How to change a battery without starting a fire.

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3 жыл бұрын

Chrysler Pacifica hybrid battery change. This isn't the high voltage propulsion battery, but the 12-volt battery. After getting over it's odd location, It's not too bad of a dead battery change.
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@tlyonstlyons 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. I found it difficult to find info on the Pacifica Hybrid *12V* battery and the PacHy forums have a lot of mis-information. Apparently changing the battery is just the same as any other car but I would not have dared pull so hard on that interior panel without seeing you do it first. I still have an engine light on but it starts, drives and charges now. I will get out the OBD reader and see what it says. Thanks again!

@kove 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly why I made this, super glad it helped you! Make sure you have the recalls up to date. We were almost able to convince the dealership to pay for the battery due to it's close relationship to a recall. My wife made the mistake to bring it there to get the OBD read, $75 down the drain when Autozone will do it free..

@okonnors2 Жыл бұрын

After putting the new battery in - I also had the engine light on but after driving for about 30 minutes last night after installing the battery - the engine light was off this morning.

@venuarco Жыл бұрын

Hi Koven! Thanks for the nice and short video. What tool did you use to screw and unscrew the battery?

@kove Жыл бұрын

something like a 10mm nut, don't recall exactly

@vegasart1 8 ай бұрын

big help. thanks!

@kove 6 ай бұрын

great to hear, welcome!

@Dronetothetop 2 жыл бұрын

Love your kids! So how do you like your Pacifica so far? I really want to buy that car and heard a lot of reliability issues. Any thoughts on that?

@kove 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Drone! It was the first year the model came out, so there were some bugs that don't happen anymore. Minus those I'd give it 8/10. The battery could be bigger, sometimes the auto doors don't close, and the dvd system is incredibly slow and annoying.

@Joseph-eh4rs Жыл бұрын

Don't buy it. Bought 2018 Hybrid limited and nothing but problems in Chrysler way. Lucky we paid extended warranty expecting problems.

@okonnors2 Жыл бұрын

Is it as simple as removing and replacing as you did in this video or does one have to shut off the high voltage system (well going to floor and switching hv connect off)?

@kove Жыл бұрын

Unsure, but I simply swapped it out like any other 12v battery.

@okonnors2 Жыл бұрын

@@kove Yeah I just did the same....followed your video and it was easy to do in the end. (I even dropped the nut below the battery ledge as you did ..thinking to myself be careful not to drop the nut :) ...but thanks for posting this - it really did help alot.

@kove Жыл бұрын

Great to hear! Lol, yeah that little nut is feisty

@BrettSucks 3 жыл бұрын

If you’re not sure which terminal is which, Use a multimeter, it will tell you, If you put the probes on the wrong terminals the reading on the multimeter will show a negative value.

@kove 3 жыл бұрын

That would have been a good part of training. Guess that's why I wasn't fired 🤔

@BrettSucks 3 жыл бұрын

@@kove The battery was though. 😁

@kove 3 жыл бұрын

😂 😂

@samtrang 2 жыл бұрын

What year Pacifica Hybrid year is yours? Did you disconnect all the other things?

@kove 2 жыл бұрын

2018. I disconnected the two battery terminals. Unsure if I was supposed to do more..

@samtrang 2 жыл бұрын

@@kove thank you for the only video that's relevant to this auxillary battery replacement for hybrid!

@okonnors2 Жыл бұрын

@@samtrang YES ! So few videos on how to replace the battery and indeed how to open the liftgate manually if one has total loss of power and one needs to open the liftgate to do the battery replacement. Koven describes the process for battery clearly and accurately. (Thank you !) As for the liftgate..once you take off the cover (small panel in the middle of the liftgate interior) - there are 2 latches on the PX side of the cavity...the larger one is visible and the smaller lever is not immediately visible. The trick is to use a finger or screwdriver to move the larger level out of the way so you can access the smaller lever which actually does open the liftgate.

@matthewchim5162 Жыл бұрын

little funny man thanks for the video

@kove Жыл бұрын

Thanks Matthew!

@Striperman 3 жыл бұрын

You sounded like "The Count" from Sesame Street. One twist, two twists, three twists ....... LOL :)

@kove 3 жыл бұрын

I realized it too, two counts in and embraced it 🧛

@TheLawnTools 3 жыл бұрын

Good times smashing ice

@kove 3 жыл бұрын

Anytime we walk by, they have to do it now. "Just one smash!!"

@fernandobarja8037 Жыл бұрын

You skipped removing the 2 star screws in the upper compartment before removing the panel.

@kove Жыл бұрын

dang it!

@glendoggett9670 Жыл бұрын

I think my 12v just died, but nothing works at all, no dash lights, and the rear lift gate does not open. I think I may have to just get it towed to the shop to be safe.

@kove Жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear. Oddly enough, ours just died today as well. It stalled while driving and a little red battery light came on.

@glendoggett9670 Жыл бұрын

@@kove I got a replacement from a local auto parts store today, had to climb in through the side doors and fold the rear seats down. Got the panel off and swapped out the old battery with the new one. Right away the horn starts to honk, I hit the unlock button on the key fob, then had the most rewarding double click of the rear lift gate ever. Kind of like an elaborate escape room scenario out of MacGyver or something. Swap out the battery to open the door and escape the minivan!

@okonnors2 Жыл бұрын

@@glendoggett9670 As you did the swap out ..did you turn off the high voltage connect or just followed this video step by step (without ice smashing ;) )

@glendoggett9670 Жыл бұрын

@@okonnors2 I did not do any high voltage disconnects, but was just careful to keep both of the battery terminals isolated so neither made contact with any metal parts, or people, and used thick gloves when removing and reinstalling the cable brackets to the battery terminals.