Toyota Prius Complaints (2010)

2,829 consumer complaints on file.

#10305238February 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 WITH HIS FEET ON THE BRAKE PEDAL WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD OR A POTHOLE THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD AND ACCELERATED. THE DEALER HAS NOT DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE AND IT OCCURS MORE FREQUENTLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200.
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#10305243February 4, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC
I OWN A 2010 PRIUS SINCE AUGUST 2009. IN THE PAST MONTH OR SO, I NOTICED THAT WHEN I MADE A SLOW RIGHT TURN OR STOP ON A DRAINAGE GRILL, I SUDDENLY LOST BRAKE POWER. THE CAR LUNGES FORWARD FOR A FOOT OR TWO BEFORE IT STOPS UPON HARD STEPPING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. I HAD A NEAR ACCIDENT ON FEB 2, 2010 AS I STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT UNDER A BRIDGE. THIS ANOMALY HAPPENS PRIMARILY AROUND CORNERS AND BUMPY ROADS. THE PROBLEM DID NOT HAPPEN AT THE BEGINNING SO I SUSPECT THAT WITH TIME, THE PROBLEM WILL GET PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. *TR
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#10305240February 4, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM
2010 TOYOTA PRIUS. CAR SEEMS TO SURGE FORWARD WHEN BRAKING ON ROUGH PAVEMENT SUCH AS POTHOLES. ALSO HAPPENED ONCE ON A WET DAY WHEN A FRONT WHEEL SLIPPED ON THE PAINTED STOP LINE BEFORE AN INTERSECTION. WE TOOK DELIVERY OF THE CAR IN JUNE 2009 AND THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS IN JULY 2009. *TR
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#10305263February 4, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC
2010 PRIUS BRAKE PROBLEM--I TOO HAVE HAD A FEW OCCURRENCES OF THE BRAKES ON MY 2010 PRIUS BRIEFLY FAILING. IT HAPPENS IF I BRAKE WHILE GOING OVER A POTHOLE WHILE BRAKING. MOST, BUT NOT ALL OF THE TIME THIS HAPPENS ON A WET ROAD. THE BRAKE PEDAL FEELS "MUSHY" AND THEN IN LESS THAN A SECOND THE REGULAR BRAKES TAKE OVER. I HAVE NEVER HAD THE ABS SYSTEM KICK IN--AT LEAST I HAVE NEVER FELT THE CHARACTERISTIC "SHUDDER" OF THE BRAKE PEDAL. SO FAR, NOT EVEN A CLOSE CALL, BUT IT IS VERY DISCONCERTING. DATE BELOW IS APPROXIMATE FIRST DATE. THERE HAVE BEEN 8-10 EPISODES. THE CAR HAS ABOUT 9500 MILES ON IT. *TR
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#10305292February 4, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
I HAVE A 2010 TOYOTA PRIUS PURCHASE IN 9/2009. WHEN I SLOW DOWN TO STOP AND GO OVER A BUMP IT FEELS AS THOUGHT THE POWER BREAKS GO OUT AND THE VEHICLE SURGES FORWARD. THIS HAS OCCURRED SINCE WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE ORIGINAL EXPLANATION WAS THAT WE JUST NEED TO GET USED TO THE TRANSITION FROM GASOLINE POWER TO ELECTRIC POWER. HOWEVER, I DON'T FEEL THAT IS SUFFICIENT AS IT IS A VERY DANGEROUS SURGE. *TR
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#10305301February 4, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC
WHEN BRAKING, IF A POTHOLE OR BUMP IN THE ROAD IS HIT, THE CAR SEEMINGLY JERKS FORWARD/ACCELERATES FOR A SPLIT SECOND. *TR
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#10305303February 4, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM
WHEN SLOWING TO A RED LIGHT ON MD 212 AT US RT 1 IN BELTSVILLE, MD, MY 2010 TOYOTA PRIUS ROLLED OVER A BUMPY STRETCH OF ROAD AND THE REGENERATIVE BRAKES STOPPED BRAKING. THE CAR ROLLED FORWARD IN "FREE WHEEL" FASHION UNTIL I STOMPED ON THE BRAKES HARD AT WHICH POINT THE FRICTION BRAKES KICKED IN AND STOPPED THE VEHICLE IN TIME TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT WITH THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. THE TRACTION CONTROL INDICATOR LAMP LIT, AND REMAINED LIT UNTIL I RELEASED THE BRAKES TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN. SEEMS TO BE THE SAME PROBLEM EVERYONE IS REPORTING IN THE NEWS THIS MORNING. I'VE HAD THE CAR 1.5 WEEKS, AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE NOTICED THE PROBLEM, ALTHOUGH MY WIFE CLAIMS IT HAPPENED TO HER DURING OUR TEST DRIVE. *TR
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#10305305February 4, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
2010 PRIUS BRAKE PROBLEMS. *TR
