Code POA80, check hybrid system light

Thank you very much! It helps. So, I may at least understand the process a little more when whichever place/mechanic checks it out and explains what they recommend to me. I hope they will check those things (the ABS sensor and HV battery smart unit) before jumping straight to the hybrid battery. If it turns out not to be an ABS sensor or HV battery smart unit, or something else less extensive and they give me choices. For them to either recondition the current battery or replacing it with a reconditioned battery or a brand new (not OEM Toyota battery, assuming if Toyota can't get them in timely manner, independent shop can't either) would you go with reconditioning or a reconditioned battery as an option? I didn't put the mileage in my question because it was asked on the "pre" question blanks, but the car has 182,000 miles on it. It wasn't a dealer that suggested checking ABS codes. It was the hybrid battery specialty shop that offers lifetime warranty on their reconditioning "if I was in their trade area", which unfortunately I'm not. Thanks again.

Thanks again! I appreciate your caution warnings. We had already figured out how dangerous hybrid batteries can be and certainly wouldn't attempt anything ourselves.

That lifetime warranty offer was on rebuilding my existing battery, but I live outside his trade area unfortunately. Same guy said he could buy/put in a reconditioned battery so he must trust his source. And he could do a Toyota battery for $700.00 more than that. Same 3-year warranty on both of those batteries but he said Toyota battery would last longer but kind of too much in a car with so many miles. Bummer, I live outside his trade area. The reconditioned "other" battery or Toyota brand battery aren't prices to even consider given the distance from me.

Since though I found a more local guy that gave me a price on an aftermarket battery (I assume new, but don't have that verified yet) or Toyota brand battery for $750.00 more. Both of those are about the same price on those as the mechanic not in my area. So how about aftermarket if it's new vs a genuine Toyota brand? My concern is (though my initial communication was through a 3rd party) is that mechanic would replace battery first instead of try other parts to attempt to fix the problem. Unless I understood the third party wrong. That doesn't make sense to me. And it also contradicts the approach you suggested which did make sense to me. I don't have any details verified with that guy yet except battery prices. The third party said there would be warranties, but didn't say how long or how many miles.

Neither Toyota dealer, nor other more local guy will check on actual availability of Toyota battery until they actually diagnose my car.

If it's the hybrid battery and we do nothing will my car continue to run but just on the gasoline engine? Or will it eventually just stop? Will it damage it further to continue to drive (short or long distances) before it's repaired? What's your best guess to those questions?

Again, thanks.

Joy

Thanks. Please clarify. You don't feel it would damage the engine to continue to drive it as is, not replace the hybrid battery? Or you don't think the new (non-Toyota) battery would damage it?

I'm still going to get it diagnosed and get it fixed - especially if it turns out it's not the hybrid battery. I just wondered if it's happens to be the hybrid battery if I had an option to continue to drive it without damaging it further, wait the few days it's taking to get it seem by Toyota (or drive it a hundred miles or 500 miles) to an independent shop that sounds like they know more what they are doing.

My husband's original thought (when I was 200 miles from home) that my car would run on the gas engine, just not get as good of gas mileage. Camry hybrid's don't get much better gas mileage than a regular gas Camry.

Thanks again.