2013 Prius 3 w/ xm nav and entune goes off and on by itself

Did the dealer look for any error codes? I'd think at least something would show up if it's behaving so poorly. Sounds like something faulty in the radio. Which radio do you have?

 

I have a 2012 Prius 3. I am assuming you have the standard system which came with the car? I believe some might have bought the JBL. It would be helpful to know which one it is.

I have the standard system and not had this issue. Is the issue happening after driving over a bump? If so then there may be a connector loose somewhere.

 

My 2013 Prius c has been doing the same thing. It happens primarily around the 40-50 minute mark of a road trip consistently. Primarily when listening to pandora. I had the guy from the dealership take my car overnight and they replaced my stereo. I am still experiencing this problem with the replacement. They said they had never heard of it before, but still have no solution. I thought I was the only one.

 

Just thinking out loud ?? Is the device providing the Internet connection getting hot ??


2013 Prius hybrid 3, Meet Mercy !!!

 

My husband is having this problem in his Prius... Says the Toyota splash screen shows up, yesterday it did it twice... But it doesn't look connectivity to the Bluetooth, like if he has someone on the phone and "in" the car then it stays that way never drops just the screen will flash back to the Toyota splash screen... Audio doesn't stop working... Just the screen goes blank then back to the loading Toyota screen


2013 Prius hybrid 3, Meet Mercy !!!

 

I have this problem on my 2012 Package 4.

Whether I'm listing to the FM or XM, every couple hours, the audio will go blank, the Toyota emblem will display on the screen, then the previous screen will return and radio will resume playing normally (and the GPS will display normally if that was the screen being displayed). The whole event lasts only 2 or 3 seconds. It will happen nearly every day, or more than every day if I'm on a trip, etc. It is an irritant. I can't make it happen or predict when it will reoccur so as to show the dealer.

If someone finds out more about this I'd like to know so that I can have the dealer correct or replace my unit.

 

My 2013 w/ display audio/entune is having the same issue. I've only had the car a month and the radio will randomly reset or reboot. The one constant in my case is that this has only happened when I press the brake pedal. Anyone get a fix from Toyota on this yet? Not happy about the idea of leaving the car with my dealer for weeks with no result or fix...

 

I have my Prius Persona in to have this fixed today. I am in Cedar Rapids Iowa. The service department said that I need a new software module or some such thing. I will update with actual issue from paperwork after I pick it up today.

The splash screen would show up after streaming from my iPhone and sometimes, the iPod connection does not work. after the splash, it takes a while to get back to my bluetooth device, but almost never reactivates my iPod (plugged in).

The whole thing is pretty annoying. Hopefully, this will be resolved when I pick up the Persona today.

Scott

 

Thanks for the update Scott. Please let us know it turns out as I'm sure we'll all feel better if there is a fix.

Cheers!

 

Update, no problems so far. The paperwork states the following:

Internal extension module failure
R&R extension module
866991 1.0

 

Making my appt today! Thanks Scott -

Cheers!

 

No Problem, I hope they take care of you. So far, I've had no unexpected reboots.

 

Cool. Mine did it again this morning. Sad that something like this can ruin the experience of an otherwise awesome vehicle. Appreciate your help!

Cheers!

 

Mine new 2013 plug in has done it from day 1 and they won't fix it because they can't duplicate the problem. Dealership had it for a week. I picked it up and it happened within 10 minutes. It only happens when streaming through bluetooth or when im on a call. video of it during the day and night (to show no power is cutting out)

How did you guys get the dealership to replace? Did replacing fix it?

 

I have this issue in a brand new 2013 prius. It has done it since day one, and they wouldn't fix it because they couldn't replicate it. I have no idea what causes it, it seems completely random. At first I thought it was my phone causing it, but it happens even when bluetooth is off and my phone isn't plugged in. Then I thought it was the awful nav system doing it, but it has done it when that wasn't being used. It has done it when the radio was on and radio was off. I literally have no idea.
Another thing that happened recently, it seems the problem got worse, is that the nav, radio/sat/ipod/aux, and phone features all crash and the screen doesn't restart. So I can still switch between the setup menu and the car menu on the screen, but none of the other buttons do anything. The only way to use the navigation or audio again is to stop the vehicle, turn it off and then turn it back on. We lost our nav system to this problem on the highway and almost got into a wreck getting lost until we could exit and restart the car. Absolutely ridiculous.

 

Just picked up 2012 Prius last week and have noticed now that my display screen has gone off and restarted on me a few times now. Today it did it twice. Luckily I purchased an extended warranty with the car. Has the problem been narrowed down?

 

There's a new Entune update released recently. Everyone should try installing this before running off to the dealer. It's customer-installable and makes things faster/more robust