12v battery could be damaged?
My wife's 2014 Yaris Hybrid was dead this morning. Internal light was left on for few days. AA engineer came and jump started the car. Asked me to take it directly to Toyota as the Battery could be damaged. He says that the 12v Battery in this car is quite small and easily gets damaged if run flat. Is this actually true? Has anyone experienced this? The car is running fine now. Should I still take it to Toyota and get it checked?
I did a similar thing with my last (2017) Yaris Hybrid and there was no lasting damage apparent although we were also doing a lot of long journeys through the year which helped to top it back up again. If you do a lot of short journeys, you may want to invest in one of these...
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