Noise Maker?

Yes.

It sounds like when you have a stethoscope on a jet engine.

Kidding. I couldn't hear it but I gather you can if you know what you're listening for.

 

If there can it be turned off?

 

No.

 

Not in US till 2018...

Posted via the PriusChat mobile app.

 

it's been in the u.s. on toyota hybrids since 2012. not a requirement until next year.
it's very quiet, even people walking in front of me in a parking lot don't recognize it.
the only time i hear it is windows down, engine off, inside the garage.
it's a bit of a light saber sound.

 

I can't hear noise maker with Windows open operating 35 MPH ....just testing right now.....
I can hear noise from the road tires and EV mode....

 

it only operates up to 15 mph.

 

Is it like when you use to put a playing card and cloths pin in the spokes of your bike wheel as a kid?

 

not that noisy, and more of a hum/whoosh.

 

Sounds like 100 birds signing, chirp chirp chirp. Not very loud though.

 

capistrano?

 

People just think it's the sound of the electric motor but the car would be almost silent if it weren't there

 

This video is totally mis-representative.

The sound in the video sounds like something generated, which I'm ok with.

The actual sound , sounds like there is something broke in the car, it sucks (IMO).

 

The dealer can set one of 3 sound levels, I can't imagine why you would want to run folks over, so I don't know why you would change it.

 

The manual says the three levels are 1, 2 and 3, and that the default is 1. Isn't 1 the quietest?

 

We can hope so. Perhaps someone will report back.

 

I haven't noticed it from inside the car.

 

Why would I run over someone. I am driving. I don't want to hear a noise like that in the car I am buying to be a non noise car.

 

a lot of us feel this way. but our government feels differently.