🎉 How Long Do Toyota Hybrid Batteries Last Reddit

Major issue was the hybrid battery gave up last year. Other things i changed were brakes 2yrs ago, and anything that wore out like tires and wipers. We used it lightly since nyc doesnt require cars for most things. So its at 85k miles and 12-13 year usage. The hybrid battery we changed costed about $2000 from green bean with unlimited warranty. If you want long term reliability, go with less complicated; I have a 2005 Civic EX with the 4 speed auto, the 1.7L engine in it is adequate, plenty of power for every day driving, and I still average in the high 30's with the automatic seeing as high as 40 on a long distance trip, I was able to get 500 miles to a tank of fuel. Lack of use is detrimental to your hybrid battery lifespan. The car has low miles because it was being driven less than 6,000 miles a year. For 12 years. Then it was left sitting for 4-6 months without being charged. It is not surprising nor a dealer scam that the battery was rated incredibly weak by toyota after the red triangle and replaced. When the car was new It would be around 42, so not a huge drop. Not sure I really want to pay to take the car to the dealership to test the battery, but just read in another thread to check youtube for videos on how to test the battery health. Just trying to avoid getting electrocuted. The hybrid battery and hybrid related system has a warranty of 8 years. At least in Canada anyway. But from my research the batteries should last beyond 10 years and likely the life of the vehicle. Also, when a battery does become "weak" it is often just a few cells of the battery that are bad and just those cells need to be replaced. I just test drove a 2014 Jetta Hybrid SEL which is listed for a decent price, and before I pull the trigger, I want to know how long the battery will last. If I remember correctly, the HV battery is warranted for 8/100. It'll last a long time, but at a constantly diminished capacity, just like your cell phone battery. in a year it went from 45 mpg to 41 mpg then in the last month it was 39 mpg. of replacing a battery to match gas saved. As long as you keep the car 3 more years We are buying a 2022 Rav4 hybrid right now and Toyota lists it as a li-ion battery. 1. Affectionate_Wing112. • 7 mo. ago. In my opinion, since I had a NiMH 2020 and now have a 2022 with Li-ON, you are fortunate to have that battery bank. Not, heat sensitive, responses well to sitting idle and gas motor does not run as much on startup as the I kind of assumed it would just last forever, relatively speaking. I really like the car, love getting 45-50 mpg average pretty easily. However, I recently heard and then promptly researched and found for myself people saying the hybrid batteries only last around 5-8 years or ~80-100k miles. We have a '08 with around the same miles. The issues encountered have had nothing to do with the hybrid system - replaced the water pump last year for leaking out the weep hole. Replaced the 12 volt battery last year after 6 months of my daughter sitting in the car for an hour or so and listening to the radio on 'accessory'. 2 years. Daily fuel cost is $10.96 vs $8.22 for the hybrid. So 729.927 days or 1.9998 years. R4 prime, assuming $.06 cents per E-mile and a 50 mile per day average… the prime takes 4.42 years at a $42,500 price tag. Still going now, after 140k. At the time I bought my battery, Toyota wanted$5100 for one, and it came with a ONE year warranty. The Greentec had a three year warranty and was nearly half the price. I’d do it again. FYI, Hybrid batteries last longer and are less stressed in places that don’t need to use the AC a lot. I bought a Gen 2 with just under 300,000 a few months ago and the battery finally died so I'll be going back to LKQ Pick-A-Part in the next few weeks to buy a third battery. gingasaurusrexx • 3 days ago. between $750 and $1,100 and it's got a unlimited 6 month warranty. Greenbean was $1500 with a lifetime warranty and they came and did the A Toyota RAV4 Hybrid can last at least 200,000 miles and can even last over 300,000 miles providing it’s properly maintained and driven conservatively. At an average of 15,000 miles per year, you can expect to get 20 years of reliable service from it before requiring expensive repairs. Not necessarily a great thing if you need to have the battery replaced at 80,000 miles and get a refurbished battery that aligns with that 80,000 miles. All of that said, hybrids have come a long way over the last 25 years, And the fact that Toyota warranties them for 150,000 miles tends to lend credence to the fact that they are pretty reliable. .

how long do toyota hybrid batteries last reddit