Comments on: Backup Beeping on Prius http://fuelzilla.com/backup-beeping-on-prius/ Environmentally Friendly Driving Fri, 21 Jan 2011 04:47:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: info http://fuelzilla.com/backup-beeping-on-prius/#comment-12565 info Sun, 24 May 2009 04:11:19 +0000 http://fuelzilla.com/backup-beeping-on-prius/#comment-12565 Hi Amy, thanks for stopping by. I'm also in my 2009 Prius, a second one. It's been 2 and a half years since I drive a Prius (drive it a lot) and I've came to actually appreciate the beeping. The reason being that with the little drive mode switch (pictured above) always coming back to the same position there is no tactile or even visual feedback to you as to what gear is on, especially if you are looking back trying to get out of a parking spot or a garage. With the beeping you know for sure that if the car is going to move, it'll move to where you want it to. Conversely, if you are trying to back up but the car is silent, you'll immediately know something is wrong. I've had it once or twice (always while on a cell phone) that I put "D" on instead of "R" (again, with this switch it's just a little twitch of a finger that separates them). As soon as you let go on the brake and you don't hear the beep, you'll stop because it won't feel right, and they you'll just correct yourself and no harm will be done. So, yes, I've kept mine beeping just the way it came from the factory. Hi Amy, thanks for stopping by.

I’m also in my 2009 Prius, a second one. It’s been 2 and a half years since I drive a Prius (drive it a lot) and I’ve came to actually appreciate the beeping. The reason being that with the little drive mode switch (pictured above) always coming back to the same position there is no tactile or even visual feedback to you as to what gear is on, especially if you are looking back trying to get out of a parking spot or a garage. With the beeping you know for sure that if the car is going to move, it’ll move to where you want it to. Conversely, if you are trying to back up but the car is silent, you’ll immediately know something is wrong.

I’ve had it once or twice (always while on a cell phone) that I put “D” on instead of “R” (again, with this switch it’s just a little twitch of a finger that separates them). As soon as you let go on the brake and you don’t hear the beep, you’ll stop because it won’t feel right, and they you’ll just correct yourself and no harm will be done.

So, yes, I’ve kept mine beeping just the way it came from the factory.

]]> By: Amy http://fuelzilla.com/backup-beeping-on-prius/#comment-12564 Amy Sat, 23 May 2009 22:20:49 +0000 http://fuelzilla.com/backup-beeping-on-prius/#comment-12564 Thank you for the information. I have a two month old 2009, love it but hate the beeping. I am not one to let little things bother me and it not like me to feel like I hate a basic noise on my car. For this beeping to be something I want to kill on my car means it really would be better for Toyota to make a more convenient options of beeping on or off, for us all. Thank you for the information. I have a two month old 2009, love it but hate the beeping. I am not one to let little things bother me and it not like me to feel like I hate a basic noise on my car. For this beeping to be something I want to kill on my car means it really would be better for Toyota to make a more convenient options of beeping on or off, for us all.

]]> By: Max http://fuelzilla.com/backup-beeping-on-prius/#comment-9166 Max Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:30:12 +0000 http://fuelzilla.com/backup-beeping-on-prius/#comment-9166 Just purchased a 2008 Prius and I am hooked on my prius...... Thanks for the tip on taking off the beeping noise when in reverse.... I feel like such a hacker... maxocon@gmail.com Just purchased a 2008 Prius and I am hooked on my prius…… Thanks for the tip on taking off the beeping noise when in reverse….
I feel like such a hacker…

maxocon@gmail.com

]]> By: Phil Bickel http://fuelzilla.com/backup-beeping-on-prius/#comment-6038 Phil Bickel Sat, 06 Oct 2007 04:15:55 +0000 http://fuelzilla.com/backup-beeping-on-prius/#comment-6038 I sell Toyotas in the US. I sell about a hundred a year. Many of my customers hate the beep. I'm a little reluctant to do this procedure for them because of the legal liabilities, but I will pass it on and they can do the deed themselves.... Well some of them will be able to! Wow you call the interior the "Salon." I've heard of the "boot" and the "bonnet" but I never heard of the "Salon." I thought you folks spoke English over there! Phil.Bickel@tansky.com I sell Toyotas in the US. I sell about a hundred a year. Many of my customers hate the beep. I’m a little reluctant to do this procedure for them because of the legal liabilities, but I will pass it on and they can do the deed themselves…. Well some of them will be able to!

Wow you call the interior the “Salon.”

I’ve heard of the “boot” and the “bonnet” but I never heard of the “Salon.”

I thought you folks spoke English over there!

Phil.Bickel@tansky.com

]]> By: info http://fuelzilla.com/backup-beeping-on-prius/#comment-36 info Sun, 25 Feb 2007 22:03:11 +0000 http://fuelzilla.com/backup-beeping-on-prius/#comment-36 Well, I'm glad it worked. I myself would not turn it off though. With Prius's diminutive gear shift lever "Rear" is a twitch of a finger away from "Drive" and I already had mixed them up in a hurry. Put it on "Drive" instead of the intended "Rear" fortunately for me with enough room in front of the car. So, having some sort of an audible indication actually works for me. Well, I’m glad it worked.

I myself would not turn it off though. With Prius’s diminutive gear shift lever “Rear” is a twitch of a finger away from “Drive” and I already had mixed them up in a hurry. Put it on “Drive” instead of the intended “Rear” fortunately for me with enough room in front of the car. So, having some sort of an audible indication actually works for me.

]]> By: James McElroy http://fuelzilla.com/backup-beeping-on-prius/#comment-35 James McElroy Sun, 25 Feb 2007 15:11:52 +0000 http://fuelzilla.com/backup-beeping-on-prius/#comment-35 Thank you so much for this information. I love my Prius, but I hated the beeping. It worked great. Thank you so much for this information. I love my Prius, but I hated the beeping.

It worked great.

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