The Green Bean Experience Thread-I Did It

The terms of their warranty are better than Bumblebee. You must not store the vehicle for 30 days or longer. There is no mileage minimum nor mileage maximum per year.

Thank you for sharing your experience!!!



moto g(7) power ?

 

The maximum current draw will certainly drop over time when the battery ages.

 

i don't recall too many complaints with greenbean compared to others. could they be on to something?

all the best!

 

On the web site it says "you must have the trouble codes read & provide us a copy". That concerns me. Does that mean you can't read your codes yourself with an OBDII device? Who do you have to bring it to to have the codes read? What if you can't bring it anywhere because the vehicle won't move?

Did you clarify this requirement with them?

 

May I ask what that total price point was? And what 'level' HV battery did you get?

There's many 'small changes' which you should notice with a fresh battery. You are correct about the car being more 'peppy'. You may also notice the car engine starts and stops a bit more crisply.

Hopefully, you have a long, positive experience.

 

There IS somewhat of an assumption implied in that statement.
I hope you really do not have any noteworthy incidents to report in that year's time.

 

good operation with a rebuilt battery is noteworthy. how else are we gonna seperate the sheep from the goats?

 

I decided to read the warranty booklet of our '12 v these past couple of days. I just realized the HV battery has just passed 8 years and is now out of the Toyota warranty period, albeit less than 32k miles on the ODO. Shopping around I check Green Bean's website occasionally. I noticed (even on Chrome Android) that the little chat option always seems to say someone is available live to answer any questions/help with ordering. I decided to send an email a little while ago (this is EARLY Sunday morning). Low and behold I get a quick email response.

Green Bean is growing on me....

moto g(7) power ?

 

Good luck with that, but with that low of a mileage, I think I'd be inclined to keep my 'known quantity' HV battery and use the HA charger to do reconditioning on it. You can always buy the light bulb discharger later if you then want to do the 'fully monty' recondition.

 

Thanks for posting an opinion on this.


Looking at a plethora of used batteries near me on http://www.car-part.com to possibly use as trade in.

moto g(7) power ?

 

@jzchen

Let me throw my 2 cents into this, and this is merely based on my personal experience. If I were in your shoes, with a 32k mile 2012, there is no way I would ever use that HV battery for a trade in on any refurb battery. You have a gem. Your 2012 battery is the exact example of a battery that responds amazingly well to some cycling. It would likely restore and test to 95% or better of original capacity.

This is merely my 'take' on the subject after having cycled more modules than I can count. Your battery is the kind that I hope I get every time I get a core or a turn-in.

 

i have 2005 Prius and was not driving during pandemic, it was in garage more than 4 months without even start once. Initially i thought it is 12v battery issue but now looks like hybrid battery issue. I am from Seattle and checked with local shop as well as dealer, all are asking more $3000 estimate for hybrid battery replacement.
Checked online i fount two company
greentecauto
greenbean

i am not sure if i can check and install module by my self so looking to choose one of the company. lifetime warranty in green bean is looks like tempting one but not sure how much i should trust.. just curious if any one has past experience from those companies.

will appreciate your feed back.

 

Search this website for plenty of stories about both companies, most of it is not good.

 

IF.....you are wanting to keep the car very long, NO company that "refurbishes" batteries just by replacing the weak cells is worth the money or trouble because it will just fail again before too long.

Think of a rusty chain that eventually rusts so much that one link breaks.
Replacing that one broken link and continuing to use the chain is NOT a wise thing to do.

I personally think that it is time for you to look for a "new" vehicle that is not 15 years old with high mileage on it.