"click-click"

thanks for all your info-- it should come in thursday so I'll give the details then. Thanks!

 

wow. I must say, Toyota of Glendora's service dept is slow. Borderline "mysterious." I have been without my sound system over a month and no one seems to know where my "ordered" parts are, "what" parts they are or what exactly the problem is with my prius. Needless to say, nothing has been fixed thus far and a lot of empty promises have been made. Jeez!

 

no outcome, in fact, it got worse. the other day, i almost got in an accident. now mind you, the radio is OFF and has been since the whole problem started, but I still get the clicking noise (i was worried about it kicking back in super-loud or something) but i was driving, and this INSANELY loud "beeping-whir" sound came from inside my car (I thought, ahh, the aliens are finally here) and it was enough for me to cover my ears and of course the car swerved... I had just about enough and I drove down to toyota... no one knew anything about me being there previously. I asked them to get the hard copy of the work that was done almost two months ago... it says "special parts ordered" but the guy still couldn't tell me what was ordered, when it was coming or where it was. his only suggestion was to bring the car in, have them look at it and then they would order the parts again--- that to me was unacceptable. I am absolutely furious at this point and just want it fixed... but now my anger is coupled by the fear that my radio is going to get me in an accident...

 

anyone have the number handy?

 

good idea. anywhere i can find a tutorial on that?

 

thanks for the tip, i find something new in my prius everyday! well i unplugged the amp and sure enough the clicking pop was gone, but i took it into toyota (i am back at square one now... they're gonna look at it, try to figure out whats wrong and order the parts--- AGAIN.) and they had me plug it back up. i guess i wish i knew how to do that way back when instead of going insane with the sound all this time hopefully they'll have some good news for new this time-- and this time i'll make sure the guy doesn't just shrug me off when i ask him what they found out and what they ordered... by the way danman, i don't post here much but i do read a lot and you have an answer in practically every post ive read. thanks for helping the community.

 

yes, dan rocks. i do believe he is the one that said the symptoms were likely from the amp-- and toyota said they are replacing the amp (too bad you didnt get to work on it, it would have been done by now!) now, and to call back in about a week if they haven't contacted me and it should be in. NOW... how exactly does an amp go out on a 6 month old car? even if i was listening to my music way too loud, wouldn't the amp be able to carry the load better than my speakers? i mean, i would expect my speakers to go long before my amp would... hm.

thanks again,
thom