2007 with 113k miles...need guidance

i would just figure 2k in 12 more years on top of the price of the car, compared to what you will pay for a suburu, rav4h minus the gas savings.

other than that, it's really a matter of which car you want. nothing i can think of to save the battery, as was mentioned, hills are hard, and time is worse than miles. but that being said, 12 years is probably pretty average.

 

One of many reason to own a Toyota hybrid is the fuel economy. But to me, it's tangential to all the other benefits. If I'm not in a crazy Italian car, I don't want to feel the transmission shift. Going down a mountain every day, it's nice that the brakes will last a decade versus once a year. Lots of other pluses, I've written about it before. If you want a bigger car, they come in hybrids too...

 

I would not do business with that dealer again unless it’s an emergency. The statement that 2350 doesn’t even cover the part is a complete lie. The retail price of that part is 1950 at most dealerships they pay less than that, like around 1600. At retail that leaves 400 for the labor to replace the battery, well within the means of all but the slowest mechanics time wise. I would talk to Toyota Corporate about it and make a complaint after the job is done.

 

I think you already know the answer. 12 years trouble free is a pretty good run for any car. The new battery should last around as long as the original one and you have most likely saved way more than that in gas alone.

 

If you tied a rope to a Prius bumper you'd soon be needing to "reel it in", lol.

What a bunch of sweethearts...

 

the core charge is refundable for an environmental reason. toyota would have something to say about shenanigans like that

 

Perhaps a post about them trying to cheat you on the battery price on the local yelp?
Don’t diss them just post the price they quoted and the price the other dealer quoted, then the price you actually paid. You have written evidence of both. They can’t dispute that.

 

There should be a sticky thread in Prius Chat where people could post good and bad experiences about Toyota dealership and independent hybrid shops.

 

yes this happens in vws too, I had to clear codes to get my car to start one day thats why i said buy your own scanner for $60 at the parts store, itll unlimp your car till you get it to the mechanic, Thats how it worked with me, in at least one case so its worth a shot, just write down the codes

 

no worries. getting to green depends on the driving conditions, not you.

a good battery should spend most of its time around 5 or 6 bars

a bad battery often fluctuates quickly between purple and green

the icon is just telling you it won't discharge anymore, or won't charge anymore. not how much charge there actually is

 

Bottom 2 is about half charged. The bars aren't linear and ontop of that the full-to-empty range displayed is 40% to 80% (ish). That's not an issue.

Just drive it, and you should be good to go. It's a new battery, no problemo!

 

Yeah do that first; give it a good run. If it's still languishing around the bottom of the charge display, then contact them.

 

Since you have owned the car since it was new did it go into the green a lot when you first bought it?

 

Some of that could be the computers relearning the new battery. You don’t just drop the battery in and it knows it’s brand new. It has to figure that out.