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Originally Posted by S Keith
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.
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I bought it in 2014 with 35,000. I've put just under 50k since then. I'm not really sure why the previous owners put so little miles on it. I'll look into the reconditioning package.