I've been lurking on PriusChat for a while now and, as I finally got my own Prius, I decided to create an account and join the conversations. I purchased a 2006 Prius with roughly 90,000 miles on it. There was a few hiccups, but I think I would be hard pressed to have a better experience. I bought it from a Lexus dealer (Wow! What a great lobby!) -- they replaced the hybrid battery for me and loaned me a Lexus ES300 meanwhile. Another wow! Once the repairs were done, I picked up the Prius and I've been driving it since and averaging 52MPG combined treating it like a newborn baby all the while. To get to the point -- I'm happy to finally have one to call my own and I hope I get to contribute to this forum in the future.
Welcome aboard! :welcome: Kind of hard to complain about 52mpg, huh? With a little time and practice, you can bring that up if you want. Of course, as I'm sure you've read, geography, temperature and conditions are huge factors.
:welcome: 2006 and had the hybrid battery replaced? Probably you mean the 12V battery, not the traction battery.
I'm already using some pretty extreme careful driving to achieve that. I don't think I'll be able to get any higher without using hypermiling techniques. But yes, I am aware of the conditions that affects MPG -- I'm just glad I got the Prius in warmer conditions to see this instead of winter. I'm pretty sure it is the traction battery. During my test drive, the Prius' acceleration/MPG became shot. Furthermore, according to the mechanic that did the work on my Prius, he said the ECU had gone bad causing the battery to go bad too -- the ECU is connected to the traction battery, isn't it?
I should just say "Welcome" and leave it at that.... But that's not me. Just out of curiousity, did you need the Hybrid Battery replaced? Little odd that a 5 year old Prius with less than 100,000 miles on it would need the Hybrid Battery replaced. Did they replace with new? Nice, I guess, that you drive off the lot with a new Hybrid Battery. But I'd be wondering why it needed one...
My money is on it being the 12volt that was replaced. It would be very unlucky to have a HV battery fail at only 90k miles.
Yes, I definitely needed it. The acceleration slowed to a crawl -- I'm talking 0-60 in 60 seconds here -- and the fuel efficiency went down to 30MPG. According to the dealership, it was the ECU that caused the battery to go bad. Also, yes, it is new. It was very lucky to have it fail during the test drive . Better to have them give me a brand new one for free than to have to replace it later at my own cost. Furthermore, they also replaced the ECU, so hopefully, I won't have to replace the battery again any time soon.
Well I sincerely hope it works out for you. I suppose it is a positive that you have a brand new battery and a ECU. Best of Luck.
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