LIFE? Told have 4 dead cells and need to replace the EV battery. Dealership service department guy claims they do not keep a record of EV battery failures. So cannot tell me if this is out of the norm. I need to know because was rear ended 2 months ago and I think the battery failure is due the the collision. COST? Dealership wanted $5,000 to for parts and labor. Found site on internet selling rebuilt batteries for $1,600. Dealer says 4 hours labor if I supply battery. Does this sound right? REPAIRABLE? Some other post says there are 168 cells to an EV battery and cells can be replaced. Is this correct?
welcome to priuschat! where are you located? carb states have 150k warranty. judging from info here, there aren't many failures at low 100,000's mileage. but if the accident got all the way to the battery box, it must have been pretty serious. the only way to tell would be to open it up and look for physical damage. you can read about replacing cells here, it takes time, tools and knowledge. the rebuilt and 4 hours labor sounds pretty good, or you can look for a low mileage salvage. all the best!
How did they tell it is 4 dead cells? I didn't know there was a test for these batteries? How recent was the accident? If you don't mind could you tell us the symptoms you were having leading up to finding out you had bad cells? Not much info on this. I work on my own cars often but I don't think I would mess around with replacing a battery in this car. Unless your 100 confident in your abilities I would find a salvage or rebuilt battery and have the dealer replace it. 4 hours seems like a great deal to me. If you buy rebuilt make sure you VERY CAREFULLY read through any warranty papers it may come with. I'd also search the company your buying from. I'm not talking a bbb search but also Google forum threads and such in them. Hope it works out well for you.
