I'm out of the country for 17 days. What's the latest on the dead battery problem discussed some time back? I have a Prius II so there are perhaps fewer things drawing juice than with higher end models. This is Northern California so it might freeze at night but it won't get wicked cold. Thoughts? Anything I can do to avoid a problem?
Where will it be parked? Not at the airport I hope. If not, BatteryMinder maybe? Or disconnect the ground. What's the manual say? For my Gen II I would just turn off the smart key system and hope for the best. - D
Maybe carry one of those battery boosters. Even the smallest one would do with Prius since it just need to boot the computer & some relays.
Don't do anything special. Just check if all visible power consumers are switched off, like map lights, cargo light and so on. SKS will go to low power mode automaticaly, if you didn't ask the dealer for the special setting via Techstream. This is Gen III, not Gen II.
I just left mine in my garage for 11 days and it had no problem. Traction battery didn't even lose a bar. I think this fear is overblown.
My dealer tells me to pull the "short fuse", which is a white fuse in the center of the fuse box near the rear of the fuse box. He has a "notice" that says that this fuse is pulled for shipping and that the dealer must insert it during vehicle preparation. It will kill power to the SKS system (big user of power when car not running) and a few items on the dash like the trip odometer settings. I only tried this for a minute and in that time, I did not lose my radio station settings. My Prius is in a neighbor's garage now for 2 months. We'll see how this works. A battery jump box is a sure way to insure you can start the car, but decent ones cost around $90-$145 and they need to be maintained (charged).
Acre, As I posted on the other thread, I left mine garaged 47 days (~1.5 months) with no problem starting after coming back: <http://priuschat.com/forums/gen-iii...ead-after-17-days-parking-14.html#post1455864> I'm also in Northern Cal area. I guess yours will be fine after just 17 days...
I was concerned about leaving my 2007 Prius Tspirit in the UK for 3wks over Christmas. I took the precaution of making a good run in daylight so that the big battery was well charged. Then I left it double locked, with the footbrake off to avoid seizing. Afte 3wks and a day, it started no problem at all. Everything seemed normal, so now I will not worry so much.
