Noisy 2017 Prime heat pump

Yup! It is rather noisy. The only time my ICE sounds louder is when I floor the accelerator in HV mode. The heat pump gets noisier when the temperature goes lower.


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Why would the heat pump be louder than the A/C (cooling)? It's the same compressor with the refrigerant moving along the same path in both cases. The only differences in heat pump mode are the damper to the interior condenser being open and the exterior coil being used as an evaporator (cold coil). I am not claiming that there isn't a difference, just wondering how.

 

idk, noisier than the ice sounds too noisy to me. can you post a recording?

 

Humm, I don't even know what the heat pump sound is like. Can you hear the sound in the cabin while driving?

 

Actually not a lot. I can hear it better outside the car than while driving. I actually hear the fans more inside the car.


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Well, I can't say I noticed any regular noise louder than ICE while driving my car with windows down. The blower fan if it is set to HIGH may be louder than ICE but that is true without heat pump on. I have been trying to figure out a way to tell when the heat pump comes on, but so far I have not found a easy sign that heat pump is on on my car. If the noise is more on outside of the car, then I have not tried listening the sound while car is on and I am outside.

 

same in the pip (a/c only). pretty quiet inside the car windows up. loud buzzing outside.

 

I can't hear the heat pump during driving - there are other noises that are louder to my ears.

 

Carista has a "quiet" mode that you can set for the heat pump. I have no idea what it does, but the noise doesn't bother me, so I'm not going to try it.

 

One thing i have noticed is i can definitely hear the heat pump when i slow down quickly .. like stopping at a red light. I mean the road noise is enough to cover the heat pump when i drive but i when i slow down i can hear it going from loud to almost silent .. then as my speed goes up i can hear ramping up until the road noise cover it again. I have seen this Carista "quiet" mode in the app ... is not activated on mine and never tried it yet ...

 

I was locking up last night and opened my door to the garage to make sure the garage door was down. I heard this loud buzzing and thought it was our freezer out there. Nope, just the car sounding like a buzz saw. Freaked me out a little bit then it stopped after a minute or two.


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My 2017 Prius Prime had the same issue at 30K. They replaced the electric compressor and the noise went away. I have a feeling the compressor is undersized for the duty. I would encourage anyone else with this problem to let their dealer know.