help -Im stuck in the mud

You are supposed to be able to tow it with the eye hook thing in the jack/temporary tire area in the hatch area. There is a little cover in the front bumper, you pop that out, and there is a hole that the eye hook screws into, screw it in and you can pull the car with that, just remember to have the car in neutral and no brakes on.

 

They towing restriction involves speed and distance. Even in N, drivetrain components are spinning. Without the engine running, lubrication does not circulate, so Toyota suggests not towing a Prius with the drive wheels on the ground. This doesn't apply to your situation, unless your Prius has been disabled and needs to be towed to the dealer.

The first posters suggestion is correct. Use the towing ring and put your Prius in N.

Tom

 

is it stuck because the vsc is acting up? just press the gas pedal more...

 

get a tow-strap and pull her out with another car. There's two tow hooks in the back corners, and the attachable eye for the front, as stated above.

Either that, or call Yoda, he's good at levitation.. So was Linda Blair.

 

What if you have to tow it from the rear to get it out? Where should you attached the cable?

 

Two tow hooks in the back corners. That was in the post right above yours.

Tom

 

wondering why no one has just replied call AAA

is there something about being stuck in the mud that would make one ineligible for roadside assstiance?

 

Uh, the poster is in the UK, I doubt AAA would be much help, and it would be a good while to get to the Prius, if it did.

 

Maybe if they had a really long tow strap...

Tom

 

Get some burly buddies to help push?
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There may be a AAA affiliate in the UK.

I once used my AAA card when I locked myself out of a rental Escort in
Stockholm -- the coat hanger cost me $40US. I kept it, "just in case..."

 

He's probably trying to avoid an International Call and a long wait.

 

In the UK it is the AA or the RAC (Royal Automobile Club), both of which have been around as long as or longer than the AAA here in the US.

But maybe the OP isn't a member of either. Plus it's still raining there I understand. Last month (August) was the wettest in the UK since records began!