[ KB ] How to eliminate Reverse Beep & Seatbelt Beep

[mkapor]

Thanks for the immediate reply. I wasn't pushing the Park button. Here's what I just did and it still didn't work. While still holding the Trip/ODO I move the shifter to R and back again, then pushed the Park button, then let go of Trip/ODO. Still no good. Any other tips?

[efusco]

No, the only thing I suggest is to start at the very beginning, step one of the instructions:

Turn car on to ready, cycle the ODO through trip a, trip b and back to ODO and then power off.

Carefully go through the steps, remember, you don't push ODO until the car is in READY mode, then hold for 10 sec, then do the Reverse then Park button thing and the b-on should show on the LCD.

In most cases one of the tiny details isn't being adhered to b/c it's assumed that something else will happen, try to follow the details explicitly, it should work.

[mkapor]

I got it! I thought that making sure the light on the Park button was off before pressing it might do the trick. It did. Thank, thank you.

[KCPrius]

Wouldn't it be much simpler if the screen had a settings menu in which you could turn the beep on or off? I can't believe that Toyota would make a simple procedure so complex, especially in a car equipped with four computers and an LCD screen.

True, it would be easier, but I figure there is a one word answer for why you have to jump thru all the hoops - lawsuit. If it were easy, somebody somewhere would invariable disable the beep, the back into something because the car "quit beeping"...then file a lawsuit. I suppose this way, if someone disables it, they can pretty much show that it was far from an "accidental" change. FWIW, I disabled the reverse beep on my 2005 Prius just a few minutes ago. Followed the instructions and had it completed in less than a minute.

[cptfntsy]

Just as an FYI, I was able to eliminate both the Reverse beep and the (mostly) the seatbelt beep on the '05 Prius. By mostly, it still beeps 3-4 times on startup if I don't have the belt buckled, but it does not beep after that, even if the belt is unbuckled during driving (which I usually only use when getting my keycard out of my pocket in the work parking lot).

For the seatbelt beep, I _did_ have a passenger in the pass seat, and my belt was buckled before I started.

Al

[rowgsw]

Is there a way to use this process to eliminate the single beep for every touch screen action? That is the one that drives me crazy.

[fark]

Hi from Greece
In my 5/04 Prius solve this problem with disconnect the sensors of Seatbelt Beep. This sensor is under both driver seat and passenger seat. But becurful don't disconnect the sensors of airbangs. The seatbelt sensors is in front side of seats and the sensors for the airbangs in rear side of the seats.

[pooja]

First, THANK YOU for this great information! I'm going to try it immediately. Just one question, does anyone know if disabling the reverse beep voids any of the warranties? Thanks!

[fark]

hehe
before visit the company service connect again this sensor and thats it!!!

[efusco]

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First, THANK YOU for this great information! I'm going to try it immediately. Just one question, does anyone know if disabling the reverse beep voids any of the warranties? Thanks![/b]

There are no warranty issues.