Toyota Prius Complaints (2010)

2,829 consumer complaints on file.

#10306167February 4, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TOYOTA 2010 PRIUS BRAKING PROBLEM -- I PURCHASED THE CAR 8/09 AND WITHIN ABOUT 1 MONTH NOTICED BRIEF BRAKING FAILURE -- AT FIRST THOUGHT IT WAS MY IMAGINATION. LATER THOUGHT IT WAS FROM LOSING GRIP WITH THE ROAD SURFACE MOMENTARILY AS IN GOING OVER A SURFACE IRREGULARITY. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES ALBEIT INTERMITTENTLY. THEN FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS IT WAS NOT A NOTICED PROBLEM. LAST WEEKEND I EXPERIENCED IT AGAIN. IT WAS ON A CLEAR AND SEEMINGLY EVEN SURFACE AS I TRIED TO SLOW COMING TO A TRAFFIC LIGHT. IT IS BRIEF AND THEN THE BRAKES DO SUCCESSFULLY ENGAGE. *JB
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#10306179February 4, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
THIS IS REGARDING THE 2010 TOYOTA PRIUS. I JUST TRADED IN MY 2008 PRIUS FOR THE 2010 IN DECEMBER 2009. I HAVE EXPERIENCED TEMPORARY LOSS OF BRAKES 3-4 TIMES WHEN HITTING SMALL POT HOLES. THIS ONLY LASTS FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS, BUT IT APPEARS TO HAPPEN RANDOMLY WITH NO WARNING. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE PRIUS, BUT THEY CANNOT ACT UNTIL THEY HEAR FROM TOYOTA. SO, I MUST JUST DRIVE AS SAFELY AS POSSIBLE, AND STAY ALERT. *JB
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#10306165February 4, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
I HAVE A 2010 PRIUS, I HAVE ALSO NOTICED LOSS OF BRAKES. WHEN COMING TO A STOP OR GOING AROUND A CORNER AND HITTING A POT HOLE THE BRAKES SEEM TO SLIP. I CALLED THE DEALER TODAY IN KANSAS CITY THEY TOLD ME THEY HAD NO RECALLS ON THE BRAKES FOR THE 2010 PRIUS. CAN ANYTHING BE DONE? ON GOING PROBLEM! MY DEALER IS MOLLE TOYOTA. *JB
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#10306181February 4, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
I'VE EXPERIENCED 2 PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES ON MY 2010 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE FIRST HAPPENS WHEN I AM APPLYING MY BRAKES WHILE GOING OVER A POT HOLE. THE BRAKES APPEAR TO RELEASE AND CATCH AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES UNDER THE SAME CONDITIONS. SECONDLY, I'VE NOTICED THAT WHEN THE CAR HAS BEEN PARKED AND THE WHEELS GET WET, WHETHER BY RAIN OR FROM WASHING THE CAR, AS I BACKUP OR GO FORWARD DOWN AN INCLINE, THE BRAKES SEEM TO "GRAB" OR "STICK" WHEN LIGHT PRESSURE IS APPLIED TO THE BRAKES. THE RESULTING STOP IN THE CAR IS AS THOUGH I HAD JAMMED ON THE BRAKES QUICKLY AND WITH A GREAT DEAL OF FORCE. *JB
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#10306182February 4, 2010
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
MY TOYOTA PRIUS 2010 (5000 MILES) FEW TIMES ALREADY HAS AN "ACCELERATOR THAT GOES WILD", BUT LUCKILY FOR ME, I CAN HIT THE BRAKES. IT HAPPENED ONLY WHEN I DRIVE BACK FROM MY GARAGE. *JB
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#10306172February 4, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
2010 PRIUS BRAKING PROBLEM: WHEN BRAKING AND VEHICLE ENCOUNTERS A BUMP IN THE ROAD VEHICLE ACCELERATES AND SURGES FORWARD. THIS HAS OCCURRED APPROX 15-20 OCCASIONS. FORTUNATELY WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE SAFELY. REPORTED TO DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THIS WAS "NORMAL". *JB
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#10306187February 4, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
ON 7 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS SINCE PURCHASING OUR TOYOTA PRIUS 6 MONTHS AGO, WHILE PUSHING THE BRAKES, THE CAR HAS LURCHED FORWARD AS THOUGH SOMEONE PUSHED DOWN ON THE GAS. *JB
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#10305235February 4, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA PRIUS. WHENEVER THE CONTACT DRIVES THE VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED AND TRAVELS OVER AND BUMP OR A POT HOLE THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE BRAKES WILL MOMENTARILY DISENGAGE AND THEN RETURN TO NORMAL. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED AND THE CONTACT HAS NOTICED THE FAILURE SINCE THE DAY THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 5500. BML
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#10305081February 4, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC
2010 TOYOTA PRIUS ACCELERATES FOR A SECOND WHEN I HIT THE BRAKES WHEN I AM PASSING OVER POTHOLES OR ICE. IT HAS HAPPENED WELLOVER 10 TIMES. *TR
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#10305109February 4, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
SLOWING DOWN WHILE APPROACHING A LEFT TURN LANE, HIT A POTHOLE AND LOST BRAKING POWER FOR ABOUT 0.5S. *TR
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#10305113February 4, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
PURCHASE 2010 PRIUS IN NOV 2009. ON SMOOTH HIGHWAY ( NY LIE ) TRAVELING 70MPH TO PASS A CAR. GENTLY APPLIED BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN BUT THE PRIUS LURCHED FORWARD FOR 2-3 SECONDS ( 200 - 300 FEET ). ALMOST HIT CAR IN FRONT OF ME. *TR
