I have a 2013 Prius and I changed the original battery a couple years ago. I just changed my sparkplugs last weekend, for the first time, at 160,000 miles (It wasn't difficult but definitely a pain in the butt because of all the stuff you have to remove to get to them.). I love this car.
These electric/hybrids amaze me in that, if the 12-volt batter is no good you are screwed. No "borrowing" electricity from the big battery for the electric motors.
they are supposed to keep it charged with a DC-DC converter, but there are certain situations where it doesn't work. And its no help if the battery is pooched. You need power from the 12v to close the contactors in the HV battery, so no stealing power from there. If you have no 12v its dead.
Our 2007 has been the best vehicle we've ever had. Changed the 12 volt battery twice, had the oil changed regularly, couple sets of wiper blades, that's it.
Do you clean the battery cooling fan when you pull apart a lot of trim like here because if they're not clean, the main battery can die from overheating. Just asking
I honestly don't remember the last time I had a prius come in for a 12v battery... those things just keep moving. Now which oil change reset... that usually requires Mitchell 😅
When I bought my 2012 Toyota Prius V back in 2019 it still had its original 12 volt battery in it as well. And literally when that 12-volt battery died in 2019, it was essentially like somebody had flipped a switch and the car went from being responsive when you pushed the brake pedal and the power button or even just the power button all the sudden you could use a jumper box to start the car. Drive it around for an hour. Disconnect the jumper box before you shut the car off. Shut the car off and then immediately put your foot on the brake pedal. And push the power button and absolutely nothing would happen. The factory batteries and those cars are good. High quality batteries for 12 volts and they last quite a while. But they don't give you any warning signs. They just die like that and that is possibly what happened to that owner. I'm surprised that we're waiting until 2024 11 years later to make the video about a car that has an 11-year-old battery, which is kind of amazing that that 12-volt lasted that long I am a car guy and the reason I own a Toyota Prius is because I drive for a living and the reason it is the Prius V is because I am a full-time rideshare driver giving passenger rides The good news however is when my factory 12 volt battery finally died in my 2012 Prius and 2019. There was still enough oomph left in the battery to be able to do things like Open the trunk and such so at least I could get to the 12-volt battery fairly easily another thing that you need to keep in mind is when you are disconnecting the 12 volt battery, you need to disconnect the negative first and then the positive and then when you put the new 12 volt battery back in you need to connect the positive first and then the negative otherwise I can assure you having had to replace the 12 volt battery on two different Priuses a 2007 and that 2012. And I'm talking specifically about the 12 volt battery here having connected the negatives first and the positives last on both cars. When putting in a 12-volt battery you get a series of check engine lights on the dashboard. Pat, when I disconnected the battery in both cars for about a minute and I only disconnected the negative side and then rehook things back up. The check engine lights went away and both cars operated. Normally it's just in cars like the Toyota Prius newer more modern day cars with all these modules that do stay powered. They are very sensitive to having the battery hooked up in the wrong order for some reason. You can disconnect them positive first and then negative. But when you reconnect the batteries, you have to reconnect the positive terminal first and then the negative and it would help if you make sure that the battery is disconnected for at least a minute that is how long it takes for the 12 volt battery to be disconnected in the Toyota Prius to reset the codes and check engine lights.
Ive owned two hybrids. Make absolutely sure you get the manufacturers battery. The first had a Harley Davidson motorcycle battery put in it. Needless to say, the vapors from the battery corroded the car's body and eventually it rusted through. I only get the service battery on the current hybrid replaced at the dealer. It's less expensive than a full body repaint.
