Prius 3rd gen Doesn't start

Replace your 12v battery

 

Welcome to Prius Chat .

By leaving your hatch open, the 12 volt battery used to turn on the computers does not have enough juice to do this.

But buying a new 12 volt battery and checking it’s voltage prior to placing it into service shouldbget you back on the road.

Keep us posted .

 

Trunk needs to be closed all the way.

 

For starters the hatch light: is it set to be on whenever the hatch is open?

You might be able to recharge the battery, but it will not last that much longer, after a drain like that: likely best to replace.

 

I'm one of those who closes car doors, trunks, hatches and hoods gently as I can. But for this hatch, don't hesitate to put use some force closing it, manual says it also therefore it was built durable to use with some force.

 

When replacing your battery, you can manually open your trunk for easier access. You can watch that video on our YouTube channel. Don’t struggle like what I did the first time when I changed my battery, all cramped up in the back jerry rigging my body to replace the battery lol.

 

I have some heavy insulated gloves. When I've disconnected the negative battery cable from the post I stuff it into one of the gloves (to help isolate it), and the other glove I lay across the hatch threshold, covering the latch opening, so it can't inadvertently close.

 

As the others said, the 12V is clearly drained. However, I had the same issue and jump starting then driving for 30 min fixed the issue. I haven't had issues with the battery since and the dealer even checked battery health and it was fine.

 

Ah, had to do "the military crawl." Raytheeagle would put it.

 

Or the “crawl of shame”.

 

Lol