Roughly how much could I get from selling my hybrid car with a dead hybrid battery?
I have a 2007 Honda Civic Hybrid with about 175k miles. I'm the second owner and there's nothing else wrong with it besides the dead hybrid battery. The battery is very expensive to replace and it's honestly just more of a financially smart decision to sell it rather than spending about 2,000 on a new battery. I just want to know what is a decent price to let it go for considering the hybrid battery is dead ultimately making it useless until replaced.
The answer is $2000 LESS than the KBB or NADA blue book value for Average Retail price to Private party- look it up too many unknown variables to fill in.
Look up the value of the car when selling with a good battery. Then deduct the cost of having the battery replaced. That will be your asking price. Expect to get far less.
A 12 year old car with a massive cost to get it running again. Right now all it is is a parts car. No one with any sense would buy a car that does not run and needs a $2000 battery. You should get a new battery then sell the car right away. You could probably get $1000 plus the cost of the battery back.
The value of the car in good condition is $2400.
Yours is worth about $400.
You nnight get nnore nnoney if you replaced the battery before you try to sell it
Who wants to buy a hybrid with a dead battery? Hint: Nobody.
GET A BATTERY. Its worth very little if they can't drive it.
So, maybe $300 as is. Now you understand the downside of hybrids.
I would get a second opinion. Maybe only some of the cells are dead. Unusual for the whole battery to be DOA. There may be a reason it is not recharging. With your ignorance someone will get a nice vehicle for a song. Fix it.
Get a hybrid specialist to look at your car. Even at that age and mileage the main traction battery should have loads more life in it. When they do fail it's usually a very simple fault such as failed cooling fans or a defect with a single (replaceable) battery cell.
It's also surprising how many hybrid owners don't realise that for starting purposes their car also has a conventional 12v car battery. When that fails they often assume it's the traction battery.
As a non runner your car is worth less than the value of its weight as scrap: that's because transporting it, draining all the fluids and disposing of hazardous wastes, and then dismantling the car into recyclables and spare parts involve costs to the buyer.
Any car of that age and mileage is liable to incur occasional expensive repairs, but that has to be offset against the costs of paying finance on buying newer cars. Your car is still in good condition so you'd be foolish to sell without getting the fault diagnosed first.
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