Left rear vent?

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  1. Garsen

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    ive' had my car, an '05 package 6, for two months and only yesterday noticed a solitary vent-looking thing high up aside the right rear passenger seat. what is this thing, and what is it for?
     
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  2. raybon

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    That's the vent to keep the batteries cool if they get hot. The manual says to make sure and never block that vent. It was very explicit with lots of exclamation marks.

    Glenn
     
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  3. ambrothe

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    It's a cooling vent for the battery pack...you should also make sure that it's never obscured by anything so that the battery is able to maintain its optimum temperature.
     
    #3 ambrothe, Jun 22, 2005
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    Vent to keep the battery compartment cool...if I remember correctly.
     
    #4 texassalsa04, Jun 22, 2005
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    Ditto. cold air intake for the battery to keep it cool.
     
    #5 Tideland Prius, Jun 23, 2005
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    Here's a pic. It's from the photo album on this site. I forgot who's the owner of the pic (sorry!)
     
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    Whatever happened to Wayne anyway? The last I saw from him was that he left the yahoo group a while back in quite a bad mood...

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    Thx Evan.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Garsen\";p=\"100802)</div>
    Page 16 of the 2005 Prius Owner's Manual.
     
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    Hey, the topic of this thread is "left rear vent" how did we get onto the right rear vent or did Garsen turn around when he noticed it? ;)
     
    #11 Canuck, Jul 1, 2005
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Canuck\";p=\"103231)</div>
    Dyslexia?
     
    #12 IsrAmeriPrius, Jul 1, 2005
  13. KTPhil

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    No, he just drives backwards all the time. Better mileage, since its an EV in reverse.
     
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