Realistic battery life

Might be a good idea to put up a Sticky poll on the Gen 2 and Gen 3 boards listing if they had to replace or rebuild their HV packs.
List year, and mileage at the time of rebuild or replacement.

It would be a good way to do a long term study on these packs.

 

Im having same issue. I did reset the it twice cause didnt have the time to go to dealership. I believe im covered under warranty since its a california car. I have about 110k miles on it. Its a 2013. Im almost sure soon ill get free battery replacement. Cant observe anything special as to when or which conditions of driving are triggering it. Only happened twice.

 

I wouldn't be too quick to assume the HV battery needs replacing in your case. It would be nice if Toyota agreed to do that, given that you are definitely still in the warranty period (assuming you have a clean title), but I expect they would want to give your car a thorough going-over before concluding that the HV battery is at fault, since it would be such a rare occurrence at your car's age and mileage. First they will pull all your error codes to help them diagnose what is wrong. The members here will be very interested to hear what they find, if you don't mind reporting them back to us. Be sure to ask the dealer to document every one of them for your protection and for our curiosity. Are there any unusual operating conditions that you feel might have contributed to your current problems with the car? With the number of knowledgeable people regularly contributing to this forum, it is very likely that someone will have experienced something similar to what you are going through and will have some good advice to give you.

 

I know they will give me hard time. So far the codes my car accumulated in past 18 months are still there i got nothing to hide. Battery code is there twice. Didnt erase itself after resetting. And i also have a code of the wheel speed sensor that i changed myself about 6 months ago. They know all history of this car. They can see battery code popped up twice in past month. Im getting organised .feels like having a court trial date . will update.

 

It sounds like you are getting ready to go to a battle. It is wise to prepare for the worst, but I hope that suing someone would be a last resort. There are many members of this forum who have received very reasonable concessions from Toyota without having to go to court. Perhaps you have had previous run-ins with the dealer that have left a bad taste in your mouth or possibly the your car has already had its share of problems that have soured you on the Toyota brand. I don't know your circumstance, but I think most of us on this forum have a favorable impression on Toyotas generally and on the Prius specifically. Our experiences with dealer service have been all over the map, there are some that are quite good, many that leave much to be desired. I would urge you to present your case to your dealer as objectively as possible, being open to the possibility that there are other explanations for your car's behavior, but being prepared to escalate to a higher authority, if the dealer is not listening to you.

 

How much is the new battery. Are you buying it from a toyota dealer?

 

The Prius has more ECUs than you have fingers and toes. The one in the battery for the HV battery is no different then the rest. It can be reset and cleared like every other one and the Prius is not special.

 

I would just let them do the install, and waive the computer replacement. Probably waive the duct replacement too. I believe if they put it in it's 3 year warranty, vs 1 year for cash-and-carry?

Plus if they do the install, there's no core charge, and no finger pointing if there's anything amiss.

 

Can't the dealership manage ECU reset? Or it's something unorthodox, they'll only replace?

 

Either Techstream, or dealership, or someone who works on hybrids....

 

torque is supposed to be decent, and dr prius, but i'm not sure if they can do that.

tech stream is available for $25. on amazon, if you can find a compatible laptop

 

Odd, that techstream can do this ECU reset, but dealerships are incapable of doing it. Also, that ECU replacement is mandatory, according to this one dealership. Time for a second dealership, second opinion?