My wife was driving home last night on her 1 hour commute in the HOV lanes in Northern Virginia. She said the display started flashing in and out. When it comes on it says "Lexus" with the Circle L symbol instead of Prius and the Toyota symbol. Radio goes in and out. Vehicle operation was not affected, other than radio and A/C being unusable. Continued to malfunction on her way to work again today. We just happen to be taking it in for the 30K oil change this weekend. Is this the same MFD problem others are reporting? Could it have anything to do with the "harness damage" problem?
wow. that's interesting. not aware of ANY wire you could damage to make the mfd say lexus on it :blink: but rest assured this has nothing to do with the potential harness-tab thing. let us know what the dealer finds!
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(galaxee @ Nov 1 2006, 08:09 PM) [snapback]342343[/snapback]</div> I think that must have been the "Crack" wire. :lol:
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(galaxee @ Nov 1 2006, 10:09 PM) [snapback]342343[/snapback]</div> Well, if the firmware is common between the two, Lexus and Prius, and the computer gets damaged or confused, then I could see how this could happen. Maybe there's a secret setting to unlock all the Lexus features built into the software, kind of like converting from the Express Edition to the Enterprise Edition by typing in a new license key with some of the stuff I work with...
pkg 4 has nav, correct? could be something with the nav computer, something like beryl here mentioned. got a picture? (please? )
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(galaxee @ Nov 1 2006, 08:43 PM) [snapback]342363[/snapback]</div> No I think Package 5 of the 2007 Prius has Nav but no leather.
but he's talking about an 05. i just looked it up and an 05 pkg 4 has no nav. so you have the same mfd deal that we have in our 05 pkg 5... well that is a strange one. if there's no nav system, the mfd computer is built into the back of the mfd unit itself and would be replaced if you had the mfd replaced.
Isn't it the same screen? I thought you could choose between TOYOTA and LEXUS in the diagnostics menu but I think someone tried and it didn't work when he chose "LEXUS"
The dealer ordered a new MFD and it will be here in a couple days. In the meantime, my wife is still driving her "Lexus" Prius to and from work. Sometimes the Lexus logo goes away and there is a small message "Check system connection" We took a picture, I'll try to upload it to my Flickr page tonight.
So do you get the 1 min mpg bars or can you get that far into the system? I wish the 2006 had the cool Prius logo like what Tideland Prius has for his avatar. I think the Toyota at startup logo is kind of stupid looking for such a cool car.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(theforce @ Nov 6 2006, 02:06 PM) [snapback]344702[/snapback]</div> Yeah, I'm not sure why Toyota changed it to the TOYOTA startup screen. It's possible that they're using the same program for all their vehicles so it's easier/cheaper?? I don't know.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(theforce @ Nov 6 2006, 05:06 PM) [snapback]344702[/snapback]</div> No it's totally unusable. It either says "Lexus" or it says "Check System Connection." That's it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/58323568@N00/292387174/
