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Strange Humming Noise from Driver's side

Discussion in 'Gen 4 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by harky, May 18, 2016.

  1. Peter Chen

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    Thank harky for the post and especially the fix. For people who said they could not hear the noise, I believe is because their car did not have the same problem. My wife drives the prius most of the time, and when I drive it occasionally, the noise drives me nuts. I am going to bring the car in for my 15K service soon. I will use the TAS number you provided as a reference.
    Thanks again.
     
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    Since Toyota has now issued a service bulletin for this problem, you might have better results quoting the bulletin number, T-SB-0193-17, as discussed in another thread, rather than a TAS case number. All dealers in the U.S. should have immediate access to bulletins, but TAS case information may be available only to Toyota and the dealer that opened the case.
     
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    Is there a publicly available site that lists all the TSBs for the Gen 4 Prius?
     
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    I don’t know of a complete, updated list that is available free of charge. The authoritative source for the U.S., Canada, and Mexico is Toyota’s Technical Information System (TIS) website, techinfo.toyota.com, which is available to any member of the public willing to buy a subscription, starting at $15 for two days.

    There haven’t been many bulletins related to specific defects, as opposed to repair techniques or dealer operations. Besides the one mentioned earlier in this thread, I’m aware of only three in the U.S.:

    T-SB-0220-17, “Difficult to Refuel Vehicle Due to Fuel Filler Door Switch Interference,” May 23, 2017
    T-SB-0103-16, “Entune Audio Head Unit Software Update (Panasonic),” Rev. 2, April 4, 2017
    T-SB-0144-16, “Click Noise From Rear While Driving,” October 5, 2016

    There have also been recalls for the passenger air bag (G0W) and parking brake cable (G01) and a limited service campaign for the parking guidance system (G0T).
     
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    Thanks.
    The TSB for the filler door switch looks interesting. I think a few people here have had issues. What is their solution? We assumed the filler nozzle was hitting the door switch causing issues.
     
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    You’re welcome. I just posted a summary of the bulletin in the thread about that problem.
     
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    Many thanks to harky. Just got my car back from Dublin Toyota. After showing them the youtube video and the TAS number, you were able to fix the problem. The rattling noise was driving me nuts. You saved my sanity, harky!
     
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    I had the same problem.
    Annoying noise from the steering wheel side.
    Many thanks to Ninobur4 and
    soldierguy
    Easily Fixed by me with foam tape.
     
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