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#10305315February 4, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC
I UNDERSTAND TOYOTA KNEW ABOUT THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE ISSUE ON PRIUS BUILD BEFORE JANUARY 2010. I OWN A 2010 PRIUS, PURCHASED IN OCTOBER 2009. I HAVE HAD ONE INSTANCE OF MOMENTARY BRAKE LOSS WHILE DRIVING OVER A BUMP. IT WAS A BIT FRIGHTENING AT THE TIME, BUT THE PROBLEM HAS NOT RE-OCCURRED. SO I HAVE NOT REPORTED THE INCIDENT UNTIL TODAY. I ASSUME MANY OTHER PRIUS OWNERS MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT DID NOT COMPLAIN, SINCE THE OCCURRENCE IS SO INFREQUENT. IF TOYOTA CARES ABOUT SAFETY, THEY WILL DO THE RIGHT THING AND SAY "SAFETY IS TOYOTA'S NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. OUR ENGINEERS ARE WORKING ON A FIX FOR THE PRIUS'S WITH THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE ISSUE AND REST ASSURED, TOYOTA WILL FIX THOSE VEHICLES." I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT TOYOTA KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND HAS NOT TAKEN CARE OF IT. HASN'T TOYOTA LEARNED ENOUGH FROM THE STICKY GAS PEDAL PROBLEM. TOYOTA NEEDS TO BE PROACTIVE IN MAINTAINING ITS IMAGE AS A RELIABLE CAR COMPANY THAT CARES ABOUT SAFETY. *TR
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#10305319February 4, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
MY CURRENT 2010 PRIUS HAS THE "JUMP" ISSUE WITH THE BRAKES, BUT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED WITH THE PRIUS. MY 2002 PRIUS HAD THE SAME ISSUE, AND I WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE. I WAS A MEMBER OF A PRIUS YAHOO GROUP, AND THIS WAS A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION FOR A WHILE. SO WHILE I DO FEEL THE "JUMP" I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS PART OF THE PRIUS EXPERIENCE. WHENEVER I DRIVE OVER A POTHOLE, IT FEELS LIKE THE CAR IS TRYING TO JUMP IT. WHEN HITTING THE BRAKES, IT FEELS LIKE THERE IS ACCELERATION FOR JUST A SECOND. THIS IS NOT AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME. *TR
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#10305323February 4, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
WE TOOK THIS STATEMENT FROM THE NHTSA PRESS RELEASE WITH TODAY'S DATE, WHICH IS A 100% ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF OUR PROBLEM: "MOMENTARY LOSS OF BRAKING CAPABILITY WHILE TRAVELING OVER AN UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE, POTHOLE OR BUMP" THIS IS NOT A ONE-TIME EVENT AS WE'VE NOTICED IT HAPPENING NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE PURCHASING THE PRIUS IN AUGUST 2009. THE HESITATION WE'VE EXPERIENCED USUALLY OCCURS WHEN DRIVING DOWN A STEEP HILL OR PASSING OVER A POTHOLE. *TR
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#10305325February 4, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC
I PURCHASED A PRIUS 2010 IN NOVEMBER 2009 AND HAVE TWICE EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WHERE THE SKID WARNING LIGHTS UP ON THE DASHBOARD EVEN THOUGH THE CAR IS NOT SKIDDING AND AT THE SAME TIME I'VE FELT THE CAR ACCELERATE EVEN THOUGH MY FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE. THE FIRST TIME I THOUGHT I WOULD LOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR BUT KEPT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND THE CAR EVENTUALLY STOPPED. THE SECOND TIME IT HAPPENED WHEN I WAS DOING A U-TURN IN AN UNLEVELED PART OF THE ROAD AND SINCE IT HAD HAPPENED BEFORE I JUST APPLIED THE BRAKE UNTIL THE SKID WARNING LIGHT TURNED OFF. I AM NOW SCARED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE BRAKING SYSTEM IN THIS CAR. *TR
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#10305341February 4, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC
2010 PRIUS IV PROBLEM WITH BRAKES WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS OR DIPS. BRAKES DO NOT WORK WHILE GOING OVER BUMP OR DIP. *TR
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#10305249February 4, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC
IN TWO SEPARATE INCIDENTS, I HAVE EXPERIENCED A SITUATION SIMILAR TO THOSE PROBLEMS REPORTED WITH THE 2010 PRIUS BRAKES. WHEN TRAVELING OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND ON ANOTHER OCCASION OVER TRAIN TRACKS, I FELT THE ENGINE REV OR ACCELERATE. MY BRAKES WERE ALREADY ENGAGED, SO I JUST PRESSED ON THEM HARDER. *TR
