Toyota Prius Complaints (2007)

2,004 consumer complaints on file.

#10744997July 30, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
FOR ABOUT 3-4 YEARS OFF AND ON IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO OPEN THE HATCH BACK DOOR. OVER TIME THIS PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN WORSE. AT THIS POINT EVEN MY HUSBAND IS HAVING TROUBLE OPENING THE DOOR. NON OF THE OTHER DOORS IS HAVING A PROBLEM. THE RUBBER COVER ON THE HATCH OPENING SWITCH ABOVE THE LICENSE PLATE IS DETERIORATING AND CAUSING THE PROBLEM. APPARENTLY WE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THIS. WE WILL HAVE TO TAKE THIS IN TO HAVE IT FIXED. MY HUSBAND JUST CALLED OUR LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WOULD BE $110 TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. WHAT GIVES?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10743436July 25, 2015
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
RIGHT HEADLIGHT FAILED. I HAD THIS HEADLIGHT REPLACED ABOUT 20K MILES AGO, ALONG WITH THE OTHER ON THE LEFT SIDE. THE PREVIOUS REPLACEMENT WAS DUE TO LIGHTS FLICKERING OFF WHILE DRIVING; A VERY UNSAFE CONDITION TO DEVELOP WHILE NIGHT DRIVING. INTERMITTENT LIGHTING CONTINUED UNTIL THE HEADLAMPS WERE REPLACED. NOW, 20K MILES LATER, THE HEADLAMPS ARE FAILING AGAIN. THIS IS NEITHER SAFE NOR CONSUMER FRIENDLY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10734085July 14, 2015
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
ON MAY 16, 2015, WHILE DRIVING MY SECOND-GENERATION 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS ON THE FREEWAY, I EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER, ALONG WITH THE ILLUMINATION ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL OF THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT, MASTER WARNING LIGHT AND HYBRID WARNING LIGHT. I WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SUMMON EMERGENCY HELP. A NEARBY TOYOTA DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE HYBRID INVERTER WATER PUMP, WHICH FIXED THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT ADVISE ME OF A SAFETY RECALL. TOYOTA CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE CENTER TODAY STATED THAT THE ORIGINAL HYBRID INVERTER WATER PUMP WAS REPLACED ON APRIL 7, 2011, UNDER TOYOTA LIMITED SERVICE NOTICE A0N; HENCE, TOYOTA REFUSED MY PHONE REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF MY MAY, 2015, REPAIR EXPENSE. THE 2011 "A0N" REPLACEMENT PUMP APPEARS TO HAVE FAILED BY THE SAME FAILURE MECHANISM LEADING TO RECALL CAMPAIGN "C0U", WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM THE A0N FAILURE MECHANISM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10732832July 8, 2015
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THE HEADLIGHTS ON THE VEHICLE CONTINUE TO FAIL, DAY IN AND DAY OUT. NOW BOTH HEADLIGHTS SHUT OFF AND WON'T STAY ON FOR LONGER THAN A MINUTE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10732061July 6, 2015
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
ONE HEADLIGHT STARTED TO FLICKER AND THEN BOTH HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING. TRIED TO TURN OFF AND BACK ON AND WENT ON FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN THEY WERE DONE. HAD TO DRIVE BACK IN THE DARK. WE WERE OUT OF STATE AND IT HAPPENED DURING THE 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY WEEKEND SO WE HAD TO CUT THE TRIP SHORT AND GET EXTRA HOTEL NIGHTS AS WE COULD NO LONGER TRAVEL AT NIGHT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10732334July 6, 2015
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