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#10305114February 4, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
2010 PRIUS: WHEN APPLYING BRAKING PRESSURE ON SLIPPERY PAVEMENT THERE IS A NOTICEABLE LAG BEFORE BRAKING ACTION OCCURS. THIS CAN ALSO OCCUR ON GRAVEL ROADS ON WASHBOARD SURFACES. *TR
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#10305118February 4, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC
WHEN MY 2010 PRIUS GOES OVER A POTHOLE IT SURGES AND BRAKES AREN'T RESPONSIVE ENOUGH TO PREVENT HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. SO FAR I HAVEN'T HIT ANY BODY OR ANOTHER VEHICLE.*TR
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#10305121February 4, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
SINCE BUYING A 2010 PRIUS IN JUNE, I HAVE EXPERIENCED THREE "SURGING" EVENTS WHILE BRAKING AS I DECENDED HILLS. TWO INVOLVED SITUATIONS INVOLVING HITTING ROAD DEPRESSIONS, WHICH ALMOST CAUSED ME TO GO THROUGH TRAFFIC LIGHTS, ONE INVOLVED A ROAD COVERED WITH 1-2 INCHES OF SNOW, WHICH ALMOST PROPELLED ME INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AT A STOP SIGN. ALL SITUATIONS OCCURRED AS I WAS DESCENDING HILLS AND SLOWING SPEED BY BRAKING. THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED IN THE SUMMER, THE LAST YESTERDAY. I REPORTED THIS TO MY DEALER, WHO HAD NO INFORMATION ON IT FROM TOYOTA, BUT ADVISED ME TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH TOYOTA, WHICH I DID, CASE #1002106542. *TR
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#10305082February 4, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT STATED AS HE WAS STOPPING HIS VEHICLE, HE HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD AND ACCELERATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND CONTACT WAS TOLD THIS WAS NORMAL AND IT IS THE ELECTRICAL ENGINE SWITCHING TO THE GAS ENGINE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS IS A CONTINUOUS PROBLEM WHILE STOPPING THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,800.
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#10305097February 4, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER SHE ATTEMPTS TO STOP ON AN UNEVEN ROAD, THE BRAKES FAIL TO STOP THE VEHICLE. WHENEVER THE FAILURE OCCURRED THE SPEED VARIES. THE VEHICLE ALSO BRIEFLY LUNGED FORWARD AND ACCELERATED. THE BRAKES SQUEAK CONTINUOUSLY WHEN THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS FUNCTIONING NORMALLY SINCE IT HAS AN ELECTRICAL ENGINE COMBINED WITH A GASOLINE ENGINE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000.
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#10305098February 4, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC, TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM
I PURCHASED A 2010 PRIUS IN AUGUST 2009. IT SHOWS NO EVIDENCE OF AN ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM. I REPORTED THIS TO THE TAYLOR TOYOTA OF ALEXANDRIA IN OCTOBER WHO TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD NOT HEARD OF THE PROBLEM AND THEY DID NOTHING. ADDITIONALLY, THE AVID FACTORY TIRES ON THE CAR ARE NOT EFFECTIVE ON WET PAVEMENT; THEY SKID. AGAIN, I REPORTED THIS TO THE DEALER AND AGAIN THEY TOLD ME THEY HAD NOT HEARD OF A PROBLEM BUT REFERRED ME TO THEIR PARTS DEPARTMENT TO BUY NEW TIRES. FINALLY, WHEN I ENGAGE CRUISE CONTROL, THE CAR SURGES FORWARD IN SPEED UNTIL I DEPRESS THE BRAKE. I STOPPED USING THE CRUISE CONTROL. *TR
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#10305066February 4, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 35-40 MPH AND ENCOUNTERED A BUMP IN THE ROADWAY. THERE WAS PRESSURE APPLIED TO THE BRAKE PEDAL, FOLLOWED BY NO POWER RESPONSE FOR A FEW SECONDS. THE VEHICLE RESUMED TO NORMAL OPERATION. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS AN EXCESSIVE KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE DURING THE START UP WHICH OCCURRED ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED FOR THE MALFUNCTION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000.
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#10305106February 4, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
AS I WAS APPLYING MY BRAKE MY CAR WENT OVER A BUMP, MOST LIKELY A MAN HOLE COVER, FOR A SPLIT SECOND I FELT LIKE THE BRAKES STOPPED WORKING, THEN IT WENT BACK TO NORMAL. *TR
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#10305075February 4, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC
2010 TOYOTA PRIUS MODEL III. DURING LIGHT BRAKING, WHEN THE VEHICLE IS USING THE REGENERATIVE BRAKES, RATHER THAN THE MECHANICAL FRICTION BRAKES, IF A POTHOLE OR RAILROAD TRACK IS CROSSED, THE BRAKES FEEL LIKE THEY SLIP A BIT BEFORE THEY CATCH AGAIN. THE CAR DOES NOT ACCELERATE, BUT THE DECELERATION FROM BRAKING DOES DECREASE FOR PART OF A SECOND. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST 6 MONTHS AND IS REPEATABLE. *TR
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