Everybody rips on these my wife has one it is literally one of the best cars we ever had and it's super easy to work on combine those things with like 60 miles to the gallon and like you literally can't beat it
It's not an electric car, it's a hybrid: gas engine mated to an electric motor. The electric motor is really only there to get the car rolling from standing starts, which is responsible for a lot of the fuel consumption in a regular vehicle. My wife wanted a Honda hybrid when they first came out in the early 2000s but I convinced her to wait. We got our current Prius in 2013 and it has been the most reliable and lowest maintenance vehicle we have ever owned. I changed the front brake pads at 136,000 miles because I didn't believe the shop when they told me they were fine. It turned out they were fine, and they still a little over a third of the material left. I understood the hybrid battery would likely need to be changed at around 5-7 years, but we have now owned it 11 years and it's doing just fine. The cost of the hybrid batteries has also gotten less expensive. I can buy the parts to replace all the cells myself for about $2,500 (including shipping) and change it out in an afternoon. The new batteries also have more capacity compared to the originals. This was our first Toyota, and we don't plan to buy anything else from now on.
@@carportchronicles1943Well, I learned something about hybrid cars, and it's very interesting knowing you can change the hybrid battey for your own car. I'm guessing it's not a typical 12v battery, and I'm curious to see how many miles you get. I heard hybrid cars are quiet?
@@Robert.2927 We have 160,000 on ours right now. Friends of ours had an earlier generation Prius before we got ours, and they had around 250,000 miles on theirs at the time. Our car is very quiet when it's moving on battery power (10mph and under). Once it's rolling and the 4-cylinder engine kicks in, and it's no louder than any modern grocery getter. The year my Prius was made, Toyota didn't put a lot of sound deadening material in them to save weight and increase mileage, so it has some road noise on the highway. It is the one thing does irritate me about the car. That issue was solved a year or two after we got ours. There are a number of videos on UA-cam about changing and rebuilding the hybrid battery packs. I have rebuilt car engines and restored vintage motorcycles. After watching a couple videos, I realized it's a fairly simple process, though your do have to remove most of the rear interior to access the battery.
@@carportchronicles1943I have to say that is very impressive to learn about today's technology. Also, knowing you have plenty of experience with mechanics, your friend had 250,000 on their prius; that's outstanding; older car engines probably would have so many things go wrong. Question: Is it easy to work on a electric car like a prius?
@@Robert.2927 Thankfully, there isn't much that needs to be done for maintenance on the Prius. I changed the oil myself once, but it was a pain in the a$$ because the car sits so low to the ground as well as having flat panels covering the bottom of the chassis. As a result, I have a hard time getting under the car to access the oil filter (it doesn't help that I am in my mid-50s now, and crawling under cars isn't as much fun as it used to be). I happily hand $100 to an oil change place I trust about once every six months. The oil change interval with synthetic is every 7,500-10,000 miles. I changed the spark plugs myself a few weeks ago, at 160,000 miles. I would have done it at 140,000 but I discovered it is not a straightforward job, and I wasn't ready to deal with it at that time. You have to remove a shelf attached to the firewall that covers the back of the engine and holds the windshield wiper assembly. It honestly was not difficult (thanks to a UA-cam video which showed the process and listed every socket size and other tools needed), but it made what should have been a 15-minute job take an hour and a half. The only other work I have done to the Prius was change the front brake pads, and there was no difference between any other car. The Prius is pretty technically advanced compared to a normal gas car, but they are incredibly reliable, have low maintenance requirements, and are very common, so parts are readily available. One downside I discovered was trying to find used parts at wrecking yards. Because they are so popular as cabs now, it seems like all the wrecked Prius' are bought by specialty places in bigger cities that strip and resell the parts to shops that keep the cabs on the road. I have only seen one Prius in a wrecking yard in the area where I live, which is a large, rural, town.
Thats impressive if that’s the original battery
This happened to me on my 2012 prius, replaced the starter battery and i was good to go.
Do you do longer videos? Only asking why because I like your content you are putting out. If so let me know we’re to find them.😊
great video. thank you
I have a 2013 Prius and I changed the original battery a couple years ago. I just changed my sparkplugs last weekend, for the first time, at 160,000 miles (It wasn't difficult but definitely a pain in the butt because of all the stuff you have to remove to get to them.). I love this car.
