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Help with new battery issue? Getting hot and low charge.

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by Rocinante, Jul 13, 2023.

  1. Rocinante

    Rocinante Junior Member

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    About 6 months ago, I reconditioned my battery pack. Replaced 5-6 modules, bus bars and nuts, and reconditioned the rest and then balanced. Everything has been fine until today.

    Today, after 1 minute of driving all of the warning lights came on and I had codes P0A80 and I think 3 for battery temperatures. The battery had a very low charge also. 1 bar.

    I checked in Dr. Prius and everything looked normal, so I cleared the codes. I thought maybe a wiring harness got a loose connection for a moment because those were the same codes that came on when I forgot to plug in my wiring harness before.

    I drove around with no problems, then parked for an hour. Got back in and my battery was low again. Then checked Dr. Prius and the temperatures were high, ~120f. No codes came back on.

    I turned the fan on max speed with Hybrid Assistant and drove home. Temps stayed around 113f with the fan on. For some reason I never hear the fan come on ever unless I turn it on in Hybrid Assistant.

    I've attached a screenshot from Dr. Prius, this is after having the fan running and everything looks normal again.

    Not sure what to do about this. Voltage diff is within spec and no particular modules look bad.

    Any ideas?

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  2. Brian1954

    Brian1954 Senior Member

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    Another battery module has gone bad. Do NOT clear the P0A80 the next time you receive it. Keep driving the car, and you will get a second trouble code, which will identify which block is the problem. So, the whack-a-module will occur every few months going forward.

    If you plan on keeping the car for 2 years or more, you are better off to replace the complete battery pack with a new OEM battery pack. Then you will not have any problems with it for the next 10 years

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  3. Rocinante

    Rocinante Junior Member

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    Thanks. It came back on today. About how long until you notice the secondary code? I drove about 50 miles today and didn't get anything new. I didn't get one last time but also didn't drive it around.