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Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by morm3993, Oct 7, 2017.

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  1. morm3993

    morm3993 Junior Member

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    I suspect my hybrid battery is on the fritz. I can't find anything on fault code B0000.

    Any help?

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    what are you reading the code with?
     
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    Some cheap code reader I got off ebay and the torque light app.

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    you'll probably need mini vci and tech stream. what behavior and lights are exhibiting?
     
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    Last week the ABS and VCS and the (!) Lights came on.

    The red triangle of death did NOT come on.

    The lights turned off on restart. The wisdom of prius chat was that the DC converter may be the issue.

    The dishonest morons at the toyota dealership I took it to refused/failed to look at or test the DC converter and said they couldn't get the codes back on.

    I drove it a nike and all the lights popped back on and this time the red triangle did turn on. Dealership suggested the hybrid battery needs to be replaced. Drove the car over 200 miles before the codes came back on. But this time different codes came on.



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    you're showing a 2012 in the gen 2 forums. what are you driving and how many miles?
     
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    I reset the codes and drove around and they didn't cone back on. I'm looking into a refurbished battery to keep the car going.

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    I have a 12 and a 2005. The 2005 has 298k. This is the 05.

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    how is the 12v health?
     
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    It passed the dealership testing they did for the oil change the other day.

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    not sure i would trust dishonest morons on that.
     
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    I know. They are the closest dealership around. And other than an oil change and a detail, I have never been real happy with them.

    The place where I can get a refurbished battery and, if necessary, a new DC converter are even further away.



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    refurbished batteries can be a scam, have you read up on them here?
     
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    there's no such thing as a reliable refurbished battery. so it is only as good as the warranty, and the company standing behind it. there are a lot of rip off artists in the business, taking advantage of naive prius owners, then either not honoring the warranty, or unable to get hold of.
     
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    morm,

    other than "US" where are you?

    Sometimes you get lucky. You may be next door to a member with test equipment and not know it.
     
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    Unfortunately, that's a long ride from South Carolina........
     
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    or anywhere...
     
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