Reverse beep can't be changed (North American vs. Japanese)...according to dealership

No.

Many of us have changed ours already. No Prius has yet been built in North America.

 

No they are lying or ignorant, one of the two.

 

A bunch of liars! No NA built Prius's. Revese beep can be changed by dealer from continuous beeping to single beep. Should be no charge for this, but watch out, especially if they've never heard of it.

 

Since I have disabled my R beeper, I love backing up w/o flinching to look out for the dump truck or bucket loader.

 

Your dealer is full of sh!t. Please name them. Did you show that moron the owner's manual? Try calling the Sales Manager or the dealer's corporate office to politely complain. They should be able to straighten this out. If not, try complaining to Toyota. Hope you didn't submit your customer satisfaction survey.

 

I thought I've heard every excuse in the book, but your dealer just taught me a new one!

 

They are BS-ing you, just had my recall done and my dealer changed my reverse beep to only one beep with no problem.

Go to another dealer.

 

I hope you wore boots, because the $hit is pretty thick there.

 

They said that to me too, until I showed the owners manual and told them how (learned it here). I am so pleased with this site so I knew this information when it was important.

 

I was told the same thing about programming SKS driver's handle to open all doors. Magically, when I opened the owner's manual and showed him -- as well as mentioned PriusChat results -- he was able to reprogram them in 4 minutes. Off-topic a bit, but I was also told that the source of rattles in the car is due to the "extreme quietness of the Prius makes the rattles all cars have noticeable". I asked him if we could test-drive an Avalon (since it's a very quiet car) and count the rattles. On that note, he agreed to try the rear seat TSB and add panel foam. Amazingly, all of my rattles are now gone. Hold the dealer's feet to the fire or find another one. I have yet to find a good dealer in Northern Virginia, but will keep trying.

Bottom line: Toyota's commitment to quality has not made it (back?) to the dealers yet, and the dealers will apparently do anything possible to avoid a warranty claim with Toyota. I've never had this problem with my Nissan, Honda or Ford, and didn't use to have this problem while stationed in Japan (different dealership-manufacturer relationship as I recall). Sorry for the bit of a rant, but I've gotten tired of being lied to and hearing about others being lied to.