2008 Toyota Prius I just replaced my hybrid battery with a rebuilt battery, But the gas engine doesn't start?
I just replaced my hybrid battery with a rebuilt battery, But the gas engine doesn't start?
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I own a 2008 Toyota Prius. A couple weeks ago I was driving home from about 45 miles away. The check engine light came on and the red triangle. The car kept going slower and slower, until it would not go at all. The lights and everything electrical worked fine. I had it towed home. The only trouble code I got was P0080 and the info screen showed main battery. So I did some research and saw I could test each cell of the battery. The videos I watched showed them getting 7.51 volts on almost all the cells and 6.?? volts on 2 or 3 cells, so they would replace those cells or charge them themselves. My battery had mostly 6.?? volts cells, 5 or 6 at 5.?? volts, and I think 4 or 5 cells with 7.01 or 7.14. So I figure most the cells were bad. I bought a rebuilt hybrid battery for $1200.00, put it in the car now the gas engine won't start. I drove the car around the block, but because the gas engine won't start it ran down the hybrid. Whats going on? I hope I really needed this rebuilt battery, or was it something else the whole time. HELP!
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put in new hybrid battery, but gas engine won't start.
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Hello,
The issue may be the generator. That would explain the low charge, failure of the engine to start, and failure of the battery to charge.
Have it diagnosed. There are options available to replace just the generator instead of the entire transmission, but you may find that there are other issues lurking within the hybrid drive system, or that the internal combustion engine has an issue.
