Toyota Hybrid Owners Speak Out on Battery Length and Cost

Toyota, Toyota, Toyota... Yes, I have loved my Toyotas, a 94 Corolla wagon I've had for over twenty years and an 04 Tundra that died a premature death when someone pulled out in front of me on the highway. But my current daily driver is a one-owner (my wife and her late husband's) 07 Civic Hybrid. Even though the nicad battery pack is weak due to misuse (parked for two years), I'm enjoying very good mileage and reliability. Once I convince my wife that the 1.5k to replace the pack is reasonable, I expect better mileage and performance and more years of service.

Toyota, Toyota, Toyota... Yes, I have loved my Toyotas, a 94 Corolla wagon I've had for over twenty years and an 04 Tundra that died a premature death when someone pulled out in front of me on the highway. But my current daily driver is a one-owner (my wife and her late husband's) 07 Civic Hybrid. Even though the nicad battery pack is weak due to misuse (parked for two years), I'm enjoying very good mileage and reliability. Once I convince my wife that the 1.5k to replace the pack is reasonable, I expect better mileage and performance and more years of service.

If the Prius LION batteries are anything like the million mile batteries in the Nissan Leaf they should be outstanding. My wife's 3yo Nissan Leaf seems to go further now after 36,000 miles then when brand new. Easily exceeding the EPA advertised range. Hopefully the Toyota batteries will last a lifetime too.

Drove a 2018 Avalon limited hybrid 60k, no battery issues, milage was as expected, traded in on a new 20, MUCH better designe, no battery issues, milage as advertised

I have a 2015 270k no battery issues !!! I have gone through 4 sets of tires and a oil change every 10k
I would like to make it to 500k one day !!!!!!

I just replaced my 2011 Lexus CT 200 H hybrid battery. It should have cost about $2400-$2500, I found a place (greenbean) to give me a lifetime guarantee and delivered and install the battery in my driveway as part of the cost of the battery for $1650 The service was excellent Prompt and efficient I was very happy

I just quit after 5 months(my old job called me back) from working at an independent Toyota hybrid shop in Westminster CA and it’s not the battery replacement people should be concerned with, it’s the major oil leaks that require the intake manifold to come off to fix. That is where customers will shell out big money and other repairs I.E. 2 separate cooling systems, brakes, tune-ups with oil fouling spark plugs, just to name a couple

I have a 2011 Toyota Prius. It's the longest lasting car on the market. 289,000 miles on it and going strong. Only work on it is oil change every 5000 miles tires, brakes and that's about it.
I was in europe and herd 5his hybrid's máster 1,000,000 Km. That's 600,000 miles. So When I got back to the states ,I bought one. Will never buy any other car. This car will out last 5he big boys, Mercedes, BMW, Audi. You name it. Makes sense the engine shares power with the huge battery.
You have to have very bad luck for your Prius to stop at 400,000 miles. Observation: have you ever seen a Prius broken down on a highway? I did but it was for a flat tire. Hahahaha

Unfortunately the original nickel metal hydride or nicad batteries were crap. Make sure you get a hybrid with lithium ion batteries. Our 2008 Prius went up to a mile on all electric when new below 35mph. But after 2 years of degradation the motor would turn on as soon as we put it in gear. Horrible batteries. We also lost 5 to 8 mpg. The car still worked with a degraded battery it just wasn't as efficient.

I had a 2013 Prius with 166,000 miles on it. The battery was fine. But the head gasket went bad. Afterward I found out this is not uncommon (tho it is more often between 180-200k) & the best solution is to replace the whole engine rather than just the head gasket in a Prius. Very disappointed. I expected at least 200,00 out of that car, and was hoping for at least 250,000, like my previous Toyota Matrix & Pontiac Vibe (Matrix twin).

I have a 2008 Prius with 80,000 original miles, and the battery started giving me trouble at about 76,000 miles. Had to replace the battery pack. Got a brand-new one from Toyota for $1714.00. Did the work myself. After replacing the pack, the P0A80 code was replaced with a P0AC2 code indicating a current sensor being high. Ordered the new sensor, which just came in, and I'll replace it over the weekend and see if that finally fixes it. Only getting about 37mpg right now with the new pack and bad sensor. My previous 2005 Prius had 149K miles and never gave me any problems, although the mileage had dropped to around 45mpg before it got totaled and I purchased the 2008. The car is in immaculate shape and previously owned by a woman who took very good care of it, but the battery is crap. Very bummed about it!

I'm driving a 2013 camry hybrid le which is in taxi service. The mileage is now just over 340,000 miles
At @ 170,000 miles, the drive motor battery went bad. The battery was on backorder so to get back on the road I had a couple of cells replaced. I replaced the battery as it came back in stock. Now that my camry replacement battery has @ the same mileage as the original did, I'm expecting to see it go bad anytime now. The 12 volt battery is still the original one.

