2014 TOYOTA PRIUS PLUG-IN HYBRID maintenance

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Maintenance and care
Replacing the tire
When raising your vehicle with a jack, position the jack correctly.
Improper placement may damage your vehicle or cause injury.
■Before jacking up the vehicle
●Stop the vehicle on a hard, flat surface.
● Set the parking brake.
● Shift the shift position to P.
● Stop the hybrid system.
■ Location of the jack and tools
Tool box lid
Wheel nut wrench
Jack
Jack handle
Towing eyelet

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Taking out and storing the jack and tools■ Taking out the jack and tools
Move the driver’s seat to the fully forward position. (
P. 150)
Remove the tool box lid.
Remove 2 claws and pull the lid.
Unhook the tightening strap and
take out the jack.
STEP 1
STEP 2

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Maintenance and care
Take out the jack handle after
taking out the jack.
Take out the wheel nut wrench.

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■Storing the jack and tools
Store the jack and tools in a reverse way as taking out the
jack.
After storing the jack, make sure it is securely held by the tight-
ening strap.
Reinstall the lid.
Insert the tab on far side of the
lid first, then insert the tab on
the near side.
STEP 1
STEP 2
■When using a towing eyelet
Remove the towing eyelet after following the procedure on P. 452 to
remove the jack, jack handle and wheel nut wrench.

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Maintenance and care
Replacing a tire
Chock the tires.
Slightly loosen the wheel nuts
(one turn).
STEP 1
Tire positionWheel chock positions
Front Left-hand side Behind the rear right-hand side tire
Right-hand side Behind the rear left-hand side tire
Rear Left-hand side In front of the front right-hand side tire
Right-hand side In front of the front left-hand side tire
STEP 2

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Remove the cover from the end
of the jack.
Turn the tire jack portion “A” by
hand until the notch of the jack is
in contact with the jack point.
Raise the vehicle until the tire is
slightly raised off the ground.STEP 3
STEP 4
STEP 5

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Maintenance and care
Remove all the wheel nuts and
the tire.
When resting the tire on the
ground, place the tire so that the
wheel design faces up to avoid
scratching the wheel surface.
Installing a tire
Remove any dirt or foreign mat-
ter from the wheel contact sur-
face.
If foreign matter is on the wheel
contact surface, the wheel nuts
may loosen while the vehicle is
in motion, and the tire may
come off the vehicle.
Install the tire and loosely tighten
each wheel nut by hand by
approximately the same amount.
Turn the nut washers until they
come into contact with the disc
wheel.
STEP 6
STEP 1
STEP 2 Disc wheel
Washer

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Lower the vehicle.
After using the jack, install the
cover on the end of the jack.
Firmly tighten each nut two or
three times in the order shown in
the illustration.
Tightening torque:
76 ft•lbf (103 N•m, 10.5 kgf•m)
Stow the tire jack and all tools.
STEP 3
STEP 4
■After completing the tire change
The tire pressure warning system must be reset. ( P. 481)
■Jack point guide
STEP 5
The jack point guides are located under
the rocker panel. They indicate the jack
point positions.