I noticed my speedometer display partially burned out when the car park attendant returned my 06 last night. But, it came back on when I went around a turn and the valet parking ticket moved away from the base of the display. Surprise! The main display is actually in the base of the dashboard and I've been looking at a reversed image in a mirror all the time. I love my Prius; I learn something new about it every day, mostly from this site. I hope I'm passing a "something new" along to other PC members (or am I the only dummy?).
It's a pretty neat effect and allows your eyes to not have to focus as close as they normally would have to for a conventional dash display. I've wondered if the original idea was to have a heads up display on the windshield, but Toyota changed their minds and put in the mirror instead. For the classic owners: I've noticed that your speedometer is in the middle of the dash. Does it also use a mirror, or is it a more traditional display?
Hi Vincent. A million thanks. Tried the Dimmer and the fuses. No Go. After a few days I remembered your post, which apparently I had taken lightly. All wrapped up in , We all know that trivia, Even when I recalled it, it seemed to easy to be true. Then I remembered an advert I got at a traffic light and flipped on the dash board. It apparently, eventually slipped over the "VINCENT LENS" and blocked out the Instrument panel display. My GOD, people were talking about $2,000 fixes, spilled coffee, and rodents. But thanks to you, for me it was simply uncovering the " VINCENT LENS" Al Conliffe
I knew the speedometer display was a mirror image, but I still don't quite understand how it works. There is a mirror behind the brownish plastic where you see the speedometer. However, when you stand over the windshield and look straight down, it looks like there is another mirror on the dashboard. What does that part do?
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION: Do not put anything, such as papers, on that large black dash, because you will cover the mirror!! My salesman told me this when he taught me about the car.
