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2012 Prius No Power until dome light is turned on

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by K Dog, Aug 2, 2014.

  1. K Dog

    K Dog New Member

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    Fixed my gremlin with mysterious lost power. Looseven ground battery terminal on 12th battery. No idea why dome light brought it back to life, but a week after tightening, no more issues.
     
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  2. kc410

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    Here are some voltage readings from my >2 year old Toyota True Start, 84 month warranty, p/n: 00544-21171-325 battery.
    The battery had been replaced before I purchased the vehicle.
    Voltage readings were taken with a Fluke 87III & verified with a Fluke 73III.

    This afternoon I had been driving the Prius & got home ~6:30pm & locked the car.
    About 8pm I unlocked the car, popped the hood & took some measurements.
    12.96 12.97 12.98... after 5 minutes it was up to 13.11V

    The above document from Toyota says "turn on the headlights for 20 to 30 seconds. This will remove the surface charge from the battery".

    I turned the headlights on for 30 seconds then turned them off.

    12.96 after the headlights were off for 1 minute.
    13.00 after the headlights were off for 2 minutes.

    That was the end of the test.

    Recently I had the inverter replaced & in that thread
    2010 Prius died - P0A94 - Inverter Failure - Replaced | PriusChat
    on June 28, 2014 I wrote the following:
    "I just checked the 12V battery after the vehicle has been sitting all night...
    12.93V at the fuseblock terminal - measured with Fluke 87 III"

    This reading was after the Prius had been unlocked in the AM & the door opened to pop the hood.

    This Toyota battery is a true AGM battery which will read slightly higher voltage than an older style flooded lead acid battery.
    All voltage readings were made from the fuseblock terminal to engine ground.
     
    #22 kc410, Aug 9, 2014
    Last edited: Aug 9, 2014
  3. bisco

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    like brand new.;)