I have a 2007 Prius. I bought it from an auto insurance auction. After 10K miles the battery drive hybrid on needed to be replaced. It would charge and discharge very fast. Mileage went from 44 to 30 mpg in the span of about two months. Then I got the red triangle of death. I called around and got a guy to replace the whole pack with a reconditioned one he did himself. He was so technical I knew he knew what he was doing. First 1300 dollars I got a lifetime guarantee. Or I could have went cheaper for 1100 for a 3 year guarantee. You simply should not replace bad cells of the 28 and not balance those cells with the rest of the battery my research has proved to me. Doing a replacement only, and it is easy to find the bad cells, will cause other cells to fail that were fine before. I think my car just sat for too long in its wrecked state, so the battery developed weak cells or corrosion. Anyway, the reconditioned pack is great. Get 44 MPG now for over 2 years. Also own 2012 Prius Plugin. I love that car. Also a salvage rebuild. Only 10 miles of pure electric before hybrid motor turns on but itmake a huge difference to 20 mile round trip commute. This battery was completely dead when I bought it at 56K. Never any problems since buying it. 50 mpg average. Plus the big battery makes for stronger suspension and therefore the ride is so smooth.

We have a 2007 Prius with almost 500k miles. We replaced the battery at around 485k. The car was fine until we stopped driving it and it sat. As soon as we stopped putting miles on it, the battery died. Our 2017 Prius Prime has 168k miles with no issues, though we had to replace the brakes at around 150k compared to 250k with the '07.

That's really incredible to hear 15 0,200-300,000 MIles . I really wish my lead acid battery in Florida would last 3 years more! Can anyone tell me why that acid goes only three years? Can I get a 12 volt battery like a Toyota battery for my regular ice car

We have a 2017 Lexus CT-200h. Is that basically the same as the Prius?

The main thing to check on the Gen 3 Prius 2010 -2015 is the EGR cooler. If/when it gets clogged, overheating, head gasket, nightmare. Use Top Tier gas and have the EGR cooler, tube, cleaned every 80,000 miles and you should be good. Good time to change the spark plugs at this time as the cowl is apart. Gen 4 has been reliable

I have been driving Toyota's since 1978 and the only things that have been replaced in 42 years have been one headlight, one warped brake rotor and a fuel pump! The warped rotor was covered under warranty and the fuel pump failed because, I let the gas level fall to low to cool the fuel pump because I wanted find out, how much fuel is left after the red light comes on! My advice is do not do that because you have to empty everything out of the trunk to get at the fuel pump to replace same, lesson learned! Can any one find a better car than Toyota Motors reliability? My new baby is a 2021 Sienna hybrid Platinum AWD w/run flat tires! DO NOT LET YOUR AAA CARD EXPIRE! Bob Riley

I guess that I am just unlucky. We have 1 2012 Camry hybrid, The check engine light and check hybrid light came on one month after my 8 years warranty expired. The mileage was 70,000. If we did not have the stay home working last year, the warming light could possible came on in 2020and I could have a battery replaced under warranty. It surprised us that the battery in our hybrid expired so early. We are trying to persuade Toyota to give us some warranty adjustment.

I have a 2020 Toyota Corolla Hybrid had a little over a year though I tried to turn on ( EV ) mode but it tells me is not available due to low battery I also use to see the battery charging on the screen don't see it no more. I took my car last week to get check because after pressing the accelerator the car was not moving it took a while to move though it pulled on me so today I called the dealer and ask them why do I get that message they said they didn't know even though they had told me the car was check and a diagnostic was done. I need to know what to do
as I told them they said nothing was wrong with the car why doesn't the EV mode work and says Battery low....

Are you guys concerned about EMF radiations on passengers at all. An the battery lying right under the rear passenger seat.

I have a 2010 Toyota Camry Hybrid with 235K miles. One time the Hybrid System warning came on and the car would barely run. But after putting on a new gas cap, all was well. My advice, before getting a new hybrid battery, have someone do an engine test to verify the engine warning code. For me, that saved a lot of money.

just got a 2021 Toyota Corrolla Hybrid which I just love!!

bit of a grid tie lithium solar geek with
5 * 14S6P 18650 48V DIY powerwall for
wood fireplace fan & LED lighting power outage battery backup!

Got remote start so wonder if I can tap into ~200VDC
hopefully under the hood on inverter/converter
inputting to 200v-600VDC MPPT solar inverter
extracting 110VAC for DIY VTH emergency power if required!

Question, good idea, bad idea or head up his behind,
assuming with remote start on as battery depletes,
engine starts on low voltage stopping on full charge!!

Hope you can help, have a G'day

I have a 2020 Corolla Hybrid with 20,000 km. and no problems, I love my Toyota. My battery warranty is 10 years or 196,000 km. so I am looking forward to years of trouble-free driving. This is my third Corolla, 1997 and 2015 which I loved but wanted the hybrid so traded it in. I am not sorry but surprised when I put my winter tires on this year my gas consumption went from 4.5 litres/100 km to 5.0 litres/100 km. Would other owners consider this normal?

I have a 2008 Hybrid Camry with 360,000 miles and my battery finally gave out. My car is in mint condition so I'm going to replace the battery I found one online brand new is $2,600 installed with 48 month warranty and $1,600 refurbished with 24 month warranty.

Why does the 12V battery of the gas engine part of a 2020 Prius Prime Technology keep dyeing every winter, for just sitting for a few days in the cold, I had Toyota test and replace the last battery, but the problem came back this winter, why can't Toyota install a small trickle charger for the 12V system and operate when the car is plugged in for the electric charge of the electric drive portion of the car