My first thought. 12 volt dead.
Same
These electric/hybrids amaze me in that, if the 12-volt batter is no good you are screwed. No "borrowing" electricity from the big battery for the electric motors.
they are supposed to keep it charged with a DC-DC converter, but there are certain situations where it doesn't work. And its no help if the battery is pooched.
You need power from the 12v to close the contactors in the HV battery, so no stealing power from there. If you have no 12v its dead.
Our 2007 has been the best vehicle we've ever had. Changed the 12 volt battery twice, had the oil changed regularly, couple sets of wiper blades, that's it.
It must've been too difficult or cost prohibitive to install an adaptive power supply to reduce the voltage for the modules in the car.
Mr. Mike ,no disrespect why you dont do videos on ford explorer 2002 model's? I love you service
Do you clean the battery cooling fan when you pull apart a lot of trim like here because if they're not clean, the main battery can die from overheating. Just asking
😮😳😱And now you know!!! Good to know. Thank You.❤😊
Like a boss 😎
Buy a real car
just the typical Prius owner not realizing the car still has a 12-volt battery does not shocked me whatsoever 😂
I honestly don't remember the last time I had a prius come in for a 12v battery... those things just keep moving. Now which oil change reset... that usually requires Mitchell 😅
As a owner of a 2005 Prius with 207k miles on it, i confirm this message🇺🇸🏁🏴☠️
When I bought my 2012 Toyota Prius V back in 2019 it still had its original 12 volt battery in it as well. And literally when that 12-volt battery died in 2019, it was essentially like somebody had flipped a switch and the car went from being responsive when you pushed the brake pedal and the power button or even just the power button all the sudden you could use a jumper box to start the car. Drive it around for an hour. Disconnect the jumper box before you shut the car off. Shut the car off and then immediately put your foot on the brake pedal. And push the power button and absolutely nothing would happen. The factory batteries and those cars are good. High quality batteries for 12 volts and they last quite a while. But they don't give you any warning signs. They just die like that and that is possibly what happened to that owner. I'm surprised that we're waiting until 2024 11 years later to make the video about a car that has an 11-year-old battery, which is kind of amazing that that 12-volt lasted that long I am a car guy and the reason I own a Toyota Prius is because I drive for a living and the reason it is the Prius V is because I am a full-time rideshare driver giving passenger rides The good news however is when my factory 12 volt battery finally died in my 2012 Prius and 2019. There was still enough oomph left in the battery to be able to do things like Open the trunk and such so at least I could get to the 12-volt battery fairly easily another thing that you need to keep in mind is when you are disconnecting the 12 volt battery, you need to disconnect the negative first and then the positive and then when you put the new 12 volt battery back in you need to connect the positive first and then the negative otherwise I can assure you having had to replace the 12 volt battery on two different Priuses a 2007 and that 2012. And I'm talking specifically about the 12 volt battery here having connected the negatives first and the positives last on both cars. When putting in a 12-volt battery you get a series of check engine lights on the dashboard. Pat, when I disconnected the battery in both cars for about a minute and I only disconnected the negative side and then rehook things back up. The check engine lights went away and both cars operated. Normally it's just in cars like the Toyota Prius newer more modern day cars with all these modules that do stay powered. They are very sensitive to having the battery hooked up in the wrong order for some reason. You can disconnect them positive first and then negative. But when you reconnect the batteries, you have to reconnect the positive terminal first and then the negative and it would help if you make sure that the battery is disconnected for at least a minute that is how long it takes for the 12 volt battery to be disconnected in the Toyota Prius to reset the codes and check engine lights.
Ive owned two hybrids. Make absolutely sure you get the manufacturers battery. The first had a Harley Davidson motorcycle battery put in it. Needless to say, the vapors from the battery corroded the car's body and eventually it rusted through. I only get the service battery on the current hybrid replaced at the dealer. It's less expensive than a full body repaint.
