the issue. I would say the battery failed at the age of 9 years. About 10 years is when people start to see problems. If this is the only issue, not too bad. I'm also active on RAV4 forums and it's common for members to have very expensive failures like tranny, VVT, rear diff, head gaskets, water pumps, ignition coils, etc at low miles. Some of those items cost $2000-$5000 to fix. The modern cars are very costly to fix.

 

I am confused about when the 15o kmile CARB warranty kicks in. OK I guess per JimboPalmer's famous post below, that WA does not offer the 150k mile warranty.

With the exception of AZ, any year after the Model Year listed is also covered.
MY 2004 California, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Vermont
MY 2005 Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island
MY 2007 Maryland
MY 2008 Oregon, Pennsylvania*
MY 2009 Washington*
MY 2011 New Mexico
MY 2011, 2012 only Arizona
MY 2014 Delaware*
(these are my best guess, I invite corrections)

* not all warranty provisions apply, does not include the 150,000/10 year duration​

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If you've supported Toyota by either being a Toyota household (and providing proof) and/or having had your car serviced by a Toyota dealer for its lifetime, then the chances are that Toyota will help you out if you're just outside warranty.

I speak from personal experience where my inverter was replaced outside of warranty (they paid for the inverter, I paid for fitting). My car has a full Toyota service history and my partner owns a Toyota from new too.

If you've purchased your cars second hand and serviced your car outside of Toyota, then I fear they may draw the warranty line at 100,000 miles on the dot. A line has to be drawn somewhere.

But as others have said, contact Toyota HQ in your State or the US and give them your facts and concerns and see if there is anything they can offer - you don't ask you don't get! Depending on the circumstances of owning 4 Toyota hybrids, you'd have thought they'd look to offer some support with you only being slightly over warranty.

Good luck and keep us all informed.

 

I think the OP has already paid his dues and beyond the "asking for help" part. His post sounded like it's fixed.