HEAD LAMPS RANDOMLY SHUT OFF. SOMETIMES IT IS ONE LIGHT AND OTHER TIMES IS IT BOTH LIGHTS. VERY DANGEROUS FOR MY PREGNANT WIFE TO BE ON THE ROAD AND HAVE THE HEADLIGHTS SHUT OFF!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10731599July 1, 2015
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THE LEFT HEAD LIGHT FUNCTIONS INTERMITTENTLY. IT WILL TURN OFF WHILE DRIVING SMOOTHLY, FAST OR SLOW. I CAN DRIVE OVER BUMPS AND UNEVEN ROADS AND HAVE THE LIGHT ON THE ENTIRE TIME, OR SOMETIMES IT SHUTS OFF. MY CAR HAS NEW BULBS AND THE CONNECTIONS HAVE BEEN CHECKED FOR CORRECT INSTALLATION. AFTER READING MANY FORUMS,I'VE HEARD THAT THE DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE COMPUTER, LIGHT BULB AND LIGHT ASSEMBLY FOR AT LEAST 2600$. CONSUMERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR FUNCTIONING LIGHT ASSEMBLIES. PLEASE LOOK IVY THIS PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10726404June 21, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS NOT THE DRIVER, BUT THE PASSENGER WHO WAS ASLEEP UNTIL THE CAR FELT LIKE IT HIT A POT HOLE. THE ACCIDENT WAS NEARLY FATAL. THIS IS AN UPDATE OF AN INITIAL REPORT BASED ON WHAT I NOW BELIEVE. WE WERE EAST ON I-80 AT NEAR MILE 21, WHICH HAS NO EXIT (AS REPORTED BY TOW TRUCK DRIVER). SINCE MY INITIAL REPORT I USED SATELLITE IMAGES TO VERIFY THE APPROXIMATE AREA OF HIGHWAY TO MATCH WHAT I SAW WHEN I WOKE UP AFTER EXPERIENCING THE CAR DOING WHAT FELT LIKE HITTING A POT HOLE, BUT WHICH I NOW BELIEVE WAS A NEW RUN OFFSET RUN OF PARTIAL SHOULDER. SPEED IS AN ESTIMATE. MY WIFE WAS LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO PULL OVER AND CHANGE DRIVERS ON THE SHOULDER. I THINK SHE DID PULL ON THE SHOULDER AND THE ABS BRAKES ENGAGED ON THE DIRT SIDE OF THE PARTIAL SHOULDER AND STEERED THE CAR OFF THE HIGHWAY. WHEN I OPENED MY EYES I COULD SEE THE CAR WAS HEADING BACK TO THE HIGHWAY, BUT THE CAR WAS AT SMALL SLOPE OF PERHAPS 20 OR SO DEGREES. SHE WIFE SHOULD HAVE STOPPED ON THE GRASS FOLLOWING THE CONTOUR DOWN THE SLOPE BUT FOLLOWED REFLEXES TRYING TO GET BACK ON THE HIGHWAY. I BELIEVE THAT IS THE ACTUAL CAUSE OF THE ROLL OVER, BUT IT WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED HAD THE CAR STAYED ON THE PAVEMENT. ABS SHOULD NEVER ENGAGE WHEN THE CAR IS MOVING IN A STRAIGHT LINE. IT ONLY HELPS WHEN TURNING AND OTHERWISE HARMS. IN THE PRIUS EVERYTHING IS COMPUTER CONTROLLED AND THIS COULD HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED. I HAD ONE OTHER INCIDENT WHERE ABS BRAKES FROM TOYOTA CAUSED MY PRISM TO SPIN OFF THE HIGHWAY ON ICE WHEN I WAS DRIVING STRAIGHT AHEAD. THE PRIUS COMPUTER SHOULD ALSO HAVE BEEN PROGRAMMED TO RESTRICT THE STEERING RADIUS BASED ON THE CAR'S SPEED AND SIDE DIRECTIONAL SLOPE. THIS WAS A DOUBLY DESIGN PREVENTABLE ACCIDENT THAT NEARLY KILLED MY WIFE, WHO HAS NO RECALL OF THE ACCIDENT BEFORE RESCUE DUE TO INJURIES. WITHOUT REDESIGN ABS BRAKES SHOULD BE BANNED ESPECIALLY WITH BAD SHOULDERS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10726406June 21, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE GAS TANK DESIGN TOYOTA PRIUS FROM AT LEAST 2007 AND UNTIL 2010, CONTAINS NO ACTUAL FUEL GAUGE. IN THE NORTHERN STATES WITH SEVERE WINTERS THIS RESULTS IN OWNERS FREQUENTLY RUNNING OUT OF GAS WHEN THEY THINK THEY STILL HAVE AMPLE FUEL AS SHOWN BY MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS FOUND ON THE INTERNET, AND FOR US ON A TRIP IN FEBRUARY TO MARCH 2015 WE WERE IN SERIOUS FEAR OF RUNNING OUT OF GAS WHEN IN FACT IF THE SPECIFICATION FOR CAPACITY HAS ANY MEANING WE STILL HAD OVER 4 GALLONS OF FUEL. WE GOT SO WORRIED, WE STOPPED AT A BROTHEL IN NEVADA SO MY WIFE COULD ASK HOW