Drove to work on wednesday, september 25, 2019 no issue with the car all day. left work at 8:30pm and brakes did not work unless pressed extremely hard. dash lit, brake light on left, abs on right of dash lit, triangle with exclamation mark in center with high pitched buzzing noise. backing up was fine but not when the car was in drive. contacted toyota dealership in wilmington, delaware and they stated no current recall on brakes for 2005 prius. checked recall history which showed zero unrepaired recalls which means the pump was replaced prior to my purchase of vehicle. however, still having problems with brakes.
The dashboard lighting system quit turning on in july 2019. i could not tell how fast or how slow i was driving. the anti lock brake system light turned on while the car was running on sep 23 2019 and the brakes failed to operate while on the road outside my house
My 2005 prius has an abs and brake light on . fail to stop. one day i was on highway and the abs start making noise. ( alarm). and brake stop working. almost got into the accident. when i got home , i start call toyota to report and check on my brake and abs light and any other recall. they said no more recall for my prius 2005. i think whoever own the prius have the same problem. and out of luck for the abs brake recall and have the accident. i hope toyota extend the recall the brake , abs ,
Sudden failure of abs, accompanied by dashboard lights for abs and regular brakes. vehicle was in driveway, and i did not continue to take it out into the road due to safety concerns. toyota extended warranty to 12/31/17 (regardless of mileage), but the part should be recalled because it can fail for drivers (like me) who did not have the issue arise prior to 12/31/17.
While driving the car locks up it brakes and cause the vehicle to skid. serious risk for hitting other cars on the road and public safety is in danger. abs, brake, check engine light and (!) lights are on. when code is pulled it a issue with the brake actuator. the car has a faulty brake actuator. toyota is aware of the issue as it affects many other prius owners and is a common problem.
There is a problem with the pressure accumulator failure. it's dangerous to drive when the brakes do not work. sometimes the brakes do not work.
Brakes suddenly locked while car in motion, red triangle amd xheck engine light turned on. luckily i did not caused an accident. towed it to toyota dealer and they said my abs brake pump actuator failed. notorious part to fail on generation 2 prius. out of pocket cost to fix it was $1900.00
Brake actuator went bad. toyota did a limited voluntary recall. this needs to be mandatory. very dangerous when this part fails. only toyota dealership will fix this and the cost is $2,000-$3,000. the cost is greater than the value of the vehicle this creating a situation where owners bypass the repair and still drive. please look at the number of refunds that toyota offered as well as the number of complaints made regarding this issue-this should indicate how widespread the problem actually is.
My abs actuator went bad. the entire brake system went out while my wife was driving to the store. the car now has no power assisted braking. this seems to be a common complaint and i wanted to add mine to the list. given the danger that a failing abs system poses i wanted to make sure that nhtsa knows about the problem. if it's common, then the gen 2 priuses need to be recalled.
Brake actuator assembly malfunctioned, and had to be replaced, just as predicted in toyota's warranty enhancement zg1. toyota knows the part is defective, but they refused to replace it until it failed, and mine did not fail until after the extended warranty deadline.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 toyota prius. every time the vehicle was started, all the warning indicators illuminated on the instrument panel. also, the brake pedal was more difficult to depress than usual and took longer to stop the vehicle. toyota of vero beach (1075 us-1, vero beach, fl 32962) diagnosed that a new brake actuator needed to be installed. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure and did not assist. the failure mileage was 76,000.
I was driving on the highway at 70 mph and suddenly my braking system failed. i had no braking and had to use the manual foot brake to slow. abs light and red triangle came on. i entered into a construction zone so was unable to pull to the shoulder. i restarted my car and drove home without brakes. i took the vehicle to toyota and spent $2,500 to fix since the warranty on the actuator ended in 2017. this should be recalled and i should be refunded as this is a dangerous risk and is still happening to many 05 priuses still on the road.
The abs actuator/pump has failed. brakes lost hydraulic pressure and do not function. this happened while driving on a major city roadway. audio alarm with warning lights for brake, abs, & vsc.
Driving at approximately 35 mph noticed a burning smell. after driving for another 5 minutes an alarm went off and abs warning light came on. the brake actuator on this car has begun to fail. this is common on the 2004 - 2009 prius. very expensive to fix. over $3000 at the dealer. the alarm can be reset and the car driven again leading to a dangerous brake failure while driving
Abs actuator went out