Neicy Member. I would not take the chance, but that's just my opinion. Bill1 New Member. I'm not sure about the prius, but I did help several people to jump start their vehicle with my prius without any problem. All of them are amazed the battery are in they trunk, and they said this design is more convenient to jump start other vehicle.
Genoz World ZEN-style living. Beyond that, yep, it sure would make me wide-eyed and rather frightened to jump another vehicle. I've had to do the same thing a few time recently, as I'm trying to get one of my old cars ready to sell. I think the key as mentioned above, is use the Prius to charge the battery of the other car, not to try to start it. Other than that, just be careful and use common sense.
It does sounds a bit scary, but jumping cars in general is a bit scary. You would normally be very careful not to short or reverse the cables when jumping, on the Prius you just want to be even a little more careful. I wouldn't drive around looking for people to jump start, but if the need arises its good to have the option.
That said, if you're not comfortable jumping "normal" cars, the Prius is probably not a great place to start learning. A few additional thoughts to the excellent posts above: - Always use the jump posts under the hood, not the battery terminals in the back. I believe the terminals in the front are fuse protected. If you jump direct from the battery you lose that extra protection. This is a bad thing when you are trying to jump a traditional car, as you need a lot of current but need the Voltage to stay high enough to turn the starter.
In the Prius, the resistance of the wire will reduce the amount of current that can flow between the cars. Sorry for the late response.
There is a tiny panel at the bottom middle of the back hatch. You can pop it open with a flat head screwdriver or a pen. There is a latch in there that you can lift pop up that will open the door. Hope that helps.
Open the hood by pulling the lever to release the hook under the hood. Did you make this project? Share it with us! I Made It! AlanS8 6 years ago on Step Reply Upvote. A good clear explanation although it's all in the handbook.
A few points: Start the other car first or you might end up with two dead cars. Do this last after connecting leads to the other car or battery. ThomasT97 AlanS8 Reply 5 months ago. BillyRayV 1 year ago. Sameer 2 years ago. I used the strut mount nut just aft of the fuse box with the positive terminal. Onto any unpainted, metal surface. Check out step The hood release hook works great also!
SweKiwi 4 years ago. CitOnit SweKiwi Reply 2 years ago. I thought you wre never supposed to do that or you could create an explosion? DarrenR56 Tip 3 years ago on Step MasterSteve 4 years ago. CarlaTGilman 5 years ago. Dead batteries are no one's friend. Having a dead battery can be frightening, especially if you are in an empty theme park after dark.
I happened across a couple of people in this exact situation, and one of them had a Toyota Prius. While this can be scary, it is also easier to do than you think. Properly jump-starting a vehicle requires the use of a good set of jumper cables. The thicker, the better, and that is to help the flow of electricity get from the good battery to the dead one. You will need to expose the battery and have the Prius "Ready.
All you need to do at this point is hook the battery cables from the Prius onto the terminals of the dead battery in the other vehicle. Ensure that they are correctly connected by having each clamp match positive to positive and negative to negative.
If the dead battery is still in decent shape, it should recover quickly, and the vehicle should start. Once the car is running, disconnect the cables and put everything back the way you found it.
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