I've had my Prius for over 3 years now. I've put 90K miles on my 2008 which I bought used. It has about 162K miles on it. The light turned green, I pushed on the gas pedal and it barely moved... took what felt like forever to get to 30 mph... and I only had 1 bar on my main battery gauge. I noticed that is the only time it did it today...but it has never done it before with only 1 bar... it was a little scary. Any thoughts?
A shop needs to scan it for fault codes. And the 12 V battery needs to be tested. If it's 7 years old, it probably needs to be replaced. On a car that is 7 years old with over 100K miles, there are a lot of possibilities.......including getting some bad gas.
No warning lights or errors... Just replaced 12V in November. The hesitation going uphill in the morning has been happening for some time. I haven't been able to replicate the not wanting to go from a stop yet, so bad gas is a possibility. I am supposed to drive to Texas in April and May and I'm wondering if I should take it to a Toyota specialist and have them run a diagnostics on it to make sure there isn't anything wrong?
First sign of a hybrid battery going bad? Get the hybrid battery charged/balanced (grid charger)? Clean the hybrid battery cooling fan? Check the 12v battery again...
PM (Private Message) PriusChat member "3prongpaul". He is in the Boulder, CO, area. And possibly works for Boulder Hybrids? Maybe they are close and could run the Techstream diagnosis on your Prius for a fraction of the dealership fee of $100+. I'm sure their labor rates are a fraction of the dealership too. Maybe they have a PriusChat member diagnosis discount fee too?