![]() I’ve given him my maintenance record from the dealership and from now on, whenever the maintenance required message pops up on the screen, I’m going to him for the regular maintenance. He told me to drop by and he did it for no cost. One time I called him up to see if he could help me to put on some venting tube in my battery compartment. He gave me a lot of tips on what to do to make my car more fuel efficient. Ken, the owner, was very helpful and professional. Anyway, I found Caspian through Yelp and decided to give it a shot. ![]() Having little knowledge of cars, I always went for whatever they recommended even though I knew in my heart that they over charged me for the services. The reasons are the dealership always over charge you or try to up sell non-essential services to you. Please Contact Us if your Prius requires hybrid battery fan cleaning or your red triangle warning light stay onĪfter years of going to the dealership for years to maintain my 2010 Prius, I’ve finally decided to go to other individual auto shop for my regular maintenance. Since the hybrid battery fan is one of a few serviceable items item that can affect pack life. Occasionally, but not always, when the fan clogs it will set a battery overheating code P0A82, with temperatures reaching 100 degrees or more. based on our experience with Toyota Prius Without proper maintenance the hybrid battery will surely die prematurely We highly recommend to perform battery fan cleaning as it prevent battery cells overheating, because fan is the only service item that can affect Prius battery life. we have seen many second generation Prius go much farther than 150k with no battery issues whatsoever) upon inspection it turned out to be clear. We recently had our very first High Voltage Battery failure in a second gen Prius, model year 2005, at 155,000 miles. ![]() When fan clogs sometimes due to debris clogs the Hybrid battery fan (setting a battery code P0A82, with temperature up to 120 degrees) in a car that regularly transports pets such as dogs or cats. These problems are now showing up on Prius in regular use. it very common on Prius with high millage, which are running 24/7 in harsh conditions with lots of backseat passengers (where the fan intake is located), the Prius HV battery typically dies by 150,000 miles. Because it is not a service item or Prius owner never have been told the fan eventually clogs and needs battery fan cleaning service This causes battery overheating and premature of Prius High Voltage battery pack failure. Instead the fan itself becomes the filter, the fan located upstream of the battery on the right side, the fun collecting particulates over time. for the second and third generation of Toyota Prius, from 2004-2009, it does not have a intake air filter for the high voltage battery cooling fan, this creates a problem. Prius battery cooling fan cleaning requires cleaning. ![]()
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