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96 messages, Last post on Dec 15, 2008 at 3:44 PM
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Replying to: droid13 (Sep 07, 2006 12:49 pm) Cheers, MidCow |
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Replying to: ocean99999 (Sep 02, 2006 4:03 am) After painfully skimming through the user's manual I found this. 1- On page 10 : "If the hybrid battery becomes fully discharged and the vehicle will not start even with a jump start to the 12 volt battery, contact your Toyota dealership." This is what you did. 2- On page 306 (Jump starting procedure) : "During jump starting, run the engine [of the helping car] at about 2000 rpm ..." DON'T DO THAT FOR THE FIRST 2 MINUTES - This creates a risk to burn the rectifiers of the helping car ! It will also exceed the 5-ampere charging recommendation by a large margin. LEAVE THE HELPING CAR'S ENGINE STOPPED for the first 2 minutes and then you can ramp up slowly to 2000 rpm. 3- Page 307 : "If the first start attempt is not successful... ...Recharge the discharged battery with the jumper cables connected for several minutes and restart the hybrid system in the normal way...." This is what you ended up doing. I always like to know how and why things work (yes, I am an engineer  ). We already knew that the 12 volt battery normally gets its power from the the 244 volt battery. Your mishap confirms that the 12volt-to-244volt converter is bi-directional, and that, when in need, the 244 volt battery can be recharged by the 12 volt battery.
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Replying to: gillesmtl (Sep 07, 2006 8:25 pm) If the traction battery charge falls below it's safe range, it will not reconnect to the system and it's time for a tow to the dealer for diagnostics (something is wrong!) and a direct recharge. |
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Replying to: droid13 (Sep 08, 2006 12:45 pm) Just to clarify, Toyota has never made a claim that the traction battery will last 15 years. Perhaps you mean 150K or 10 years, which is the CARB state warranty on emissions parts?
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Replying to: stevedebi (Sep 08, 2006 12:48 pm) |
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Replying to: droid13 (Sep 08, 2006 12:45 pm) Droid13, your statement does make sense. May I ask where you got the information to assert this ? Or do you just put forward a hypothesis ? I would like to be sure before I change my mind.
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Replying to: gillesmtl (Sep 08, 2006 7:59 pm)
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Replying to: stevedebi (Sep 08, 2006 12:48 pm) |
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My car is one week old. Going back to the subject of drained batteries if car is not put to "P". I cannot get the key out unless I press the Power button. When I press the power button the gears switch goes into "P" position. Overall it must mean that the "P" gear problem is effectively solved unless you leave your keys in the car...
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