MFD replacement, touchscreen not working

I guess when the touch screen isn't working in the old days we would say what the digitizer is messed up that's like the thing on your phone screen that seems to mess up quite a bit when you bust a screen or whatever so I guess that's what's the problem there was a guy on here that replaced his screen only on the MFD with a I guess original or like same part I think it was a Panasonic screen it fit perfectly went down without any trouble I think it plugged up etc The post should be in here somewhere these cars are generally well and some areas quite plentiful I usually will have one or two or something just because

 

Just my 2 cents in case it may help (or not). I had a similar issue where in some functions my display was not responding to touch, like AC and Radio and although I would have never suspected this, it ended up being a bad JBL amplifier...replaced it and touch functionality came back fully. But this may not be your situation.

 

So on the regular non-toring Prius with just the WMA capable stereo without nav and as far as I know without JBL I didn't even know the Gen 2 got the JBL option then what would you have If the screen went out that is do all of these Gen 2's have a separate amplifier regardless of JBL situation or not? Seems awfully interesting that a power amplifier would have anything to do with a touch screen digitizer type of affair not saying it's impossible or anything of the sort It just seems quite interesting.

 

As mentioned, I would have never suspected it myself. When I got the car, the radio had no sound, some otouch functionalities in the radio settings did not respond to touch and neither did some of the steering wheel buttons. I did some research and found another person who had a very similar issue and dealer replaced the JBL amp under the seat and fixed their issue. I went and found one for $30, replaced it and fixed my issue as well. All radio touch functions came back! I was already looking for a touchscreen replacement so glad I found this to be the issue.

 

Well I guess I need to look under my seat I know I don't have nav so the DVD CD silver disc thingy that's usually down there to deal with that doesn't exist in my car however I do have the WMA capable stereo some inputs in the center console I think or something along those lines no Bluetooth I honestly don't think I have an amplifier under the seat but we'll take a look and I certainly didn't know at least I didn't think I knew that there was a JBL option in the generation two vehicle I thought that all started with the generation 3 moving forward but there was a JBL option in my sienna van in 2001 through 2003 so I guess it's possible in the Prius too.

 

yeah check and let us know as the one it was removed from was 2007 and mine is 2008 and so both came with it, plus the video on youtube is showing a 2006 with a JBL amp as well.

 

That's pretty cool I had no idea I really had amplifiers and separates and any of that stuff That's good to know I don't have my MFD out or touch screen out at all It's all working but I did replace it the one I had was delaminating so I found one in the 94,000 mi car put it in mind just plugged it up and everything worked just no delaminating on the screen or the digitizer coming off or whatever was happening something like tape was peeling off it