There is absolutely nothing about these cars that is better than a normal car...It takes me 10 seconds to hook up the batter on my real car for jumping and I don't need a tutorial to do it...thank you for teaching me how to do something that should be simple. Your video got me rolling again!

People that make this helpful video an important piece of information. Don't just trip the lever, trip and hold the lever and push the hatch open. Because what happens is people trip the lever, then awkwardly squirm out of the car walk to the hatch and find it still doesn't open. It will lift a quarter inch but it won't open.

Not only did my battery die, my spare was flat! I put power to the fuse tray and used the strut as my ground. This powered the display and I was able to use the door unlock button to open the trunk. You would think that Toyota would put a little cable from that lever to the back seat area somewhere to manually release the trunk. Thank you for the tips it was good

Hello and thanks for the video. Please try this in the future. I promise it's far easier than performing gymnastics to get to the hatch release inside the car. Hook up your jumper cables under the hood as you indicated. You now have 12 volt power to the car. Walk around to the rear of the car and open the rear hatch as you normally would. Keep in mind you may have to unlock the doors first. Good luck.

Well done! Note that when you remove the top of the tool tray, there's a plastic cutout that covers the opening where the hatch latch sits. If you punch out that cutout, you can reach the hatch latch without taking the tool tray out of the car. Good tip about checking the air pressure in the spare!

Left my overhead cabin light on, came out and discovered a dead battery. Thank you so much for showing us how to get into the car, the rear door opened and the battery recharged.

Thanks for the vid! I can see now that I'm gonna have to buy 3 more temp tires so they can match if I have a flat.

Whoever decided to not make a bypass for unlocking the back without climbing in and doing a bunch of nonsense needs to lose their job.

If you can jump start the car at the front fuse box, using another 12vbattery or a lithium jump pack, and get it running, then opening the back hatch is no longer a problem. The Prius twelve volt battery is only used to boot the electronics (microprocessors) that actually control the machine, so it's not a heavy current draw. It's not like a ICE engine where you have to rotate the entire mass of the engine. Once the Prius is booted up and running the system will attempt to recharge the 12v battery, assuming that the battery isn't defective, or so badly sulfated that it won't hold a charge. But you might need to take it on a longish drive, like 30 miles or so, to fully recharge ...

Christmas eve in Europe - dead Prius - great tips - borrowed a battery pack/charger from a neighbor - followed your instructions - terrifc - many thanks

Excellent advice David! Just got my 2005 Prius running.. it had a dead 12 volt.. I really appreciate that your video was helpful, accurate and efficient !👍

Also if your fussing with the 12 volt battery get a flashlight and look in the bottom of the well that battery is sitting in. On most prius it will be full of water. Very very common to have a cabin leak back there. It comes from cracks in the body. There are 2 black plastic strips on the roof sides. They pop right off. Look at the valley area where those drip valleys meet the hatch quarter panel. You can see there its pop welded and puttied. On just about every G2 you will see hairline cracks in those upper hatch corner valleys. Not sure if its from slamming the hatch cover all the time or its just big body flex there. very very common leak lots of water under the spare tire and in the battery well. if really bad the water will overflow in the cabin and get under the back seat carpet.

Good video, simple and clear. My 2008 looks the same, though this time around I just went through the rear passenger door and took the access hatch cover off the battery without removing the luggage compartment floor. I appreciate the very helpful reminder to remove the connection (and telling us the proper wrench size!) to the negative terminal before attaching the charger leads and giving it juice.

A neat video ! . I'm an old Mechanic and know nothing about the prius, this makes it dead simple to understand and get going again . I also appreciate the tips in the comments . -Nate

I came in here because I want to help someone who has the same problem as mine. Just recently my 2008 Prius went completely dead even after changing to a new battery. There was no life, nothing at all. I had to ask my friends to give me a jump. After watching many KZfaq videos I found out that one of my fuse was gone. When you open the fuse box, at the right under C section, there are two blue no.15 fuses. I changed the second one from the top. After that I also had to tighten up my negative volt battery which is in the trunk attached to the back of the car. Make sure you unscrew the negative volt before putting on the new fuse. After that it came to life. Hope it helps someone.

The old stealership, always taking shortcuts. My 12v dies if it sits more than 2 days. I think the battery is weak and an aftermarket remote start kills it. Great tip on checking the spare as long as you're down there. I remember the 1st time I had to open the hatch from the inside, thanks Toyota.

On a 2019 Prius Plus model I could not find a lever to open the hatch but was able to access the battery from inside the car to give enough charge to open the rear hatch electronically, thanks for your help

Not bad advice but I have gotten the rear doo open by putting a charger on the terminals under the hood. You can also hook another battery to those terminals (like jumping the car) which gave me enough power to walk to the rear of the car and unlatch it normally. Much easier than pulling everything out from the side door on your stomach.

No need to open the hatch back to jump start the car. Use an 8-foot jumping cable to get to the battery through the back door. We tried to open the hatch back unsuccessfully, then tried the cable through the car back door without any problems.

