It's an option that I'm paying for on as yet unreceived DL. Does it include the rear seat back covers?
No, it's for your floor. Ask your dealership what that entails - different regions has different levels, since it's not an OEM defined package but a dealer/franchise defined add-on. Some may come with a trunk liner. My Prius C did, but not my Prime.
The all-weather liner package comes with four floor liners(2 front, 2 rear) and one cargo liner for the back. As far as I know, it does not include liners for the rear seat backs. There is a separate cargo liner set you can order that comes with the rear seat backs, but I don't think they come with the basic package. The cargo set I know of won't work in the stock LE unless you do the spare tire conversion - it's for the high floor/Prime cargo area. PT908-47235-20 (Ignore the title of the listing - it would work just fine in a spare tire car) 23-25 PRIUS/PRIUS PRIME (WITHOUT SPARE TIRE) ALL WEATHER CARGO LINER OEM TOYOTA | eBay
Proper Installation is Critical: For safety, you should never install an all-weather floor liner on top of the existing factory carpet mats. The liners are designed to be used alone and installing them over another mat can create an improper fit, which may interfere with the vehicle's pedals and create an unsafe driving condition.
Don't let them not give you your cloth floor mats. The real scam is that you pay for the all-weather package but they sometimes try to TAKE AWAY your cloth mats which come with the car. You should get both if you buy the all-weather package and don't let them treat you like an idiot since now you know better. I had just assumed my cloth mats were in the trunk storage or something and didn't think much of it since I bought my car in the winter so I never went looking for them until dry skies showed up.
Yesterday, while cleaning up the garage a little, I found two sets of cloth mats from old cars-I threw them both away.
For the hatch I find an old-but-clean blanket versatile, tuck its back edge under the hatch floor board to keep it in place. Something long enough it can be bunched up behind the seat backs, then extended over them when they’re flipped down.
I wonder what the best solution would be for a spare tire behind the passenger seat and an occasional bicycle in the back, re: blanket bunching, etc. A smooth surface on the rear seat back may be best for sliding it in and out, and the rear wheel would likely ride on top of the spare. Remains to be seen.
Yeah if you’re regularly having heavy/awkward items in there, then fitted rubber mats are better. We’re just groceries, occasional suitcases. If we do something like firewood I’ll throw in a tarp, that extends up the sidewalls some.
Carpet mats are NOT standard equipment on the gen5. The dealership chooses which options the car is going to get at the entry port. They may choose to have carpet mats added, all-weather liners added, or neither. Unless carpet mats were specifically listed as an installed option on your car, you didn't get screwed out of anything.
I was wondering what "PIO" next to the liner package meant on the build sheet. I guess it's Port Installed Option.
Southeast Toyota distributor forced the package on my 2023 LTD purchase. It was several hundred $$$ and did not include any trunk-hatch liner or carpeted mats. If you didn't have to pay extra, no big deal but I paid full MSRP sticker, which was about the best one could do at the time.
The floor mat package should always be $319 today. I want to say it was $295 back when I bought mine in 2023. Carpet and all-weather are the same price. That includes the four front mats and the cargo liner. Sometimes it's part of a larger package, but it's still the same price within it. There's no discount for getting multiple options together; the total price is just all the individual prices added together. Current OEM pricings: $189 - just the front four mats/liners $130 - just the cargo mat/liner $319 - both the front four plus the cargo $483 - the $319 mat/liner option, plus first aid kit($30), rear bumper applique($69), and spider cargo net($65)
