I just picked up my new Prius and I noticed...

On which one of the labels is the build date stated ?

 

As stated - thanks for your time and posting. As you already know, everyone with an '06 is extremely interested in this development. Anything that you can do to help the greater '06 Prius community is certainly appreciated.

I actually live close to Irvine and my wife works in Irvine. We both have the same build month (1/06) and I would be happy to help decipher this to see if we can 'crack the code'.

Unfortunately, I have no idea where to start. I don't believe that blindly adjusting settings in the hidden diag/advanced settings screens isn't the best way to approach this. I may end up with more disabled than Nav and Bluetooth, if you know what I mean.

Any thoughts/suggestions?

 

My best guess is, Some "Tech" at your Dealership set it this way. There is no way that car got though Toyota's Plant, Port and quality inspections, without that being noticed. Doubt it, especially since you are the only case we've heard of. Also, according to the Pre-Delivery sheet provided, this is why the "Tech" test drives the vehicle a few miles before delivery. To inspect "All instrument panels, lights, gauges, and MFD" to make sure they perform to Toyota specs/ if you look at your delivery sheet, someone had to put a "check" in that box as being inspected at the dealership.
To me this is all good news. Somebody knows something! I'm in Okla., so I can meet you and MJ-Prius at the dealership and get some answers!! :lol:

Ask the dealership to see the "Tech" that inspected your Prius before delivery, he's our guy I'm bettin'.

OUscarb

 

I had only 1 mile on my odo :-p

 

So Fred,
Have you been able to find out anymore info reguarding your car? I'm sure I'm not the only one with their fingers crossed.

 

Fred - That really sucks. Sorry to hear about that.

Sort of reminds me of Bicentennial Man (at least the movie version) where a guy has to take his robot (which had accidentally become self-aware and highly intelligent) in for repairs, and he had his lawyers threaten the corporation with a lawsuit if they dared "fix" anything they weren't supposed to...

- Bob R.

 

Anyone have ideas on how we can compare the configuration of this ’06 Prius with other ’06’s? My build date is 1/06 and I can say that I don’t have these features active while driving. Unless this is a configuration change made in the last month, my guess is that we can find something to enable this type of configuration on all ‘06’s if desired.

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It might be useful to know the firmware versions of your '06'. These can be found using the diagnostics/service screens (instructions to get to these on another post).

I have an '06' with build date of 11/05
In the product diagnosis menu, I can display the following for SW versions;

Power Supply Microcomp: V3.03
Drawing Application: VA0E3
Drawing Boot Loader: V5314
TFT Microcomp.: V000126
SW Microcomp.: V000007

Rick S

 

Yes... I can provide pictures if you need them, but hopefully this text should do:

1. Press and hold the "Info" button on your MFD.

2. While still holding the Info button, turn your headlights on and off three times.

3. The "System Check Mode" screen will appear.

4. On the System Check Mode screen, press Menu.

5. The "Diagnosis Menu" screen will appear.

This is where it gets a bit tricky...

6. On the Diagnosis Menu screen, touch the upper left corner of the white background (just below the word "Diagnosis"), remove your finger, and then touch the lower right-hand corner of the screen. This gets you into the secret-menu-within-a-secret menu...

7. You should now see the "Product Diagnosis Menu".

8. From the Product Diagnosis Menu, press "Soft Version". You will now see the details about the software in your system.

Here are the ones from our car, build date 11/05:

Power Supply Microcomp. V3.03
CAN Microcomp.
Drawing Application VA0E3
Drawing Boot Loader V5314
TFT Microcomp V000126
SW Microcomp V000007

- Bob R.

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PS... To exit from all these menus, press and hold the "Display" switch on your MFD for about 5 seconds and the display will reboot.

- Bob R.

 

From the Audio & Electronics forum;

Touch screen diags, for 2004 or newer
Use of this information might result in disabling your vehicle, use it at your own risk.
• Hold Info button while turning the lights on and off 3 times, you can wait for system checks. -OR-
Press the display button, then press the left upper and lower corners within the display settings box 3 times.
o If codes exist press LAN Mon, then CHEK to show codes or hold code clr to clear codes.
• From the initial screen, hold Info button while turning the lights on and off 3 times
for Model Info Set Up (type) screen. I do not know what these do, use at your own risk.
o Types are : 690N 740N 836N 783N 620N 808N 480X 900N 382X 290X
Types are : 901N EMV AVX(ten) AVX(nat) AVX_HV(ten) AVX_HV(nat) 749N
• Use the Menu button to reach the Diagnosis Menu, press the Display Check and then
Vehicle Signal Check to show the accessory battery voltage and other information.
• From the Diagnosis Menu press upper-left then lower-right screen corners for PDM menu.
o All buttons except for perhaps the Init. BackUp may be safe to use.
• From PDM screen, hold Info button while turning the lights on and off 3 times for an untitled screen.
o Here you find a number of options stating success or PGM rqd including TKM, Flicker,
setting:Tape/MD, setting Address:110H/120H, setting ACff/on, and setting Autoff/on
• Hold the physical Display button to exit at any time, or simply power off the car.

Software versions are available through the PDM menu.

Rick S.

 

Sorry to reply to this so late into this topic, but my '05 doesn't delete currently typed data, it just hides it from you. Next time you stop, it will all pop up again. this assumes, of course, that you can stand to not hit any "Info" or "Map" buttons between the two stops!

 

OK, if all that worked for you, now you can also fetch the info about your NAV system... The first 5 steps are identical:

1. Press and hold the "Info" button on your MFD.
2. While still holding the Info button, turn your headlights on and off three times.
3. The "System Check Mode" screen will appear.
4. On the System Check Mode screen, press Menu.
5. The "Diagnosis Menu" screen will appear.

Now, from the "Diagnosis Menu", click on "Navigation Check". Then, from the navigation menu, click "Parts Information".

Here's the Nav info from our 11/05 Prius:

Navi Information
AISIN AW
V314100B

denso
V 05.03.14

- Bob R.

 

Navi Information
AISIN AW
V314100B

denso
V 05.03.14

DITTO.... I have the same numbers on my 11/05 Prius

Rick S

 

I have all of the same information (Navi and Soft Version), except for the following Navi component:

Navi Information
AISIN AW
V3144100C (instead of "B")

My build date is 01/06.

Hope this helps...

 

Fred, at least you know for sure now that you're Prius is completely normal and it wasn't some failed component that allowed you to access the features while driving.

Chances are they don't know what they did since they probably reset the system and everything returned to defaults.

 

Bummer Fred!!! Somebody knows somethin! The dealership had to of noticed it, or as stated,"Re-Booted" the computer to maybe fix the "ICE" on/off roughness. Somebody needs a beating at the dealership. Crappidy Crap! :angry:

On another note.... welcome down to our level :blink:

You were a God .............. for a while. B)