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#10305262February 4, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC
I HAVE HAD TWO INSTANCES WHEN I LOST AT LEAST HALF OF MY BRAKING POWER WHEN GOING OVER A SLIGHT BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE FIRST INSTANCE WAS ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO AND THE SECOND WAS ON FEB. 2ND. IN BOTH CASES I WAS COMING UP TO A FREEWAY ON RAMP STOP LIGHT AND WENT OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD. I WENT BEYOND THE LIGHT BOTH TIMES AND FORTUNATELY THERE WERE NO OTHER CARS IN MY WAY. I ALSO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES GRABBING SO SEVERELY THAT MY SEAT BELT ENGAGES WHEN I HAVE JUST FEATHER TOUCHED THE BRAKES. THIS HAS OCCURRED AFTER STARTING THE CAR AND RELEASING THE BRAKE TO MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARD, BUT NOT YET STEPPED ON THE GAS. I HAVE HAD THE CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP FIVE TIMES SINCE PURCHASING IT IN SEPTEMBER FOR THESE ISSUES AND HAVE REPEATEDLY BEEN TOLD THIS WAS NORMAL. I EVEN REQUESTED THAT A REGIONAL MECHANIC CHECK IT OUT AND HE DID SO. HE TOLD ME HE WAS ABLE TO HAVE THE CAR RESPOND AS I DESCRIBED AND IT WAS IN NORMAL RANGE. I DISAGREE. THERE HAS BEEN THREE OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WITH ME WHEN THIS HAS OCCURRED AND NOT ONE OF THEM HAS CONSIDERED THIS ANYWHERE "NORMAL". I ONLY YESTERDAY LEARNED OF THIS AVENUE OF COMPLAINT OR I WOULD HAVE NOTIFIED YOU OF THIS PROBLEM EARLIER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND EFFORTS TO HOLD TOYOTA ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS ISSUE. SO FAR I HAVE HAD ABSOLUTELY NO SUCCESS. *TR
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#10305268February 4, 2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
2010 PRIUS WHICH LURCHED FORWARD EACH TIME I HIT A CERTAIN POTHOLE WHILE BRAKING. I AVOIDED THE PROBLEM BY AVOIDING THE POTHOLE. THE POTHOLE WAS LOCATED NEAR A STOP SIGN, SO I WAS ALWAYS BRAKING WHEN I HIT IT. *TR
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#10305271February 4, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
I HAVE A NEW GEN III 2010 PRIUS II AND HAVE NOTICED THAT WHEN BRAKING THE CAR SEEMS TO SURGE FORWARD BEFORE DECELERATING WHEN I HIT A SERIES OF BUMPS OR A POTHOLE. IT IS UN-NERVING IN THAT EVEN AT SLOW SPEEDS LIKE WHEN COMING TO A STOP AT A STOP LIGHT, THE CAR WANTS TO CONTINUE FORWARD WITH AN UNCONTROLLED BURST. I HAVE CHANGED MY DRIVING SLIGHTLY TO GIVE MY SELF MOVE STOPPING ROOM, BUT SOMETIMES THERE IS A SERIES OF BUMPS IN THE ROAD AND IT JUST HAPPENS. I HAVE 10,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE AND THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 8 TO TEN TIMES TO ME, USUALLY WHEN I'M NOT EXPECTING ANYTHING TO HAPPEN BUT A SLOW BRAKING STOP. AS AN INCIDENT DATE IS REQUESTED, I AM PUTTING IN JUST ONE OF THE DATES THAT THIS OCCURRED, I HAVE NOT KEPT A RECORD OF THE DAYS, TRAVEL CONDITIONS, OR TIMES THAT THE INCIDENTS OCCURRED. THIS HAPPENS EVERYTIME MY WIFE DRIVES OVER A PARTICULAR SET OF TRAIN TRACKS NEAR WHERE WE LIVE. ALSO THIS OF COURSE HAS HAPPENED OVER TIME AND THE MILEAGE GIVEN IS ACTUALLY FROM THE DAY WE GOT IT TILL NOW, THIS IS AN ON GOING EVENT. *TR
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#10305274February 4, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC
BRAKE FAILURE ON MY 2010 PRIUS; THREE TIMES ON SNOWY/ICY ROADS IN JAN. 2010. CAUSING ME TO RUN TWO STOP SIGNS AND NARROWLY AVOIDING A COLLISION WITH A STOPPED VEHICLE. *TR
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#10305288February 4, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
OUR 2010 TOYOTA PRIUS HAS EXPERIENCED THE LOSS OF BRAKE ACTION, OR THE SENSATION OF SPEEDING UP, WHEN GOING OVER A BUMP, OCCASIONALLY AROUND CORNERS AND ON UNEVEN SURFACES. *TR
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#10305293February 4, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH AND ENGAGING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE BRIEFLY ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN AND THE BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED 10 TIMES SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY STATED THAT WAS A SAFETY FEATURE. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 4826.
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