Even if the battery is fully dead the door unlocks with the fob key. He also showed you how to unlock the hatch when the battery is dead. Geez, people have no common sense these days🤛

Thank you so much for the tutorial!! I felt so relieved to find this video that related to my current circumstances.

Helpful, thanks…but you know what, this is the second car I’ve had in succession, where there’s no keyhole in the boot. There’s one on the door, but not on the boot. It’s a giant pain and only serves to draw more attention to the slightly weak aspect of this otherwise pretty good Hybrid, which is that 12V battery and I doubt there’s Prius owner out there, has not/will not experience the wonder that is the suite of faults and inconvenience that blossoms from a failing chunk of lead-acid cr@p. If they were not going to make the 12V a decent-sized Lithium ion battery, they could at least supply a keyhole in the boot. Anyway, I’m a bit grumpy because I just bought the car yesterday, and the suggestion was the battery was weak after the car had been sat for a month. After a 150-mile trek home, for it to cause m trouble within 1 minute of powering-on the very next morning, I don’t appreciate. I did negotiate on the basis of my belief the battery was not merely discharged, but dying, and this turning out to be the case, doesn’t make me feel better! I’d hoped to at least get a couple of journeys before jump-starting my purchase! Anyway, we press on. Thanks for the info, it’s a lot easier than investigating when you won’t even know what kind of a little stupid lever you are looking for, or even if a little stupid lever exists in the first place. The other car was a volvo. ‘Phantom drain’ is so common, they could at least make their diagnostics point it out, instead of the plethora of warnings that are utterly meaningless and in fact, totally misleading…garbage about parking on level ground and the parking brake…we shall overcome. Thanks and take care all.

When you have jump started the car and the engine is running wait a few minutes and your remote will work to CLOSE the doors then OPEN them, this will open the trunk/boot.. at least this works in my 2006 prius .. good luck.

Thanks. My 2007 must be Gen 1 since it looked a little different at the fuse box. It was more difficult to open the rear hatch than just pushing a lever and pushing up with my head. It wS only partially unlocked the first time and wouldn’t pull open, so I had to push down hard on the outside of the hatch to re-latch it and then try again, pushing up with my shoulders. Mind you I’ve had several disk fusions in my neck and back, so I am surprised that the rear hatch as an escape portal probably wouldn’t work.

Thanks for the tip on opening the hatch. That seems dangerous that there is no handle to open it without taking the car apart. Most modern sedans have a latch inside the trunk to open the lid... of course you'd have to have back seats that fold down. I really didn't see much of what you did to charge the battery in the rear of the car.... so I am still at a loss. Besides KZfaq likes to put ads up before the video is finished...annoying as hell.

You really helped me out of a tough situation. Thank you!

This was very helpful!!

I believe the donut spare tire is not inflatable, the reason you see the stem, is when you are changing a flat you know which side of the tire to mount, obviously the stem will be pointing outward from the car.

What a lifesaver!!!

My 2008 does not have a key lock at all on the rear door. If I need to get in with a flat battery I have to pull apart the boot covers and use my finger on the latch. Not needed for jump start but we can't just use the key.

Vary thorough

Thank you. I was hoping not to have to crawl into the back,, but hey, saves $150!

Thank you tremendously

Thanks for the info,,,Really helpful,,,Best Regards

Thanks for this video David.

They should have put an old fashioned level pull near the driver's seat like the old japanese cars always had. I will put cable onto that point and leave it for future situations. In the meantime I have pulled out the main battery as block no 11 on 22 cell had come up with the triangle fault code so doing the replacement of that over the weekend.

"Alright I got my charger hooked up", hold on, that's the most important part of it! So now I have to go to watch another video to learn how to hook up the charger to a 12V battery. It's a shame you can't use the charger at the front with the fuse box. It seems to be OK to do this with the gen3 as there are a lot of videos saying it's OK to do this. Not sure why it's not for the gen2 but don't want to risk it. Thanks anyway

Thank-you--Very helpful! Clint

Dude, that’s ridiculous. Just get some power from jumper cables or a battery charger to the jump terminal under the hood and then the hatch will open like it normally does. The rear hatch for open one second after you connect. Any power to the jump terminal

I was trying to figure out what exactly I need to disconnect from the battery to begin safely trickle charging it and you skipped over all those details, it looks like you disconnected the negative terminal but I can't see the positive, does that need to be disconnected as well?

Unfortunate;y, he is demonstrating on a car with a working battery installed. That's why he was able to open the back driver's side door by reaching in and pulling the handle. In reality, if the battery is dead, the back door handles do not work so you are stuck with having to try to climb over/between the front seats to get into the back seat to try to put the seatbacks down and do the rest of the steps to open the hatchback. The men in every video on its problem have done the same thing. If you are going to show how to do this with a dead battery and all the doors locked, you should disconnect the battery first so we can see what's it's really like.

I have a 2007 Prius and the car may be parked for months in the garage. I was planning to put a battery tender on it. Can i hookup the battery tender through the fuse box or do I have to go directly to the battery?

Have a great day!!Great Video!

did me good.. thank you for the video

Just want to clarify- if you need a quick jump you can do this under the hood? But if you need to recharge the battery.. it should be done on the actual battery itself in the trunk?

