Required Maintenance

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by islander2, Jan 8, 2006.

  1. islander2

    islander2 New Member

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    My dealer has issued a "required mainenance" form for my 05.
    Most of the items are merely inspections but one calls for checking the state of charge in the HV battery. Does anyone know how this might be done?
     
    #1 islander2, Jan 8, 2006
  2. efusco

    efusco Moderator Emeritus
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    That's a bogus way to get you to come in and pay extra money for routine maintainence.

    If there are any TSBs, Service campaigns, etc you'll hear about them here.
     
    #2 efusco, Jan 8, 2006
  3. Frank Hudon

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    want to check the state of charge for the HV battery toggle the MFD to the energy panel and look at the battery if it's more than 2 pink bars it's just fine.
     
    #3 Frank Hudon, Jan 8, 2006
  4. richard schumacher

    richard schumacher shortbus driver

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    Ignore any maintenance schedules or "requirements" sent you by a dealer. Follow Toyota's maintenance schedule, which came with the car.
     
    #4 richard schumacher, Jan 10, 2006
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    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    Don't know but that's part of the maintenance service here and there's NO extra charge for it.
     
    #5 Tideland Prius, Jan 10, 2006
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    Then what do they do, check the MFD?
     
    #6 DanMan32, Jan 17, 2006
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    and car dealers wonder why people don't like them
     
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  8. ken1784

    ken1784 SuperMID designer

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    In Japan, the annual HV battery inspection is mandatory for the continuous battery warranty.
    The HV battery is devided into 14 blocks, 2 modules/block, and they check the variances of voltages, SOC and internal resistance of each blocks using the scan tool.

    Ken@Japan
     
    #8 ken1784, Jan 17, 2006
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