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Prius Engine Codes Help

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by seahorse, Jan 18, 2019.

  1. seahorse

    seahorse New Member

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    Hi All,

    I am looking for advice on my car. I got a engine light on with the following codes indicating to replace the Hybrid pack. I checked the battery status using torque mobile app and found that there are two battery blocks have low charge compared to others. However these two blocks are still have 14V.

    1) Is 14V in the battery blocks too low that we need to replace them?
    2) Could it be buzz bar (orange in color) that might have gone bad?
    3) Considering the age of the car, I was thinking of going with refurbished battery pack. What do you guys suggest?

    Codes -
    P0A80 - Replace Hybrid Pack
    P3013 - Battery Block 3 becomes weak
    P3024 - Battery Block 14 becomes weak

    Thank you for your help.
     

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    #1 seahorse, Jan 18, 2019
  2. JC91006

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    Considering the age of the car.....What age is the car? Mileage? Any mechanical issues?
     
    #2 JC91006, Jan 18, 2019
  3. seahorse

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    Its 2007 Toyota Prius with 120K miles. No mechanical issue.
     
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  4. dolj

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    If the car is in generally good conditioning and you intend to hold onto it for 3 or more years, do not bother with any kind rebuilt/refurbished/remanufactured/re-anything battery. Get either 2k1Toaster's new replacement modules or a new pack from Toyota.

    If you need to do a temporary fix to tide yourself over, consider replacing the failed modules yourself in block 3 and maybe block 14. I say maybe block 14, as they may respond to recycling/rebalancing. If you are not the DIY type and confident about messing with High Voltage, then I say pass on that. If you are going to DIY, then you will need to assemble a basic arsenal of tools and equipment.
     
    #4 dolj, Jan 19, 2019
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