2005 Toyota Prius Hybrid Battery Dead

Automotive journalist and youtuber tyler hoover bought a 2005 second generation toyota prius for 1 500 suffering from just that a dead battery with no more life juice to squeeze.

2005 toyota prius hybrid battery dead.

If the battery pack in your toyota prius dies before the end of its 150 000 or 100 000 mile warranty toyota will replace it free of charge. But if your car is out of warranty you join the 500. Climbing thru a dead prius in over 112 degree blazing southern ca heat like a sweating acrobatic ninja more times than i care to admit in order to access the external car jumper which i bought after discovering that aaa does not carry replacement prius batteries regardless of the popularity of these annoying golf cart type vehicles. My prius fit.

This prius was traded in to the toyota dealer after probably getting a 4000 plus repair estimate for a replacement hybrid battery back. 1 point 2 years ago. I ve owned a jeep cherokee toyota camry honda civic and the prius. My jeep cherokee would never have fit an eight foot ladder in it because the back hatch would have never closed.

Should you encounter this. The car was in decent shape otherwise. See the 2005 toyota prius models for sale near you. The 2005 toyota prius has 2 problems reported for hybrid battery died.

We purchased a 2001 prius used in march 2004 and a new 2004 prius in june 2004. This prevents the car from starting. If the hybrid battery is dead you cannot drive the car because the hybrid battery is used to start the engine. The auxiliary battery failed on the 2001 prius twice and we replaced it once.

You will get poor fuel economy and a rougher drive from it though. Average repair cost is 3 500 at 109 000 miles.