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Hybrid battery pack deterioration

The traction battery ageing — capacity shrinking and internal resistance climbing, which every pack does from the day it is built. As a cause, it explains far more than its own codes: an aged pack demands constant charging (overworking the generator and its inverter), cannot deliver the current a healthy motor needs (so motors "underperform"), runs hotter for the same work, and sags to the state-of-charge floor faster than management can compensate. A tired battery is the commonest reason healthy hybrid components report trouble, which is why a battery health report belongs near the start of most hybrid diagnoses rather than the end.

The signature the driver sees is the charge display swinging full-to-empty in minutes — the weakest cell group defines the whole pack's window, and divergence narrows it. Two things to check before anyone pays: the warranty (traction packs are covered for eight years or more in many markets) and the per-block data (one or two collapsed modules often explain the verdict, and module-level repair exists). And the fan: packs age early when their cooling fan is choked, so the cause behind this cause is often dust.

Typically specialist work. Needs equipment or training most home workshops do not have.

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