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Blue bar of light at bottom of instrument panel

Discussion in 'Prius v Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by restcure, May 9, 2018.

  1. restcure

    restcure Junior Member

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    I've searched the forum, owner's manual and Google with no joy, so here's a question for the forum:

    Our 2014 Prius v, new to us last week, has a bar of blue light at the bottom of the instrument panel. I'm curious as to what it might be for.

    (Love how this forum uses the title as search criteria.)
     
  2. restcure

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    Not sure it does anything but add some styling elements. It does not appear to be called out in the manual.

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    Does it change color when you put the car into a different driving mode?
     
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    Thanks for the replies. I'm glad it's not the "transmission failure imminent" warning light. :eek:
     
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    Yep! The list of warning lights is in section 5-2 of your owners manual (or at least that's where it is in the US manual).
     
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    The only thing i ve noticed about that bar is that it will increase or decrease in brightness if you have your lights on or off.. I too was perplexed for a while wondering what that bar was all about.. I think it's just some styling thingy?