2020 Pacifica Hybrid Limited in Granite Metallic with S-Appearance Package, Tri-pane Sunroof and AST
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I just traded in my W46 Isolator post recall affected 2019 Pachy Limited for a post-fix/non-recall 2020 Pachy Limited with the S-Package, Tri-Pane Sunroof and Active Safety Package. One of the things that really bothered me after I brought the car home was how there was a loud, almost obnoxious high pitched whine coming from the car as I pulled in to my super quiet garage. Never noticed it during my test-drive. My heart sank as I thought of all the possibilities of things that could be totally wrong with my brand new van. I called the dealer and made an appointment to go back in to get this checked out and to see if the other hybrids in their lot emitted the same sound. My 2019 never emitted this sound. So I started doing some research online and it turns out that this sound is actually the Audible Pedestrian Warning system and that the 2020 hybrids have had the volume increased significantly. Here is a video by a dealer talking about this feature. Audible Pedestrian Warning System Demonstration
Per the information in the video, it looks like my 2019 hybrid might have been one of those that didn’t have the audible pedestrian warning system as the NHTSA didn’t mandate 100% of EVs to have this feature until 2020. I just wanted to throw this out here in case someone else is freaked out about the noise and before they try to take the vehicle back to the dealer. In my case my dealer had absolutely no clue about this feature, but offered to swap me on to a different van on his lot if I so desired.
On another note, the incentives for the 2020 Hybrid Limiteds are so good that I was able to trade in my 2019 Hybrid and still come out ahead by $1000 overall after accounting for taxes, registration and interest paid on the 2019 financing to date. Basically got about $15k off MSRP of $51475 out of which $11.5k was incentives. Turns out the isolator post recall W46 only affects vehicles manufactured till June 4th 2020. My new vehicle was manufactured Aug 2020. So I was able to get out of a potentially combustible minivan in to one without that specific issue and not lose my shirt. If anyone is unhappy with their 2019s it may be worth a try given the incentives in October.
Per the information in the video, it looks like my 2019 hybrid might have been one of those that didn’t have the audible pedestrian warning system as the NHTSA didn’t mandate 100% of EVs to have this feature until 2020. I just wanted to throw this out here in case someone else is freaked out about the noise and before they try to take the vehicle back to the dealer. In my case my dealer had absolutely no clue about this feature, but offered to swap me on to a different van on his lot if I so desired.
On another note, the incentives for the 2020 Hybrid Limiteds are so good that I was able to trade in my 2019 Hybrid and still come out ahead by $1000 overall after accounting for taxes, registration and interest paid on the 2019 financing to date. Basically got about $15k off MSRP of $51475 out of which $11.5k was incentives. Turns out the isolator post recall W46 only affects vehicles manufactured till June 4th 2020. My new vehicle was manufactured Aug 2020. So I was able to get out of a potentially combustible minivan in to one without that specific issue and not lose my shirt. If anyone is unhappy with their 2019s it may be worth a try given the incentives in October.