2012 TOYOTA PRIUS Complaints

THE LINING ON THE DEFLECTOR RUBBER GASKET/SEAL OF THE SUNROOF HAS BEEN DETERIORATING. I HAVE HEARD FROM MANY OTHER PRIUS III OWNERS THAT THIS IS A COMMON DEFECT FOR THE 2010-2013 YEAR MODELS. I BELIEVE IT IF IS THIS COMMON, TOYOTA SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACING IT.

I SWITCHED INTO NEUTRAL AND PUSHED THE PARK BUTTON TO PARK. I LEANED FORWARD TO GRAB MY WALLET AND FELT THE CAR ACCELERATING OVER THE PARKING CURB. I IMMEDIATELY SLAMMED THE BRAKES AND THE CAR ACCELERATED INTO A BUILDING. I AM FORTUNATE TO BE ALIVE BECAUSE IF THE AIRBAG WOULD HAVE ACTIVATED, I WOULD HAVE BROKE MY NECK.

2012 PRIUS V 68,000 MILES ON VEHICLE BRAKE ISSUES FROM THE TIME CAR WAS PURCHASED NEW FROM A TOYOTA DEALER. HISTORY... WHEN BRAKING AND GOING OVER ROUGH SURFACE OR BUMP, THE BRAKES WOULD SEEM TO MOMENTARILY DISENGAGE AND THEN REENGAGE AFTER THE SURFACE SMOOTHED. THE CAR SEEMED TO LUNGE OR SKIP FORWARD AND TAKE LONGER TO STOP. ALERTED THE DEALERSHIP, THEY CHECKED AND SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE. THIS HAS CONTINUED THROUGHOUT MY OWNERSHIP OF THIS VEHICLE. RECENTLY DURING AN EMERGENCY STOPPING ACTION ON A FREEWAY, MY PRIUS WAS THE 3RD CAR IN A 3 CAR ACCIDENT. THE 1ST CAR FOR SOME REASON, SLOWED DRASTICALLY,AND WAS REAR ENDED BY THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I FELT I WAS AT A GOOD DISTANCE BEHIND THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND I REACTED AND FULLY DEPRESSED THE BRAKES AND FELT THIS CAR CONTINUE TO ROLL AND CONTACT THE CAR IN FRONT. THE BRAKES DID FINALLY TAKE HOLD, BUT I FELT A HESITATION WHICH LENGTHENED THE STOPPING DISTANCE. I HAVE RESEARCHED AND FOUND THERE ARE DOZENS OF REPORTED ISSUES WITH THE HYBRID'S BRAKE SYSTEMS IN BOTH PRIUS MODELS AS WELL AS SOME REPORTED ISSUES WITH LEXUS HYBRIDS. I WONDER HOW MANY OTHER INCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED WITH THE MILLIONS OF PRIUS VEHICLES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN REPORTED. THERE SEEMS TO BE ISSUES WITH THE COMPUTERIZED/MECHANICAL BRAKING INTEGRATION AND POSSIBLE ISSUES WITH THE ACTUATOR.

IGUALMENTE QUE LOS CARROS PRIUS REGULARES, EL CUAL HAY UNA GARANTIA EXTENDIDA, MI EL AUTO DAO LA BOMBA DE FRENOS, LO CUAL ES MUY COSTOSA, ESTA GARANTIA SOLO ES SOLO PARA PRIUS REGULARES IGUALMENTE UTILIZAN EL MISMO SISTEMA. SE DEBE VERIFICAR PORQUE NO CUBRE LOS OTROS AUTOS YA QUE TIENEN EL MISMO SISTEMA.

HEADLIGHTS KEEP BURNING OUT. BOTH SIDES. ABOUT EVERY FOUR MONTHS. THIS IS DANGEROUS!!! AND UNNECESSARILY EXPENSIVE!!!

IT STARTED WITH SHAKING ON STARTUP, IDLE AND LOW SPEEDS. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. DIAGNOSED WITH MULTIPLE CYLINDER MISFIRE. IGNITION COILS REPLACED, BUT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. SUBSEQUENT ANALYSIS INDICATED COOLANT IN THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER DUE TO A FAILED HEAD GASKET.

VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION TRAVELING ABOUT 50 MPH WHEN AN EFFORT WAS MADE TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE ON A 2 LANE ROAD, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WHILE WE WERE PASSING, WE BARELY GOT BACK INTO OUR LANE AND JUST BARELY AVOIDED A HEAD ON COLLISION. THEN THE VEHICLE SLOWED TO ABOUT 15 MPH AND LIMPED TO A STOP A MILE LATER. WE COULD HAVE DIED.

INNER LEFT TIE ROD LOOSE, REVEALED WHEN ANNUAL INSPECTION CONDUCTED. TOYOTA HAS NO PART NUMBER FOR THE INNER TIE ROD (EST PRICE $30.00) SO MUST PURCHASE ENTIRE STEERING ASSEMBLY (PART COST = $1,000; LABOR ABOUT THE SAME).

THE PROBLEM STARTED WITH A CHIRPING NOISE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED. TODAY THE CAR APPEARS TO LOSE REGENERATIVE BRAKING CHARGING. THE VEHICLE STABILITY CONTROL AND ABS LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. THE BRAKE APPEARED TO BE MUSHIED.

MY 2012 PRIUS C WITH 90,000 MILES BEGAN TO LOSE POWER/SPEED DRIVING WHEN CHECK HYBRID SYSTEM WARNING SUDDENLY CAME ON TONIGHT. IT WAS UNRESPONSIVE TO THE GAS PEDDLE, EVEN AT FULL THROTTLE. DID NOT ALLOW ENOUGH TIME TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF A BUSY ROAD BEFORE IT LOST ALL ABILITY TO DRIVE, LEAVING ME STALLED NEAR INTERSECTION. A STRANGER HELPED PUSH MY CAR OFF THE MAIN ROAD UNTIL AAA SENT A TOW TRUCK. HAD THIS OCCURRED ONE MILE LATER, I WOULD'VE STALLED ON THE 25 SOUTHBOUND FREEWAY GOING FROM LONE TREE TO DENVER AT A VERY BUSY TIME IN THE EVENING WITHOUT WARNING (SCARY THOUGHT). UPON ARRIVING HOME WITH THE TOWED VEHICLE, I ATTEMPTED TO START THE ENGINE AGAIN, BUT IT WOULD NOT START. TURNED OFF THE IGNITION, REMOVED KEYS, BUT A LOW SOUND I'VE NEVER CONTINUED FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. AFTER THAT, THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY DEAD. DASHBOARD WON'T LIGHT UP, NO WORKING HORN, POWER LOCKS, WINDOWS, ALARM. I NOW HAVE NO FUNCTIONING VEHICLE AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT CAUSED MY CAR TO LOSE POWER WHILE DRIVING.