Ran out of gas with one bar left. Did I damage the battery?

hard to say. normally, it takes a lot more driving, but 13 years is up there.
how many miles on her?

what was the outcome? did they fill the tank? did it start?

 

it will probably be fine

 

+1.

If original HV Batt, you should be happy you got 13yrs. Celebrate its longevity. Nothing to be sad.

Maybe the lack of fuel pushed the HV Batt over the edge. But at 13yrs, if original, does it matter?

When you try to operate on HV Batt only, due to low/no gas, the HV Batt will get drained too much, and will need to be rechaeged at the dealer or home via hobby chargers or Prolong charger.

 

yeh, taking their word for everything definitely puts you at a disadvantage

 

P0A0F - Engine Failed to Start - PossibleCauses:

• ECMs
  
• FI system
  
• Engine assembly
  
• HV transaxle assembly
  
• transmission input damper
  
• wire harness/connector(s)
  
• HV control ECU

Lots of stuff to diagnose, if the obvious (low gas) does NOT resolve P0A0F.

In the future:
1) refuel NO Later than 1/4 tank or earlier?
2) Verify the oil level has NOT been overfilled, before driving away from the service area. OR why not just change your own oil, if you are able to?

READ. Horrors of an overfilled Prius Engine:
Another Walmart oil overfill, Toyota is hinting at new ICE | PriusChat

 

I would guess...
That the OP is fine.
I've always heard that Toyota designed the Prius, as far as Hybrid Battery charge status, to always strive to be in the "middle way".
That is, when your battery shows full charge, it's not really fully charged. And conversely it also is not as low as it reads. It simpler terms, it's a battery not a gas tank, so fully charged isn't really a max, and 1 bar or 2 bars...isn't really hovering on totally depleted.

I think the issue is you ran out of gas.

My question is, if you are attentive enough to your cars needs, to get an oil change, why would you pull it into the dealership with one pip left, and a low state of charge?
I wouldn't do it. I'd assume they are in a hurry, maybe don't put the highest trained tech on the Oil Changes, and they might not only start the vehicle to check for oil leaks, but also might keep doors open, etc while working on it.
Handing a vehicle over to a 2nd party, while almost out of gasoline and in a low state of charge seems to be asking for unneeded trouble.

That wasn't a curve ball. That was straight pitch right over the plate.
What happened, was nearly about the only thing that could happen.

 

I'm going to have to wait for the movie on this one, because the book has too many plot twists, but I'm thinking that the CAR is fine.

The problem will probably be it's current location.

Good Luck!

 

No, I got that you ran out of gas, and when you said "Pip" you were talking about your gas gauge.

Hindsight is 20/20, but I wouldn't hand my vehicle over to a 2nd party, low on gasoline. Really once they pull it into the service bay, you have no idea what might happen. Left in accessory mode? Radio turned on?...engine ran to check for Oil Leaks....

1 pip, SHOULD of been enough gasoline, but 1 pip..by definition is, well one pip....you're about as close to zero as possible.

The good news, is I doubt you did any damage to your HV battery.

You said you had 1 pip on the gas gauge when you pulled IN....
Do you remember, when you attempted to leave if it was showing 1 pip?

At least for now, I would assume you have no problem, and that you simply ran out of gasoline.
Even though you weren't expecting it.

 

If one gas pip and was not blinking or beeping I would say it did not run out of gas the engine stalled out because they over filled the oil on the oil change. Seen that here like hundreds of times.
Literally hundreds of times.

Dealer is the worst place ever to get the oil changed. Here’s why

1. You can’t watch these knuckleheads.
2. You don’t get the certified techs you get the dudes that are in the back of the building that only change oil
3. They use pneumatic oil pumps with vat bulk oil. Most inaccurate device and the most crappiest of oil
Since it’s very inaccurate they are instructed to always put a little more make sure it gets a lot of oil
4. They never ever check the oil before hand so they can warn you hey you were really low on oil when you rolled in your car eats oil like most high mile Prius......your reply Is. wow I had no idea I should watch the oil level. And they never check the oil after. No one double checks there work.
At say jiffy lube there’s akways someone else checking the original guys work.
Not saying jiffy is good but at least there double checking.
5. Long wait time with exposure to constant upsell and unnecessary repairs,

Pros

1. Donuts
2. The false sense of security your doing it right and the dealer cares so I never have to open the hood again. Which is a death sentence for a 10 year old car. It’s dealer maintained who hoo !!

 

Yes, I was completely mislead by the title. I'm easily lead though...

 

+1

That's why if you're poor, it's often cheaper to just buy a new car every 4-5 years and make monthly payments than it is to drive a ten year old car and rely on a dealer to swing wrenches.

 

It would be cheaper yet to buy that car every 4~5 years but pay cash. Borrowing to buy the car is always more expensive in the long run, is it not?

I went to a "new owners night" at our local dealership, and we took a look through their servicie department. In one room there were several large graduated pitchers on a counter, with pre-measured amounts for pending oil change jobs.

Also, I used to buy bottled Toyota 0W20, but a few years back started thinking about all those used oil bottles going into the recycle stream, basically because of my insecurity. I bought a 10 liter gas can, and a large graduated pitcher, and talked to the dealership: now I'm buying their synthetic 0W20, and recently also non-synth 5W20 for our daughter's Pilot.

They say both oils are Toyota, and the 0W20 is the same oil as the bottled. I've no reason to doubt them; it certainly looks and performs the same, it's cheaper, and no more "empties".

Whenever I've purhased, they bring the container back to me with the level more-or-less precisely at the gradations marked on my container. They said the metering system on the oil dispenser is very precise.

 

Yep that's how its done. There's a room with scientists precisely measuring oil out for future oil changes. There its sits. Till someone brings there car in.