Toyota Prius Hybrid.

[Eric H]

That sucks, it's rare for the battery pack to fail that early. We have dozens of Prius' at work going back to 2002 and I can only recall one battery pack failure.

If you were in California the warranty is 10 years 150k.

People are repairing their own batteries by replacing only the bad cell, lots of videos about this on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvEtiQXtTFc

Be careful if you decide to try it, they have something like 300 volts inside.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Eric H

That sucks, it's rare for the battery pack to fail that early. We have dozens of Prius' at work going back to 2002 and I can only recall one battery pack failure.

If you were in California the warranty is 10 years 150k.

People are repairing their own batteries by replacing only the bad cell, lots of videos about this on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvEtiQXtTFc

Be careful if you decide to try it, they have something like 300 volts inside.

It all started with a slight mistake, of leaving the rear hatch open for twelve hours, overnight. The 12 volt utility battery is charged by a circuit in the inverter module. The inverter gets all of it's power from the 200 volt battery pack.
I'm a retired Industrial Electrician, so I'm no stranger to higher voltages, but I will be extremely careful. I was never too crazy, about getting shocked.