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Most Obscure Gen III Facts (way out there)

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Main Forum' started by hill, Jul 13, 2009.

  1. magnumrtawd

    magnumrtawd Member

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    And,If per chance, Your wife unlocks the car remotely, Then remembers something to go in the house for and tosses her purse in an open window with the fob in it. Your car will re lock in 60Sec. even with the key fob in the car!
     
  2. retired4999

    retired4999 Prius driver since 2005

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    Are you sure it will relock with the key fob in it? I have not done that.
     
  3. Sampino35

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    Ha ha! Ill have to try that. I always thought the inner sensors would detect the key fob and not allow it to lock, but, hey, at least your window was open!
     
  4. magnumrtawd

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    Yah, I first found out about this on my Wife's 2012 Camry but,It also works on my 2010 Prius.
     
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    I finally tried to lock my fob in the car a few weeks ago. I was pleased to discover that I couldn't do it. 1: leave fob on seat and touch door handle to lock. Beep beep, and door wouldn't lock. 2: leave fob on seat, open a front door, press lock button on armrest, close door. Door locks, but then a couple of seconds later, it unlocks. Yay!

    I haven't tried unlocking without opening the door and then tossing fob through the open window. I can't think of any time I have locked my car with the window open more than a crack. I suppose I could push the fob through the cracked rear window (I do this a lot to reduce heat), but that would be pretty odd.
     
  6. fuzzy1

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    Just beware that this isn't 100% foolproof. A very few members have discovered interior locations (not the front seat) where the car cannot detect the fob, so can lock it inside.
     
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    The guy better let the better half win or there will be big problems.
     
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    1. If you use the fob to try to unlock the car when it's already unlocked, the car will beep-flash 4 times, instead of the expected 2 times (if you've pressed the button twice to unlock all doors).

    2. The right wiper blade's pattern of motion is controlled by a fancy 4-bar linkage, not the usual single pivot for the arm. Thus the blade's wiping pattern is not a simple circular arc as usual.

    3. The right wiper arm is designed such the spring that maintains downward force on the blade is under compression. Very strange! (The corresponding spring for the left arm, and the spring in every other wiper arm I ever studied, is under tension.)

    Correction of 3-29-15: Changed "left" to "right" and vice versa; I had confused sides.
     
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  9. Garth020762

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    I think its cool that my Prius recognizes me as the owner of the FOB key and the interior lights up as I walked by / up to my car. Nice safety feature!
     
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    In ECO mode the car lets the ICE temperature fall to between 30C and 40C before it switches the ICE on to heat up again. It heats the engine up to between 50C and 60C before it switches off. I guess that is part of the ECO mode's operation to get better economy.

    In Normal mode the car starts up the ICE when the engine temp reaches 50C and runs until it is over 60C.
    How do I know this:) cosy warm camping in the car on a -2C night with nothing else to do but watch Torque. LOL
     
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    Little known fact: You can put a bottle of champagne in the glove box.
     

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  12. DavidA

    DavidA Prius owner since July 2009

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    ^ Did that. If you look at my gallery pics, there should be one like that in there.
     
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    Let me know when you fit a tapped keg in the center console. :p
     
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    Here's one I just noticed... The right rear quarter window has electric defrosters. The driver's side does not.
     
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    IIRC, that's a radio antenna.
     
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    Interesting. They look exactly like the rear defrosters.
     
  17. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    Yeah it's the "diversity FM" antenna