2016 TOYOTA PRIUS Complaints

WHILE IN MOTION ON A HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WINDOW SHATTERED. MOST OF THE PIECES OF THE GLASS FELL ONTO THE DRIVER'S LAP, BUT PIECES ALSO LANDED ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AND IN THE BACK SEAT BEHIND THE DRIVER. IT IS UNKNOWN WHY THE GLASS SHATTERED. NO OBJECT WAS FOUND IN THE CAR THAT COULD HAVE SHATTERED IT.

WHEN DRIVING WITH A HEAVY LOAD IN THE BACK OR WITH LARGE ADULTS IN THE BACK SEAT IT CAUSES THE HEADLIGHTS TO POINT UPWARD BLINDING ON COMING CARS. YES YOU CAN MANUALLY LOWER THE LIGHTS VIA THE SCREW UNDER THE HOOD BUT THAT'S AN INCONVENIENCE AS I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD. SOMETIMES THE HEADLIGHT BLINDS ONCOMING CARS EVEN WITHOUT A HEAVY LOAD CAUSING ONCOMING CARS TO FLASH ME AND I HAVE TO FLASH THEM BACK TO PROVE TO THEM I HAVE MY LOWS ON. AT TIMES WHEN I GET TOO MANY FLASHES I END UP DRIVING WITH JUST THE DIM DAY RUNNING LIGHTS TO MAKE SURE I DON'T BLIND ONCOMING CARS CAUSING ME TO COMPROMISE MY NIGHT DRIVING SAFETY. TOYOTA SHOULD PROVIDE AUTO LEVELING HEADLIGHTS LIGHTS OR A FIRMER SUSPENSION TO ENSURE THE LEVEL OF THE HEAD LIGHT IS POINTING WHERE IT SHOULD BE.

WITH THE AUXILIARY BATTERY WELL CHARGED THE GAS ENGINE WILL TURN OFF WHEN VEHICLE COMES TO A STOP. IN ORDER TO TURN THE IGNITION KEY TO THE OFF POSITION AND REMOVE THE KEY IT IS NECESSARY TO MOVE THE SHIFT LEVER TO THE PARK POSITION. AT THE SAME TIME IT IS ADVISABLE TO SET THE PARKING BRAKE. IF DISTRACTED IT IS POSSIBLE TO OPEN THE DOOR AND LEAVE THE VEHICLE WITH THE ELECTRIC ENGINE STILL RUNNING. THERE IS NO ENGINE NOISE AT ALL. THERE IS NO SIGNAL, AUDIO OR LIGHT, TO INDICATE THE ENGINE IS STILL RUNNING. I HAVE HAD THIS OCCUR ON TWO OCCASIONS, ONCE DURING DAYTIME, WITH MY SON ACCOMPANYING ME, 09/07/2017, THE SECOND TIMEL ALONE, WHEN PARKING THE CAR IN MY GARAGE AT NIGHT, 09/13/2017. ON RETURN TO THE CAR, WITH MY SON, I SEARCH FOR MY KEYS AND FOUND THE CAR'S GAS ENGINE RUNNING, EMITTING THE NORMAL ENGINE NOISE, THE KEY NOT HAVING BEEN REMOVED AFTER PARKING. WHEN TURNING OFF AND REMOVING THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION, INSIDE LIGHTS AND DRIVE LIGHTS CONTINUE TO BE ON UNTIL THE DOOR IS CLOSED, AT WHICH TIME THE LIGHTS, INSIDE AND OUT, GO OFF AFTER A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME. THE THREE ACTIONS, MOVING THE SHIFT LEVER, SETTING THE PARKING BRAKE AND TURNING OFF THE IGNITION ALL REQUIRE USE OF THE RIGHT HAND, WITH THE MOVING OF THE SHIFT LEVER BEING MANDETORY. WITH NO AUDIBLE ENGINE NOISE IT IS EASY TO OVERLOOK THE FACT THAT THE ENGINE IS STILL RUNNING. AN AUDIBLE BEEP OR FLASHING LIGHT WOULD ALERT THE DRIVER TO THE FACT THAT SOMETHING IS AMISS. OF COURSE AN UNLOCKED PARKED CAR WITH ENGINE RUNNING IS ALSO AN INVITATION TO CAR THEFT. THE CAR'S DOORS CANNOT BE LOCKED WITH THE KEY IN THE IGNITION, BUT THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT THE DOORS HAVE NOT LOCKED WITHOUT TESTING THE DOORS FROM THE OUTSIDE. NOT HAVING SUCCESSFULLY LOCKED THE DOORS CAN ALSO BE EASILY OVERLOOKED BY A DISTRACTED DRIVER.

I HAD VERY SMALL WINDSHIELD CRACK WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON 10 FRWY COVINA CA , I DIDN'T NOTICE ANYTHING HIT MY WINDSHIELD WAS VERY HOT DAY JUST HEARD TING AND I SHAW CRACK BUT WITHIN A DAY WAS VERY LONG ABOUT 2FT CRACK .I TOOK LONGO TOYOTA AT EL-MONTE THEY SAID IT DON'T COVER BY DEALER OR TOYOTA COMPANY SO THEY GIVE ME $1265 EST. COST TO FIX IT.IT WAS MY 2016 TOYOTA PRIUS MILES 17K ONLY AND UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH 2016 PRIUS IS BODY COLOR POPUP SO EASY IT JUST COMEUP SO SO EASY LOOK LIKE THEY JUST PAINT SO EASY ... I HAVE SO BAD EXPERIENCE WITH PRIUS CAR FEEL LIKE I JUST WAST MY 30K FOR JUST PIECE OF [XXX] PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

