2010 TOYOTA PRIUS Complaints

WHILE DRIVING, WE MADE A LEFT TURN ON A CITY STREET, WARNING LIGHTS FOR ABS, STABILITY CONTROL, AND WARNING LIGHTS ALL CAME ON AT ONCE. BRAKES BECAME SPONGY WHEN PRESSED. WAS ABLE TO STILL BRAKE BUT WITH MUCH MORE EFFORT AND NOT CONFIDENT IN THE BRAKING. I HAD IT TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND THE DIAGNOSTIC ERROR CODE REGISTERED "C1391". PER MECHANIC THIS IS FOR ABS ACCULATOR, OR BOOSTER PUMP FAILURE OR LEAK PER MECHANIC. THIS HAPPENED OUT OF THE BLUE, NO WARNINGS. LUCKILY WHILE DRIVING WE WERE DRIVING IN TOWN AND AT A SPEED OF ONLY ABOUT 15-25 MPH AND WE WERE NOT ON THE FREE WAY OR AT HIGH SPEED. PER TOYOTA THE PART REQUIRED ARE CYLINDER ASSEMBLY BRAKE AND BRAKE PUMP ASSEMBLY. COST TO REPAIR THESE PARTS PER TOYOTA WOULD BE ESTIMATED AT $2700. LOCAL DEALERSHIP WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL IT REGISTERED THE CODE AGAIN. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE ADVISOR, SAID UNTIL THE CODE IS TRIGGERED AGAIN THEY WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING. ALSO AFTER THE CODE WAS RESET THE BRAKES WORKED NORMAL AGAIN. THIS IN MY OPINION IS A SAFETY ISSUE! *TR

I WAS DRIVING AT A SPEED AROUND 60 MPH AND HAD TO BREAK SUDDENLY AND THE CAR DID NOT BREAK RIGHT AWAY AND TOOK MORE THAN NORMAL TO SLOW DOWN. I JUST HAD THE INSPECTION A MONTH AGO AND I WAS SAID I HAD PLENTY OF BREAKS LEFT.

I HAVE 'CHECK THE HYBRID SYSTEM 'WINDOW ON DASHBOARD. INDEPENDENT MECHANIC CHECKED AND TOLD ME THAT IT HAS PROBLEMS WITH INVERTER. TOYOTA HAS AND HAD MULTIPLE RECALLS BUT THEY ARE DOING SOME TYPE OF REPROGRAMMING WHICH ISN'T HELPFUL. IT IS EXPENSIVE AND COMMON PROBLEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKES WARNING LIGHT, ABS WARNING LIGHT AND SEVERAL OTHER WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO TOYOTA OF SANTA BARBARA LOCATED AT 5611 HOLLISTER AVE, GOLETA, CA 93117, (833) 779-4500) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE BRAKE BOOSTER ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,000.

ABS SYSTEM FAILS, REAR PASSENGER SEAT BELT ISSUE, HEADLIGHT BULBS BURNED TOO MUCH

WHEN I WAS DRIVING ON WEST PACES ROAD IN ATLANTA, I TRIED TO BRAKE AND THE BARAKES DID NOT WORK . THEREFORE I WENT DIRECTLY INTO THE BACK OF THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I MUST PRECISE THAT THE BRAKES PAD WERE NEW, THE BRAKE LIQUID WAS OK. I WAS DRIVING AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

HYBRID SYSTEM SHUT DOWN WHILE TRAVELING. LOSS OF POWER HAZARD. HYBRID SYSTEM MALFUNCTION INDICATED ALONG WITH LOSS OF TRACTION AND TROUBLE INDICATOR ON DASH. *BF

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 20 MPH, THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM, STABILITY CONTROL AND BRAKE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE BRAKE ABILITY BEGAN TO DELAY. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, THEY DETERMINED THAT THE BRAKE BOOSTER HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 230,000.

BRAKES FAIL WHEN APPLIED STEADILY WHILE MOVING ON A WET OR BUMPY SURFACE CAUSING THE CAR TO CONTINUE FORWARD UNLESS THE PEDDLE IS PRESSED AGAIN FIRMLY. THIS HAPPENS ON THE CITY STREETS WHILE MOVING IN A STRAIGHT LINE. THIS APPEARS TO BE DUE TO THE KNOWN ABS PROBLEM IN THE 2010 PRIUS AND WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN CORRECTED BYWAY OF A SOFTWARE PATCH, WHICH I AM TOLD BY CHUCK PATTERSON CHICO TOYOTA HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE AND NO FURTHER EHLP COULD BE EXPECTED FROM TOYOTA.

THE CAR I HAVE 3 DASH LIGHTS WE PULL THE CODE THROUGH COMPUTER IT WAS C13 91. THAT MEANS THE CAR HAVE AN ACTUATOR IT'S NOT WORKING SO THE BRAKE SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY AND THE ABS LIGHT TRACTION LIGHT THE BRAKE LIGHT ARE ON ALL THE TIME . SOMETIME THEY GO OFF AND SOMETIMES THEY TURN BACK ON USUALLY IT'S MORE ON TIME THAN OFF TIME. I DID RESEARCH AND FIND OUT VERY COMMON WITH 2010-2015 PRIUS MODEL WENT TO TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AT RIVERDALE WEST SPRINGFIELD MASSACHUSETTS NO HELP. IT'S A KNOWN PROBLEM THEY AGREE BUT MY CAR IS 10 YEARS OLD OR 150000 MILES OVER SO NO WARRANTY PLEASE HELP I AM A POOR UBER DRIVER 4 DAUGHTER AND WIFE I AM THE ONLY BIRD FEEDER [XXX] IS MY CELL AND [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR