2006 Repair manuals

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.

 

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.

 

<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

 

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.

 

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.

 

<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.

 

<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.

 

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.

 

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...