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Bob, I have taken great interest in all of you posts...You seem to the guy who knows the most about all things Prius. I have receintly purchase an inexpensive 01 prius with a presumably low or dead traction battery. (the car will not start at all even when the aux batt is jumped) there are No code stored because the Aux battery was also dead. I have no history on how this happed as I bought the car at aution. My theory is the car was driven after it ran out of gas because the gas gage is also empty. I am hoping to get the 273v battery charged up enough to start the ICE to take over. But before I start charging the cells manually with a smart RC charger I wanted to know if It might work to tow the car to the top of a very long and tall hill nearby and roll down the hill with moderate breaking and try to charge the Battery that way at least enough to get the gas engine start. Will this work and if so what gear and key position must or any other things must I do for this to work?

Hello Bob,
I bought another 01 Prius sight unseen with "mechanical" problems. I did a couple things, got it running, no probs.
I put it gear, got a shudder, then the Red triangle light came on, it moved reluctantly, hesitating both forward and reverse so I parked it. Any ideas?
Its not the hybrid batt light. Its the "problem" light.
Joe

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