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I have a 2012 with 88k miles. I bought it in 2020 with 64k miles on it. 2 days ago I got the dreaded "Check Hybrid System - Stop Vehicle in Safe Place" message while driving later in the day here in L.A. I pulled over and turned it off for about 30 minutes then drove again about 10 minutes to my destination. The Prius never turned off automatically and never went into "crawl" mode.

Now the hybrid battery will not kick in while the car is on, only gas now. I've since driven it to close by destinations the last 2 days, with no hesitations in power. The yellow triangle with an exclamation point on the left side of the dashboard (Master Warning Light) flashes, as well as the Slip Indicator light staying on.

The hybrid battery cooling fan was working before fault and the cabin air filter is clean. 12v battery was newly replaced earlier this year. I checked inverter coolant movement and the pump is moving the coolant. Oil level is fine.

What is strange is that I did an obd scan day of, and 1 pending code came up: P0A80. Which is code for Replace Hybrid Battery Pack. What are the odds that a Hybrid Battery Pack needs replacing at 88k miles? Extremely rare I imagine. Maybe it's the age of the car. BTW: The code no longer appears and it was never erased. It only showed that one time.

I have no idea what to do now. I'm not confident replacing the whole hybrid battery is the right move with only 88k miles. Anyone have experience or advice on this?

I have a 2012 with 88k miles. I bought it in 2020 with 64k miles on it. 2 days ago I got the dreaded "Check Hybrid System - Stop Vehicle in Safe Place" message while driving later in the day here in L.A. I pulled over and turned it off for about 30 minutes then drove again about 10 minutes to my destination. The Prius never turned off automatically and never went into "crawl" mode.

Now the hybrid battery will not kick in while the car is on, only gas now. I've since driven it to close by destinations the last 2 days, with no hesitations in power. The yellow triangle with an exclamation point on the left side of the dashboard (Master Warning Light) flashes, as well as the Slip Indicator light staying on.

The hybrid battery cooling fan was working before fault and the cabin air filter is clean. 12v battery was newly replaced earlier this year. I checked inverter coolant movement and the pump is moving the coolant. Oil level is fine.

What is strange is that I did an obd scan day of, and 1 pending code came up: P0A80. Which is code for Replace Hybrid Battery Pack. What are the odds that a Hybrid Battery Pack needs replacing at 88k miles? Extremely rare I imagine. Maybe it's the age of the car. BTW: The code no longer appears and it was never erased. It only showed that one time.

I have no idea what to do now. I'm not confident replacing the whole hybrid battery is the right move with only 88k miles. Anyone have experience or advice on this?

I have a 2012 with 88k miles. I bought it in 2020 with 64k miles on it. 2 days ago I got the dreaded "Check Hybrid System - Stop Vehicle in Safe Place" message while driving later in the day here in L.A. I pulled over and turned it off for about 30 minutes then drove again about 10 minutes to my destination. The Prius never turned off automatically and never went into "crawl" mode.

Now the hybrid battery will not kick in while the car is on, only gas now. I've since driven it to close by destinations the last 2 days, with no hesitations in power. The yellow triangle with an exclamation point on the left side of the dashboard (Master Warning Light) flashes, as well as the Slip Indicator light staying on.

The hybrid battery cooling fan was working before fault and the cabin air filter is clean. 12v battery was newly replaced earlier this year. I checked inverter coolant movement and the pump is moving the coolant. Oil level is fine.

What is strange is that I did an obd scan day of, and 1 pending code came up: P0A80. Which is code for Replace Hybrid Battery Pack. What are the odds that a Hybrid Battery Pack needs replacing at 88k miles? Extremely rare I imagine. Maybe it's the age of the car. BTW: The code no longer appears and it was never erased. It only showed that one time.

I have no idea what to do now. I'm not confident replacing the whole hybrid battery is the right move with only 88k miles. If you were in my shoes, what would you do? Have you seen or heard of this happening before?