Blue bar of light at bottom of instrument panel

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  1. restcure

    restcure Junior Member

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    I've searched the forum, owner's manual and Google with no joy, so here's a question for the forum:

    Our 2014 Prius v, new to us last week, has a bar of blue light at the bottom of the instrument panel. I'm curious as to what it might be for.

    (Love how this forum uses the title as search criteria.)
     
    #1 restcure, May 9, 2018
  2. restcure

    restcure Junior Member

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    Not sure it does anything but add some styling elements. It does not appear to be called out in the manual.

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    Does it change color when you put the car into a different driving mode?
     
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    Thanks for the replies. I'm glad it's not the "transmission failure imminent" warning light. :eek:
     
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    Yep! The list of warning lights is in section 5-2 of your owners manual (or at least that's where it is in the US manual).
     
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    The only thing i ve noticed about that bar is that it will increase or decrease in brightness if you have your lights on or off.. I too was perplexed for a while wondering what that bar was all about.. I think it's just some styling thingy?
     
    #8 cdnbrit, May 27, 2018
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