I had my 2007 Prius (170000 miles) brake accuator replaced by a Toyota service center only to get it back (after a week) with the red triangle illuminating on my dashboard. The manager says my hybrid battery is bad and needs to be replaced with the cost of the hybrid battery replacement out of my pocket . They are not taking any responsibility for the battery problem. He says the brake system and hybrid system are two different and separate system. Do I take their words as truth or did they cause my problem with the battery? What are my options?
Just by the year of car . It's very close to time for HV. But the codes will tell most . Of course if coding for ABS system then maybe it's on them . They're two separate systems . But very much related or the lights can make ya believe they are . Get the latest codes .
That sucks but not surprising. Your car has needed a new battery for a while. The brake actuator and needing a new hybrid battery are the $$$ double whammy for the G2. Both seem to come at the same time. Letting the car sit for a week at the dealer probably killed it. How much did the dealer drill you for a new brake actuator? Its just time.... just about every G2 needs a new battery it's 15 years old. use the search forum link up top and search the G2 Forum for hybrid battery there's hundreds of posts about it see what the best bet is for you going forward.
I realize this sounds like an odd thing to say, but did you check your oil level? It "shouldn't" affect things but I just had my big red lights come on and codes in the computer, I checked the oil level and it below the fill line, filled it up, half an hour later all the code went away and haven't come back in the last week. Could be something else - it's gotten colder so perhaps something was overheating and the problem will return in the spring - but fyi. Mine was the "P0A93 - Inverter Cooling System Performance". 1. Find the cheapest dealership in your area and have it done there 2. Find an independent shop that does prius battery replacements and ask them, I can find 2 shops in minnesota googling "prius repair minnesota" that look at hybrids and batteries specifically.
It is very unlikely to be related to the oil level as it needs to be totally "off the scale" like almost no oil left in the pan, not just slightly low indicated on the dipstick. P0A93 is to do with the inverter getting a bit toasty and is most commonly caused by the failure of the inverter coolant pump. That is in your future when it warms up.
I don't know about this "pans" hyperbole, but at 7,500 miles since the last oil change, there was only the skightest bit of oil at the very bottom of the dipstick - well below the fill line. We'll see, but it seemed like things got toasty because there was little oil left.
It's not the dealer's fault. They fix things. Things break. Why are you looking to blame them? Because it benefits you?
It is not hyperbole. If you had oil registering on the dipstick, the oil level is not low enough to cause the low pressure warning light to come on. To restore it to the F mark, you would only need to add 1.7 or 1.9 quarts of oil. The total capacity is 3.9 quarts so before refilling you would have still had 2 quarts in the pan and while this less than optimal it is not low enough to cause the low pressure light to come on. I am only mentioning it so you can consider another theory for your lights, because what you said is not the reason.
