LCD display english to metric and back

ARK · 02-21-2012, 11:01 AM

New to RAV 4. A 2011 Sport SAP. How do you change C to F, liters per 100 km to MPG and back to metric? Thanks for the help.

The book does not show, or I could not find this info.

**JuneBug** · 02-21-2012, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by ARK

New to RAV 4. A 2011 Sport SAP. How do you change C to F, liters per 100 km to MPG and back to metric? Thanks for the help.

The book does not show, or I could not find this info.

The only way to do it is by replacing the instrument cluster. I kid you not.

philrav4 · 02-21-2012, 11:31 PM

did you buy a vehicle from the states?

cpotoso · 02-21-2012, 11:47 PM

It really s*cks that mother Toyota does not let us children decide how we want the information displayed.

**JuneBug** · 02-22-2012, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by cpotoso

It really s*cks that mother Toyota does not let us children decide how we want the information displayed.

No kidding. I rented a Chevy HHR and you could push a button and go from English to Metric instantly. That would have been handy on my trip to Canada.

Blogson · 02-22-2012, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by cpotoso

It really s*cks that mother Toyota does not let us children decide how we want the information displayed.

Yep! - But it would cost Toyota the ghastly sum of few dollars more per vehicle, which would decline as the initial R & D capital cost was amortised over the course of vehicle production.

At least Toyota could include a calculator with each vehicle - but that would be an ongoing, non-amortised cost. A production fix actually would be less expensive for Toyota.

ARK · 02-22-2012, 03:34 PM

Canada is really messed up with metric, in 2011 we buy limber both English and metric 2 x 4, sheet goods metric, most speedometer are in both, buying groceries is a gamble both lbs and grams.

Seeing metric on a dash board is OK but to make sense of it MPG is what I grew up with, converting is a mind set and a calculator makes it easier, but the book shows by way of pictures both English and Metric.

Thanks for the heads up!

RaVancouver · 02-22-2012, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by JuneBug

No kidding. I rented a Chevy HHR and you could push a button and go from English to Metric instantly. That would have been handy on my trip to Canada.

Or any of the past two generation's of Civics!

rns · 02-24-2012, 01:46 PM

Maybe Toyota wants to avoid this? Causing communication loss to the driver?

Mars Climate Orbiter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Metric mishap caused loss of NASA orbiter - CNN

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication

02-21-2012, 11:01 AM	#1 (permalink)
ARK Member Country: Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Ontario Posts: 120 Thanks: 0 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts Feedback Score: 0 reviews	LCD display english to metric and back New to RAV 4. A 2011 Sport SAP. How do you change C to F, liters per 100 km to MPG and back to metric? Thanks for the help. The book does not show, or I could not find this info.

02-21-2012, 11:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
cpotoso Advanced Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 534 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Feedback Score: 0 reviews	It really s*cks that mother Toyota does not let us children decide how we want the information displayed. __________________ RAV4-I4-4WD-2007-Base

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philrav4 Member Country: Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 151 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Feedback Score: 0 reviews	did you buy a vehicle from the states?

02-22-2012, 03:34 PM	#7 (permalink)
ARK Member Country: Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Ontario Posts: 120 Thanks: 0 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Canada is really messed up with metric, in 2011 we buy limber both English and metric 2 x 4, sheet goods metric, most speedometer are in both, buying groceries is a gamble both lbs and grams. Seeing metric on a dash board is OK but to make sense of it MPG is what I grew up with, converting is a mind set and a calculator makes it easier, but the book shows by way of pictures both English and Metric. Thanks for the heads up!

02-24-2012, 01:46 PM	#9 (permalink)
rns Member Country: Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Finland Posts: 161 Thanks: 1 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Maybe Toyota wants to avoid this? Causing communication loss to the driver? Mars Climate Orbiter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Metric mishap caused loss of NASA orbiter - CNN http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication

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