My EV starts but don't crank? Any ideas ?
Everybody rips on these my wife has one it is literally one of the best cars we ever had and it's super easy to work on combine those things with like 60 miles to the gallon and like you literally can't beat it
Nope, I would take the combustion engine over electric car.
It's not an electric car, it's a hybrid: gas engine mated to an electric motor. The electric motor is really only there to get the car rolling from standing starts, which is responsible for a lot of the fuel consumption in a regular vehicle. My wife wanted a Honda hybrid when they first came out in the early 2000s but I convinced her to wait. We got our current Prius in 2013 and it has been the most reliable and lowest maintenance vehicle we have ever owned. I changed the front brake pads at 136,000 miles because I didn't believe the shop when they told me they were fine. It turned out they were fine, and they still a little over a third of the material left. I understood the hybrid battery would likely need to be changed at around 5-7 years, but we have now owned it 11 years and it's doing just fine. The cost of the hybrid batteries has also gotten less expensive. I can buy the parts to replace all the cells myself for about $2,500 (including shipping) and change it out in an afternoon. The new batteries also have more capacity compared to the originals. This was our first Toyota, and we don't plan to buy anything else from now on.
@@carportchronicles1943Well, I learned something about hybrid cars, and it's very interesting knowing you can change the hybrid battey for your own car. I'm guessing it's not a typical 12v battery, and I'm curious to see how many miles you get. I heard hybrid cars are quiet?
@@Robert.2927 We have 160,000 on ours right now. Friends of ours had an earlier generation Prius before we got ours, and they had around 250,000 miles on theirs at the time. Our car is very quiet when it's moving on battery power (10mph and under). Once it's rolling and the 4-cylinder engine kicks in, and it's no louder than any modern grocery getter. The year my Prius was made, Toyota didn't put a lot of sound deadening material in them to save weight and increase mileage, so it has some road noise on the highway. It is the one thing does irritate me about the car. That issue was solved a year or two after we got ours. There are a number of videos on UA-cam about changing and rebuilding the hybrid battery packs. I have rebuilt car engines and restored vintage motorcycles. After watching a couple videos, I realized it's a fairly simple process, though your do have to remove most of the rear interior to access the battery.
@@carportchronicles1943I have to say that is very impressive to learn about today's technology. Also, knowing you have plenty of experience with mechanics, your friend had 250,000 on their prius; that's outstanding; older car engines probably would have so many things go wrong. Question: Is it easy to work on a electric car like a prius?
@@Robert.2927 Thankfully, there isn't much that needs to be done for maintenance on the Prius. I changed the oil myself once, but it was a pain in the a$$ because the car sits so low to the ground as well as having flat panels covering the bottom of the chassis. As a result, I have a hard time getting under the car to access the oil filter (it doesn't help that I am in my mid-50s now, and crawling under cars isn't as much fun as it used to be). I happily hand $100 to an oil change place I trust about once every six months. The oil change interval with synthetic is every 7,500-10,000 miles.
I changed the spark plugs myself a few weeks ago, at 160,000 miles. I would have done it at 140,000 but I discovered it is not a straightforward job, and I wasn't ready to deal with it at that time. You have to remove a shelf attached to the firewall that covers the back of the engine and holds the windshield wiper assembly. It honestly was not difficult (thanks to a UA-cam video which showed the process and listed every socket size and other tools needed), but it made what should have been a 15-minute job take an hour and a half.
The only other work I have done to the Prius was change the front brake pads, and there was no difference between any other car.
The Prius is pretty technically advanced compared to a normal gas car, but they are incredibly reliable, have low maintenance requirements, and are very common, so parts are readily available. One downside I discovered was trying to find used parts at wrecking yards. Because they are so popular as cabs now, it seems like all the wrecked Prius' are bought by specialty places in bigger cities that strip and resell the parts to shops that keep the cabs on the road. I have only seen one Prius in a wrecking yard in the area where I live, which is a large, rural, town.