PaulE

Hi, I have atatched a couple of photos from the internet showing where the battery is located for a hybrid- you have to remove the rear curved shape cover which is accessed from behind the front seats- that is from the side door- it is very awkward and you have to push the centre seats well back. The cover clips off so use a special trim removing tool if you have one but it may come off by pulling on the "side bumps" on the cover- it's also a devil to get back on. You have to remove the vertical bar first and wiggle the battery out a bit to get to the terminal nuts- the battery is a very snug fit so make sure you have the right battery and must be a stop start type- an ordinary battery will likely fail after a while which is what happened to me- I did put a post on a while ago which gave the battery I had to get (for a 2005 E4). Don't forget to reset the door window switches - see Youtube - good luck

Hi, I have one on the 12v battery cover of my hybrid- no idea what it does if anything but appears to be wired into the loom. Mine doesn't light up.

When I had my 12v battery problem the dash showed the headlight symbol on all the time and the HU was dimmed although the headlight was off. Changing the battery fixed the issue.

Hi, if you manage to re use the 12v supply can you let us know how you did it- I thought of using it to power my dashcam.

Hi, this is my first post- I have an Alphard Hybrid E4 2005 purchased from Dave at Vineplace Motors in October last- can thoroughly recommend Dave if anyone is looking for a vehicle. Vehicle was fine until just at New Year and the 12v battery kept going dead and eventually wouldn't start from the booster pack (Noco GB50- would recommend this) and until that point was doing odd things. Dave had fitted a new battery at purchase but was a standard Alphard battery in error- he kindly sourced a new battery FOC as the system has to have a special stop-start type- the replacement was Panasonic S55D23R (advertised as for a Toyota RAV 4 Hybrid) at £199.99 but the supplier said this was the manufacturers genuine part having been supplied the vin no.- sourced from e-hybrid.com who apparently specialise in hybrid spares. Fitted the new battery and everything has been fine since then so the 12v battery appears to be critical- there may well be other suitable batteries out there but this is my experience. Vehicle drives beautifully and I am getting about 35mpg driving carefully and using the hybrid system so I use it more often than I expected. Hope this helps. Paul