I was driving the car to the dealership to get an oil change and the check hybrid system warning light came on while driving on the freeway.
Vehicle loss power while driving residential roads
After driving for approximate 40 miles on freeay i was at a stop light and when accelerating i heard a popping sound and vehicle lost power. would not acclelerate and the hybrid/abs and check engine lights came on,luckly this happen on a stret and not on the highway. i pulled over and had vehicle towed to toyota dealer. they found that the ipm resistor for the inverter had failed. dealer replaced ipm and inverter.
Excessive motor oil burning at a rate of 2 quarts every 5000 miles. dealer claims is normal wear and tear. dealer confirms that there is no leakage.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 toyota prius. while the vehicle was parked with the shift lever in the park position, the vehicle independently rolled backwards. the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the failure mileage was 42,000. the vin was not available. updated 02/15/2017*ct *cn
The vehicle has shifted into nuetral while in drive and while in park. also rolls to much when parked. the vehicle ran my wife over in our driveway, toyota refuses to service the vehicle...updated 03/08/17 *bf
I was driving on the highway at 55~60mph, and suddenly the power steering trouble light indicator came on. i noticed the steering wheel was a bit harder to turn( left or right). i slowed down and took the first exit, reducing speed to 30~35mph. at the stop sign, all indicators light came on and i couldn't turn the steering wheel (left or right). i was able to accelerate out of the stop sign, but then i felt a "thugh" in the engine, and notice i didn't have any braking power for a few second. so i pulled over, i turned the car off, and turned on again, i immediately drove into a parking lot after the stop sign, the car just died; i couldn't brake, no steering, no gas power, nothing. the car was towed to toyota dealership. this was the 2nd incidence within 3 weeks. the first time this occurred with similar sequence of failure. the car was towed to toyota dealership and they said the auxiliary battery died, and replaced it free of charge ( car was 24,250 miles at that time). this second time, i hope toyota can find the root cause of this issue. i don't think the new auxiliary battery died again. it's only been 3 weeks since toyota installed the battery. this is a huge safety risk. i'm afraid to drive my car now. i think i will need to sell the car. *tr
Tl* the contact owns 2013 toyota prius 5. the contact stated that whenever she was driving in reverse, the vehicle would jerk violently. in addition, the interior dome light would illuminate sporadically. the contact stated that all of the lights on the instrument panel and radio console failed to illuminate after starting the vehicle. the vehicle was not taken to the dealer. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure mileage was 3,000. the current mileage was 10,900.