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2019 Prius XLE awd-e backup beeping

Discussion in 'Gen 4 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by Bobbybdennis, Aug 22, 2019.

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Mendel Leisk said: ↑

I've lost track that I'm in reverse, with the beep. At least a couple of times I'll admit to. Only moved a foot or two in the wrong direction before waking up, no harm done. But yeah...

I don't much like the shifter; it's "clever", like so much Prius stuff, but it is dangerous. I much prefer a mechanical shifter: there's something (what's referred to as "muscle memory"?), that keeps you mentally "planted", when you physically pull the shifter from P, to R, to N, and to D. I never lost track with that system.

I guess the anonymity of the return-to-centre shifter was drawn to Toyota's attention, early on, so they came up with a bandage fix: the beep. Trouble is, it's not that effective. You hear a beep, yes. The same beep you hear every time backing out of the garage. What's that for again...?
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The alternative was the column shifter - choose your car, choose your shifter.

#21 alanclarkeau, Aug 30, 2019

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