Where is the battery in a prius
2010-2015 Toyota Prius 12V battery replacement
alright here we are with our 2012 Prius
3rd gen and we're gonna make a video
about removing the 12-volt auxiliary
battery first we're just gonna remove a
bunch of stuff to access the battery we
got our trunk man that will get out of
the way so unlock the lid here take it
out then there's the tray here and just
this right out also and there's your big
main battery but uh under here is the
auxiliary 12-volt battery so now we've
got well sort of access to the battery
and this helps to remove this little
cover as well makes it it gives you more
room to get the negative cable off so
there's two 10 millimeter well ones a
boat ones a nut honorable so we can take
those knock those loose okay oh the kind
of cool thing about this is that it's a
built into the tray it's not one of
those j-bolts it falls down and you know
gets lost or something
okay so that you can set aside and then
we need to disconnect the negative first
okay and you can just pop up that cap
and then you can undo the positive
okay and then the last thing is this
little vent piece you can just pop that
out and pop it back into the other
battery so then you can remove this one
I'm dropping in your new battery there
you go it just sets in the tray and put
on a positive and tighten it down
oh don't forget your vent you can still
pop that in after oh there you go fits
under the positive cable just fine and
then say it will tighten that down with
the 10 millimeter wrench a little too
crazy on snap that down clamp here
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all right and then the last thing is
just getting our negative hooked up Oh
wedged in there all right all right
that's good okay this one has a hook
into that panel kind of push it up in
there and then snaps in there we're
gonna set the panel in over the battery
and just take note of the three tabs
that have to line up so you know it's
just going in crooked probably one of
those tabs that didn't line up there we
go all right then we'll drop in our tray
put on the lid and see follow directions
locking in last floor minute our cargo
net whatever you want to call it or you
might have one of those cargo trays and
rubber ones and that's it
