Hybrid battery from crashed car

You need to have proof it works. Either in their car or yours. It will be very low in charge from sitting, the issue is how long will it take to charge completely. I would ask for a trial run with it in your car. A half hour will tell if the battery is still good.

 

I will break with PC tradition by answering your actual question first:
No.
There's no issue with the battery sitting in the car for two months - otherwise Priuses would not have very many owners left after 19 years.
It is not uncommon for a car to sit for two months without being started.
G2 Priuses were originally equipped with a nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) traction battery. Like any rechargeable battery they will discharge over time but generally only about 10% per month IIRC.

Whether or not the battery was damaged in the car crash or what shape it was in before the crash is another matter.....

That's only about 800 clicks away - but I understand....

See if the repair shop has for a guarantee that their replacement battery will work, at least initially - or more specifically WHAT they will do if it does not work, and for how long.
Here in the USA most used parts suppliers will guarantee that the part will not be D.O.A. - or dead on arrival, and even used electronics parts usually come with SOME type of a guarantee.

You may also try eBay - which tends to have fairly clear return policies.
This is true of Amazon as well to a lesser extent.
It didn't used to be this way but Amazon's owner has expensive hobbies.........and he also likes to fly rockets.

Just remember:
You're paying 650 in monopoly bucks for a part out of a 19-year-old car - which may mean that it COULD be a 19-year-old battery.
That's a large gamble for a relatively small return - and you're going to have to start saving for another battery either way!

Best of luck!

 

It'll probably be sitting at like 180 to 200 volts just sitting there at least that's how they are when I pick them up out of vehicles when they've just been changed two to three months prior and the brake actuator goes out hands go up car goes to towing lot I get the car several batteries I've gotten like 3 months old of being brand new from the dealer usually a receipt in the glove box if not that's okay there's a QR code on The late model battery tells you all about it I've done this a couple of times but I've been right there to take the battery out no one's touched it but me and no one was interested in touching it but me with a thousand miles between me and the battery there's a lot of room for funny business or whatever we call it as long as everything stays on the up and up it could be a good deal

 

How old is the car that the battery is coming out of?

 

In my opinion, a battery from 2008 is too old to be reliable. Try to find one from a newer car.

 

You do realize you can use a racked 28 from Prius to like 2020 I believe

 

... as long as they are NiMH. Don't use Lithium modules.

You can also use modules from the hybrid Corolla (aka Auris), Yaris, or Camry. You need to open up the battery cases and transfer the modules over into your Prius battery case.

 

Ask for the date off the battery. If it is original pass on it, if it even still works it won't for long.