![]() If you kill or maim yourself, don’t blame me or Art’s Automotive. This is the story of what I did, not instructions for you to follow step by step. Warning: Even though there is only 12V going into the MFD, LCDs create very high voltage using a step-up transformer. This time I’ve re-soldered the damage using a soldering iron, and I also by-passed the suspect area with “green wire”. I attempted to repair a damaged solder connection using a reflow station on the first try. ![]() Since the MFD is a $4000 part, it’s probably worth spending some time to determine whether a reliable repair is possible, so we gave it another go. We fixed it once, but it only worked for a month. This is the story of an MFD that is in for it’s second repair. And the manuals supplied with the vehicle are very poorly written. If not, we’ll remove it for you and re-install it after it’s repaired. 7 manuals came with the car - the longest one over 700 pages long. He even has DIY instructions for removing the multi-display from the dash if you’d like to tackle it yourself. You’ll need to deal with him directly, since we don’t get in the middle of it. We’ve only seen one unit with a problem and he repaired under warranty it without any hassle. We’ve referred a lot of customers to him and his track record is very good. There’s a guy in Indiana who repairs Prius multi-displays and doesn’t charge a lot. UPDATE:I should have put this link in a long time ago. We have may not have perfected the repair procedure yet. We aren’t set up as a mail order repair service, and dealing with emails & shipping would be a pain.ģ. We don’t have a test bench set up to simulate a Prius, so we need to have the car here for testing.Ģ. Please don’t email or call to ask if you can send us your MFD for repair:ġ. I’m going to start this page by giving credit where credit is due: Hobbit did the initial investigation of the 2004-2005 Prius Multi Function Display (MFD) communication failure issue, and everything I’ve done so far has been built on the work he has shared on his web site.
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