2009 TOYOTA PRIUS Complaints

WHEN I GO OVER A RAILROAD TRACK OR LARGE BUMPS THE BRAKING SYSTEM OF MY PRIUS STOPS OPERATING FOR A MOMENT. *TR

I HAVE A 2009 PRIUS, AND THE BRAKES SEEM TO DISENGAGE WHEN GOING OVER A BUMP OR POTHOLE. I NOTICE IT EVERYTIME, IN PARTICULAR WHEN EXITING THE FREEWAY, IF THERE ARE BUMPS ON THE OFF RAMP. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH OVER AN UNEVEN SURFACE AND TRYING TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND SEEMED TO HYDROPLANE FOR A SHORT TIME. THE FAILURE NEVER OCCURRED ON SMOOTH SURFACES. SHE CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS "TOO PERFECT" WHICH WAS WHY SHE EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE. SHE HAD NOT SPOKEN WITH THE MANUFACTURER TO-DATE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 10,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 10.

2009 TOYOTA PRIUS VEHICLE SLID INTO INTERSECTION, NO COLLISION OCCURRED. APPROX 3 FT PAST STOP POINT. DURING MODERATE TO HARD BRAKING, IF A WHEEL HITS SAND OR A POTHOLE, THE "TRACTION CONTROL" SYSTEM ENGAGES, CAUSING THE BRAKES TO RELEASE FOR APPROX .25 TO .75 SECOND. IT IS VERY UNNERVING (TO SAY THE LEAST) TO BE OUT OF CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE. IT IS ALSO REPEATABLE WHEN ACCELERATING ON A SHORT ENTRANCE RAMP AROUND A CORNER. THIS RAMP IS VERY UNEVEN. THE TRACTION CONTROL ENGAGES AND THE CAR SEEMS TO STEER STRAIGHT, TOWARDS THE OUTSIDE OF THE CURVE. I SPOKE TO THE DEALER ABOUT THE ISSUE, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE IS BEHAVING NORMALLY, AND THERE IS NO WAY FOR AN OPERATOR TO DISABLE THE TRACTION CONTROL. I THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE TO LIVE WITH THIS, AND ASSUMED IT WAS SOMETHING ABOUT THIS VEHICLE... BUT NOW WITH THE INVESTIGATION ON 2010 I AM WONDERING IF MY REPORT IS SIMILAR AND IF THE INVESTIGATION SHOULD BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE 2009. *TR

I WISH TO REPORT A BREAKING PROBLEM WITH MY 1999 TOYOTA PRIUS. THIS OCCURED IN ABOUT SEPT. 2009. I HAVE A 2009 TOYOTA PRIUS THAT HAD ABOUT 18,000 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME OF THIS FAILURE. I HAD JUST PULLED OUT OF A GAS STATION (FOR GAS ONLY) WHEN I GOT A NUMBER OF WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASH BOARD. (ABOUT 4 AS I RECALL) ALL THE WARNINGS WERE EITHER TIRE OF BREAK RELATED WARNINGS. I IMMEDIATELY NOTICED A BIG PROBLEM WITH THE BREAKS. ONLY MAXIMUM FOOT PRESURE WOULD ACTUATE THE BREAKS AND THEN THEY WOULD GRAB VERY HARD. FORTUNATELY, THE LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER WAS JUST AROUND THE CORNER, SO I CAREFULLY LIMPPED THE CAR IN. NO DAMAGE OR ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY THIS FAILURE. TOYOTA DID FIX THE PROBLEM THE NEXT DAY AND REPORTED THAT THE FRONT BREAKS HAD STOPPED WORKING AND ONLY THE REAR BEAKS WERE STOPPING THE CAR. IF I RECALL THE FIX CORRECTLY, THEY REPLACED SOME PART CALLED THE "BREAK ACTUATOR" SINCE THEN, NO PROBLEM HAS BEEN NOTED *CN

I OWN A 2009 TOYOTA PRIUS. I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT IN A SHOPPING CENTER WHEN MY CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. I HIT A SMALL TREE AND THE CAR BESIDE ME. THE CAR IS BEING TOWED TO CAMELBACK TOYOTA IN PHOENIX AZ. THE CAR SEEMED TO ACCELERATE EVEN THOUGH I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE. I DID NOT STEP ON THE BREAKE HARD BUT THE CAR JUST PULLED AHEAD *CN

1. DRIVING NORMALLY UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS 2. 2009 PRIUS PURCHASED IN APRIL OF '09 LOSES TRACTION OVER POTHOLES, BUMPS IN THE ROAD. THIS HAPPENS ALMOST EVERY TIME I DRIVE, SINCE I LIVE IN A CITY AND GO OVER POTHOLES AND UNEVEN ROADS OFTEN. IT IS NOT A PARTICULAR ISSUE IN THE SNOW- IN FACT IT HAPPENS MORE OFTEN ON CLEAR ROADS. 3. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THE ISSUE, BECAUSE MY PRIUS WAS BOUGHT ONE MONTH BEFORE THE RECALL COVERS (APRIL OF '09, VERSUS THE NEW RECALL THAT GOES BACK TO MAY OF '09). MY CAR WITHOUT A DOUBT HAS THE SAME ISSUE. *CN

I AM AN OWNER OF A 2009 PRIUS. I HAVE EXPERIENCED FROM DAY ONE, AN ISSUE WHEN BRAKING OVER A BUMP OR POTHOLE IN THE ROAD. THE BRAKES DO NOT GRASP. A PICTURE OF A SWIRVING CAR APPEARS ON THE MONITOR OF THE CAR SHOWING OUT OF CONTROL VEHICLE. THIS APPEARS TO BE THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE 2010 RECALL. PLEASE RECALL ALL AFFECTED PRIUS' WHICH NOW INCLUDE 2009.

I OWN A 2009 PRIUS, PURCHASE DEC 2008. I HAVE EXPERIENCED SIMILAR BRAKE PROBLEMS AS 2010. WHEN I HIT A ROUGH OR BUMPY ROAD, THE BRAKES GET SQUISHY & LESS EFFECTIVE. I NOTE THE ANTI-SKID CAUTION FLASHES, BRAKES DO BECOME SLIGHTLY LESS EFFECTIVE. I AM AN ENGINEER. I REPORTED THIS TO TOYOTA 2/8/2010.

MY 2009 TOYOTA PRIUS IS EXHIBITING THE SAME BRAKING BEHAVIOR AS PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED IN THE 2010 MODELS. THERE IS A MANHOLE COVER ON A STREET I FREQUENTLY DRIVE NEAR A STOP LIGHT. ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WHEN I APPLY THE BRAKES TO STOP I HAVE HIT THE MANHOLE COVER AND AT WHICH POINT THE CAR SEEMS TO LOOSE CONTROL. WHILE MOST DAYS THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE BECAUSE THERE IS NO ONE IN FRONT OF ME, ON OCCASION I HAVE COME CLOSE TO REAR-ENDING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS DUE TO THE DESIGN OF THE HYBRID, BUT THE RECENT ARTICLES ABOUT THE 2010 MODELS HAVE PUSHED ME TO BRING THIS ISSUE TO THE FOREFRONT. IT MIGHT NOT BE SIMPLY THE 2010 MODELS. *TW