I was leaving work and as i got on to the freeway, i noticed that when i pressed the acceleration, the car would rev and jerk. didn't think much of it thinking i would make it home. by time i made it to the freeway, my car began to rev loudly and i noticed i was loosing acceleration. around this time i was going almost 65mph. so i pulled off the freeway and inspected the engine, didn't see anything out of the ordinary so tried to crank it up again. car crunk, 'ready' light came on and so did electric vehicle mode. as the car went start the engine, the loud rattle and shaking of the car could be hear and felt. i was able to drive another half a mile before the car just shut down. they car would not drive over 5 miles per hour. when it shut down the engine began to smoke so i knew that could not be good. i tried to turn it back on and at the point i noticed i could not put the car into reverse nor drive. the 'ready' light did not come on and i no longer had power steering. the following day i got it towed to the mechanic and was informed that i had 'threw a rod.' i looked and saw that other owners had submitted a complaint with very similar issues. thought that submitting this would be effective as if this issue persist. there may not be other owners who are lucky enough to make it off the freeway without having any acceleration power.
Two weeks ago i was driving 50mph on a street in my town with my 3 grandsons when suddenly my car jolted me forward and the speed dropped to 20mph .i immediately took evasive action and moved to the curb and put my emergency flashers on. the check engine ,check hybrid sys. ,ck braking system,and the anti skid light all came on. i started to drive but the engine speed would only go 20mph so i stayed close to the curb and drove to my son's home which was less the a mile away with my flashers going. needless to say my grandsons were very scared with the abrupt jolt that ocurred when the car speed dropped suddenly.thanks heavens the driver behind me was not too close and was able to avoid hitting me. i had the car towed to my mechanic who said it was a hybrid issue so i had my car towed again to an independent toyota hybrid shop who diagnosed the failure as a inverter failure. i had previously taken my car to a certified toyota dealer for 2 different software update recalls with the 2nd one coming three months ago for the nhtsa recall no.18 v-684 hybrid system software update. this failure is a very dangerous failure that could result in a serious or deadly accident if it happened on an expressway etc. going 70mph and then suddenly dropping to 20mph could result in another car or truck following behind to run right over your car. i am surprised that toyota has not taken steps to replace these inverters. if i wasn't retired i would immediately sell this car and buy another as i now have a concern that this failure could occur again and i might not be so lucky. my biggest concern is there is no engine light warning prior to the failure which would give you time to have the vehicle checked out.
I was driving and pulling out into the road and upon accelerating the car jumped and then suddenly stalled - luckily i was able to move it to the side of the road. after restart the car is running slowly as far as pickup and all the yellow lights are on. it seems this was a recall in oct. 2018 and i think now my inverter is blown or not working. taking it to the dealership to diagnose.
Engine is starting to burn oil after 120000 miles. appears engine has an inherent design flaw as the solution to this problem per toyota is to replace rings and pistons at a $4500 cost to the owner. spoke to toyota customer care and they say they haven't heard anything yet i took my car to a toyota dealership and the service advisor said that toyota knows all about the problem so someone is not telling the truth. i believe that toyota should step up and repair this defect now that they know they have it at their cost. i had a 100000 warranty on the vehicle and have always serviced it every 5000 miles. that's how i found out that i had the problem. the next problem is that the owners are going to sell their vehicles to an unsuspecting owner who will inherent this problem. also, the value of my car will diminish as a result of this defect. toyota just wants this problem to go away and that's not right that they don't make an accommodation to help the consumer who has trusted them over the many years. i have purchased 3 other toyota s over the years and they all lived up to the quality that toyota sells to the consumer. this time they have an inherent design issue that they want to sweep under the rug
1st - excessive oil consumption...bought the vehicle new in 2013, never had to refill engine oil in between oil changes of every 10,000 miles (synthetic oil 0w 20). at appx a little over 100,000 miles, check engine light came on and when i checked the dipstick, no oil is registering. went to a gas station and purchased 1 qt of mobil 1 0w20 and after pouring it in, still not showing any oil in the dipstick. purchased another quart and finally showed closed to half on the dipstick. i am now averaging appx 1 qt of add on oil every 1200 miles or so, again using 0w20. 2nd - poor mpg...from brand new till appx 70,000 miles or so, was averaging 40 - 42 mpg. took the car in 2015 for a software recall and immediately, mpg went to 35 - 36 mpg. dealer claims nothing to do with the recall and blames it on my newly purchased all season pirelli tires. was told mpg will improve once tires has maybe 1000 miles or so on it. its been appx 60,000 miles now and mpg has not improved at all. always on eco mode and gently drives the car just like when it was brand new in pretty much same places / condition - southern california. it sounds like rpm is too high....its always on drive and not on lower gear (b) and no heavy load or trailer besides usual passenger of appx 2 to 3 (kids + adult)
On october 31, my wife and son were in the car approaching a parking space after completing a 360 degree turn into the parking space. car suddenly accelerated and jumped a 7" high curb blowing out the right front tire and damaging the right rear tire. car was towed to the team toyota in glen mills who told me to notify toyota of the incident. toyota called me on november 2 and given a complete detailed account of the incident. on november 3, toyota sent an authorization form to download the edr data which was returned along with diagrams of the incident. on november 4, bosch contacted me requesting the information already sent to toyota which was sent to them. on november 22, the bosch representative went to the dealership and downloaded the edr data. on 11/26/16 - received report from eaa engineering analysis. indicates that the car accelerated from 2.5 mph to 7.5 mph in 1.8 sec. accelerator depressed to 100% and at 98% at impact. there was no post crash information in the report . i have called toyota three times since receiving the report and have not been able to speak with the case manager nor the claims department to date. they indicate that i won't hear anything until january 5. in the meantime i am driving a rental car. *tr
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 toyota prius v. the contact stated that while stopped, the vehicle stalled without warning. the vehicle failed to restart. the vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was serviced under nhtsa campaign number: 15v449000 (hybrid propulsion system) but the failure recurred. the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the failure mileage was 30,000.
While driving it seemed the car just stopped loud bang in rear and quickly moved again took to dealer and they cannot find anything wrong don't feel safe in care this is second time it has happened. thank you *tr