KBB says $7500, I assume that because battery will need replacing soon (93K miles). So, I tell prospective buyers that Hybrid battery will soon need replacing to the tune of....$2500?
Tell them no such thing. Ask above market value, answer questions and let them make an offer. Never try to sabotage a sale.
agree^^^ just tell them the truth. how it runs, how you take care of it, maint. records and etc. ask about $500. more than market value and be ready to haggle.
would it be better if I just went ahead and replaced battery now? Then charge more? Last year my friend got 11K for her '06. KBB does not factor in aging Hy. Batt. That was not addressed in my search.
While your compassion for fellow humans is admirable, I suggest that any prospective buyer of your vehicle is and should be aware that repair and maintenance is and will be needed based on time and mileage. The choice to buy or not is theirs.
" First of all, a dealership will charge around $5000 for the job. Secondly, "soon" is a relative term. Unless it's giving you problems now, you don't know WHEN it will fail. It may last another 90,000 miles. Even when it does fail, it can be repaired by the right person for as little as $100 or so. If you don't have techstream to view the battery data, you can take it to the stealership and they can print the data out for you. It may even help you to get a better price for the car.
violet, no offense, but you sound very trollish. in your first post, you say 'kbb says $7,500. i spume that because the battery will need replacing soon. in your second post, you said 'kbb does not factor in aging hybrid battery'. which is it? why are you asserting that the prius is of less value and implying that it will have battery problems? you might as well discount it some more for a new engine and transmission. why do you think it's not worth $25,000. or whatever you paid for it? because it has wear and tear. just isn't making sense.
"I assume that because battery will need replacing soon (93K miles)." Why do you assume that? Have you read the high-mileage threads here? People have gone over 300,000 miles on the original hybrid (aka traction aka high-voltage) battery.
I'm not a troll, just a person with ZERO experience selling a car. My friend's '06 needed battery replaced last year, so I thought I'd be having the same issue. When you read my posts, please hear them in a voice of a well meaning single woman who's a bit confused by this process, not some degenerate troll. I'm new to this forum because I've never had car questions before. Do all newbies on here get accused of being trolls? I appreciate all input from forum members. I have very little experience in this realm. Good to know. I had no idea. How does one know when the battery is about to "go?" I don't think it's giving me problems. Everything is working as normal. Maybe I could do that with the dealer... what is techstream?
that's why i prefaced it with 'no offense'. i'll take your word for it, my apologies. when you sell anything, the best thing to do is advertise whatever you know about it, honestly. obviously, you don't know anything about cars, and less about the prius, so just put 2007 prius with 93,000 miles. asking $XXXXXX, or best offer. you can use the kbb or look around to see what others are asking. if they ask you questions, answer truthfully, but don't make things up or assume something because it happened to someone else. simply say that you don't know. MERGED why are you so fired up about the battery?
Okay, I was wondering. This is an interesting thread in that regard, for our generation of Prius: 299,999+ Mile Club | Page 45 | PriusChat You can see one person complaining that his hybrid battery failed at what he thought was an early mileage of 147,000 miles. But instead of replacing the whole battery pack, he found which cells were bad and just replaced those. There's instructions here on PriusChat on how to do that as well. But if you read the whole thread (which is inspirational if you want to keep the car!) there are plenty of people who have gone much farther on the original battery pack. In particular, this guy made it to over 380,000 miles on the original battery! Although it was only a 3 or 4 year-old car, his job was a courier: 299,999+ Mile Club | Page 15 | PriusChat And it's not strictly age-related either. For instance, my car is a 2006 and I'm on the original battery pack (and went nearly 8 years on the 12V battery), and that's not unusual. One of the ways to tell the hybrid battery pack is going bad is if the battery level in the display changes from full to near-empty very quickly if you run on electric only (or sit in place with the lights on and fan running). Unfortunately it does happen (both being accused, and having trolls show up). As you may have experienced, some people are practically religiously opposed to the idea of hybrids and electric cars, etc. Your friend selling a 2006 for 11K sounds like she got a pretty sweet deal. She probably had the high end model in great condition with SKS, leather seats, etc.
VioletLotus, in CARB states the battery has a 10 year/150,000 mile warranty. Some batteries will fail early. Some batteries will last forever. Nobody knows how long the battery in your car will last. Just because the warranty expired doesn't mean the part is expected to fail. This applies to every car. The Prius isn't an exception. Why are you selling the car? What are you going to buy that is more reliable than a Prius?
