I hadn't driven my 2008 Prius for about a month and now after a few miles the triangle of death came on with P0A80 codes (replace battery). It's running and driving fine but the charge level shows way more fluctuation than before and the code keeps coming back at times. So it looks like it's on the way out. I can do all the work myself but looking for advise on the best place to get a battery, I'm planning on keeping the car (only 110K miles) so I'd like to stay with new. The dealerships here in the PHX area are $5K plus just to buy one so no thanks.. I've seen recommendations for newpriusbatteries.com on here ($1900 with 2 year warranty, free shipping, no core, seems pretty straight forward). Google shows greentec.com ($1950 with 4 year warranty, $500 core, I pay to ship back..). What other options do you think I should look at? Also, my commute to work is 42 miles, 90% flat freeway each way. When I'm cruising it's steady at 3/4 charge. Am I ok to keep driving until I get the new battery? Don't want to damage anything, but my truck is 4x the gas bill to drive. I'd like to just clear the codes and keep driving it if possible. Thanks in advance!!
Before I was away for a while, the kit developed by an expert battery member here at NewPriusBatteries.com was a good choice, replacing the modules with new, tested batteries and better cooling capability for $1900. I have not seen 2k1Toaster here in a while. he had some threads here back then. New Prius Battery Kit (GEN2, 2004-2009) - New Prius Batteries LLC
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currently, there isn't one. they've all failed financially, there just isn't any money in trying to compete with toyota
Part of the difficulty competing with Toyota is that Toyota has exclusive rights to the formula & manufacturing developed in partnership with Panasonic. Ant outside company has to develop a solution that appears to be compatible through reverse engineering without violating any of the Toyota exclusive OEM restrictions.
Not sure if your battery really is that bad. Give it a week or two, and keep an eye on the charge/discharge screen. It will get better, stay the same or get worse. Only one case warrants replacement.
