Purchasing a new Hybrid battery from Toyota

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by Tony Rico, Mar 15, 2024.

  1. Tony Rico

    Tony Rico Junior Member

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    I suspect something may be happening with my gen 2 Prius and don't want to be forced into making a quick and expensive decision when the time comes, which may be soon. In many posts concerning the hv battery from replacing modules to buying a refurbished unit from a private seller it all confuses me. I'll ask a simple question based on many posts about dealerships that may provide an answer to other many members of this awesome "help" site who may have pondered the same question.
    Is the price for a new battery dictated by Toyota Corporate or negotiable and sold at different prices from dealership to dealership? Some posters quote anywhere from $1900 to over $3000 out the door. That's a big range.

    I will go OEM at that time, but don't want to waste time calling all over the country for prices if it is a fixed commodity.

    Thank you
     
    #1 Tony Rico, Mar 15, 2024
  2. Brian1954

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    Toyota has a manufacturer suggested retail price (MSRP) for each part. Each dealership determines what they will charge for the parts that they sell. Some sell only at MSRP. Others sell at a certain percentage below MSRP. You need to shop around at different dealerships to get the best price.
     
    #2 Brian1954, Mar 15, 2024
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    With the Toyota USA parts website you used to be able to:

    1. relatively easily locate the part you're looking for
    2.check links to nearby-to-you dealership having the part, where you could check their "street" price.

    They revamped that about a year back, and now I don't think you can do anything like that.
     
    #3 Mendel Leisk, Mar 15, 2024
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    I would say call every dealership in your area and get their price. There's an $80 difference just in the price of an inverter water pump between dealers in my area.
     
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    Always try to order online you'll get the best discount and the choice of what store in your area you pick it up at I'm not sure if this puts you in direct something with Toyota or how all this works but that's the way I've gotten the best prices on most everything look it up online at some Toyota.com something another and then you can purchase it and have it sent to the local dealer maybe they're out of the mix this way I don't know.
     
    #5 Tombukt2, Mar 15, 2024
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    Then for the lowest ones see if you can find the price on their web sites, because it might be substantially lower. As mentioned above, this used to be easy starting from the Toyota parts site, but now you have to navigate through each dealer's site, and some of them may not show the part number on the web site even though they sell it.
     
    #6 pasadena_commut, Mar 16, 2024
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