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How to Repair Toyota Hybrid Prius 3rd Generation Car by Yourself

Here i want to discuss how to repair Toyota prius hybrid battery by your self,
1.You can notice below error in your display - use google translator to translate below
--img car error dashboard

2.Now full time car is functioning with engine and not use the battery,and can see scanning report like this, you can be seen maximum voltage module and minimum voltage difference is more than  0.4 v


3.There are several ways to remove this error message and car is back to normal.
   1.Replace with new battery
   2.Replace with recondition battery - after checking the battery condition
   3.Repair same battery by replacing malfunctioning cells,
   4.Can temporary remove error using scanner
   5.Can temporary remove error by remove battery wire or fuse board main wire(White color thick wire) for about 10 minutes

 In here i discuss about how to rebuild battery by your self - method 3, this is way cost saving when comparing method 1 and method 2. method 4 and 5 are only reset the error for temporary - after temporary reset the vehicle,millage of the car till next time error depends on driving style ,traffic condition environment condition ...etc

How to repair hybrid battery step by step 
1.Reset error - car display should not show any error related to hybrid module
2.Start the car and press 'push break'(NO hand break in prius car) to bottom and set neutral - you can see in display
3.Now manually discharge the hybrid battery using the car . (Keep AC low and high blower speed to discharge battery using short time)
4.After few minutes you can notice AC cool is not coming , then switch of the car(if you keep more time car display show warning more icons with cannot drive symbol. (this is not recommended because hybrid battery power is low and sometimes car may not start without charging with the same cells)
--img warning lights
 5.Now get the battery to out as below,
--vedio remove fues and battery,
6.Mark the voltage of each cells , you can notify some cells voltage is low when considering other. --img mark voltage individual cells
7.If the some cells are in less than 7.4v may be bad cells and have to replace(depends on battery condition and discharge ).
8.Now you should be balance battery couples to keep maximum same voltage ex : 15.0 v, there are 14 couples and 28 individual cells
9.After finish the repair should make a test run about 50 km in highway or normal way with considerable speed.
 10.If you repair your battery first time can grantee over 50000 km or one year under normal conditions
11.Now you can see scan report no considerable voltage difference between cell modules, 

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