Miles to Kilometers

Someone at Toyota decided. No-one from Toyota posts here, so we will never know why.

 

There is a software "toggle" and it's answered in the owners manual pages 139-140.

 

I wonder if it's even legal, to omit this capability? I'd it's a screw up, I mean it's readily possible, previous Prius had it.

 

So many deletions on this gen though:

Temp spare (1/2 the US levels)
Second glove box
Under hatch floor tray

And ongoing omissions, what most typical cars would have:

Tachometer
Coolant temperature gauge

(The first is no great loss, the second I sorely miss.)

^ Excuse my semi-archaic prose; I'm watching Ken Burn's series on the US Civil War, and it's language is getting to me.

Some sort of kmh/mph display has been a courtesy on every econobox we've had, lol.

 

For a while in the U.S., it wasn't even a courtesy, it was a requirement, as a preparation for our upcoming (i.e. before Reagan's election) metric conversion. Until this 2016 Prius issue came up, I had not been aware that this requirement had been rolled back.

 

Funny thing. You're right about pages 139-140. However, apparently it only works on higher trim levels than my Prius 2. In the manual there is an asterisk next to the km/h mph that indicates that it comes in cars with intuitive this, automatic that. So since I bought the basic version I'm stuck with mph and I live 30 minutes from BC and frequently go there. Truly unbelievable. Must be a software oversight...right?

 

You're right. That was the response from Toyota today. And there is no possible fix they say. Not sure where I go from here. But considering this and the fact I cannot get a roof rack so I can carry my kayak (dealer said Toyota offered one before I bought it but they don't nor does Thule/Yakima yet) I'm quite let down.