2014 TOYOTA PRIUS Complaints

MICE INVADING INSIDE OF CAR AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS. DESTROYING INTERIOR AND AIR FILTRATION SYSTEM. CAN SPREAD DISEASE INCLUDING HANTAVIRUS WITH DROPPINGS. I THINK THIS IS DUE TO USING SOY BASED WIRE COVERINGS THAT ATTRACH RODENTS. CAN ALSO AFFECT WIRING INSIDE THE CAR.

DID AN OIL CHANGE TO THE CAR ON 9/14/18. DRIVING TO KEY LARGO SATURDAY 9/15/18 MORNING AND WHILE DRIVING (ALMOST THERE) WHEN THE ABS, ANTI SKID, SYSTEM FAILURE LIGHTS CAME ON. TOOK IT TO THE TOYOTA AND THE SERVICE MANAGER HAD IT SCANNED FOR THE CODES. CAME BACK AS BRAKE ACTUATOR FAILURE AND THEY TOLD ME THE CAR WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE THE BRAKES FAILED. SAME EXACT THING THAT HAPPENED TO MY 2012 PRIUS WHICH I HAD TO PAY TO GET FIXED. THIS TIME I WAS TOLD BY THE ASSISTANT SERVICE MANAGER THAT TOYOTA SEEMS TO BE AWARE THERE'S AN ISSUE SO THEY WOULD PROBABLY COVER THE COST OF THE PART $3500 BUT I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LABOR WHICH THEY QUOTED AT $1500!!! SOMETHING IS CLEARLY WRONG. I DON'T THINK I SHOULD HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MONEY PAID TO GET THE 2012 FIXED NOR SHOULD I HAVE TO PAY FOR THE 2014 NOW. MY CAR IS AT THE TOYOTA UNTIL I CAN COME UP WITH THE MONEY...SOUNDS LIKE A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT !! ALSO, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, BOTH MY 2012 AND 2014 WERE ROUGHLY AT THE SAME MILEAGE WHEN THIS PART FAILED.

WHILE BRAKING THE FRONT WHEEL ROLLED OVER A SUNKEN SEWER COVER CAUSING TEMPORARY BRAKING FAILURE AND A SLIDING SENSATION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2014 TOYOTA PRIUS C. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE SIDE AND FRONT DRIVER SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, BUT NEITHER STOPPED THE DRIVER FROM MAKING CONTACT WITH THE WINDSHIELD. IN ADDITION, THE SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN THE DRIVER. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED FACIAL LACERATIONS, CONTUSIONS TO THE LEFT ARM, SHOULDER, AND HIP, AND SEVERE HEADACHES THE REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TOW LOT AND DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

CAR BATTERY CEASED FUNCTION FOLLOWING HEAT WAVE - REQUIRED SECONDARY BATTERY REPLACEMENT. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AFTER SHORT DRIVE (1 MILE) FOLLOWING 24 HOUR NON OPERATION DURING HIGH HEAT (100+). ATTEMPTED TO TURN CAR ON AND ENGINE WOULD NOT START. REQUIRED A TOW AND FULL BATTERY REPLACEMENT.

WE ARE DRIVING HOME IN THE 55 SOUTH WITH MY FAMILY I HAD FOURTH MONTH OLD AND 2 YEAR OLD AND MY WIFE ALL OF SUDDEN THE CAR WAS STALLED IN THE CARPOOL LANE.IT WAS SCARY PART ME WHAT CAN DO.I NEED TO REACT FAST.WE WHERE THANKFUL THAT WE PULLED OUT SAFELY.THE NEXT DAY I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO INSPECTION AND THEY TAKE A WHILE TO CHECK SO I LEFT MY CAR FOR TWO DAYS.AND THEY SAID THAT FIVE DIFFERENT CODES AND I'M GONNA PAY 3K JUST TOO TAKE IT APART AND PLUS LABOR AND PARTS.I TELL MY STORY WHAT HAPPENED THEY WANT ME TOO PAY.THE WAS WELL MAINTAINED AND THAT DAY ALL THE LIGHTS WHERE ON THE DASHBOARD.I CALLED THE TOYOTA HEADQUARTERS ON COSTA MESA.BUT THEY SAID MY WARRANTY WHERE EXPIRED. SO CANNOT HELPED ME. BUT FOR FAMILY SAFETY I JUST WANTED TO SAY IF JUST FIXED THE DEFECTS ON THE CAR OR JUST RECALLED.I STILL HAD THE CAR AND ABLE TO DRIVE.I FILLED THIS TODAY BECAUSE I HAPPEN AGAIN.

ALL FOUR DOOR LOCK ACTUATORS HAVE FAILED ON MY 2014 VEHICLE. TOYOTA DENIES ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THIS AS A COMMON PROBLEM, BUT THE INTERNET SHOWS THAT IT IS A PROBLEM AFTER ONLY 3 OR 4 YEARS OF PURCHASE OF A BRAND NEW VEHICLE. REPAIR COSTS ARE VERY HIGH FOR EACH DOOR FOR THIS PROBLEM. THERE IS ONLY ONE DOOR WITH KEY ENTRY.

PRIUS WINDSHIELD IS PRONE TO CRACK WHEN TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY. I WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY WHEN A TINY ROCK HIT THE LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF MY WINDSHIELD. THEN I COULD SEE THE TINY CRACK GETTING LONGER UNTIL IT NEARLY REACHED THE MIDDLE IN A MATTER OF TWO MINUTES. PRIUS OWNER SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THIS EXPENSIVE AND DANGEROUS DEFECT.

I ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE TO FILE A CONCERN REGARDING THE 2010 - 2014 INVERTER/COMPONENT FAILURES. THIS PROBLEM WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION BY MY DEALER INDICATING THAT THE MOTOR/GENERATOR ECU COULD RESET, CAUSING THE HYBRID SYSTEM TO SHUT DOWN, RESULTING IN MY VEHICLE STOPPING WHILE BEING DRIVEN AND SUBJECTING ME OR WHOM EVER IS DRIVING AT RISK OF A CRASH. I CALLED TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE AND SHOW LITTLE CONCERN FOR THIS POTENTIAL PROBLEM BUT JUST TOLD ME THAT I SHOULD VERIFY WITH MY DEALER THAT THE EOE-PRIUS RECALL TO REFRESH SOFTWARE IN THE INVERTER WAS PERFORMED. IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS PERFORMED ON MY CAR ON 2/14/14 AT SAN FRANCISCO TOYOTA AND THAT THEY TENDED THE WARRANTY FOR 15 YEARS, UNLIMITED MILEAGE. MY DEALER TOLD ME THAT SOME VEHICLES THAT HAVE HAD THE EOE-PRIUS RECALL HAVE STILL SUFFERED INVERTER FAILURE. IS TOYOTA GOING TO WAIT FOR SOMEONE TO DIE, BEFORE THEY WILL CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. A VERY CONCERNED PIRUS OWNER! IM JUST WONDERING IF I SHOULD SELL MY PIRUS BEFORE IT (TOYOTA) KILLS ME OR SOMEONE I LOVE.

PULLING INTO A PARKING STALL ALMOST STOPPED. MY CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND JUMPED THE CURB.