Tl* the contact owns a 2005 toyota prius. when driving 65 mph, the vehicle will stall without warning. the vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection, but because the failure could not be duplicated no repairs were made. two weeks later the vehicle stalled again, but would not restart. the vehicle was towed back to the dealer. the technician stated that there was no fuel present in the fuel tank. however the vehicle had two quarters of fuel in the tank. also when the cruise control was disengaged the vehicle would begin to accelerate. the failure mileage was 56,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 toyota prius. the contact was driving approximately 65 to 70 mph on normal road conditions when suddenly, there was a loss of engine power. the driver was able to coast the vehicle to the side of the road with caution. the vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer for inspection. the technician stated that the fuel tank contained no fuel. the fuel gauge and indication sensors were reset. there was also a recommendation to to fill car with gas the gauge displayed three bars. one month later, the fuel gauge reading was inaccurate. the fuel level displayed three bars level and abruptly the gauge displayed "full". the vehicle has not been repaired for the malfunction at this time. the failure mileage was 56,313. updated 3/30/2010 updated 06/04/10.*jb
When car was new, i was told a warning light would appear for low fuel. i ran the car dry (with one bar showing) and no warning ever appeared.. the car ran dry in a bad section of town at night... subsequently i found the fuel gauge to be grossly inaccurate. 3 gallons was required to move the gauge off the lowest setting although the tank only hold 11 gallons...with high gas prices, one cannot shop with a one bar fuel setting (e) since you may have 4 gallons left in the tank..the fuel gauge is essentially worthless. *tr
2005 toyota prius--experiences braking and handling failures when braking on uneven or wet surfaces. when we are braking and hit a pothole, gravel, railroad tracks or wet surfaces, the car feels as if we are losing control of it, and braking seems to temporarily stop. the "skid danger" light comes on, even at very low speeds. this happens nearly every time we brake under these conditions. also, at idle (ie. stoplights), the car will frequently lurch forward slightly, even with the brake pedal fully depressed, especially when engine transfers from electric to gas. we were told early in our ownership that this is normal "dieseling". these have been on-going problems, since we purchased the car in 2005 (new), that we thought we were "imagining" until hearing all of the reports of similar problems.toyota claims that the prius braking issues only affect the 2010 prius, but we see it firsthand on an on-going basis. *tr