I’m planning to buy a Toyota Prius 2 in between 2006-2009 year manufactured. What is the most expensive/important things to check before buying? I’ve read a guide somewhere in this forum on how to test State of Health for a prius battery, but it mentioned that the test fails below 70 Farenheit, and here in europe right now its colder weather usually 10-20 celsius (50-68 farenheit) so I’m looking for an alternative way to do that I have toyota techstream installed in my laptop, maybe this would help me somehow?
idk, but i don't see how you can buy a 20 year old car (especially a hybrid) and not at least be prepared for expensive repairs.
because someone might have fixed it recently? maintained ? I asked how to check that they dont have issues
Verify that the A/C works. Car this age may have rotted out its evaporator or the valve built into it (in this model) might have failed. Either way the whole dash needs to come apart to fix it and it is many many hours of labor plus the cost of the part. Given the OP's location, check that the heater works too. Do they salt the roads in Lithuania? Car lived near the coast? Check the underside for rust. If the seller will let you scan all the ECUs for codes and check that the HV pack module voltages are all close together. If the OP has a 12V battery tester (a little electronic one, not a big pile load one) bring it and test the 12V on its posts in the back. These can be in fairly terrible shape and the car will run normally, until the day it won't start. Note that if the battery is down around 50% SOC the tester may demand that it be charged up more before it will run a test. My battery little battery tester will always fail the battery if it is used at the front jump post, and I think that is common for these devices. It has to be right on the battery. Other than that, check all the usual things: tires, brakes, oil, look for leaks underneath, all the windows and doors work. If the seller has the service records (a good sign) spend a few minutes reading them.
Thanks for your reply, I was looking for replies like this, Can you please specify what OP means? Do you mean a multimeter? Also a 12v battery is not a big of an issue? I bought one for 20 euros for my 3rd gen and its all good so far,
OP is "Original Poster". That is, the person who made the first post in the thread, ie, you. OEM AGM 12V batteries for the Prius are over $200 in the US. Was the battery you bought used? $20 here would buy not much in a new battery. Maybe one of the little sealed 6V lead acid batteries used in alarm systems.
Here in Lithuania we have a lot of people who buy cars just to dismantle and sell as parts, this business is popular here and engines/batteries/abs blocks etc sell fast, while 12v batteries are not so popular so they have a load of them, its cheap to buy here
