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Originally Posted by broski499
Greetings.
Trying to have a plan in place if my 2008 Prius Traction Battery ever decides to call it quits.
I talked to my mechanic who has done the Prius Battery Replacements before and said it would cost around $3000 for him to do it. He said he buys the battery packs directly from Toyota.
I'm in Southern California and have been researching multiple companies that sell and install refurbished batteries for around $1500. These usually consist of battery packs that have cells pulled from partially failed battery packs, rebalanced, and then repackaged.
Anyone have any experience in this area? I also have to keep in mind if it will be worth spending such a large amount of money if my car isn't worth that much. Good news is I'm still under 80,000.
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List price of battery from Toyota is $1950 + tax. Buy it and install it yourself. Your mechanic is paying about $1700 for it, and he's charging you $1300 for about 3 hours of labor. Many dealerships are under $2800 OTD at this time.
The recommendations for module replacement are misplaced. What you can't tell when you are going through the process is how deteriorated they are. You can measure 28 identical voltages, but they will have wildly different capacity.
Voltage tells you WHERE you are in the SoC range - not how much charge you have.
Module replacement is typically a game of whack-a-mole. When you dig deeper, you find most accounts of module replacement involve a few trips into the pack over the course of a year.
There's nothing good about you having a low mileage Prius. Low mileage = you're not getting the benefit. And one of the worst things you can do for a hybrid is to NOT drive it. You never want a low mileage hybrid.
If you're looking to extend life and delay replacement, consider a Hybrid Automotive Prolong reconditioning package.