Disable Pedestrian Alert Help!

there was another thread on this. someone mentioned putting a resistor inline? not sure if it was accomplished or not though. sounds like toyota is getting serious.

 

maybe some muffling agent duct taped around the speaker.

 

Try as I may, I cannot hear the alert.

Not sure if I should get the car checked, or my hearing...

 

Pardon me?

Sorry, couldn't resist what my wife does to me every time!

 

have you tried it in an enclosed space with the windows down, and everything off inside the car? mine is quite loud as i pull into the garage, not so much outside.

 

dog hearing.

 

I haven't seen that thread so maybe there are details in there but I'm feel particularly lazy tonight.... What is the connector like? Could you put a resister on a plug that fits (or some rigged up solution) rather than the speaker? Seems like that wouldn't be too invasive.

 

...I cannot find the speaker.

 

"The Beast" can't hear it either....

 

pull into a quiet parking garage at about 5 mph or less with your windows down. It's a strange noise to describe but if you hear sort of an "electric car sound" that's it. At that speed the car would be completely silent so any noise you're hearing is the alert system. I didn't watch any videos before I bought the car so I had no idea what it'd sound like but it wasn't at all what I was expecting. Judging by how many people I scare in parking lots I think the majority of people either can't hear it or they don't associate that sound with a car coming. Truly it has become my favorite game, just slowly roll up behind someone walking down the middle of the parking garage going into work, I get right close then flash my headlights at them. They seem confused like "where'd that flash come from," then turn and do a half jump startled sort of thing as they scamper to the side so I can get by them. I have now been asked twice, "what kind of ninja car you driving?"

I think in my ideal world I'd rip the Prius alert system out and replace it with the one from the Volt where you press a button and it sort of flutters the horn. Although the one time I used it on a test drive the pedestrian flipped me off, so I don't think it makes you any friends.

 

I still say mine sounds like.... THEM!

The giant ants from the 1954 science-fiction movie.

 

What the heck happened there? /!\

 

So it's just playing something like a midi file that changes based on vehicle speed? can we hack this to get it to play anything else? I'm thinking some loping V8 soundtrack.....

 

What?! lame. I thought I saw some video that showed the pitch changed with speed up to a certain speed then it just shut off.

Either way.... maybe we can load a killer guitar solo onto it then. Some guys here might be more Felder/Walsh's "Hotel California" but I think I'm more of a Slash's "Sweet Child O' Mine" type of guy.