FAR TO THE NEAREST GAS STATION. WHEN WE GOT TO THE GAS STATION THE FUEL PUMP INDICATOR WAS EVEN BLINKING TO INDICATE WE WERE IN DANGER OF RUNNING OUT OF FUEL, YET THE CAR FILLED UP WITH ONLY 65% OF ITS RATED FUEL CAPACITY. RUNNING OUT OF GAS UNEXPECTEDLY IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS IN THE TOYOTA PRIUS BECAUSE SO MUCH DEPENDS ON ELECTRICITY INCLUDING THE STEERING TO GET THE CAR OFF THE ROAD. THERE IS NO GUARANTEE IT CANNOT HAPPEN WHEN THE BATTERY IS ALREADY AT MAXIMUM DEPLETION OR THE MAIN BATTERY ITSELF HAS FAILED BUT NOT YET BEEN REPLACED IN WHICH CASE THE CAR IS TOTALLY DEPENDENT ON CONTINUOUS FUEL FLOW. IT CERTAINLY CAME AS A SHOCK TO ME TO LEARN THAT WHAT IS DISPLAYED IS NO BETTER THAN A GROSSLY INACCURATE ESTIMATE OF REMAINING FUEL, OR ABOUT TO RUN OUT FUEL LEVEL. TOYOTA SHOULD BE FORCED TO RECALL ALL OF THESE VEHICLES FOR FUEL SYSTEM REPLACEMENT IN THE INTERESTS OF SAFETY AND KEEPING PEOPLE FROM BEING KILLED FOR RUNNING OUT OF GAS AT THE WRONG TIME AND STOPPING DEAD ON THE HIGHWAY. AS THESE CARS AGE, THEY BECOME MORE DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THEY WILL BE DRIVEN WITH A BYPASS OF A DEFECTIVE MAIN BATTERY, BUT EPA REGULATIONS PREVENTING ALTERATION OF ANYTHING EMISSIONS RELATED WILL MAKE THESE CARS ROAD HAZARDS ACROSS THE NATION IF THE PROBLEM IS NOT DEALT WITH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10726376June 20, 2015
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
LIKE SO MANY OTHERS HAVE REPORTED, ONE OF THE HID HEADLIGHTS WILL SUDDENLY STOP WORKING. TURNING THE LIGHTS OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN "FIXES" THE PROBLEM FOR THAT MOMENT. BUT THE PROBLEM CAN REOCCUR WITHIN A FEW MINUTES. I HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM MOST EVERY TIME I HAVE DRIVEN THE VEHICLE AT NIGHT SINCE THE INITIAL INCIDENT. GIVEN ALL THE OTHER COMPLAINTS, AND THE 2011 CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ON THIS ISSUE WHICH TOYOTA SETTLED WITHOUT ADMITTING GUILT, THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE WELL-KNOWN TO TOYOTA. EVIDENCE SHOWS THE PROBLEM IS NOT THE LIGHT BULBS BUT THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT (ECU) OR OTHER ELECTRICAL ISSUE. I HAVE ENQUIRED TO TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE. THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AND SAY MY VEHICLE QUALIFIES UNDER THE LAWSUIT, BUT THEY WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR FIXING THE PROBLEM. THE BEST THEY OFFER IS FOR ME TO PAY TO GET NEW LIGHT BULBS AND THEN SUBMIT MY RECEIPTS TO THEM FOR POSSIBLE REIMBURSEMENT. GIVEN THE MANY COMMENTS BY OTHERS THAT THE PROBLEM CONTINUED EVEN WITH NEW BULBS, THIS "RESOLUTION" BY TOYOTA SEEMS HARDLY ADEQUATE. NHTSA MUST AND SHOULD TAKE ACTION AND DEMAND TOYOTA PROPERLY REPAIR/RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. I BOUGHT THIS USED VEHICLE IN OCTOBER 2014 AT A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP IN THE PHOENIX AREA.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10725677June 17, 2015
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
DATE AND MILEAGE ARE APPROXIMATE. WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT MY HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT COMPLETELY. SINCE THEN, THEY CONTINUALLY GO OUT RANDOMLY. SOMETIMES IT WILL BEGIN WITH ONE OR THE OTHER GOING OUT AND THEN BOTH. AT THIS POINT, I AM ABLE TO TURN THEM OFF AND ON AGAIN AND THEY COME BACK ON FOR AWHILE....I AM QUITE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS AS SUDDEN DARKNESS WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD. DOES AN ACCIDENT AND/OR DEATH NEED TO HAPPEN BEFORE ACTION IS TAKEN?... I AM ALSO QUITE CONFUSED THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL AS THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE QUITE COMMON.......UPDATED 08/20/15 *BF UPDATED 12/10/15 *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10722730June 1, 2015
