2010 Prius.. beep beep beep

That is one heck of a long rant when this topic has been covered on here many times. It's simple to get all the "beeps" turned off. Look in your manual, write down what you want changed and go to the dealer and get them changed. If the dealer is saying they won't do it, go to another one. It should take them less than 30 minutes to make any changes.

 

Hahaha, I'd hate to see the OP on life support... :rofl:

Sorry, couldn't help myself!

 

Agree with venom - that's a pretty lengthy rant, given that most (if not all) of this has been mentioned many times before.

That said, some of these beeps I have not heard, and the only one that I really found annoying, was the reverse beeping. But as venom said, go to your dealer to have them turned off, or only beep once, or whatever the options are...most are changable. Many dealers will do it for free, but others with charge you for 1/2 of labor.

 

SUre a long lost of "Beep Complaints", but I have not experienced all of them to be honest. The "REVERSE BEEP" is one I think toyota should have made USER ADJUSTABLE. That one, by far is the most annoying and have had the majority of Rants on this site.

As for the Seat Belt, Well since it's a law in NYS, I am buckled up as soon as I sit down so I don't let that annoy me. I will comment though, I found that after the series of beeps if you are one to NOT want to wear it, then it will stop after a few minutes and then only the dash light will remain flashing...so Blixt, you may want to try that for the seat belt. I get 2 beeps when unlocking the door not 4.
As for the other exterior beeps I don't even hear them so they are not an annoyance...but for those who would use the ACC Mode, it may serve as a good purpose for those people to remember to avoid any issues with battery etc.

But to my original point, Toyota should have allowed some user adjustable settings and not have to run to a dealer for some..that's where they could have improved....IMO.

 

What really gets me is the back up beep. Actually I think it's a great idea but it needs to be heard outside the car, man inside the car makes no sense to me at all, as the driver knows he is backing up and on my 07 you even have the rear camera showing you that visually too.

As for the other beeps most cars have them for many of the items the OP mentioned it's not just Toyota.

My 05 Acura RL had the beeps associated with the touch door locking system and the seat belt too.

Again though the back up beep was so wasted, especially now that big brother is beginning to look into the safety issue with EV noiseless movement. Prius could have been ahead of the game even a little.

 

My local dealer turned off my back up beeps for free and it only took them 20 minutes.

 

Can't you easily turn off the backup beeps like you can with the Gen II? By pushing the brake, the odo, the transmission, while rubbing your belly??

 

I'm glad it was free, as the process takes 1-2 minutes to complete.

 

I have not had any frustrations with beeps. My car was delivered without the reverse beeps at my request. And I wear my seat belt. The last time I did not have a seat belt on was when I was in the back of a cab that was involved in an accident and I was seriously injured. I would feel naked without one on and put it on the second I get in the car.

 

I'm a relatively new member - just over a month. Have been heavily involved with other forums as well and find them informative and valuable.

However, appears that a good number of OPs are ranting on. And on. And on. There was the recent "epic" post taking 3 scrolls to view (the non-Prius owner ranting about his wants), and many others come to mind. This OP is another example. Seems as if some want their 15 minutes of fame.

I know. We don't have to read them. But a forum as this is like a highways with signs. If cluttered the effectiveness suffers.
And while I'm at it - over 1,000 replies to the sticky 2010 Owners Pics??? What started as a great Post became simple yada.

I'm stopping now....

 

I have to agree. This site was invaluable as I was purchasing mine but I've watched it degrade into a bunch of rants instead of helpful questions and commentary, like it used to be.

The one benefit has been to my productivity - now that I know most of PriusChat is garbage I rarely check back. I used to spend many hours reading through all the forums everyday. No more!

Thanks OP!

 

Glad I can't hear well. I never really noticed any beeps but the reverse beeps. I first heard them in the test drive and when my car came I simply told the salesperson to have it changes during the prep. No big deal.

 

My points were:

1. Search for Thread duplication - I'm certain that you were made aware of multiple previous Threads to ADD your post rather than begin a new one.

2. My input was concise - Your OP was repetitive and lengthy. 15 Minutes worth? I am not alone on this - read some of the answering posts here....

3. Some new Threads are pervasive and DO clutter the main Forum pages. I believe many here would agree. I mean if one doesn't log in for a few days... read the new Thread subject lines and some are laughable.

As for your slam - perhaps next time I'll PM you...

 

I agree with the OP, in a world full of man made noise I don't need unnecessary beeps from my new "silent" hybrid car. The reason this comes up frequently is because some people (myself included) are annoyed and frustrated by excessive and unneeded noise.

What adds to the problem is that Toyota seems to have put some of these annoyances in just so their dealers can charge customers to turn them off. Or maybe some manager at Toyota really thinks the more things beep the safer they are? The beeps should default to off and be user programmable.

OK that's my 2 cents worth and I'll probably have more to say when we get mandatory noise makers on our hybrid cars.