Tips to disable beeps for back-up and front passenger seat?

[Lars]

Please share procedures to disable the back-up beep, as well as the seatbelt warning beep for the front passenger seat (when bag on seat triggers beep).

[Tracy4Now]

As far I can find out, all the step-by-step instructions you will find online apply only to Prius's made prior to the 2010 model and that dealerships are the only ones that can disable the beeps. So far, after calling 20 dealerships all over So Cal, no one will do it. They site safety concerns. I will keep looking....there's got to be someone!

[Vincent]

I worked with my dealer's Prius tech and his laptop for a half hour a couple of weeks ago and we both learned how to make the "dealer modifications". This process is brand new to Toyota; be patient and persistent.

[Paradox]

Yes, as others have mentioned, you must now go to the dealership to have these settings changed on the 2010... (unfortunately)

[tumbleweed]

Originally Posted by Tracy4Now

As far I can find out, all the step-by-step instructions you will find online apply only to Prius's made prior to the 2010 model and that dealerships are the only ones that can disable the beeps. So far, after calling 20 dealerships all over So Cal, no one will do it. They site safety concerns. I will keep looking....there's got to be someone!

Did you refer any of these 20 dealers to the 2010 Prius Owner's Manual? Section 6-2 Customizable Features lists things that "can be personalized to your preferences" by the dealer, page 592 specifically lists the seat belt buzzer and the back up buzzer. That kind of sounds like permission to me?

You might also go back to the dealer where you bought the car and tell them this is something they maybe should have ask if you wanted done done when they prepared the new car for you. You could also take a copy of your states drivers manual and show them there is no law mentioned that says you are required to have a seat belt buzzer, I suspect the law says you must wear a seat belt but it doesn't say you have to buzzed at. As far as I know there is no law whatever in any state about backup beepers in privately owned passenger cars. So maybe if they are telling you it is a safety concern they are just trying to get rid of you?

This is a good topic for me because I really hope I won't have any problem getting these features set the way I want them in my car when it arrives.

[jay_man2]

The shop foreman at my dealer changed the reverse beep, seatbelt, and key fob settings on mine just yesterday in just a few minutes. He hooked a laptop to a port under the dash of the car and called up a menu of settings on the laptop, and had everything set the way I wanted it in less than 10 minutes.

[tumbleweed]

Originally Posted by jay_man2

The shop foreman at my dealer changed the reverse beep, seatbelt, and key fob settings on mine just yesterday in just a few minutes. He hooked a laptop to a port under the dash of the car and called up a menu of settings on the laptop, and had everything set the way I wanted it in less than 10 minutes.

Thanks Jay_man2 and Vincent, I don't think I will have the same problems as Tracy4Now is but if I do I will take a copy of your posts just to show them it can be done.

[tumbleweed]

Originally Posted by Vincent

I worked with my dealer's Prius tech and his laptop for a half hour a couple of weeks ago and we both learned how to make the "dealer modifications". This process is brand new to Toyota; be patient and persistent.

Vincent, did he have special software to access these features? I guess it would be to much to hope for a DIY version. I also wonder if they will need to be reprogrammed if the 12 Volt battery is disconnected? guess we will find out eventually.

[stream]

Originally Posted by Tracy4Now

As far I can find out, all the step-by-step instructions you will find online apply only to Prius's made prior to the 2010 model and that dealerships are the only ones that can disable the beeps. So far, after calling 20 dealerships all over So Cal, no one will do it. They site safety concerns. I will keep looking....there's got to be someone!

When I asked my dealer to make several customization setting changes before I took delivery, they initially had the same reaction. I then emailed them a pdf of the customizations chapter from the owners manual, and they were fine.

[Bica2go]

Originally Posted by stream

When I asked my dealer to make several customization setting changes before I took delivery, they initially had the same reaction. I then emailed them a pdf of the customizations chapter from the owners manual, and they were fine.

I generally don't buy into conspiracy theories. However, is there some internal TMC document that tells dealers not to make the change? There has to be something somewhere as it seems like dealers around the country are saying they won't change the backup beep because it's a liability issue. I mentioned to a salesperson that I wanted this change and he said they wouldn't do it. This doesn't make sense to me as (a) the beep isn't required by law, (b) the beep is internal not external so there's no warning to others like trucks have, (c) it's an available option documented in the manual and (d) as the owner I am requesting the change so shouldn't the responsibility/liability be mine?

I don't get it, but I am going to go after the dealer to get this changed when my 2010 arrives.