Dead Hybrid Battery

I drove my '09 for about 90 days while I decided what battery I was going to buy I couldn't get the round cell thing the nex cell whatever. So I drove about 500 or so miles getting 40. The last few days before I was to pick up the battery at the Toyota dealer the new one My original '09 battery was starting to fail very badly by this time and I was running on the ice engine all the time at about 37 mi to the gallon drove all the way 60 mi one way to pick up the battery and drove back with the battery and then put the front end from my '09 battery on the new one and installed it and was right back up to 47.1 miles to the gallon on the same tank of gas.

 

green bean, green tec, they are all the same, hit or miss. you can drive carefully and locally

 

how many years do you plan to keep her?

 

I’ve only dealt with GreenTec not (GreenBean). I’ve found GreenTec’s new cell, not their refurbished cell, batteries to be very good in a Camry I owned. They are not cheap but probably the next best thing to an OEM battery from Toyota. They also have shops nationwide which is helpful for installation and any potential warranty service trips.
A refurbished battery is cheaper and probably would suffice if you don’t expect to keep the car very long.

 

Believe it or not Rick Henderson the race car people have Toyota dealers here in North Carolina I bought the battery online for I think 1,400 and all it needed was my computer for the front end of the battery use change that from your original battery and put it on the new so basically you're buying a rack of cells with the cover on it You're getting a new cover and the cells and you're going to bolt your front end of the battery from your old battery onto the new one just takes a minute then set that in your car and go and over the years all I've heard about was three four and $5,000 batteries and you know when the dealer said oh 1400 I was like you got to be kidding so of course I just bought the dealer battery that lasted almost 20 years and I'm figuring this one will do near the same but I might be dead before the 20 comes up oh well

 

They are in short supply, so if you find one, jump on it

 

Refurbished batteries are hit or miss because they are made of old modules.

some folks get lucky and some don’t.

the quality of the rebuild is important, as well as the warranty and strength of the rebuilder

 

Look to your local dealers website the big Toyota dealer in your area like Rick Hendrick or Fred Anderson or whoever the big Toyota dealer is in your state or city and go on their website and look for the web deal on the HV battery and see what that muster's up seriously You're calling the dealer and talking to them on the phone that's your first mistake The deal for the batteries and the high moving parts or what have you is always online The dealer on the phone is not going to save you squat he's looking to make his commission etc you get your deals online from the Toyota dealer network it's just that simple so look online and get the online price same thing with the Toyota Prius hood at the dealership blah blah blah they will not have it and they want $400 online I have found them for 180 from Toyota USA this is for the aluminum not the steel fake that some of the Toyota dealers will sell you the fake steel hood and still try to get 300 for it that's available in the aftermarket for $100 just no one has it right now

 

they don't have to match, but some will if they want to sell

 

It’s called a market, what a concept

 

might have just been a low 12v glitch

 

Did you run Dr Prius to look for issues?

 

It's free if you have a smartphone
good info on battery issues