Finally a hybrid owner

:welcome:,
Noises are all normal. You will reach all bars when braking down a long hill, just not in normal driving.

p.s. great choice in model and color!

 

Hello and :welcome:! Glad to hear you're enjoying your new ride! As for your questions, these are all normal operations.

1 - The noise you are hearing is the brake pump activating so it will work properly once you turn on the car and start moving.

2 - All perfectly normal noises. You may even hear something 4-6 hours after you last drove the car, but it's all perfectly fine. This is mentioned in the car manual.

3 - I'm assuming you mean when you first start up the car and then go in reverse? Depending on weather conditions, and the last moment you drove your car, the ICE will have to kick in for about 50 seconds to warm up. There are some detailed posts on the forum that go into further detail that will provide more info.

4 - Depending on road conditions, the way you drive, etc will either fill the battery up completely or keep it around the 6-7 bar level. Again, nothing to worry about. Those of us that have commutes with steep downhill grades can easily get to the full 8 bars. But again, it's not something that you are missing out on. Just drive the car as you would any other car, and it will take care of the rest!

Welcome to the forum, and enjoy catching up all the great info and people you have here at your disposal! Happy driving!

 

Welcome! i got a 2010 Prius II Blizzard Pearl as well in july. I was also considering a 2011 Sonata and a 2010 Altima and a 2010 G37 as well. But my parents convinced me that i should just get the prius for the gas mileage.

The noise is normal when opening your door. Your car is preparing to start and drive. It's anticipating you.

The battery is designed not to fully charge. It doesn't fill up completely because it leaves space just in case you go down a steep decline and the battery needs room to take up all the energy you'll regenerate. And just a note, the bars you see don't represent 0-100%, they are more like representing 30%-70%.

And that's why the car beeps when you go into R, so you know you shift into the same gear.

Since you got a II like me, id recommend the following upgrades: The auto-dimming mirror and the replacement of a head unit. The autodimming mirror has homelink, which i seriously need because i have multiple houses i stay at and a gated community with a remote gate control. The aftermarket head unit will make the stock speakers sound premium.

 

well done! great to have you.:rockon:

 

I am a new Blizzard owner too.. and have been looking at head units.. Pioneer, Kenwood, Sony, and Chinese off shore.. (a couple threads in the audio section on this last)..

also the auto dim mirrors can be had off Ebay for $30 with a little pigtail of wire.. need 3 connections.. (and u get compass heading too).. ground, hot and switched power.. outside temp we already have.

auto headlights, fog lights, good Weathertech floor mats, backup camera, ipod, nav are all on my list. all the Nav units seem to have some quirk or flaw.. poor startup, slow tracking, lack of voice recognition control.. poor bluetooth.. etc..

I am leaning to the Pioneer, 910 or 920.. flat face, direct CD insertion, touch screen, bluetooth contacts, rear cam, ipod, don't know about the voice nav.. for the 910 its about $600 new, $460 refurb. plus ipod, steering control, harness adapters and rear cam setup materials. for the 920 about $760 new plus the rest.

Double din package. so the instructions here would work for the dash part at least.

kenwood seems to be the highest volume seller here, but the reviews seem lower, mostly on unit freeze up and slow tracking..
pioneer gets dinged for slow startup, poor nav ui, but the best onscreen IPOD interface.

I have to do 2 unit installs. one in the prius for my wife and one in the ford superduty we use to haul our show vehicles to shows.
I am tired of the cables all over, and worried about lack of backup cam, when the truck is 22ft long, and 30ft of trailer behind that..

Sam