My traction battery discharges at night.

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Technical Discussion' started by Seymour1, Jun 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM.

  1. Seymour1

    Seymour1 Member

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    I park it in the evening with the battery showing almost fully charged. Then in the morning, it is almost fully discharged. It also shows a low MPG reading for the first 10 minutes of morning driving (bar graph). What would partially discharge my battery overnight?
     
  2. Tombukt2

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    Battery wearing out . My generation 2 with very new dealer batteries get parked green errynight in am at start green . But quickly to blue
     
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    Maybe assess the battery with something like Dr Prius, phone app that works with bluetooth OBD dongle. Carista dongle works well. Just the static test will give some idea; here's a screenshot, in demo mode:

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  4. bisco

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    how many miles on her?