Thank you soooo much!!!!!!

We can connect postive wire to de red cover below .and negative to that screw so it can charge the battery automatically?

my car's 12V battery is dead, all the doors are locked, and i tried to use the manual key to get in the car; but unfortunately; the door never opened. How can i open it, please?

Hi! I have a 2006 Prius. I did not drive it for a couple of weeks and the car was dead. My husband replaced the battery in the back of the car and the car turned on without a problem. My husband turned it back off and the car never started again. What can we do? Please help and any advice will be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Thank you

I have a problem with this, so can you show me to solve it clearly?

Prius 2007 nothing show light, all not working. It's hard open the door and even the back. We used key it's open driver side, insert key and power buttom green, and red but nothing all work. Maybe it's battery problem.

Hi can I take the battery out then after charging put it back in? Is this something doable? Thanks

tkank you bro!

Thanks a lot!

Whatever you do DON'T CHARGE A PRIUS WITH OVER 2.5 AMPS. The manual also warns not to charge the battery in the vehicle because the noxious gasses released from the battery can cause the battery to explode and that can KILL OR MAIM YOU and IT WILL RUIN THE CAR. Less than a year ago, I used a battery charger to start MY 2004 PRIUS I charged it on the lowest setting, but it was not a trickle charger. A day later, the battery was dead forever. I had it towed to the dealer. A new battery costs almost $280, but the dealer was the only supplier who offered a three-year warranty. At the time I jump-started, I tried to keep the voltage the lowest setting but had no idea of the danger I put me and my vehicle in. My new battery died from a door-ajar dash light that stayed on for a few days in my garage. When it died last Sunday, I didn't even bother to try to jump or trickle charge it. I used roadside assistance to have it towed to the dealership so they could evaluate it. The dealer replaced it free of charge. I am SO GLAD I did have it towed. I could have saved so much hassell if I had I would have had it towed to the dealer instead of jumping it a year ago. Please, BE CAREFUL!

Fine instructions up to a point. But you didn't show where to put the key to open the hatchback itself. The only keyhole is in the driver side door and the key doesn't turn.

So, you can jump start the car from the fuse box?

Dunno if the older ones have the same 💩💩 batteries as my 2016 but at least mine is under the hood.

I went to autozone they told me its conpany policy they cant charge or test my battery. My screen is cracked and touchscreen doesnt work. Is it safe to buy a battery teater amd test it myself

You can charge on the front hood itself... No need to go to the actual battery in the trunk after all these difficult maneuvers

5:47 Also it looks like from the few seconds you focus on the charger, that you've connected it while it's still connected to the car. Is that safe? Some advise to completely disconnect the battery from the car.

Dude dead battery cant open the door with fob key. I am looking for how to open front hood.

Wait. What? Are you saying these batteries don’t need to be replaced? I asked two different people at parts stores if they couldn’t be recharged and they said no so they lied to me or it’s just not recommended?

How do you open the fuse box ? 😊

Should specify year of prius, my 2008 has the 12 volt in the back

Usually when I come to all these videos is because I have an issue and I am wanting to get it corrected, and the last video I watched the guy spent 45 seconds repeating the same thing before getting to the point of the video and in this one.. let's take a break to talk about tire pressure. UGH. Video IS Helpful, credit to that, but so many videos have long, tedious and unnecessary commentary. When I have a car issue, I want the info to fix it, not fluff. Again, tho: your video is very helpful over all.

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I got inside the truck and got it opened it by wiggling with finger inside small hole.

I'm using the key but it still won't open

Omg I can’t believe Toyota made it so ridiculously difficult to open the hatch when the car is dead. Why couldn’t they put a manual key port on it!!?? And... I do also hate that under normal circumstances there isn’t a hatch button anywhere inside the car or on the fob

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The thing I found is that the terminal opening is so small that it was REALLY hard to make my jumper cable make contact!

DON'T PUT YOUR HAND TOUCHING BOTH THE POSITIVE FUSE BOX TERMINAL AND THE CHASSIS! He had a glove on and perhaps the battery was mostly dead but don't do what he showed. Please be safe!

Very convenient? Doors are unlocked when your battery is died? Try making this video when your doors are locked and the battery is dead AND the Valet Key (manual lock on the driver side) is too old to work...

jeeez this guy goes on and one...HOW TO JUMP THE BATTERY??? he is out there with his friggin bicycle gage!

ghaa wanted to see how you get the stupid plastic hatch opened and you skipped that @.@

Way to use your head.

Hate the advertisements!!!!!

Never trust a guy wearing prostate checking gloves.

Those gloves tho

My battery was OK. My prius 3rd gen would not go into D or R, only from P to N. Toyota said, known issue, recall. This is what they did: 1 04899-47070 TRANSISTOR KIT, P WARRANTY 2 08887-02809 GREASE X 23 7884 WARRANTY 1 04899-47060 PLUG KIT, INVERTE WARRANTY 1 08826-00100 SEAL PACKING WARRANTY 1 90430-18008 GASKET WARRANTY