AT HIGHWAY SPEED TIRE TREAD SEPARATED COMPLETELY FROM SIDEWALL ON BOTH SIDES OF RIGHT REAR TIRE. VEHICLE: 2016 TOYOTA PRIUS TWO ECO. TIRES - MANUFACTURER: TOYO - MODEL: NANOENERGY A29 - DOT CODE: N39N SIZE:195/6515 TIRE - DATE OF MANUFACTURE: 1216 (DECEMBER 2016)

I HAD A VERY SMALL PEBBLE HIT MY WINDSHIELD WHILE DRIVING SLOWLY ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET. THE INITIAL IMPACT CAUSED SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT CRACKS RUNNING LENGTHWISE AND WIDTHWISE ACROSS MY WINDSHIELD INSTEAD OF JUST STARING OR PITTING AS TRADITIONALLY OCCURS. THIS IS MY THIRD PRIUS AND I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED A WINDSHIELD RESPONDING THIS WAY. IT APPEARS ONLINE THAT THIS HAS BECOME A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND IT IS EXTREMELY COSTLY SINCE THEY CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE AN AFTERMARKET AVAILABLE. AS WELL AS REQUIRING $600+ RECALIBRATION. I AM EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED IN TOYOTA. I AM CONCERNED THAT I AM GOING TO PAY $1500 TO GET THIS FIXED (SINCE MY INSURANCE USES MY DEDUCTABLE) ONLY FOR IT TO BREAK AGAIN DUE TO A MINOR INSTANCE (AS MANY HAVE COMPLAINED ONLINE). MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE NEW WINDSHIELD IS THINNER/ LIGHTER FOR MPG. IS THIS NOT COVERED ON SOME SORT OF WARRANTY OR RECALL? I'M VERY UPSET THAT THIS HAS OCCURRED AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN EXTREMELY LOYAL TO TOYOTA, IM AT A POINT WHERE I JUST WANT TO DRIVE WITH IT CRACKED TO AVID HAVING TO FIX FUTURE CRACKED WINDSHIELDS.

2016 TOYOTA PRIUS. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO CONCERNS ABOUT FRONT END BUMPER BEING EXTREMELY LOW TO THE GROUND.*LD THE CONSUMER REQUESTED TO BE ADVISED ON THE LEGAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE GROUND AND THE BUMPER AND ENGINE OF THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 09/20/2017*JS

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON THE HIGHWAY AND A SMALL ROCK HIT MY WINDSHIELD. WITHIN MINUTES, A 6 INCH CRACK HAD DEVELOPED. BY THE TIME I ARRIVED AT WORK (ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER), THE CRACK HAS EXTENDED TO OVER A FOOT. I CALLED A LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AND ASKED IF ANY KNOWN DEFECTS EXISTED. I WAS TOLD NO RECALLS EXISTS FOR MY WINDSHIELD. SPOKE WITH MY INSURANCE AGENT AND REFERRED TO SAFELITE AUTOGLASS FOR REPLACEMENT, SINCE IT COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. THE NEXT MORNING, I DROVE CAR TO WORK AGAIN AND NOTICED CRACK HAS PROGRESS A FEW MORE INCHES OVERNIGHT. BY THE TIME I LEFT WORK, THE LATERAL EXTENDING CRACK HAS NOW STARTED EXTENDING TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD, FORMED A JAGGED C-SHAPE. VISIBILITY WAS NOW LIMITED FROM THE CRACK AND FROM THE GLARE FROM THE SUNLIGHT REFLECTING OFF THE CRACKS. I CALLED SAFELITE AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ONLY REPLACEMENT WINDSHIELD WAS AN TOYOTA OEM, BUT THAT IT WAS ON BACKORDER FOR ANOTHER 3 WEEKS AND AT A COST OF ALMOST $800. FEARING ANOTHER POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITION, I DID NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE MY CAR UNTIL THE WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED. TODAY, I WAS READING PRIUSCHAT WEBSITE AND FOUND THAT MY CASE IS CERTAINLY NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. I AM CONCERNED NOW THAT SINCE I REPLACED MY WINDSHIELD WITH AN TOYOTA OEM PART, I AM AGAIN SUBJECTED TO REPEAT DANGER VEHICLE CONDITION AND ADDITIONAL HIGH COST OF REPLACEMENT.

UNDER T-SB-0144-16. ALOT OF 2016 TOYOTA PRIUS OWNERS ARE COMPLAINING A CLICK NOISE FROM REAR OF VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. I CONFIRMED THROUGH PRIUS CHAT UNDER TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN 0144-16 THAT CLICKING NOISE IS FROM THE SUPPORT NUTS ON THE REAR SHOCKS. I ATTEMPTED TO HAVE IT FIX AS A RECALL. THE TOYOTA SERVICE REPAIR IN SAN BRUNO CALIFORNIA SAID MY BASIC WARRANTY EXPIRED & THEY REFUSED TO FIX IT EVEN THOUGH THE ISSUE IS A POTENTIAL SAFETY-RELATED DEFECTS AND THERE ARE ADEQUACY OF EXISTING SAFETY COMPLAINT WITH MANY PRIUS CUSTOMERS VIA PRIUS CHAT/TSB.

WHEN BREAKING WHILE TRAVELING OVER BUMPS/RIPPLES ON THE ROAD OR OVER ROUGH ROAD CONDITIONS SUCH AS POTHOLES OR ROADWORK, THE VEHICLE FEELS AS THOUGH THE BREAKS ARE SKIPPING OR FAILING. THIS HAS OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES UNDER THE SAME OR SIMILAR CONDITIONS. THERE IS A SENSATION WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP, THAT THE CAR IS NOT GOING TO STOP IN TIME OR THAT YOU HAVE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE'S ABILITY TO STOP SAFELY.