Triangle of Death - Options

If it were me, I'd put a new battery in and drive another few years

 

You will be lucky to get $2000 for it with a bad traction battery. If it's in good condition otherwise, it could be worth $6000 with a new traction battery depending on your location.

113K miles is fairly low. It could last another 200K miles with a new HV battery. It all depends on where and how often its driven.

 

Oh I'd buy it for $2000

 

Let the bidding begin - I will do $2500.


Look on eBay or Craigslist for replacement batteries. $1000 or so.


iPhone ?

 

Ridiculous

 

Yep, and not some refurb carp.

A real, honest to goodness NEW battery for about $3000
That should get OP another 10 years. Fantastic deal.

 

why not put the cheapest battery you can find in it and trade it in?

 

Update your profile w/ your location (exact-City, State, General-State, vague-Region (MidWest)). Doubt anyone here will be stalking you. Besides, the criminals responsible for all the data breeches, know everything about you anyways.

If you liver near Scottsburg, Indiana, contact Steve at Prius hybrids sales and service Scottsburg Indiana, for repair options. Should be a fraction of the randoms $5303 from the Stealership.

If in California: Luscious Garage, Art's Automotive, Avi's Advance Automotive.

What were the error codes they gave you? Your repair estimate should list the codes.
If its the stators in the transaxle, installation of a new or used stator is an option. Granted this is a Gen1 repair article, but some Gen2 have suffered same burning of the stator.
Luscious Garage | Blog | Gen 1 Prius Transmission Repair, P3009, P3120, P3125


You dealer SUCKS! $200 to run Techstream diagnosis. Here in the Los Angeles area, diagnosis for warning lights is usu $100. Never take their first price. Had you said, they could do less than $200, the service writer would probably go lower. If not, then call his bluff and go somewhere else; he'll probably stop you from going away b/c connecting the USB cable into the OBD2 port, and letting the laptop and software do all the work in about 5-10minutes is EASY MONEY and ALL PROFIT!

 

you can have any good mechanic install a salvage unit.

 

Where do you live? CARB state?

Just a couple ideas people have tried:

One thing you can do is appeal to Toyota for customer loyalty discount on the repairs. That probably works best if you are orig owner and maybe helps to be in CARB state. Some dealers seem to help more with Toyota than others. Basically the big dealers are probably best.

another thing some have tried if you buy a new Prius, they may replace battery for free (for example) on the old one, and then you have two Prii. You take it from there, find a use for 2 Prii.

 

Nah. You could negotiate on the car. Then before signing the paperwork, tell them you want to trade the car in and will take $xxxx for it. They will be pissed, but the stealership is not your friend, and will likely cave b/c they know the sale is at hand; just need to give the consumer what you want, assuming your price is reasonable.

 

I'd give you $1100. Your first post seems like it's drivable still? Luscious garage can probably put in another transaxle for about $2500.

 

DTC P0A2B means there is a problem with a temperature sensor in the transaxle. The problem either might be with the sensor itself or the transaxle actually is overheating.

If the car still can be driven, then my suggestion would be that you continue using it until it dies since you are not going to get any reasonable salvage value out of the car as-is.

 

Why don't you call Luscious Garage (San Fran) or Art's Automotive (Berkeley), and tell them your situation. Maybe they have encountered this situation before and can better tell you what the repair would cost. Obviously, they would need to see the vehicle for a through inspection, but at least you would have an idea.

Maybe the sensor is bad? Maybe the transaxle truly did overheat?

Was the transaxle fluid ever changed, by the way?