Prius V 12v batteries impossible to find currently

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  1. SuperJETT

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    Our 2013's 12v is junk (9.5v this morning, car charges it fine at 14v+) so I was going to get one at Napa on the way home, but there are none within 2 hours of Louisville.

    Autozone is out, Pepboys is out, Costco is out. WTH?

    Is anyone else seeing this?
     
    #1 SuperJETT, Mar 1, 2021
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    Online order, overnight delivery?
     
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    Dealer would have been my first call
     
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    swears it would get to me by Wednesday
     
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    Or at least my LAST call before giving up.
     
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    I found an Optima at an O'Reily. Even those were not available at Napa and others.

    Just really strange.
     
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    JimboPalmer Tsar of all the Rushers

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    It really does not fit anything but a 2004 to 2016 Prius. (2018 for Prius v)
     
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    Not really strange at all.
    A really LOT of things are really scarce right now.......because the factories that make them have been shut DOWN for months due to the virus. If their normal operation is for production to run only 90 days or so ahead of demand, then the supply chain dries up REAL quick.
     
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    Try Amazon... prime by Thursday
     
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    Dixie Highway AZ shows the Duralast to be in stock.
     

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