Should I just believe I need a New Hybrid Battery?

If the car believes you need a new traction battery, it generally gives you the P0A80 code. Was that anywhere among the codes you've been shown?

 

A 2010 should also be on it's last legs with the HV battery. So regardless if you need it right at this present moment, needing one isn't going to be too far in your future. Also if damage was done to your car by potential thieves, some of your repairs might be covered under your insurance.

 

You can do better find a hybrid battery repair place there is one somewhere not too far from you get an independent person that knows a little bit about these cars to have a look and the story may change a bit like has been mentioned to 2010 our 2010 is already on its second battery The first one was changed 5 years ago. Our 2013 even has a replacement battery in it and that was put in about 2 years ago All these vehicles are these two vehicles were above 200,000 miles when the batteries were changed. My guy only charges me like $550 for a built replacement battery A new battery racked up from Toyota I don't know right now is about 1650 1700 If you can get to $5,000 from the 1700 and have it sitting in your car while somebody's charging quite a bit of cash but change out should be about 2 hours at $150 an hour that's 300 bucks an independent battery guy can probably do it faster than that but going to charge you the 2 hours Toyota's wants four or better independent shops might some independent shops might follow that 4-hour guideline. You have to shop around call around talk to people.

 

And you're in Long Beach California You should be able to spend the month talking to people on the phone before even thinking about making a decision if that was your end game there should be plenty of places course out in California you know you're five times expensive as where I live but such as life.

 

In that case, for the time being at least, you haven't been shown anything that should make you believe you need a battery yet.

 

try the folks at hybrid pit in buena park. idk if they do batteries, but might be able to direct you.

 

Your car and HV battery are 15 years old. If it wasn't a hybrid, you would possibly be looking at a headgasket or transmission failure as the big ticket repair. I see them all the time on facebook, craigslist, etc. for $1500+. Old BEV's for $2500+.

If you get a new OEM battery, you'll have another 10+ years of reliability and higher resale value for the car. MUCH cheaper battery prices are used/rebuilt packs while new 3rd party solutions are priced somewhere in between.

GOOD LUCK!

 

No trouble code has been reported that would suggest a focus on the battery.

 

He texted me a paper that showed the battery cells, he said one was reading low and the paper showed the cell with Battery Block Vol -VO7, value 12.60 which he highlighted. The other 13 Battery Blocks read 14 plus.

Code or no code, these values are pointing in that direction. It would never hurt to get a second opinion from a well respected hybrid shop.