Shifting into neutral (towing) without HV Battery

the 12 volt allows it to shift to neutral when made ready, don't know if missing hv battery will complicate the matter.

 

The car needs to be towed with the front wheels off the ground, regardless of the HV battery presence / absence. So Neutral or not doesn't really matter, except possibly to make it easier to get the car into position to lift the front.

Other threads have indicated that the car can be dragged out of a parking space. Not great for the tires, but won't hurt the car.

 

can't the two truck place dollies under the front two wheels?

 

you won't get anywhere without the 12v.

 

There is no real "neutral" in a Prius. One of the MGs has to spin to compensate for the engine standing still. The HV battery provides the energy for the MG to act as a motor so as was said earlier, either drag your Prius out or put dollies under the front wheels.

JeffD

 

i don't follow you jeff, when i'm standing still, with the shifter in 'neutral', a motor is turning?

 

We are discussing moving the car in neutral and the the engine is still but both MGs have to turn if the front wheels are turning. The MG on the drive shaft just turns without power when the car rolls in neutral, but the other MG has to be spun so that the motor can remain stationary.

JeffD

 

It sounds like you might not be the most Prius savvy, but be forewarned that jumping a Prius can cause major damage. If the terminals are reversed which is easy for people that do it everyday to screw up because they are going fast, you are going to blow the inverter and fusible links. Big sparks are also not good for it like attaching a live good battery to the Prius with jumper cables. Smart cables or a form of battery boost that can physically connect without being electrically connected and then electrically connect to charge.

 

1) I don't doubt what Jeff is saying because he is way smarter than me
2) On my 01, there is a release that allows one to put it in "neutral" with no power applied (not in ready, key turned off). To my knowledge, this simply disengages the park pawl or manually pulls it out. In the Gen II, the parking pawl is electric (12V). I can't remember who it was but I did see a post on here a long time ago that talked about how to jumper the parking pawl to get it to release. I'm pretty sure it was imwoody36 who is the owner of autobeyours.com.

I would give him a call since he's not on here much anymore.

 

Here is the post from imwoody36.

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