POWER TRAIN, STEERING, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING UPHILL ON A CURVED, SHOULDER-LESS ROAD, MY CAR SPONTANEOUSLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL, CAUSING IT TO LOSE ALL POWER AS WELL AS POWER BRAKE. I ATTEMPTED TO PHYSICALLY HOLD THE GEAR SHIFT IN "DRIVE", BUT THIS DID NOT BRING POWER BACK, NOR DID IT CHANGE THE LIGHT ON THE DASH FROM "NEUTRAL". AT FIRST THE CAR WOULD SHIFT INTO REVERSE, AND I WAS ABLE TO BACK INTO A WIDER PART OF THE ROAD. IT THEN STOPPED SHIFTING INTO ANY GEAR. I ENDED UP HAVING THE CAR TOWED HOME IN NEUTRAL, WITH POOR (NON-POWER) BRAKING. I'VE SINCE DONE A GOOGLE SEARCH AND SEE THAT THIS IS A RECURRENT PROBLEM WITH 200-SOMETHING PRIUSES, BASED ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, TOYOTA NATION, PRIUS ONLINE, AND CAR PROBLEM ZOO.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10721498May 26, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
INITIALLY I FELT LIKE IT ACCELERATED LITTLEBIT AS I BRAKE BUT I WAS ABLE TO STOP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10717591May 21, 2015
SEAT BELTS, SERVICE BRAKES
THE VEHICLE MILEAGE GIVEN IS APPROXIMATE. THE PASSENGER ESTIMATES THE SPEED AT ABOUT CITY STREET SPEEDS AT TIME OF ACCIDENT SINCE THE CAR WAS SLOWED TO GET ON THE SHOULDER. THE ACCIDENT IS COMPLICATED BECAUSE THE DRIVER CAN'T REMEMBER MUCH OF WHAT HAPPENED BEYOND SHE WAS PULLING OVER TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER TO CHANGE DRIVERS OR REST, BUT THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER WAS ABRUPTLY WOKEN UP FROM A SCHEDULED NAP BY WHAT SEEMED TO HIM LIKE A POTHOLE OR PERHAPS AN ABRUPT EDGE TO THE ROAD FOLLOWED QUICKLY BY A ROUGH RIDE. WHEN HE OPENED HIS EYES HE SAW THE CAR ON THE WILD CLUMPS OF GRASS LIKE VEGETATION ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE REFLECTOR STAKE LINE AND AN ODD SHOULDER THAT WAS ONLY PARTIALLY CEMENT OR PAVEMENT WITH A SUBSTANTIAL GAP BETWEEN THE SIDE REFLECTORS AND HARD SURFACE. THIS WAS SEMI-CONFIRMED WHEN REENTERING WYOMING WITH HIS OLDEST SON DRIVING AND SEEING SIMILAR PARTIAL SHOULDERS, BUT THE SON WAS UNWILLING TO DRIVE FARTHER TO THE ACCIDENT SCENE. THE PASSENGER'S BELIEVES THE TRACTION CONTROL ENGAGED AND CAUSED THE CAR TO GO OFF THE SHOULDER, IN PART BECAUSE OF A SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH A GEO PRIUS LSI ABS BRAKE SYSTEM ON ICE THAT CAUSED WHAT WOULD HAVE NOT OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT VEHICLE DAMAGE. THE ALTERNATIVE EXPLANATION IS A DEFECT OR DEBRIS ON THE SHOULDER ITSELF. THE DRIVER TRIED TO GET BACK ON THE HIGHWAY INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING THE SLIGHT CONTOUR DOWN OF THE SHOULDER OUTSIDE RIGHT OF WAY AND THAT OR TRACTION CONTROL MAY HAVE CAUSED THE CAR TO LEAVE THE PARTIAL SHOULDER. THE VEHICLE WAS LAST SEEN AT HP TOWING IN EVANSTON, WYOMING. IT WAS TOTALED AND TITLE WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO ALLSTATE INSURANCE. THE SEAT BELTS IN THIS CAR ARE TOO THIN AND TEND TO TWIST UP PREVENTING CONSISTENT SUPPORT. THE PASSENGER PROTECTIVE CAGE IN THE TOYOTA PRIUS DID AN IMPRESSIVE JOB OF PROTECTING THE OCCUPANTS BUT A PLASTIC LAYER WOULD HAVE PREVENTED INJURIES AND CONTENTS LOSS. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10716155May 13, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE LIGHTING ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL BECAME DIM WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND POWERED THE VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON AND THE LIGHTING RETURNED TO NORMAL. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10715772May 11, 2015
