Mods for turning on accessories without shutting the engine first from driving mode?

can you elaborate? not sure exactly what you mean

 

thanks, i think i understand. i have never heard of a mod, and the newer generations are all the same. to get to acc mode, you would have to shut down and turn on.

the only advantage is that the engine might not come on as much in ready mode in newer models with low miles because the battery is stronger.

 

agreed!

 

I hope I'm not being obtuse, but I still am not understanding your use case scenario.

Do you want to leave the car while dropping parcels?

What I'm not understanding, I guess, is why you need to swap to ACC mode from READY mode, rather than just leaving it in READY. Are you saying, when you're stationary, your ICE does not shut down unless you turn the car to ACC (via OFF)?

 

If the big problem is the hassle of your phone and the car stereo disconnecting and reconnecting all the time, maybe look into rewiring the stereo power to battery 12v instead of switched ignition.

There may be undesirable complications- this should be researched and tested. If it doesn’t work out the consequences are not likely to be worse than an unexpected dead battery requiring a jump-start.

 

Just park the car and leave it in "READY" mode. I am not sure what's wrong with this in your case? If you had a "regular" car, you would have to leave the keys in it to have ACC mode activated, so security is not one of the concerns. So in case of Prius, you just leave it in Park and "READY". In most cases this will save you gas, too, as the Prius really likes to try and enter a warm up cycle after being turned off even for a second. This burn more fuel than if you just left it "running" for a few minutes. It takes a bit of a shift in thinking, but that's what I would do.

 

That would be my suggestion, too.

As far as security goes, Just get a duplicate key on a regular full-size key blank cut from the little one in the FOB and attach it to a retractable belt clip. Simply leave the car in P and in READY, then manually lock the car with the new key. With the driving you do you'd have to be out of the car for 15 - 20 min before the ICE even came on and no-one would even know the car was on. I'd also ensure I used the (foot-operated) parking brake all the time if leaving the car in READY and unattended in addition to pressing the P button.

That's what I'd do if I were a courier.

 

This is the only way to get the feature you want and yes if you forgot to turn the radio off overnight you would kill the battery. You have to remove the radio and connect the acc wire to constant.

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I've left my Gen 3 in READY a few times just taking the fob with me, no need for an extra one. I just slip the mechanical key out of the fob to unlock the door when I come back. The trickiest bit is getting the door to stay locked when I leave, as the car does not want me getting out and locking the door while READY.

I avoid it when the security is at all iffy; even if my fob isn't in it, if it's in READY, one locked door is all that prevents somebody getting in and driving as far as they like before turning it off. It would be great if the "KEY NOT DETECTED" message also meant "SO I'LL JUST STAY IN PARK THANK YOU", but no, it will beep and blink at you but still shift and drive away nice as you please.

 

I highly doubt that.

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Hmm, could you be a little more specific about what part of that you highly doubt?

I went out to my car and confirmed it before posting, to make sure I hadn't misremembered any of the details.

 

It seems we have another contrarian on our hands.

 

The part where it says key fob is missing and someone can still drive away. If that is the case then there is no security system on a prius at all.

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