Gen 2 Prius Battery Test

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Gen 2 prius battery test.

Back in 2012 i purchased a well used gen ii prius. It was a high mileage 2006 with about 1 year of service history missing. The toyota prius battery from the dealer can easily run you upwards of 235 dollars. The second generation prius plug in called toyota prius prime in the u s.

Each battery block is about 15v. This is a step by step tutorial on how to replace the 12v not the hybrid battery on a 2nd gen 2004 2009 toyota prius with smart key capability. Prius 12v and hybrid battery and 12v aux battery self test procedure. All of the block voltages vary slightly.

Each of these contains six 1 2 volt cells says green car reports. Whichever block has the lowest voltage is reported in a pid parameter id called battery min block voltage. And prius phv in japan was developed in parallel with the standard fourth generation prius model xw50 released in december 2015. For a battery that hardly does more than power up some computers and allow the high voltage system to come on.

The prius battery consists of a bunch of individual battery blocks wired in series. Test your battery for free so maybe we say that you are near broke and need to know if your prius is going to make it. The hv battery ecu monitors the voltage of each individual block. So you could say it was a bit of a gamble.

How to diagnose the health prius hybrid battery. They are connected in a series and will produce a total of. The model was released to retail customers in the u s.