New, replacement OEM HV battery modules, possible?!

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  1. SandNerd

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    As I was going through an extensive research on my options for replacing my HV battery, I stumbled upon 3 local shops that claim that they can replace all of my existing modules with new OEM modules!
    • All in SoCal.
    • Quotes varied between $2,200 to $2,800 plus tax.
    • Warranties varied between 2-3 years or 40k-80k miles.
    • All said they can't do individual replacements, must be the entire pack.
    • All told me that I can inspect the cells prior to installation and see for myself that they're OEM*.
    • One said he'll show me bills of their purchase from the dealership but hiding the price.
    • Two of them said this was because of their extensive relationship with Toyota (I'm assuming they're talking about a dealer or dealers here).

    Am I being taken for a ride? Tbh, I was calling around these shops to see how much they'd charge for installing* NBPs kit when they told me about this.

    Any advice is appreciated. TIA.

    *I plead guilty to being a mechanically-challenged urbanite.
     
    #1 SandNerd, Mar 15, 2022
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    You can just buy a Gen2 pack from a local dealership for around $1600 to $1800. Then use those new modules from the pack for your car and return the old modules as the core to the dealership for your core deposit back.

    You are guaranteed to new modules that will work for 10+ years
     
    #2 JC91006, Mar 16, 2022
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    Realize the dealership needs to tie up 3200 or so of you’re credit card for up to two weeks . The return has to be approved by Toyota USA parts. Just did this . Must b ordered on Web too picked up at local Toyota. If you’re battery cover is missing stickers it will not go well painted green even worse. Far as I know Panasonic has market on these so I’m thinking they all Toyota per se.. wish the Dr project could deliver
     
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    never heard of any way to buy new oem modules without the case. afaik, the dealers cannot buy them from toyota
     
    #4 bisco, Mar 16, 2022
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    Open your pack cover and look at the bus bars and nuts. see all the white corosion? All that has to be bright clean think replaced or tumbled In abrasives. Then you need those grey silver modules they all need to be good or new. Notice all you see for sale is used DOH. I wouldn’t buy used D cell rechargeable batteries . Why do for something that’s costing 10x amount? So you need all this service to you’re original battery or spend 1641 for a brand new rack of Panasonic cells . My first rack lasted since 09 just died about 120 days ago . Went new . Cut out all the middle waste..my time might be worth more than cell cycling .
     
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    I read about people who are using 3rd Gen and even 4th Gen modules for 2nd Gen car. I never read or heard that 2nd Gen modules work for 3rd Gen car!

    Did you or anyone you know try this? Any issues at all?
     
    #6 SandNerd, Mar 16, 2022
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    04 to 15 same Panasonic modules looks like it..all 202 V based systems
     
    #7 Tombukt2, Mar 16, 2022
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    there would be no reason to. just get gen 3, or gen4 even better.
     
    #8 bisco, Mar 16, 2022
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