2011 TOYOTA PRIUS Complaints

WHEN BREAKING AND STILL MOVING, THE CAR WILL ACCELERATE MOMENTARILY RESULTING IN GOING FASTER FOR A SECOND OR TWO. THIS HAPPENED RANDOMLY OVER THE YEARS AND MAY IN SOME INSTANCES BE RELATED TO HITTING AN IRREGULARITY IN THE ROAD, BUT I CANNOT BE SURE. IT HAS NOT CAUSED AN ACCIDENT, BUT IS STRONG ENOUGH THAT IT COULD. I'M A PRETTY SAFE DRIVER SO TEND NOT TO RIDE ON THE TAIL OF THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I HAVE NOT KEPT TRACK OF WHEN IT HAPPENS.

MY TOYOTA PRIUS LOSES POWER RANDOMLY AFTER HAVING THE RECALL FIX J0V COMPLETED UPDATING THE SOFTWARE IN INVERTER. VEHICLE STALLED 3 TIMES ON FREEWAY, HIGHWAY AND OFF RAMP. DASH BOARD LIGHTS LIGHT UP WITH ALL WARNING LIGHTS. VEHICLE LOSES POWER....CAN DRIVE A MILE OR SO WITH ALMOST NO POWER...THEN VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN. DASH PANEL READS CHECK HYBRID SYSTEM CONDITIONS ARE EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE ZE3 WARRANTY ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM DESCRIBES. HOWEVER THE DTC CODE IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT SO DEALER AND TOYOTA WILL NOT FIX INVERTER. THE CAR IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AS THE SYMPTOMS APPEAR RANDOMLY, USUALLY AFTER AN ACCELERATION OF THE VEHICLE PUTS LOAD ON ENGINE. PLS HELP ME

THE CAR STOP WORKING ALL THE DASH LIGHTS STOP WORKING ,THE BRAKES START GETTING HARDER AND THE DON'T STOP AT ALL AND BEEPING WITHOUT STOP THAT NOISE AND THE HIBRYD SYSTEM STOP WORKING AFTER I LIVING FOR SOME RECALLS REPAIRS AND THE WANT ME TO FIX THE CAR TO PAY AND I KNOW IS NOT MY FAULT EVERYTHING IS BECAUSE IS THIS CAR IS ALL ELECTRONIC SYSTEM.NEVER ON MY LIVE I HAVE THIS PROBLEM WITH MY OTHER CARS.ONLY WITH THIS ONE AND NOW THEY ONE ME TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THE COMPANY MAKES WRONG.THIS IS NOT FAIR AT ALL.BEFORE I WAS RECOMENDED THIS CAR BUT RIGHT NOW PEOPLE ASK ME AND I HAVE TO TALK NEGATIVE SITUATION ABOUT IT.

WHEN I BRAKE ON AN UNEVEN SURFACE (POTHOLES, BUMPS, ETC) THE CAR WILL SOMETIMES JUMP FORWARDS. I AM UNSURE WHETHER IT IS REFERRED TO AS BRAKES SLIPPING BUT IT IS EXACTLY THE SAME THING THAT I'VE READ HAPPENING TO MANY PEOPLE. IT WAS AN ISSUE IN THE 2010, WHICH LED TO A RECALL, YET THERE IS NO RECALL ON THE 2011. IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE, PEOPLE HAVE SAID THAT THE ACTUATOR WAS THE PART THAT NEEDED REPLACING, YET IT IS A $3-4K PART AND SHOULD NOT BE LEFT UP TO THE CONSUMER. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY TOYOTA. IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING EVER SINCE I'VE OWNED THE CAR. I HAVE BEEN LUCKY SO FAR THAT IT HASN'T ACCELERATED ME INTO ANOTHER CAR OR PERSON.

WHILE DEPLOYING BRAKES IF YOU GO OVER BUMPS THEY FAIL TO BRAKE PROPERLY. FEELS LIKE A SPEED UP. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIME WHILE BRAKING FOR TRAFFIC LIGHT OR MAKING TURNS.

2011 TOYOTA PRIUS. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARD AIRBAG NOT DEPLOYING AFTER VEHICLE CRASHED AND SAFETY RECALL NO 18V-684. *AS

ALL OF THE BRAKE LIGHTS ON MY DASH LIT UP, BRAKES WEREN'T WORKING WELL, TOOK IT TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND WAS TOLD IT WAS MY BRAKE ACTUATOR.

THE CAR STARTS AS NORMAL AND DRIVES NORMALLY BUT ONCE YOU START TO COME TO A STOP THE CAR SHUTS OFF AND WILL ONLY RESTART WHEN YOU DEPRESS THE GAS PEDAL BUT SHUTS DOWN AGAIN WHEN YOU RELEASE THE GAS PEDAL, NORMAL CITY STREETS AND HIGHWAY

ENGINE DEVELOPED AN OIL LEAK AROUND 120,000 MILES. DEALER RAN AN OIL LEAK TEST ($700)AND PERFORMED SOMETHING ELSE FOR $300 DOLLARS. NOTHING WORK. DEALER SAYS THE FIX IS TO BUY A NEW SHORT BLOCK FOR $6,700. I WILL NOT. I'M ADDING OIL MYSELF TO CAR ABOUT ONCE EVERY 10 DAYS

I'M CONSTANTLY HEARING A BARKING/ PURGING NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKE ACCUMULATOR PUMP WHENEVER I DO HARD BRAKING. WHENEVER I HIT POTHOLES OR ROUGH ROADS, THE CAR WOULD STILL ROLLS DURING BRAKING AS IF THE ABS IS GETTING TRIGGERED. I WAS QUOTED BY TOYOTA DEALER OF AN ESTIMATE OF $3000 TO REPLACE THE BRAKE ACCUMULATOR PUMP AND BOOSTER. I'M AFRAID THAT THE BRAKES WOULD FAIL WHILE DRIVING.