MFD issues on '04/'05 Prius

[bbridgewater]

Mine MFD is finally dying - 2004 at 60,825 miles. Dealership quoted an exchange MFD part 8110-47071 at $2600 and told me it would cost me $5000 to get a brand new one. Guess I'll start saving up, or find someone to look at Hobbit's fix description!

Thanks!
Beth in Tulsa

[maseace]

Remember you can usually find a working MFD on ebay for a few hundred bucks. Replacing it is pretty easy.

Mine started failing again today when I first started the car, so I wonder if the low temperatures are affecting the solder joints.

[patsparks]

The fix is so easy, really.
If you can't do it yourself a good auto electrician will do it with Hobbits instructions for a reasonable cost I'm sure.

[bbridgewater]

Thanks for the encouragement to try to fix it myself. I'm going to have a take all your advice and pull the MFD, then take it to a friend who can't wait to get his electrical engineering paws on it. I'm looking forward to reporting another successful Hobbit-inspired MFD fix.

Thanks again, all.

[BerkshirePrius]

I performed Hobbit's repair on my screen a few months back and still had issues with it until I unplugged my Dice ipod adapter. The Dice will still crash the screen on occasion, unplugging it and rebooting makes it all better. I probably didn't need to re-flow the solder, but I guess it didn't hurt either.

[patsparks]

PriusChat is the best forum on the internet! No question.
It has saved me hundreds even thousands of dollars and sent me half way round the world. Name another forum that does that?
Good luck with the repair, nothing to lose eh.

[p626808]

I still have the one hobbit fix for me.. the one he used as the guinea pig.
Let you have it for a good price.
Let me know

scott

Originally Posted by bbridgewater

Mine MFD is finally dying - 2004 at 60,825 miles. Dealership quoted an exchange MFD part 8110-47071 at $2600 and told me it would cost me $5000 to get a brand new one. Guess I'll start saving up, or find someone to look at Hobbit's fix description!

Thanks!
Beth in Tulsa

[Dr Rocket]

Mine just went out 2005 with 72,000 miles. I think I can come up with what M-F-D stands for.

On what page is the hobbit fix?

[JimboK]

Originally Posted by Dr Rocket

Mine just went out 2005 with 72,000 miles. I think I can come up with what M-F-D stands for.

On what page is the hobbit fix?

Prius MFD

[maseace]

I got a used one (2005+ revised part number MFD) on eBay for $125 since I was tired of tearing it apart to resolder it. I guess I don't have good solder equipment or skills for the tiny size of the leads and it failed on me twice after reflowing pins 59 & 60 on MFD board #2.