Hello everyone and greets from Italy. I've recently started to notice an unusual behaviour in the energy monitor on the screen of my 2008 Prius. I bought it in December 2024 but since then there was nothing to report about the hybrid system, until now. Basically, as far as my experience with this car, there is always energy coming back and forth from the battery, but in my case it happens only when regenarating/recharging. It all began almost right after I installed and Android stereo with CarPlay, with a preassembled wire harness and a small resistor for steering wheel aircon control retain. As soon as I noticed this issue I swapped the new radio with the original one but nothing changed. Then I checked the secret menu in the car and found some errors but apparently all related to the stereo swap and nothing else. I also checked the 12v battery voltage but it looks good even with the car off. Honestly, I don't know what to do at this point, and I really hope that it's not about the HV battery modules. Attached here are some pictures and screenshots (sorry for the italian). I have some videos but cannot post any link since I don't have enough message history at the moment. Thanks in advance for any help!
I really hope it won't be necessary.. Here are a couple of videos i took while driving: Energy meter 1 Energy meter 2 Dr Prius app
I watched the Dr Prius video, and everything looks normal to me. There is no need to be concerned about hybrid battery. Everything is working like it should. Just drive the car. If there is a problem with the hybrid battery, you will get warning lights on the dashboard.
Considering your battery is sitting at >65% state of charge and you're still charging it at 50-70 amps, I would say.....stop charging it, it doesn't want to be at that high of an SOC. Normally it stays between 62ish% and 42ish%