2007 brief MFD failure (no DICE)

We were driving from Chicago to Kansas yesterday and had just plugged an ipod mini into the aux jack when the MFD began displaying strangely:
1. The audio went away and the audio screen displayed "Audio off"
2. The climate screen displayed "Check connection to air conditioner"
3. The energy screen displayed no arrows moving in any direction at all
4. The consumption screen showed our milage jumping from ~40 mpg to 90 mpg.
We were on the highway, traveling at about 70mph in 32 degree weather. We kept on driving, flicking between the screens, trying to figure out what was going on. The consumption screen did keep updating, and we logged about 15 minutes at 90 mpg.

We then pulled off. Turned the car on and off, and the screens came back ok. Everything was working fine. And we drove the remaining 11 hours of our trip without incident and at an expected mileage of 42 mpg.

But has anybody else had this happen? Or does anyone have any idea why this happened? Should we be at all concerned?

2007 Prius, package 3, no mods of any kind.

 

After getting a half hour on a computer and reading the boards we seem to have experienced a classic MFD failure. Should I be contacting Toyato to get the MFD unit replaced before it fails completely? And is this the first MFD failure in a 2007?

Again: 2007, pkg 3, no mods, 3000 miles

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DanMan32 @ Dec 29 2006, 12:25 AM) [snapback]367950[/snapback]</div>

Thanks galaxee and DanMan32 for your responses. We made it back from Kansas to Chicago with no more occurances. The ipod is connected with a standard aux cable in the center console and has been used regularly since we got the car in mid-November. Both a 60gb ipod and an ipod nano have been plugged and unplugged numerous times. The Prius is a 2007 and the info button on the steering wheel toggles energy/consumption.

The one time the error occurred, it lasted about 15 minutes (until we pulled off and turned the car on and off). For the moment and since we have most of our 36000 mile warrenty remaining, I guess the best thing to do is wait and see if it happens again.