Does anyone know of a repair manual, either already available or in the works, such as Haynes, Chilton, etc. for the Prime? I always like having one of these around just for the sake of necessity, and getting for to know my cars mechanically. Posted via the PriusChat mobile app.
It was an unexpected dump the other morning. I'm at an elevation in Northern California that gets snow maybe once a year (1823 ft). But this fall, didn't see it coming. No time to even cover the car. Car looked at me like, What? Im tougher than that! Posted via the PriusChat mobile app.
I was using Chilton and Clymer books on my first car, up until I was about 24 and bought a new car and thought I'd give the factory manuals a try, and I've never looked back. To me the completeness of information and low rate of errors makes the choice easy. Toyota puts theirs at techinfo.toyota.com (along with a whole bunch of other stuff, recalls and service bulletins with instructions, quick technical guides, and even the materials from their tech training courses if you feel like diving deep). -Chap
IIRC, you can purchase 24-hour access (or longer if desired) to a Toyota Service manual from the Toyota website.
On the US-facing site (techinfo.toyota.com) the shortest access you can request is two days for $15 (reportedly if you play it right around a weekend, you can get a bit more than two days). Sites for other regions (like toyota-tech.eu for Europe) may have other arrangements (I think you can get shorter-than-a-day increments there). As it works out, you're not getting access to "a Toyota service manual", but to all the information the site makes available, for the duration of your access. If you have friends with other Toyota/Lexus/Scion models, for two days you can seem really smart and answer all their questions too. -Chap
Yeah, I'm not diving too deep. I'm just talking basic maintenance. $15 for two days isn't going to help me, because anything I need done that serious on the car is gong to be done by the dealership. Good knowledge to have though. Posted via the PriusChat mobile app.
