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Changed hybrid battery, car won't start

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by abuzar1, Nov 9, 2014.

  1. abuzar1

    abuzar1 Junior Member

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    I changed a bad cell in my hybrid battery (only one cell was bad) and put everything back together and it wont start. I've double checked all connections, fuses, everything I took off. I put the orange plug back in, fiddled with it, pushed it in more. It's got a brand new 12V battery and I dropped it off at autozone to get it charged up as well. Here are some pics and what it's showing.

    No codes and I took some pics of the battery voltage without power on and with power on.
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    #1 abuzar1, Nov 9, 2014
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    Do you hear relay click
     
    #2 kinglew, Nov 9, 2014
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    Check voltage at hybrid battery termainls at relay
     
    #3 kinglew, Nov 9, 2014
  4. SageBrush

    SageBrush Senior Member

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    Simple fixes first ... the all powerful orange plug:

    Traction_battery_plug.png
     
    #4 SageBrush, Nov 9, 2014
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  5. abuzar1

    abuzar1 Junior Member

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    I'm so stupid, I didn't do the last step on the orange plug which was pushing it down AFTER pushing it in. I thought pushing it in was it! All is well, thank you so much for everyone's help!
     
    #5 abuzar1, Nov 15, 2014
  6. SageBrush

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    Don't feel bad, it is a goofy plug and it has tripped up loads of people.
     
    #6 SageBrush, Nov 15, 2014
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