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Symptoms, decisions and the things that cost people money. Written for Toyota, Prius and Lexus owners in the Phoenix metro — not for search engines.
A crusher or shredder is the worst place a high-voltage battery can end up. It can start a fire deep in a scrap pile, it is not scrap metal under EPA's rules, and the pack is worth more out of the car than in it.
A dead hybrid on your lot still has a charged high-voltage battery in it, and a damaged lithium pack can catch fire again days after the crash. Here is what the NTSB found at tow yards, and what to do about the packs you hold.
We come to you, test the pack, the 12V and the cooling, and you get a written quote before anything is decided. No obligation.