Replacing/rebuilding HV battery in Nor Cal

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by Bamapse, Apr 21, 2017.

  1. Bamapse

    Bamapse Junior Member

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    It looks like I may need a new HV battery and was wondering if anyone has had much luck with shops in Northern California. I am looking at some shops that do rebuilds or swapping for a rebuilt battery with 1 year warranty and thinking about going this route. Our car is a 2006 and has 163k miles on it and we are looking at getting a new prius anyways so I would rather just put something it that will work a while and invest the extra $ in a newer prius. The post to my diagnosis and problems is below. I am pretty mechanically savvy and have all the tools I'd need to do a replacement but some places I've looked at I can get a rebuilt battery for $600 installed with the 1 year warranty. Any help is much appreciated.

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    If you have all the tools, you can look on youtube for some videos on module swapping. That's basically what you're going to get for $600. The modules you can buy for less than $50 on Ebay.

    This type of repair won't be a lasting repair, but who cares if you don't intend to keep this car long.
     
    #2 JC91006, Apr 21, 2017
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    I actually found a factory Toyota battery with 50k miles on it for $400 so I think I may go this route
     
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    Would you go with the battery with 50k miles or replacing modules in this scenario?
     
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    Details on the 50k miles battery? How old is it? How do you confirm it's 50k?

    Batteries usually fail from age and sitting around. 50k miles on a 10 year old battery is no better than what you have now.
     
    #6 JC91006, Apr 21, 2017
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    I have about 225k on my prius and installed a refurbished hybrid battery, depending where in NOR CAL you are I had someone come to me install a refurbished battery for $500 and they came to me and installed it for me. So far it has been 5 months since the battery and the car is solid. Gentleman who also installed it, is a retired Toyota Tech which was also a nice plus.
     
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