Does a Toyota Prius Windshield Have a Head-Up Display?
Reviewed by the Skyview Auto Glass technical team — NWRD-, ASE- and DINITROL-trained technicians · Updated November 2026
Quick answer
A 2016 Toyota Prius windshield in our records, FW04368GTYN, carries a head-up display, a rain and light sensor and a static camera calibration, and needs top and bottom moldings plus a rain sensor pad. A 2023 Venza, FW05564GBYN, carries the same combination with a blue shade band. Head-up display glass uses a wedge interlayer and cannot be swapped for plain glass.
The Prius and Venza head-up display parts
A 2016 Toyota Prius windshield in our records, FW04368GTYN, carries a head-up display, a rain and light sensor, and a forward camera with a static calibration. It needs top and bottom moldings plus a rain sensor pad fitted with the glass. The head-up display is the feature that changes the glass itself, because it requires a wedge-shaped interlayer rather than a flat one.
A 2023 Venza windshield, FW05564GBYN, carries the same combination, with a blue shade band added. The head-up display, the rain and light sensor and the static camera calibration are all there, and the blue band is encoded in the part number suffix rather than applied as a film. Both parts are loaded specifications, and neither can be served by ordinary laminated glass.
Head-up display glass uses an interlayer that is wedge-shaped, thicker at the top than the bottom, so the projected image reaches the driver’s eye as one image rather than a doubled ghost. Fit ordinary glass in a head-up display Prius or Venza and the driver sees two overlapping images in front of them permanently, and no calibration fixes it, because the doubling is in the glass itself rather than the camera aim.
The 2016 Prius versus the 2023 Venza
2016 Prius (FW04368GTYN)
- Wedge-interlayer glass for the head-up display.
- Rain and light sensor.
- Static camera calibration.
- Needs top and bottom moldings plus a rain sensor pad.
2023 Venza (FW05564GBYN)
- Head-up display using a wedge-shaped interlayer.
- Rain and light sensor.
- Static camera calibration.
- Adds a blue shade band, encoded in the suffix.
Both parts carry a head-up display, and neither can take ordinary glass. The Venza adds a blue shade band, which is one more detail matched from the part number.
A doubled image means the wrong glass
If a head-up display Prius or Venza gets ordinary glass, the driver sees two overlapping projected images permanently. No calibration fixes it, because the wedge interlayer that produces a single image is missing. The only fix is replacing the glass with the correct part.
More questions about Prius and Venza glass
Does a Toyota Prius windshield have a head-up display?
A 2016 Prius in our records does. The part, FW04368GTYN, carries a head-up display, a rain and light sensor and a static camera calibration, and needs top and bottom moldings plus a rain sensor pad.
Why can’t ordinary glass be used on a head-up display Prius?
Head-up display glass uses a wedge-shaped interlayer so the projected image arrives as one image. Ordinary glass produces two overlapping images permanently, and no calibration fixes it, because the doubling is in the glass.
Does the Prius windshield need calibration?
Yes. The 2016 part lists a static camera calibration, done stationary with targets on a level floor. How that procedure applies is covered in our calibration guide.
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