Now, if the vehicle’s overall condition is very good, replacing the hybrid battery pack and purchasing four new tires may be money well spent. My personal experience is that the typical hybrid battery life is 12 to 15 years and 200,000 to 300,000 miles. Based on the age of your Highlander, I would suspect the hybrid battery is nearing the end of its life. Can hybrid batteries be tested for life expectancy? Is the car on borrowed time? Is it time to go car shopping, or should we just buy the tires?Ī: There are some tools that allow for hybrid battery testing, and they can give you an indication of the overall condition of the battery. That got me thinking that I have no idea how much longer our hybrid battery is going to last. But he says that with the reduced driving my wife does (she retired last summer), two of the tires need to be replaced due to cracking and dry rot. My wife probably drives 35 to 40 miles a week.Ĭurrently, we take my 2015 Prius on our yearly Walt Disney World trips. We actually drove it from home to Disney World and back in 2017. We certainly got our money's worth, even with paying the hybrid premium back in 2005. My wife has a 2006 Toyota Highlander Hybrid with about 125,000 miles on it. Q: I enjoy reading your column in an attempt to understand the workings of modern-day cars (I'm 69 years old). Cars are a lot more complicated now than they were back when I started driving. The OBD ports were designed for diagnostic purposes but were never intended to ping the car's computer constantly. Just an FYI: sometimes these OBD trackers (dongles) can cause some drivability issues or phantom “check-engine” lights. Looking online, there are some flat cable styles with shallow ends that may allow you to close the fuse box cover. Any suggestions?Ī: You may be able to solve the problem with a OBD (onboard diagnostics) cable extension. With the Kia, when I installed the tracker, it protrudes from the fuse box. One is for my Toyota Camry and the other for the Kia Soul. The new company sent me two data trackers to save on my car insurance. Have a shop check and clean the evaporator tube and, hopefully, your car’s floor will remain dry. As the drain clogs, the water has no place to go other than onto the floor of the vehicle. Over time, these hoses can clog with leaves or other debris. It could be a rubber hose or a plastic tube. Nearly every vehicle has some sort of air conditioner evaporator drain. Any thoughts?Ī: Air conditioner systems remove humidity, and that excess water needs to drain from the vehicle. I thought there might be a connection with the AC, since I had some service done on it a few weeks ago. Yesterday after I shut off the air conditioner, I noticed the mat was wet.
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I checked around the windows and could not find anything wet. There has been no rain lately, and the mat has been dry.
I have noticed some water on the passenger-side floor mat.
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