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Battery dead...and another thing

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Technical Discussion' started by yanivz, Nov 18, 2017.

  1. yanivz

    yanivz Junior Member

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    I was driving today my 2007 Prius when suddenly saw on the screen the message "Problem" followed by 4 horrible warning sings:
    1. Engine
    2. VSC
    3. Red triangle with warning sign in it
    4. Circle warning sign

    I've opend immediately "Vehicle Single Check Mode" and saw this:
    **when the vehicle was not "warm" it was 12.1

    rushed to "System Check Mode" i saw this:

    Finally after clicking AUDIO H/U (CHEK) i saw this:

    Please tell me what is the problem and how can i fix it? how can i remove those horrible warning sings?

    P.S the car is driving fine.

    Thanks.
     

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  2. edthefox5

    edthefox5 Senior Member

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    All of those screens won’t tell you anything about your issue which is probably a bad hybrid battery. You need to have the car scanned by a hybrid capable obd2 code reader to confirm. It has throw a lot of codes,

    But you are probably seeing hybrid battery issues poor mileage battery goes to purple real fast.

    What’s the mileage?
     
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  3. Sam Spade

    Sam Spade Senior Member

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    12.1 is nearing 50% discharged and is NOT good.

    IF......the 12 V battery is old (5 years or more) then it would be a good gamble to replace it first before considering something more expensive.

    Even well qualified shops sometimes don't do a good job testing 12 volt batteries but a test wouldn't hurt.
     
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  4. bisco

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    how many miles/km on her?
     
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