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Dashboard noise after connecting Bluetooth OBD

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by SPWizard, Jun 12, 2018.

  1. SPWizard

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    Hello folks,

    After searching through this forum/youtube i was not able to find anything similar.

    Today I got OBD Bluetooth connector from scantools (LX model), so I connected it and I started to hear a strange noise coming from dashboard, i thought, well ok it is probably due to OBD connected.

    So I launched Torque application just to check HV battery and another readings, no fault codes whatsoever, i was just interested what i could read from the car. So, i was happy with the results.

    However after disconnecting the the OBD connector I stopped and started the car, however the same noise was still present. And now i cannot get rid of it :D and it is driving me nuts. I tried to record it but you can barely hear it on the video.

    Anyone had anything similar? I mean it might be just a REALY strange coincidence and there is something else wrong, but i dont hear any of that nose under the hood so its not a mechanical problem(to my guess and what i could find on Youtube)

    Any help would be appreciated :)
     
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    So, after messing around it seems to be caused by vent hatch, switching between the flow directions(feet/feet-front/fron-windshield) has actually made this noise disappear, very strange, i wonder why it started to act like that.

    But this probably means it has nothing to do with OBD connecting :)
     
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    i think you're right,