I entered my parked, stationary prius, pressed my right foot on the brake pedal, disengaged the parking brake and pressed the on/off button to turn the car on. my foot remained on the brake pedal. the engine immediately raced and the car began to accelerate at high speed. i stomped on the brake pedal and the car kept moving. the sound of the engine was loud enough that people in nearby houses heard it. my car would not slow with my efforts to brake. i tried to shift into neutral and park but the car did not slow down. it raced across the street and plowed directly into a neighbor's stone wall. my car became wedged between the wall and a large tree. i had to exit the vehicle from the passenger side as the driver's door was pressed against the tree. after the collision, interior lights were non-functioning even when the door was propped open. the car would have crashed through the house if it had not been stopped by the wall and tree.
Vehicle jerked violently and had loss of power on highway at speed of 65mph going straight. toyota evaluated and determined the inverter was burnt due to overheating causing hybrid system to fail. toyota stated was not covered by vin for existing recall.
My car 2015 toyota prius 2 i was at traffic light i put the gear shift on p postion when i move gear shift to d but it jumped to n by it self it cant to go even to p i tried turn off the car i wait few second i try again i get the same problem the gear shift jumped to postion n the police man come and i called my state farm roadside assistant to tow the car the police man try to help me and after about 10 or 15 minutes the car back to normal so i drive to my home but i wasn't feel safe actully
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 toyota prius. while at a stop and attempting to accelerate, the vehicle accelerated backwards. the contact was able to brake and regain control of the vehicle. there were no warning indicators illuminated. the vehicle was taken to the dealer. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the failure mileage was 22,267. *js
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 toyota prius. when the vehicle's gear shifter park position button was activated, the engine was turned on, and the vehicle was unoccupied, it accelerated forward on its own. the vehicle crashed into a rock. the air bags had not deployed. a police report was not filed and there were no injuries sustained. the vehicle was driven home. the approximate failure mileage was 6,459.
Car was stationary in driveway car would not start and master warning light was on in addition to a warning saying "shift malfunction. when parking, park in flat place and apply parking brake securely" a buzzer was sounding. this indicates a shift control system error. the car would not start. notified dealer and the car was towed. no error codes were found. the car started for the dealer.
This is an update to complaint number: 10809942. === i forgot to include this: *** besides the rolling backward problem i had, if one has a get-into-gear-and-go emergency, it is very likely that the car will not get into gear, you will not realize that, and when you step on the accelerator to go, the car will not move. then you have to realize why it did not go and shift again. in case of an emergency, this delay may be critical.
The transmission gear shift is dangerously designed. the shifter will move into a gear positions even if it transmission does not actually shift into the gear. whenever the handle is released, it springs back to the central position, whether the transmission is in gear or not, so the driver does not know if the transmissions is actually in gear or not--or if in gear, which gear. the driver is expected to look at the instrument panel so see what gear is highlighted in the display. i rented a prius for a week and numerous times, i thought i had shifted into drive (or reverse), but when i pressed on the accelerator, nothing happened because it had not gone into the selected gear, and i did not know that because the shift lever always springs back to center position, whether the transmission is in gear or not. one time, at night, i was making a three-point u-turn, shifted into drive, turned the wheel to the left, stepped on the accelerator, and suddenly the car was turning to the right! panic'slam on the brakes. then i realized the transmission had not shifted into drive and i was rolling backwards. if the driver feels the shift lever go into a gear, the car should be in that gear; if it does not go into that gear, then the shift lever should not move into the position; and once in gear, the shift lever should stay in position, not spring back to center.