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2006 Repair manuals

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by LarryRacies, Apr 4, 2006.

  1. LarryRacies

    LarryRacies New Member

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    Last Sunday a set of the four Prius 2006 Repair Manuals went for $400. on Ebay.
    Does anyone know what they cost from a dealer?
     
  2. unruhly

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    I downloaded them from the Toyota tech website. http://techinfo.toyota.com

    I've seen posts here about doing it so you might do a search for PDF download. Someone was able to automate the process, but I couldn't get it to work with my version of Acrobat, so I manually downloaded every page. Quite a long task, but I got everything for only $10.00.

    I've spent a couple of evenings getting it all organized and now have a very useable manual.
     
  3. LarryRacies

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(unruhly @ Apr 4 2006, 03:52 PM) [snapback]234863[/snapback]</div>
    Thanks, but I know about the downloads.
    That doesn't answer my question.
    What I'd like to know is how much the set of 4 paper manuals would cost from a dealer?
     
  4. V8Cobrakid

    V8Cobrakid Green Handyman

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    my guess... at cost. paper? maybe 10 dollars worth. getting to the infor for a normal person is 10 dollars. I would say they made killer profit on it. my guess (just incase someone finds it) 70 bucks.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(LarryRacies @ Apr 4 2006, 03:10 PM) [snapback]234871[/snapback]</div>
    Here's the cost for the 2005 set. The Toyota website didn't have the 2006 prices but I can't see why they would be that much more.

    Repair Manual VOL 1 RM1130U1 $152.00
    Repair Manual VOL 2 RM1130U2 $136.00
    Repair Manual VOL 3 RM1130U3 $56.00
    Electrical Wiring Diagram NHW20 EWD599U $87.27
    Collision Repair Manual NHW20 BRM124U $14.82
     
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    Last time I checked, all 3 volumes of service manuals for the Prius were coming in at well over $350. You might be able to find a 3 volume set on eBay for half of that price. They usually start off at a rather low price, but the demand is such that they get bid up pretty fast. The last one I saw was a couple of months back and I think its ending price was close to $200.

    Shop manuals are not cheep. You are best off finding a friend with a high speed connection, or using your own, and paying the Toyota online system $10 or 20 and downlod the PDFs.
     
  7. LarryRacies

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jeromep @ Apr 5 2006, 03:44 PM) [snapback]235419[/snapback]</div>


    Thanks fellas but I don't want to spend my evenings organizing download printouts. I'd much prefer the bound, paper version. Incidentally, the 2006 version consists of 4 volumes. I got the part numbers from the ebay listing.

    I can't believe that the dealerships service departments don't already have the bound paper versions in
    the hands of their Prius guys right this minute. Don't any of you techies have the manuals?
     
  8. jeromep

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    They use Toyota's proprietary online version. Which seems like a system that delievers and displays PDFs, but in a better interface that is more searchable. Or we can hope.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jeromep @ Apr 5 2006, 10:06 PM) [snapback]235433[/snapback]</div>
    In Europe there is not more a possibility to order a written version of the RM.Only online system is available called "Techdoc". An authorized Toyota dealer is paying that 3000$ a year.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jeromep @ Apr 5 2006, 04:06 PM) [snapback]235433[/snapback]</div>
    oh yes. very searchable. very convenient.

    although i don't know the exact numbers, the repair manuals are not cheap. $300 sounds like a pretty decent deal but $400 may be pushing it.
     
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    In the back of your Prius User Guide there is a number you can call to get the exact pricing on the manuals. I don't remember the exact pricing but there are 4 volumes, ranging from $90-$200+ (if my memory serves me correct). I believe the grand total was over $400. Look up that number and call it first, but if you can get them for $300 on ebay, go for it.
     
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    You can view the prices for the paper manuals here:
    http://smg.toyotapartsandservice.com/pubs....&int_id=&done=1 (so far only lists 2001-2005 Prius)

    The 3 volumes of the repair manual, plus the Electric Wiring Diagram and maybe the Collision Repair manual, are about $400 ordered direct from Toyota Publications/Material Distribution Center. Expect about the same price at your dealer, maybe a little less if they discount parts a bit.

    You could get a 1-day subscription to http://techinfo.toyota.com/ (US address, $10/day), (or alternately, http://techdoc.toyota-europe.com/ for 10euros/day if you are in that region) and attempt to download all the little itty bitty PDFs and sort them in some form...