Odd Side Effects From Disabling Nuisance Beeps.

Took the car to the dealer, said "just turn off the beeps, all of them." The rep. said come back in an hour. Most of the beeps are off now, but I have an odd pair of problems.

1.) The rear hatch no longer beeps when open, but it also has no longer has the SKS function.

2.) The front seat belts no longer beep, but the front dome light no longer has an on-when-door-is-open function.

3) I'm waiting to see what bizarre side effects come from the single reverse beep.

The rep. says these are side effects from killing the beeps, that the nuisance beeps are tied to these two functions and that the only way to restore them is to bring back the *&&! beeps. He claims that the front beeps & dome light are triggered by a sensor inside the door that is part of the door latch, that when this sensor is disabled all its functions stop. I think he said it's the same problem with the rear hatch and its SKS.

Opinions?

 

Thus my decision to go to the dealer rather than buy a Scangauge.

My first thought was that the dog had bumped the switch again (tall dog). I went through every position on the switches and checked that the bulbs worked, problem was the same on both sides of the car.

On a second Gen Prius the backup beep can be cancelled by the owner, but it returns from the dead if you lose 12 V power. I've heard that the power windows can wake back up a little groggy from power loss but will relearn their routine.

That was my understanding also. It's why I started this thread, to see if anything he told me was in any way correct. On a second gen I know there should be no effects because I had my car that way. These here new-fangled third gens are still a little mysterious to me though so I figured I'd ask.

I try to keep my expectations very low when I go to this dealer. I am however quite sure they would set it back just like it is now.

Try driving home from the next town with some ten footers sticking out the hatch

I haven't had it long enough to care. All those readings, the GPS, stereo presets and the phone book are still set to the last owner. Of course I am also listening to his satellite radio, and using his Onstar (or whatever Toyota calls it) so it evens out.