Yeah, I never understood the interior reverse beep in the Prius. First thing I did when I got my '06 Prius was to disable it. At least they made that accessible.LeftieBiker said:You folks should be glad you aren't driving a Prius with a stubborn primary driver who won't get the settings changed. Imagine the VSP *inside the car*, beeping away *at you* while you are reversing, instead of warning those outside the car...
I HATED that about the Prius. I never got it turned off because I never went back to dealer for anything, but I should have.LeftieBiker said:You folks should be glad you aren't driving a Prius with a stubborn primary driver who won't get the settings changed. Imagine the VSP *inside the car*, beeping away *at you* while you are reversing, instead of warning those outside the car...
Ingineer said:Just unplug the connector to the VSP. This would be good to do when you are in there to change the cabin filter. It's located over the glovebox housing, and you can access it by removing all the screws and pulling the glovebox housing out.raja33 said:Is there a simple way to cut the wire to the VSP speaker. I understand that it would disable charging and other beeps - I am of the opinion the fewer noises the better.
I looked under the hood and couldn't spot the speaker in the vicinity of the left front bumper.
My vehicle is leased, so I would like to reconnect the cut wire when I return the vehicle to Nissan
VSP module is shown in red. Connector is yellow.
-Phil
Can you give me some more details on this one? I only want to disable the reverse beep, and keep all other sounds, sounds like you figured out how to do it.GlennD said:I like the blind person warning but hate the reverse beep. I just used a normally closed relay connected to the backup light to open the speaker.
I had a guest here last weekend and I was surprised how bad the Leaf back up beep is. I have not heard it for over a year.
I hereby confirm that Phil's circuit works properly in the 2013 Leaf. I just moved the one I built from my now-gone '12 to my new '13. As his diagram shows, the module moved slightly, it now has 3 screws instead of 2 holding the case together (gasp!), and the circuit board is updated in ways you aren't likely to notice. This also means that anyone could also still implement a typical momentary switch to ground out pin 5 to toggle VSP on and off. I never want it on, so I just put in the circuit and call it a day...Ingineer said:The circuit I described earlier in this post disables the Reverse beep and the VSP sound, but leaves all other beeps. You can still manually enable the VSP whenever you want it, but it defaults to off. The entire circuit is installed inside the VSP box.
Of course you'll need some familiarity with basic electronic components to construct it.
-Phil
Ingineer said:Just unplug the connector to the VSP. This would be good to do when you are in there to change the cabin filter. It's located over the glovebox housing, and you can access it by removing all the screws and pulling the glovebox housing out.raja33 said:Is there a simple way to cut the wire to the VSP speaker. I understand that it would disable charging and other beeps - I am of the opinion the fewer noises the better.
I looked under the hood and couldn't spot the speaker in the vicinity of the left front bumper.
My vehicle is leased, so I would like to reconnect the cut wire when I return the vehicle to Nissan
VSP module is shown in red. Connector is yellow.
-Phil
Did you end up buying that switch? Would love to hear/see the details.RLC said:lion said:Do you mind sharing the source for this switch (assuming it isn't a 1-time auction)? I need (yes need) to do the same mod, for the same reasons. Don't know what Nissan was thinking. With my Prius Plug-in, I could disable the reverse beep via OBDII, but haven't seen anyone mention this on these forums, so guessing the switch is the only option here.
Sure - though I have to warn you the hardware isn't cheap. The best price I've found is at the link below:
http://www.nissanpartsdiscounts.com/oem-part/nissan/leaf/2011/sl/electric/body-hardware/cluster-and-switches/switch/25172-3na0b" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The part number is the last section of the URL -- a Google search will turn up other vendors.
I don't mind running my own wires behind the dash, but I'll need to know which pins (in addition to #5) I need to attach the switch to.
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