Speakers sound bad after dash button replacement. Cause or coincidence?

Discussion in 'Gen 5 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by cool_prius, Aug 15, 2025 at 12:59 AM.

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    cool_prius Junior Member

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    One of the arrows on the gauge screen brightness buttons went out so I had Toyota replace it. Ever since then , my speakers sound bad. Tinny, not pleasant, and a significant loss of bass. I'm trying to figure out if the process of replacing that button could've touched something related to the sound system, or if its completely unrelated.
     
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    Oh and ever since then my dashboard has a rattle on the left side and the steering wheel makes a clicky/crackly sound whenever I turn. So I at least know that the process was somewhat significant and not just prying the button out from the front.

    Also is the box thing that the turn signal and wiper stalks are attached to, supposed to jiggle when the steering wheel adjustment lever is in the unlocked position? Sometimes it rotates closer to the adjust lever and they scrape together. This is also something that was noticed only after the button replacement.

    Also yes I took it back for the rattles, but despite saying they secured everything, nothing changed.