replacing 2004 Prius Transmission dealer wants $5693

I only turned off the Enginer switch. As far as Pasadena Toyota knows, the Enginer kit doesn't even exist. I did a quick google of the P09A0 and after finding http://www.hybrids.ru/PriusNHW20/rm/rm1076e/m_05_0455.pdf I did actually ask for the INF code and the service advisor had never heard of an INF code.

Car has never been in a collision. Has a clear title, was purchased from orginal owner.

Again, I didn't "mess" with anything. Enginer BMS was installed by Jack Chen (owner of Enginer) a few weeks ago while he was here in Los Angeles.

i am debating on calling back Pasadena Toyota and forcing the issue of the sub code INF or wondering if I should just go to the district service rep? Pretty scarey if they're telling customers they're not even aware of such codes.

If it weren't for the Enginer kit I would really want to fight this thing but I know they're going to pull that card when they find it.

I don't really have access to the car, till I pay them the $240 diagnosis fee. Does anyone know of a good Prius Mechanic in Los Angeles? Gees, it's not like I live in the boonies or something. More Prius are sold here then anywhere in the world I believe. San Fransisco is 400 miles away to out of staters. I can't believe this is so difficult. Once this is resolved, I'll probably be selling my Prius I'm feeling at this point.

 

I just had enough strength again to deal with it, called back Pasadena Toyota, spoke to a Director of the Service Dept. I asked him for the subcode, told him my concern that the service advisor didn't know it, he said they're not suppose to that, it's something from the technician. I told him she was even unaware there was such a thing and that concerned me. He was friendly, said he'd go get the INF code and call me back. He just called back and said it was 604. He repeated the speach about that means it's either the current sensor or the transmission and the current sensor was okay. I asked him to zero out the codes and reset the car to see if they come back on. He said okay and that's where we stand now.

They're sticking to their belief that all my problems have been unrelated though he said something strange that I was having "transmission problems from before" I think he got confused because he saw the phrase "Transmission is locked" when my 12v died. As for the cost, he said there are 3 distributors of Toyota parts throughtout the country. I think the one here was called Toyota Motor Sports in Torrance CA. but I wasn't really focusing on that. An out of state car may have a different cost of the battery but it's still hard to phathom that it's half the price of here.

 

Thank you all for your help, interest and concern. Much appreciated to have a link to you folks on here. I was so sick over this I was seaking help from many Prius experts. I'm normally careful to begin with, but "messing" with a my Prius scares the crap out of me.

I called one last Prius expert a guy that helped fix my Enginer kit even though he now works for a compeditor (what a great guy huh?!!!) He said he had similar issues when he had an Enginer kit installed in his Prius. Unlike him though, he would always have a scan gauge and would record the error code it read out, then zero out the code. He suggested I invest and buy one which I did yesterday.

Yesterday morning I got a call from the service advisor saying my car was "done" and they were waiting for me to pick it up. I told her I never heard back from the Service manager if the code came back on after it was zeroed out. She said it didn't but the tech was scared it would, didn't want to get stranded so only test drove it around their parking lot. Nice huh? Code stayed off so I payed the $240 fee and saw the traction battery was down to one bar. I drove it around some city streets and got the traction battery back up. Parked it. Had dinner with a friend for helping me pick up my car and then drove it home last night.

I was scared it would all come back on. I stayed off the freeway. Trip home was about 10 miles. I did it all on city streets. I've kept the Enginer kit switch off. Parked it in my driveway last night and I'm apprehensive (really need to get spell checker working on here sorry all) about driving it any more.

It appears now in retrospect, reading over everyone's comments now that my health has returned and I'm calmed down that it most likely was indeed the Enginer kit feeding to much current that periodically messed up the Prius sensors. I'd bet my left nut my 12v was probably not bad when they replaced it. They're not real through, they put my car mileage down at 222,222. Guess they couldn't be bothered with real numbers.

I hope nobody in paticular felt be-littled because I kept asking in various ways the same question over and over. For me, it helps when I feel there's a concensus of Prius Gurus. I can now see there was. This is why I came here for an independant advice vs going on the Enginer site which I knew would have more of a tilt.

I am now still interested in selling my beautiful blue Prius (with nav) 118k and 4Kwt Enginer pack, currently switched off. I'm not sure how to go about all this given the mixed feelings I have. Car seems fine now. It now appears all the error codes had to have been caused by the Enginer kit. But maybe knowing what to expect, being prepared with a scan gauge and not freaking out if something happens it's a better fit for someone else.

How does 13k for the car including the recently installed 4kwt Enginer kit sound? I'm not sure how to go about seperating them and selling them independantly. I'll add Prius is still averaging high 50s even with kit turned off, so traction battery is in fine shape plus I now know traction battery on Gen 2 is warranted for 10years/150k

 

On what planet? Try finding a clean title Gen 2 Prius in a non-snow state for under 10k and it will have over 150k. 7500????!!! OMG. I'd sell the car for 11K if I could get 2K for the Enginer kit. I think they're selling them for about twice that now. I just don't want to fiddle with the car and would rather sell it all as a package.

Just looked it up, you're right KBB doesn't seem concerned with reality. I suggest you try autotrader.com to get a better idea of what cars are selling for in each area. In areas that they have been exposed to road salts they are valueed lower then here in the west where rust is almost unheard of.