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Thanks Britplus. Seems like my hybrid woes still had a sequel. Now I have gotten the dreaded hybrid battery fault code and I have taken the car to the workshop to swap out the old hybrid battery pack for a new. I ruled out having a reconditioned battery or rehydrating the existing one. I reasoned that the tropical climate is a very trying operating set of conditions for the battery pack so I was better getting a new pack. I was quoted 3k GBP before VAT so I am very keen to know whether there is a way to check the Year of manufacture of the hybrid battery modules?

GWS191-BEXQH I came back to update that the CEL as well as the dreaded check hybrid system warning went away after i changed the auxiliary oil pump. As it turn out, the change of the transmission fluid also helped greatly in making the general jerkiness that i have come to associate with the car lately, go away as well. The ready indicator now comes on pronto and the cruise control now works. Now i have got smaller issues to contend with. 1. The car seems to handle like a boat and i can feel every imperfection on the road. It wasn't like this before. I am trying to check and find out whether this car has APSSS. It is part 89241B right from the link below. http://jp-carparts.com/lexus/partlist.php?maker=lexus&type=334110&cartype=2&fig=8419 2. It seem like the hybrid traction battery pack isn't charging very well or rather it isn't holding charge very well. Of course the battery indicator in the energy flow console isn't as exact as a percentage display. I took the car for a spin and i verifed the hybrid system works. The battery charges and discharges according to the road situations i.e. (the Lexus Hybrid Drive LHD works) but i would find the battery state of charge (SOC) changing rather rapidly to my concern. When i thought the battery is comfortably like 5 or 6 blue bars, it will rapidly change to 1 or 2 purple bars after helping to drive the rear wheels for a bit. I have yet to try to go for a really long drive to check whether i can get it up to green. How long in terms of a drive would you guys need to make it green from purple? The worst case scenario i think is to recondition the battery. A new battery pack is 3.5k USD

Thanks mate for your prompt reply. I appreciate the brevity actually. How do i know whether the car is operating in limp mode actually? I do realise that the drive train seems to be retarded in response and I do notice that the ready light takes almost 10 seconds to steady itself. Other than that, I have kept the car under 120km/h and noticed the fuel consumption was horrendous. On another separate matter, I have had to change the agm battery in the boot and I activated Lexus's road side assistance bla bla and the chap spotted the CEL as well as the dreaded message. He went ahead to use his techstream and confirmed for me the fault code is P2797 but he caution me against driving cos the vehicle might stall without warning. I was done. I had been driving hybridless while waiting for the auxiliary pump to come but I had assumed that so long I don't do anything destructive to the transmission block, it will be fine. And oh I am sorry for asking yet another question. What are the chanced that the oil pump controller driver governing the oil pump is kaput as well?

Dear all, Unfortunately I have a 2008 GS450H which is afflicted with the dreaded check hybrid system message. The techstream fault code too was the P2797. Enquired with the local authorised dealer and they quoted me a staggering 6200 Singapore dollars for the auxiliary oil pump and they were looking at 2000 dollars for the labour fee as well. Eventually I opted to purchase the part on an indent basis from a stockist. About 1200 dollars before VAT. I would like to ask some questions if you guys don't mind. 1. Does the cvt transmission block really have to be lowered in its entirety from the vehicle just so the transmission oil pump could be swapped? 2. Anyone's transmission was in bad shape and an overhaul had to be done as a result? 3. I realised that the cruise control doesn't work. Anyone had the same experience as well? Thanks!