Fitting a new Toyota HV batt - any tips please

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  1. Scottyx

    Scottyx Junior Member

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    I only spoke to the Toyota dealership closest to me.

    I never rang any others and checked
     
    #21 Scottyx, Jan 8, 2020
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    I do have a quater inch drive torque wrench, but I didn't use it.

    Are you able to tell me the torque setting please. It's pretty easy to pull the battery out and check.

    I cleaned the fan and blew out the duct work with compressed air.

    Thanks for the advice, I might phone Toyota Australia even if it is too late.
     
    #22 Scottyx, Jan 8, 2020
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    Core fees are typically charged to the customer at time of purchase, then refunded when you return the old battery. So in your case, you didn't need to pay a core fee? That's ok. If on the other hand you were charged a core fee, and now they don't want to accept your old battery and/or refund that core charge, that's not so good.

    A parallel concern: regardless of the old battery's viability, core charge or not, doesn't Toyota have an obligation to take back the old battery, recycle it responsibly?

    I get the sense this is one dealership service manager, dragging his feet.
     
    #23 Mendel Leisk, Jan 8, 2020
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