Odometer reads 99,990 miles. Any way I can test my battery before it's out of warranty?

absolutely. they can test your battery health, and even if it's bad, tell you they can't do anything because it hasn't thrown any codes. then, when your car dies at 10,001 miles, they'll hit you for $4,500. for a new battery.

 

Maybe ring them before you go. You'd hate to get there and find they're closing early and they ask you to come back tomorrow

 

10 miles to go and now you thought about it? Unless there's a code present, even if the battery was weak, they can't do anything for you. They'll ask that you come back once a code has been set.

Save your money on the checkup

 

I agree they seem pretty useless to do anything useful without "codes."

But if they "test" and acknowledge the health is "bad," might that not trigger warranty obligations? The warranty doesn't have anything to do with "codes"; it has to do with the battery performing sufficiently well. I don't know exactly where that line is, but it doesn't expressly hinge on any codes being thrown.

 

absolutely. if they determine your battery is bad, codes or no, they are obligated to give you a new battery.

 

Just drive it.
When the battery dies, it dies.

As it is? You could still have plenty of time, miles and years.

 

All work done under warranty is paid for up front by the dealer but is later reimbursed by Toyota. In order for them to get reimbursed they need sufficient proof that the battery is bad.

 

Bazooka- Give us your state of car registration so we know what we got to work with here re: warranty

 

You could buy a $10,000 cellcorder from Albert and take the battery apart to test each cell.

Moto X ?

 

Exactly. Get them to test it and see if it meets criteria for replacement.

 

The only way they know the car has a problem is if there are codes present.
If there aren't any codes then they will likely say everything is o.k.

I would say save your money and put it towards a maintenance charger balancer instead.

 

My dermatologist has a 2001 Prius, and when his car was close to the expiration of the battery warranty he had it in to the dealer's for some other work to be done. They notified him that his battery was bad and needed to be replaced. He had no idea that there was any problem with it. Everything seemed to be working fine to him. So--- I would definitely go in and have the dealer check it out myself.

 

Ed,
That is great news. I hope we hear more stories like that.

 

I have software and hardware for that. But i live in Spain... without codes i can do that. I can see % of life of the hv battery...

 

Just order an Alber cellcorder

 

That's a $1,000+ item. Nice, though.

 

^ I was scratching my head about that. Up the page in post #10 PuckSR has a typo I guess, say's it's worth $10,000.

 

Even if you bought it new with bells and whistles I think it is under $7,000.

 

Hmm...
Buy an expensive instrument and use it a few times,
Or pay someone to use it, who knows what to do with it.

Seems like a no-brainer to me.

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