Would one of these gizmos work, to change the programming? http://www.scangauge.com/
>>>English and Metric Units The Gauges and Trip Computer information can be shown in either English or Metric units of measure, including kilometres, litres, Celsius and kPA. >>> http://www.thegadgethome.com/scangauge.htm Nat -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Palumbo Sent: Monday, 2009 February 02 13:51 To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:42835] Re: Automotive settings (Prius) My understanding, Harry, is that this setting is hard-coded into cars on a per-region basis, and needs to be changed as a full country-code change inside the car's computer. I don't know of any aftermarket tools that allow you to do it. Have you checked with a dealership or called Toyota of America? I'm sure with enough persistence, you could find someone who knows how to do it. -Mike Harry Wyeth wrote: > > > > > If there is anyone reading this who knows of software, or Toyota > dealer services, that would enable one to switch a US model Prius to > Canadian settings, please let me know. No one on the excellent > priusonline.com or at any Toyota source I have found seems to have any > info at all on how to do this. I can switch to km/h with a button > push, but that is about it. > > I had a Honda Insight a few years back that allowed one button push to > change absolutely everything to metric, or back again. Great > solution, costing the manufacturer pennies, I bet. > > Thanks. > > HARRY WYETH >
