2007 Prius C2318 and C1241 and some more.....

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by Classic Car Guy, Jan 8, 2026.

  1. Classic Car Guy

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    Everything was running fine, dashboard is clear then all of a sudden all these lights came out of the dash. Besides all the lights came out while its still driving fine heading towards home. After 7 minutes I heard the traction battery cooling fan turned on which I hardly hear and started driving a limp mode. As soon as I got home, I just parked it then the next day I took it to O'Reillys to get a scan check and this is what I got from them. This morning I went to check and it still starts. The traction battery cooling fan is not running anymore like when I parked it. I drove it around again and I looked at the dash while all those problem lights are still on. I looked at the generator screen and seems like still running but its not like the regular indication I get. Sometimes the traction battery indicator bar goes all the way to Green Full Far. Then sometimes it changes to Blue Mid Bar then Low. Then its slowly goes up again. As soon as I was going home after 10 minutes, I heard the traction battery turned on again while I was pulling in the drive way. I work on my car is a scheduled / mileage manner. As far as I know, none of those light nor trouble codes were there before.
    What could it be?
    My car is a 2007 Prius Pacific Northwest Package 6 (Not Touring) with 174,186 miles.
    Here are the codes written in the diagnosis:
    C2318
    C1241
    U0073
    U0123
    U0124
    U0126
    U0293

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    Have your 12 volt battery low tested and be assured that it is good usually all these communication issues is over Power 12V power.
     
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    If I need to replace the battery. Is AGM better than True Start?
     
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    Eryone should have an AGM .true start is a brand name AGM is chemistry make up like sodium
     
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    you mean to say true start is agm battery? the local store tested the battery last night and it failed. Along the way they asked me if the battery is AGM. I said no. They said if its AGM, they need to restart the test procedure in a different way.
     
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    Toyota TrueStart 12V batteries can be either flooded lead acid or AGM. The difference is the battery type and the shop test equipment indeed could have different test protocols if the battery is AGM or flooded. You should investigate exactly what battery is in your car or post a picture here to confirm. The original spec 12V battery part numbers S46B24R (for smart key) or S34B20R (non smart key) should both be AGM type batteries.

    EDIT: Typo corrected S46B34R to S46B24R
     
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    This is the one they gave me True Start Part #: 00544-21171-325
    seems like S46B24R
     
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    Usually they proud of it . It's all over battery in text .
     
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    Toyota gave me the same one which is the original on True Start S46B24R. I installed and ran it. after 12 minutes all the light went back on.
    What does this symbol means?

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    Look in the Toyota owners manual, and you will find the answer to your question.
     
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    Hi @Patrick Wong ..
    I was going to ask you about my 2007 Prius. I had a problem with the car and gave me all those alerts in the previous post. I couldn't really get it on the scanner right. Anyways I had the chance to pull out the hybrid battery and I I did a quick check 1 cell is pretty low to dead and so as another one i in the lower side. I will have remove the connections tomorrow and do an amp meter check and voltage double check so I can get an accurate measurement and condition of the whole battery. What is your recomendable range per cell that I need to know so when I get the new cell, it will be all balanced and strong? Where do you recommend I buy these replacement cells?
    What else do I need to do besides replacing the cells and making sure I get it done the right way.
    Besides this situation on my car, It was running perfect and if I can fix this battery, Hopefully I get another 80k miles. Presently I have 174,186k miles. She's a beauty and I remember when you help me did the 100k miles service when it was 98,000 miles. It ran perfect till today. Anyways hope things are okay with you and hope you get this message.
    Thanks. CCG.
    BTW. should I worry about those broken orange plastic cover latches or is that normal part of the service operation..

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    Worry about the broken plastic? I would probably glue the pieces back on, just to keep the wires covered in this instance, but I wouldn't be shocked to find that old plastic had broken.

    On the other hand, when I received a new OEM battery with a whole lot of broken orange plastic it went right back to the dealer, as the only way that would have happened is if they dropped the crate in transit.

    Also, the Autozone scanner isn't going to pick up all the codes you might want. You need something like an Autel AP200 or miniVCI cable and a dubiously legal copy of Techstream. Those are the inexpensive ways to get this information. (Well, that and blink codes.) If money is no object there are many scanners which can do all sorts of amazing things, but they are all $$$.
     
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    I broke the orange parts because this is my first time working on one. I kept everything and I'll glue it the right way.
    Where do you get these quality cells?