[ KB ] How to eliminate Reverse Beep & Seatbelt Beep

There is one caveat to this procedure. No one can sit in the passenger seat while attempting to complete this task.

A funny story: This weekend my wife and I decided to turn off the beeper. We like to support each other and do things together. So I would touch the buttons from the driver's seat while she read the directions to me from the passenger's seat. Each time we tried to turn off the beeper "b-on" would never appear. We tried it at least 6 times. Then she got out of the car to do something else and the directions worked perfect. Except I didn't know how to change the setting - she was reading the directions and left. I got all excited and called her back to show her that it worked. She sat in the seat and it didn't work. I tried a couple of more times and then realized - it might not work when someone is sitting in the passenger seat. Sure enough, when she got up it worked again.

Howie

 

That explains why it didn't work the first time I tried it, too. I had some books on the seat!

Thanks for the info!

 

Wouldn't it be much simpler if the screen had a settings menu in which you could turn the beep on or off? I can't believe that Toyota would make a simple procedure so complex, especially in a car equipped with four computers and an LCD screen. :roll:

 

Emergency Brake On to Disable Reverse Beeper

Like the previous reply my wife and I were both in the car and finally after dozens of attempts she suggested we try it with the emergency brake on - low and behold the elusive "b on" appeared!

We were then able to disable the annoying beeping!!

She was sitting in the passenger's seat when we disabled the beeper.

 

While the recipe for disabling the back-up beeper worked great in my car, when I tried doing it for a friend in her car, it wouldn't work. (She was sitting in the passenger seat, I in the driver's seat.) For kicks and out of desperation, we fastened our setabelts and then performed the sequence and voila, it worked. I honestly don't know whether she had the emergency brake engaged or not.

 

I cant get this to work in a brand-new european prius. Belt warning does work however, so i seem to be close.

What happens is that when i release the odo button the odo readout will
roll over to odoA

Any more clues ?

Peter

 

I'm renting a Prius this weekend (Know Thy Obsession). Besides being an education for myself, it's the first time my partner has had a chance to ride in a Prius.

Last evening, I was about to back into a parking space; I turned to her and said, "You're not going to like this." And then, of course, BEEP-BEEP-BEEP.

I parked, and she looked at me and said, "Can you turn this off?" I replied to the affirmative, at which point she said, "Good -- 'cause that noise would drive me crazy when I get one of these!"

...It's a very addictive car.

 

Peter, on our European Prius we can't disable the reverse beep. Sad but true

/Paj

 

Is toyota listening here ?

I have no problems cutting the speaker if that is what is needed. But i do
have the opinion that this is a "field changable" feature that toyota
should be happy to offer ( yes i'm willing to pay).

That car is damn good, but as with everything there is place for improvement.

Another thing on my list is the "forced engine breake" when i lift my
foot from the accelerator. As born up with SAAB twostrokw and freewheel
i still find it natural to freewheel whenever i lift the accelerator. Speed
reduction is what the breakes are used to !

I think i'll talk to some representatives in sweded. I'll report whetever
information that pop's up.

 

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I don't know if you can always do it, I haven't had mine long enough to test everything but: If you press just enough after letting off the acellerator, you can get the display to show no arrows at all. I do it coming to a traffic light when I don't think regen is needed because it will change before I get there but I would have to get back up to speed if I used the brakes. I can feel the drag let up when I do this.

 

Hm, so I wonder if they've changed the 2005 so you can't disable the seatbelt beeper. The reverse beeper disable worked for me no problem, first try. But when I tried the seatbelt version, when I unbuckled the seat belt I got the "b-on/b-off" thing again for the reverse beeper. I tried it a couple of more times, and still same result. Or perhaps I'm doing something wrong? Not a big deal because I always wear my seatbelt and it doesn't beep for very long if I don't buckle it right away for some reason.

 

I've had the same experience as Betshsu on my 2005 Prius. I turned off the reverse beep, no problem, but the seatbelt still beeps. However, I've only had the car for about 48 hours, so I'm not 100% sure what's "normal." The seatbelt only beeps 3 times now, and I think it used to go into hysterics with an increasing frequency of beeping. So maybe I did fix it.

Also, does anyone know how to get rid of the "snowflake" in the display? I live in Northern Michigan, and it doesn't come as a surprise to us that it's cold out.

PS: I love Betshsu's tag line!

 

I too don't recall what the seatbelt beeping was like before I attempted to turn it off. It might have been more frantic than it is now.

I don't think you can get rid of the snowflake, it's just a permanent reminder that your mileage may suffer due to the cold (though people have suggested taping something over it so you don'thave to see it). I don't know where it appears, since I have yet to experience the snowflake (and wonder if I ever will, living in Texas. when I think it's cold out, the car doesn't seem to think so).

Thanks! Though ironically, I've never had a baby, nor delivered one like some people in this forum. It seemed appropriate though .

I haven't noticed the long beep (and I usually fasten my belt before starting the car). But I am oblivious to beeps, as I didn't realized the touchscreen beeped until I read someone complaining about it here (but of course now I noticed it all the time). Curses to whomever started that thread!

 

Clearly Tony, I kidnapped Nina and forced her to sit in a sink for my avatar picture to taunt you. That's just how devious I am .

Nina does look incredibly like Noel (the cat in the sink), particularly the picture of her curled up under the Christmas tree. The picture with the duck is too cute!

 

The reverse beep is, of course, truly annoying. I have made at least half a dozen attempts to eliminate following the directions above and have been unsuccessful in getting the "b on/b off" to appear. After I shift into R and pack to P and then let get of the Trip/ODO button it always displays "Trip A" (as it does under normal operation).

I have a 2005 U.S. Prius. No one is sitting in the pasenger seat. I am careful to hold the Trip/ODO button for at least 10 seconds (long enough that the gas engine starts).

I throw myself on the mercy of the experts here in asking for help.