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Old 06-03-2011, 01:43 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by California98Civic View Post
A friend with a five or six year old Prius has just woken up to the $5,000 battery replacement costs coming at her soon. She's not happy.
Your friend should really look into getting her pack repaired instead of replaced. The cost will likely be under or around $1k.

I'd start at Hybrid-Battery-Repair.
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