Replacing 12v battery in RHD (Japanese) | Accessibility

[DRK002]

Hi friends,
I’m looking at a 12v battery replacement and have read a few informative posts about the same here. However mine is a Japanese domestic version where the arrangement under the hood is slightly different as you can see in the pictures. The battery is located to the right of the frunk and the tricky part is that it is behind an Air con coolant hose, and one another hose. From the way it looks,
1) these two hoses must be removed before one can properly access the 12v battery, or else
2) the top battery terminal box (or power distribution box) will have to be removed.
Unfortunately, the instructions available in newTIS seems to be applicable for the US model and this one is quite different. I’d appreciate it very much if anyone of you can provide some guidance on how to go about the task.

Thank you!

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[alohart]

These are the photos referenced in the original message:

Your 12 V battery is actually slightly easier to access but maybe not replace compared with those in non-Japanese markets. I suggest removing the frunk box to see whether you might be able to lift your battery above the hoses to its left, slide the battery to the left, and then slide it forward and out.

Before disconnecting the 12 V battery cables, be sure to follow the procedure to disconnect the high-voltage system by sliding the orange switch most visible in the last photo up to the off position.

Good luck!

 

[DRK002]

Hi! Thank you for the idea. It might actually work. I never considered sliding it as i was refering to the newTIS and was always considering how to do it in an inrestricte manner with more degrees of freedom. The question is how heavy is the battery and whether it can be handled with a single hand safely when sliding out and then sliding a new one in. Also i m concerned about protecting the IBS sensor and battery terminals which i reckon should be handled with care and not forcefully.

on a sidenote, what is the imagehosting site that you used to post these images. i tried few and none was able to post the images using the img tag in the forum..

thanks a lot

 

[alohart]

The question is how heavy is the battery and whether it can be handled with a single hand safely when sliding out and then sliding a new one in.

Another AGM battery of approximately the same capacity and physical size weighs 5.2 kg (11.4 lb.). That's not particularly heavy, but grasping it securely with a single hand could be challenging. With the frunk box removed, you might be able to lift and move the battery with both hands.

Also i m concerned about protecting the IBS sensor and battery terminals which i reckon should be handled with care and not forcefully.

If possible, I would remove the cables from the battery terminals prior to trying to move the battery.

on a sidenote, what is the imagehosting site that you used to post these images. i tried few and none was able to post the images using the img tag in the forum.

I went to the Web pages on which you posted your photos and retrieved the URL's of the JPEG photo files themselves. The img tag works only with image files, not Web page URL's.

 

[DRK002]

Thanks a lot! I'm gonna read and find out a bit more on the task at hand and will give it a try.