Gen III Fix for Reverse Beeps?

I think you have to take it in to the dealer/service dept.

 

The sounds of the reverse beeps are not nearly as objectionable as the screaming sounds of the pedestrian that you just backed over.

Seriously though, over the past several years there have been many discussion threads here (and in the news media) on the reverse beeps safety issue. If you asked your local dealer to disable the beeps, they might not do it because of the legal liability issues.

Keith

 

The dealer needs to do it.

 

The reverse beep is a customizable feature that can be switched from constant beeping to a single beep. The owners manual lists which features can be modified. You will have to take it to the dealer as they use their Tech Stream tool to make the changes.

The beeping is inside the car, not outside for pedestrians to hear. You probably couldn't hear them over the beeping anyway

 

I thought this has been covered before, there are other threads on how people have been able to disable it.

 

On the Pre 2010 the owner could make the changes, the 2010 can only be changed at a dealership.

 

This was done by my dealer in about 5 minutes - from constant beeping to one beep; it took this long because tech kept asking what other features I wanted to be changed - so no big deal here.

 

The equipment changed from a hand-held tester to a notebook computer in 2007 - the last updates for the hand-held were in April 2007. The $8000 ruggedised laptop comes with a two-year subscription for the TIS site (worth $800), which enables new calibrations to be downloaded. This is for all Toyotas, Lexus and Scions, not just Prius.

Outfitting a workshop with one per station will get expensive, of course. However, I would expect a main dealer to have upgraded the equipment some time in the last two years!

In case you think that's expensive, by the way, the price of mass-market rugged handheld computers is pretty steep. Were I designing it, I might have started from the Motorola MC9090-K, the cheapest of which is $1,754.10 here. A cradle costs another $260 (there are four-slot charge-only and Ethernet cradles available but I can't see prices). They're fairly rugged but still do get damaged.

 

My dealer told me this could not be changed by them because of safety issues and that i should look up how to change it on the internet.

 

Tell him if you look for anything on the internet it will be a competent dealer.

 

Your dealer is confusing the Gen 2 with the Gen 3 (2010) . The 2010 can only be changed by the dealership. The items that can be customized are listed in the owners manual. Their "safety issue" response is because they don't know about the 2010 features. Try contacting your salesman or the customer relations person. Hope this helps.

 

Show them the pages of your owner's manual that tell you what only the dealer can adjust.

 

I found incidentially a Youtube video where it is explained how to activate an internal setup, IF you have a NAVI.

I don´t know if it is possible to change the setup of the beep there, but as far as i´ve seen there is the menu entry "Vehicle Signal". Maybe there is a change possible.

The link to the video is: www youtube com / watch?v=-gwQpvpYVYg
(remove the spaces in the link, as i am not allowed to post a link in my first 5 posts)

And be careful with any other changes.

 

ROFL! The beeps are quite loud. I had a friend in my car for the first time, and she nearly jumped out of her skin when the beeping started. She said, "What the $@#% is wrong with your car that it is screaming at you?" I've had my 3G Prius for almost two weeks now, and I already have tuned the beeps out...

 

So are there any other trick/tips? I have tried this several times since seeing it and I cannot get it to work . I have tried with the car on (ready) and also just in accessory mode...

 

I just talked to the dealer. They want to charge me close to $60 to change the beep from multiples to a single.

Is this crazy or what??