I know exactly what you mean. The 850 is the wifeys car, we also own a newer Prius I drive, the display with all its changing & moving icons in the corner of your eyes as you drive can become quite annoying at night.

Indeed. It was even one of the first thoughts through my head that I should suspect it, I dismissed the thought since it had been trouble free for 2 years, other than getting no radio reception (bad antenna cable)

Now that I finally had some time again & good weather, I revisited the problem today. Decided I would take an easier approach than removing the whole dash cap & going deep into it right off the getgo. The previous owner had installed an aftermarket radio, leaving a hole open above it, so I p...

After some frustration yesterday, I went ahead and bought 3 dimmers from Pick-N-Pull this afternoon, I figured my chances were good that way that one would work (since I live 22 miles out of town). None of them appear to make the lights work, best I can tell with a comforter over the car windows and...

I may be overthinking this, but my slider tests out good, with it desoldered from the ribbon cable, it reads 154 K-ohms on the two outer terminals, and a solid steady 54 ohms up to 154K from the center terminal to either side as I slide it. It may be that the electronics on the board in the switch h...

My apologies if this has been discussed somewhere before, I wasn't able to find this in a search. A little history first, back when I got the car a little over a year ago, they were out, I searched and found the dimmers are known weakneses. I tried the "jumper" test with the brn/org to pin...