2006 Rear Fan Blowing red triangle exclamation, red car exclamation, Vsc, circle with !, check engin

try o'reilly's if you're looking for rebuilt. only the dealer will have new.

 

Yes, it will most likely be the Doorman brand. It is a rebuilt-with-used-modules "new" battery with a warranty. Some have had good luck with them, others have been through multiple failures and replacements by them. You will have to do the labor or find someone who will help and also get your old battery back to the autoparts store. AFAIK they also won't pay for any labor to remove/install if it fails. Doorman will then take your old battery apart, toss the bad module(s) and use the good ones to build another refurbished battery.

 

Kimberly - Did you end up swapping the traction battery, and if so did it work?

I just got all those lights too - all at the same time, on startup on after cold weather. My dealer says the battery needs replacement (fine - it's got 240k miles on it). But I worry that if I replace the battery, some of those other lights (related to the brakes!) may still stay on...

(I'll add that I just have a P0A80 code...nothing else)

 

She has not logged on here in over a year and a half. I don’t think you are going to get an answer.
My guess is that she got rid of the car and moved on.

 

Ahhh I guess I should have checked the date! (I'm always resuscitating ancient threads...)

 

There is a better solution now if you are DIY. @2k1Toaster here sells a kit of new cells for $1600 delivered that basically give you a new battery. The link is in my signature.

 

As Prodigy said, the OP has ghosted us all. Luckily for you though, you don't have the same problems. The P0A80 is the basic "bad HV battery" code. If that's all that's ailing your car, a new HV battery is in order. New, being the key word.

You should be able to clear the code and then keep on driving for a short time. Weeks to months. As time goes on the code will come back. Everytime it comes back and you clear it, it will come back sooner the next time. Eventually it will die catastrophically if you keep doing this. But as a stop-gap measure to keep driving for 2 or 3 weeks as you order a new battery, you should be OK.

 

Thanks @2k1Toaster - unfortunately, it didn't last even a few days...during a 15-minute drive, the engine went to very high revs, and the battery fan went on full blast. While on a highway.

This car has a lot of miles on it, and I doubt it will pass its inspection in a year. I will likely get an aftermarket battery to keep me going for the year, then on to the next one. It has served me very very well!

I'll post my experience here for you. Thanks for your comments...

 

An aftermarket battery may very well not last a year reliably without leaving you stranded. All the other aftermarket batteries are bad repair jobs on somebody else's failed back. New replacement modules are not available.

 

If you are going to do that any way could you just replace the bad modules yourself? Would be cheaper than a rebuilt.

 

@Prodigyplace yes, it's true it might not last a year - but its no more likely to leave me "stranded" than my previous 240kmile pack.
@Skibob yes, i could do it myself, with parts from elsewhere, but it always takes a fair amount of effort to do a task the first time, and due to the age of the car I'd rather put the risk of fixing a major component onto someone else.

I ended up getting a greenbean replacement and will let you know how it goes. (The install was easy and efficient - they came to my location and swapped the batteries in less than an hour).