So a little while ago I was having staring problems that I am attributing to the 12v battery being on the way out.
I also received a letter from toyota saying that my car had a recall so I booked in with toyota to swap the battery and do the recall work, I had to unfortunatly cancel my appointment with them this week due to work commitments and have been told that I can't get it booked in now until march!
I am therefore just going to swap the 12v battery out myself but have a few questions:
1) being a hybrid is it a regular 12v battery as the contacts on it seemed smaller than I'm used to with my other cars?
2) there were the two connectors and a tube coming off from the bottom that needed to be plugged into the base of the battery, I have no idea what this is and want to know if there is something specific that I'm asking for when getting a new battery?
I'd just buy one online that says it's compatible and be done with it, if not for the weight, I am therefore assuming that the best option would be just to pop into halfords toyota owners discount in hand and hand over the money, swap the battery and hopefully no longer have any starting issues.