Prius v (lowercase v) Touch Screen

so they won't fix it?

 

Document, document.

Mine has never been unresponsive in the sense that it didn't respond.

Not to say that, like any touch screen I've ever had (I have 6), it very infrequently seems to not like the angle or pressure and it takes a press or two. Or maybe it was just busy. Or I was pressing too hard.

 

same here. i have a certain spot, on the 'am' button i have to press 2 or 3 times. maybe they don't want them overly sensitive because it's hard to steady your finger while driving.

 

The 2015 has a completely new display and software. Bugs are not unexpected, but the dealer needs to be on this for you.

 

Always a bummer to get a new car with a defect. Tell the dealer to stop screwing around and order a new head unit.

 

Same for me... Unresponsive 3-4 times a week.

 

Do you have a channel changing button on the steering wheel ?
If so it may be this that is sticky or a loose contact in it overriding the touch screen.

 

I just received my 2015 Prius v and my screen become unresponsive all the time. I have taken a few videos with my phone and showed my sales person. They want to change out the display unit but not sure if a firmware/software will be available if it is a common issue. I am going to hold off a few more weeks and hope that more Prius v are sold as they were just released not too long ago in Canada. If enough people are experiencing the same issue, it might force Toyota to come up with a better fix other than replacing the whole touch system.

Other than the touch screen becoming unresponsive, it is a great car and I am lovin it. My wife drives a 2012 Prius v base model and I now have the 2015 Prius v luxury model. I must say the extras that you get for this years model is well worth the $2,000 extra.

 

I am having exactly the same problems with my brand new Prius v. I started a new thread on it because I did not see this one. I have a service appt next week, and I am going to bring print outs of all this chat.

 

Me too. Exactly the same symptoms with less than 300 miles on the v (lowercase v for the Prius v) 5. The dealer has car and can't reproduce problem. I'm driving a loaner until Monday. Not sure what to do.....

 

I have several touch screen devices (phone and pad) and they all seem to lose synch infrequently and a press seems to have no effect. Sometimes it takes not pressing and just hovering. Other times press somewhere else on the screen and they take off and run and the original target then accepts a press.

I often wonder if it is some soap or lotion I use on my hands that causes my finger to be less quickly recognized.

 

I believe most touchscreens these days are capacitive, which means that they detect the touch by the tiny electrical changes that the presence of your fingertip introduces:
Touchscreen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Especially in the winter, if you have cold fingers with low blood flow they're not going to be very conductive, and the screen may have difficulty recognizing them.

Obviously this is also why gloved fingers don't work, unless you have the ones with special fingertips:
The Best Touchscreen Winter Gloves | The Wirecutter

 

If the cold fingers, blood flow, argument is true in this case, why does the problem usually go away by turning off the car and turning it back on again. My other Prius v (lowercase v for the Prius v) (2012) does exhibit some occasional screen sluggishness on cold, dry, days but not the whole screen going dead as being seen with the new design in my 2015 v (lowercase v for the Prius v). Two different problems.

 

Questions for those having problems with their 2015 v Wagon w/ATP:

1. Do you use an iPhone?
2. Is it paired to the car via Bluetooth
3. Is it connected via USB when you have the problem?

There is reference in the manual to Apple iPhones having problems when connected to both BT and USB simultaneously. I was using the USB port to power my iPhone while in the car. I've changed it to using a USB adapter in the lighter outlet instead... and now 100% of the data communication between the vehicle and the iPhone is via bluetooth. I have not seen any problems since, but I do not know if that is just a coincidence, or if there is actual causality.

/Jim

 

I am having many problems with the audio/gps/display - see my comments on the other 2015 v audio thread. I am not using any connections and the system sometimes has a mind of it's own.

 

Please advise if the new head unit fixes the problem. So far I have not heard of anyone who does have these problems w/15v. Nor have I head of anyone who has had the problem fixed.... Does Toyota have a fix for this????

Correction: I have not heard of anyone who does NOT have these problems. Sorry for confusion.

 

Yesterday, I was driving and the system started beeping irregularly. I looked and the [-] (zoom out) was blinking with every beep, and my GPS map was zooming out on each beep. After a bunch of such beeps, it stopped, and the screen was unresponsive.

I pulled off the road and took a video of the problem, showing how the entire head unit was unresponsive. Then while the video was running, I rebooted the head unit (pressed power button for 3+ seconds), and then the video shows how the radio came back to life just fine.

Mine is a Prius v Five w/Advanced Technology Package (ATP). From what I can see via posts above, this is not restricted to the ATP... is that correct? It also seems that the problem is only with the 2015 Prius v Wagon. Correct?

/Jim