Problems with 2008 Toyota Prius VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

My 2008 toyota prius shut off while i was driving on the road i could've involved in big accident if i was on a highway the way it shutdown without any warning sign. it just suddenly stopped

The speedometer does not display when turning on the car. i figured out that by unplugging the battery in the back it would sometime bring it back on. now it only comes on every once in a while, it's no longer keeping track of miles when not on, as well as the fuel gauge is not keeping track of gas and have ran out twice because it stated half full.

For several years our toyota prius has exhibited the following issue: intermittently, and without warning, when you start the car the dashboard does not light. as a consequent, you cannot not see the speed you're driving at, the fuel level of the car, any warnings such as check engine, low tire pressure etc, and you're not able to use a number of other important features such as cruise control. in addition, you are not able to turn off the car when you reach your destination. because you cannot turn off the car, you cannot lock it. undisclosed to customers, there has been for several years an extended warranty being offered by toyota, to the dealerships, to fix this problem (warranty policy bulletin, pol 12-05). this information is provided only to dealerships. as i customer, i never received information about this extended warranty. i only found out about it via other customers. our local toyota dealership (toyota of olympia) has refused to apply the extended warranty and fix the problem. we contacted the dealership several years ago about the issue, which they have a record of. toyota customer service also refuses to help ...

Toyota has acknowledge an issue with its combination meter in the 2004-2009 toyota prius but has not recalled the issue and instead wants payment to fix the problem. toyota has documented this under the toyota service bulletin t-sb-0172-09: "some 2004-2009 model year prius vehicles may experience an intermittent condition where the combination meter display will not illuminate in cold weather conditions. an updated combination meter ecu is now available to correct this condition" toyota offered a 3 year warrenty window for this but being outside this they want almost $1000 to fix this. this issue stops the speedometer for illuminating which creates a safety hazard when gauging the correct speed for the road and conditions.

Running on a city street at 20 miles, gas pedal would not work, could not decrease or increase mileage. brake pedal worked but went all the way down and finally stopped with a jerk. a constant noise and and has a toyota confirmed brake acctuator problem that toyota refuses to help since extra warrant expired in 12/2017

The vehicle combination meter sporadically will not turn on which prevents the display of the speed of the car. during this condition, the fuel economy will not display, the car may not be powered off by normal procedure, and the fuel gauge, drive train mode indicator, and odometer are not visible. this has occurred for the past 2 years, primarily during cold weather, but also during warm weather, and i have a video recording of this problem while operating this specific vehicle dated february 20 2017. toyota will not honor their own warranty extension described in their document pol12-05, related to tsb t-sb-0172-09, stating that the dealer must be able to reproduce the issue in order to cover the replacement. toyota's document pol12-05 specifically states "this condition is primarily found in cold weather climate conditions. when the vehicle is brought to your dealership it may no longer be in a climate which allows duplication of the condition. if this occurs, please verify with the customer that the experienced condition is in accordance with this warranty extension and proceed with replacement of the combination meter." on 5/12/2017, andrea n. (would not provide last name) with toyota customer experience center, assigned ...

I was in an automobile accident where i rear ended vehicle in front of me. i tried to stop but the vehicle would not stop or even make an attempt to slow down. my ankle suffered a severe twist from trying to apply brakes. there was plenty of room to stop but the brakes would not react to slow down vehicle. there was a car coming in the oncoming lane so i could not go around vehicle in front of me. my vehicle was in motion in the city and i was going straight. the pavement was a little rough and my abs light was going off and all i could do was hit vehicle in front of me due to brakes failing and not slowing me down.

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 toyota prius. while driving 20 mph and depressing the accelerator pedal, the vehicle failed to increase in speed. all the warning indicators illuminated on the instrument panel. the vehicle was taken to a dealer where the cause of the failure could not be determined. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the failure mileage was approximately 81,500.

I was traveling northbound on the saw mill river parkway. exited on the northbound taconic state parkway ramp. after crossing the taconic state parkwat overpass. my 2008 toyota prius (without any input from my part) turned left and accelerated onto the grassy area. even though made multiple attempts at correcting my direction by turning the car to the right and to stop the car, neither the steering inputs or engaging the brakes had any effect on the vehicle. after traveling almost the entire width of the grassy area, the car was caught by a branch on the ground, just before the driver side of the car would have slammed into a tree. i then proceeded to turn the car off. when i turn the car back on, everything was back to normal. there was no error message from the ecu during or after the incident.

While driving at night approx. 50 miles per hour prius lost power and appeared to be in neutral. did not lose headlights. i pulled over and shut down and restarted without incident buy am fearful of it happening again in traffic. *tr

2008 toyota prius. consumer requesting all recalls associated with vehicle. *ta the consumer referenced recall # 09v388000. he also mentioned information regarding a steering defect. *jb

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 toyota prius. the contact stated that while driving at approximately 3 mph, the vehicle accelerated independently and surged forward. as a result, the contact crashed into a rocked landscaping. a police report was filed and there were no injuries reported. the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the failure mileage was 80,000. updated 8/31/2017*cn

Driving 2008 toyota prius with 105k miles on the freeway. suddenly, i saw the abs,vcs and brake lights shows up on the dashboard along with a continuous screeching noise. i tried to apply the brakes but the car did not stop, i applied the brake even harder, still the car did not stop but continuous to move forward. it was traffic time on a monday morning, so i was going on 15mph. when i found that my brake did not respond, i immediately moved to the curb and called aaa. dealer did check my vehicle and said there is break actuator issue and needs to be replace with a price tag of 3823 usd. spoke to toyota customer service, and the associate told that this is a wear and tear issue. how come the brake actuator become faulty on a 6 year old car, which was advertised a safe car. note: i had my 100k service done and i was told everything was normal. *tr

Gear shifted into neutral without use of gear shift control. happened several times and wasn't able to shift into reverse or drive. kept going back to neutral. park also wasn't working. powered car off which did put in park. restarted and drove home without issue. tried to recreate at home and same problem occurred. was able to manually hold gear shift in drive or reverse to move car into driveway. have left car at toyota service center today for inspection. did not occur when tech tried it day after incident at 7am. initial incident occurred on hot afternoon at 5pm with 100 degree temperatures. have read online of similar problems related to hot temp. have had car for 5 years with no problems like this. just crossed 50000 miles and am covered under warranty until oct. i hope it can be repaired. and hope it does not happen while i am driving at faster speeds. so far only happens when parked and recently started. starter battery was replaced around 2 years ago. *tr

as i was coming to a stop driving along a side street, i hit a slight bump in the road while braking. the brakes stopped working for about 1 and 1/2 seconds while the vsc light was flashing. then the brakes started working again and i could stop the car. this has happened 3 additional times since then in different places driving around town, probably after hitting slight bumps or a few pieces of gravel. one of those happened as i was going to the toyota dealer to have it checked out. the toyota serviceman could not find any codes that indicated that there was a problem. "no verifiable malfunction occurred." yesterday, i talked to the toyota service manager again. he said that there was nothing he could do to fix the car. *tr