While driving the vehicle the hybrid system failed as per notification on the dashboard. the car was operable but i was not able to drive above 40 miles per hour. i was told by the certified toyota dealer that the inverter failed and they were not able to provide a reason why it failed. there was a previous recall on the inverter in 2014 to fix a software issue which was repaired. i was told by the dealer this recent incident was unrelated.
While driving back from running errands my car's lights on the dashboard started to come on and noises started to start happening. i was lucky i was only a few streets away from my house so i decided to drive back home. the break was really hard to press. the brake felt like it was a rock and hard to press. i drove with my hazards on unsure of what could happen while driving. there was something wrong and the car started to beep and i was worried the car might fail to brake so i started to drive very slowly. the brakes were so hard to press. i took my car to toyota the next day and they said there was a defect with my brakes. they had the vehicle for a few days and returned to me saying it was fixed. needless to say this was a very scary situation to be in. i drive a lot. if i had been further away from my home this would have put me in a very dangerous position. i could've been stranded or drove on the freeway in this condition unsure of what was happening. my car could've stopped braking, ...
I purchased a 2010 toyota prius, within a month i had to replace the fuel pump sensor (after it went out on the highway and the car died while driving it). then 6 weeks after purchase i was driving down the highway again and the hood ripped up completely shattering the windshield while driving. i later learned both safety's on the hood latch were broken and missing parts. it also has an oil leak that will cost me $2,200 to repair when i only paid $6,000 for the car on top of many other minor issues.
Just had recall work completed including software update. car now exhibits new limp mode behavior with low fuel. this never happened before the software update. trip meter indicated more than 50 miles remained with current fuel supply. fuel level was as two bars and low fuel light had not yet come on. limp mode occurred at speed on 4 lane freeway. vehicle would not restart and dash messaging indicated hybrid system failure. had vehicle towed only to realize it was all happening due to a low fuel level. i believe the safety recall software update has introduced agreater risk to my roadside safety and has made the vehicle less trustworthy and has reduced value.
Sunroof exploded driving at highway speed on a clear night
Toyota has performed what they purport to be the same recall, eoe, twice. the second time it was performed, it was performed without advance notice to me, and without explanation, except that it not been performed before on my vehicle, and was required. after the work was done, and after returning from the dealer, i checked my records, and i determined that the eoe recall had in fact been done three years earlier, in 2015. subsequent contacts with toyota and the dealers involved has not provided an explanation, regarding the need to essentially re-do the same eoe recall, except as a part of the latest recall, which currently has no remedy. this latest recall, nhtsa no. 18v-684, states 'a previous safety recall may not have been fully completed . . . '. the statement is vague, and no one has been able to tell me why any prior recall was not fully completed, when the service invoice indicates such recalls were in fact fully completed. toyota tells me other owners are affected, not just me. i have not received any notice from toyota, indicating the work done for the first eoe was in any way incomplete, such that it needed ...
Tire blew out on the freeway without warning. it was a general altimax rt43 size 195/65 15.with about 9300 miles on it. tire has several blown out section in the sidewall.
This vehicle has hybrid system faults recall since october 2018 and toyota still has not responded to my request to fix the car after 4months. it is very dangerous to drive this car because the hybrid system default warning light comes up pretty frequently.
Brakes slip and lose grip while braking and traveling over moderate bumps or potholes, also happens while braking hard.
Vehicle has lost power on the freeway multiple times forcing me to pull over. in one instance i was almost rear ended by a semi. the vehicle will show a temperature warning and will then shut down and read, "check hybrid system". the toyota dealership claims it needs a new engine. this is a well known issue and will go in front of a judge in january. i have contacted toyota about this and they tell me it is out of warranty and not eligible for the warranty enhancement. this should have been an unlimited mileage recall but toyota refuses to do anything about it. this happened again this morning to my wife who was on a freeway where the speed limit is 70mph. this is an extremely dangerous error and i would hate to see someone die because their car stops on the freeway. this vehicle has also had severay p0401 codes, there is an warranty enhancement for this as well but limited to 150k miles. i was told by the toyota dealership it was also a culprit for a blown head gasket.
While driving our 2010 toyota prius ii on the interstate we began noticing a burning smell. then, the abs light illuminated on the dashboard. we pulled onto an off ramp and as we slowed the vehicle down smoke began coming from under the hood. we drove very slowly down the road and the smoke became more prevalent. we turned on a side street and my husband put the vehicle in park, got out, walked to the front, and noticed that the passenger front head lamp was melted and there was a flame. we quickly got our family out of the car (2 kids in carseats in the back). we moved away from the vehicle and the flames become larger and larger. we called 911 and the hood was engulfed in flames by the time the firefighters arrived. they were able to put the fire out quickly, so it did not spread into the front cabin or rear of the vehicle. we had not had any recent work done and the vehicle was fully operational until the time of the fire. we had not been experiencing any problems prior to this incident.
My emergency brake has failed. i park on a hil and my car almost went down without me in it , i was getting something out of the back seat when the eb failed, luckily the drivers door was open and i was able to jump in and brake with the normal brakes. also while braking and going over a bump my brakes fail for a second.
When i press brake on the bumped road, the car function weird and seems like it has sudden "shock" so it is kind of losing control for the car even i didn't press brake that hard, it happens several times already during the course of 7 years that i owned this car, even when car is new. i was so scared and nervous, i don't know where to report this problem and did mentioned to dealer before. the problem is random and unpredictable and i don't know when it will happen. but i guess i am kind of cautious on when i press pedal when i drive. this is mostly happen in local drive, not highway. in driving when driving forward, maybe there is something on the road, but it should not be doing this as it is very scary and it's like a sudden "jerky". my name is [xxx] it happened at least 10 times during the past 7 years to me. information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6). *tr
my car is a 2010 toyota prius with nearly 100k miles. i was traveling on the highway at approx 65 mph when another vehicle was trying to merge onto the highway. i usually maintain my speed but in this situation of traffic i slowed slightly and flashed my headlights for the driver to go ahead of me. the driver seemed to be unsure of merging safety and pulled over to the shoulder of the road. in that process i braked to slow and then accelerated in an effort to maintain speed with ongoing traffic. then oddly the acceleration went from under foot as if a 'ghost' was pressing the accelerator pedal. at first i thought perhaps the floor mat was improperly pressing it. i pressed the brake a bit a few times and looked to the hazards to alert other vehicles but never pressed them instead intuitively trying to regain control of the car. the process of pressing the brakes and accelerator gently seemed to reset things. hard to say as ...
We were driving on the highway at about 70 miles per hour when the reading lights and dashboard flashed on and then off in a matter of about 5 seconds. the dash showed a triangle indicator light with an exclamation point. the dash also seemed to reset and showed the display as is the car had just been turned on. this incident happened twice within a 4 hour period. once on the highway and once on a back road going about 40 mph. the car did not stop either time, but it is still concerning.