Toyota Prius 2001–2003 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin EL01403 · NHTSA communication 10004515 · issued Oct 2, 2003
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2001–2003
model years
3
vehicle entries
Official summary
Customer may complain of not being able to start their vehicles after extended parking times and/or repeated short driving times. The purpose of this bulletin is to inform of a new battery and mounting hardware to improve the storage capacity performance. *tt
Vehicles covered
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.