How To Jump A Prius C. This video shows you how to jump start a dead battery in your 2010 toyota prius. (c) reinstall the fusebox cover by first hooking the cover onto the two rear tabs.
This is what i did & noticed: I just cannot believe that the only way to jump a 2012 prius c is to open the hatch in the back seat and try to find the terminals that are extremely well hidden and hope you don't start the thing on fire in the process. These priuses are basically a bit more complicated than the run of the mill toyotas and require the driver to pay attention to the start sequence.
Jump start terminal the jump start terminal is in the fuse box.
Refer to your owners' manual. My prius, a 2007 model, has two batteries—one in front that helps make the car go and one in back that makes the car start. It is a bolted in fuse that costs about $30 and toyota will charge some labor beyond that for the installation. Hybrids are certainly not the only types of cars with 12v batteries in places other than underhood.