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE WHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN MY HEADLIGHTS WENT COMPLETELY OUT THANK GOD I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND GET THEM WORKING AGAIN THIS HAPPENED IN MARCH FOR THE FIRST TIME AND HAS NOW HAPPENED 7 TIMES SINCE THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND I THINK THIS NEEDS SOME ATTN.. THANKS BILL
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10714027May 1, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, THE HEADLIGHTS, AND THE TAIL LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE HEADLIGHTS WERE REPLACED BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,642.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10712911April 26, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
ATTEMPTED EMERGENCY LOW-SPEED STOP TO AVOID A BICYCLIST RUNNING A RED LIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. BICYCLIST TOOK EVASIVE ACTION TO AVOID COLLISION BECAUSE THE BRAKES FAILED TO FULLY ACTIVATE. PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY HARD, ABS DID NOT ACTIVATE, AND VEHICLE SLOWLY HALTED (NO JERK OR THROWING OCCUPANTS AGAINST SEAT BELTS, AS WOULD HAPPEN WITH NORMAL BRAKES). SYSTEM WORKS NORMALLY UNDER LIGHT BRAKING. INABILITY TO BRAKE FULLY UNDER LOW-SPEED CONDITIONS IS A SERIOUS FAILURE. ROAD WAS DRY AND TIRES ARE ONLY A FEW MONTHS OLD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10712919April 26, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
THE 2004 - 2009 ABS/BRAKE ACTUATOR ASSEMBLIES HAVE KNOWN ISSUES. THE REPAIR COST IS APPROXIMATELY $2000 OR MORE. THE PART ALONE IS $1500 OR MORE. IT APPEARS WITH THIS BEING A COMMON ISSUE (PER THE SERVICE CENTER ASSOCIATE AND PRIUS FORUMS), THAT EVEN A USED PART WOULD NOT SUSTAIN WITHOUT RECURRING ISSUES THEREBY MAKING IT A REQUIREMENT TO USE ONLY NEW OEM PARTS. THE ABS/BRAKE ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY FAILURES CAN CAUSE SEVERE SAFETY CONSEQUENCES DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE. GIVEN THAT THE ISSUE COMMONLY OCCURS WHEN THE WARRANTY EXPIRES BUT WITH LESS THAN 200,000 MILES THIS SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT IS COVERED BY TOYOTA AND THE PROBLEM SHOULD BE ADDRESSED WITH THE MANUFACTURING OF DEFECTIVE PARTS IN ALL SUBSEQUENT PRIUS MODELS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10712626April 24, 2015
STEERING
THE STEERING ON THE CAR FAILED COMPLETELY. THERE WAS A POPPING/SNAPPING SOUND WHILE TURNING THE CAR, AND AFTERWARD I COULD TURN THE STEERING WHEEL WITHOUT ANY RESISTANCE (MUCH LESS THAN USUAL) AND THE WHEELS DID NOT TURN AT ALL. A LITTLE EARLIER IN THE DRIVE I COULD FEEL THE STEERING ON THE CAR FEEL A LITTLE OFF: I HAD TO TURN THE WHEEL A LITTLE MORE TO GET THE WHEELS TO TURN AND SOMETHING JUST FELT LOOSE. I'M INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL THAT THE FINAL 'SNAP' OCCURRED WHILE IN THE PARKING LOT AND NOT WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY/AT HIGHER SPEED. APPARENTLY FOX NEWS RAN AN ARTICLE ABOUT AN INCIDENT THAT DESCRIBES THE SAME ISSUE: HTTP://FXN.WS/1EZMQPY. *TR*DT AS OF APRIL 29,2015 CONSUMER STATED CAR HAS BEEN REPAIRED.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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