2006 TOYOTA PRIUS battery

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CAUTION
When your vehicle or bat-
tery needs to be disposed
of, be sure to consult your
Toyota dealer. Hybrid bat-
teries must be collected
through Toyota dealers. If
your vehicle is disposed
of without dismantling,
someone could receive an
electric shock by touching
the high voltage parts of
the hybrid battery. If the
battery is not disposed of
properly, its contents can
cause death or serious in-
jury.

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Hybrid battery
The hybrid battery has a limited
service life. Call your Toyota deal-
er for information about recycling
or disposal of hybrid battery and
your vehicle.
Leak detectionpump
This pump performs fuel evapora-
tion leakage check. This check is
done approximately five hours af-
ter the hybrid system is turned
off. So you may hear a sound
coming from underneath the lug-
gage compartment for several min-
utes. It does not indicate a mal-
function.
CAUTION

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Precautions for useof hybrid vehicle
The vehicle has both high voltage
DC and AC systems as well as a
12volt system. DC and AC high
voltage are both very dangerous
and can cause death or serious inju-
ry, severe burns and electric shock.
In order to avoid personal in-
juries, do not touch the high
voltage cables (orange col-
ored) and their connectors.
Follow the caution labels at-
tached to the high voltage
parts.
Do not remove or replace the
high voltage parts such as
the inverter unit (located in
the engine compartment), hy-
brid battery (located behind
rear seat), etc.
Do not touch the service plug
located in the left side trim
of the luggage compartment
without hybrid system techni-
cal training. (See “Precau-
tions for use” on page 14 in
Section 12.) This component
is provided to disable the
high voltage system in case
of servicing at a Toyota deal-
er.

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If an accident occurs
Pull your vehicle off the road,
push the “P” position switch,
stop the hybrid system and if
the key is inserted into key
slot, remove it.
In order to avoid personal in-
juries, do not touch any high
voltage wirings and their con-
nectors, and high voltage
parts (inverter unit, hybrid
battery, etc.).
If some exposed electric
wires are protruding inside or
outside of your vehicle, an
electric shock may occur.
Never touch the electric
wires.
If fluid leaks or gets in some
parts of the vehicle, never
touch it because it may be
electrolyte (strong alkali) from
the hybrid battery. If it gets
into your skin or eyes, wash
off immediately with a large
amount of water, if possible,
boric acid solution, and get
immediate medical attention
in order to help avoid serious
injury.
If a vehicle fire occurs, extin-
guish it using a fire extin-
guisher for the exclusive use
on electric fires. Or, use a
large amount of water to pre-
vent flammable gas from be-
ing generated from the batter-
ies.
If your vehicle needs to be
towed, do it with the front
wheels raised. For details on
towing, see “If your vehicle
needs to be towed” on page
372 in Section 5.

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CAUTION
High Voltage
Your vehicle is equipped with
cables connected to parts of
the vehicle subject to high volt-
age (about 500 V at maximum).
There are some other parts that
reach high temperatures while
you drive. Never touch battery
cables (wrapped in orangecol-
ored harnesses) or their con-
nectors since they are under
high voltage and dangerous.
Caution labels are applied to
these parts to identify them.
Carefully observe the instruc-
tions on these caution labels.
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