2012 TOYOTA PRIUS Complaints

THE CAR HAS BEEN SUFFERING ALL OF THE BRAKE SYMPTOMS FOR THE RECALL OF THE 2010 PRIUS BRAKE BOOSTER SYSTEM. I'VE REPEATEDLY COMPLAINED ABOUT LOSING BRAKING POWER WHEN THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON WHEN I GO OVER UNEVEN SURFACES SUCH AS RAILROAD TRACKS OR A POTHOLE. THE BRAKES HAVE BENN FARTING FROM DAY ONE WHILE SITTING AT A LIGHT OR PARKED IF THE BRAKES ARE DEPRESSED AND THEN SLIGHTLY RELEASED. AND NOW TODAY THE ABS BRAKES ARE ON WITH THE BATTERY LIGHT AND THERE IS LIMITED BRAKING POWER. I HAVE TO PUSH ALMOST ALL THE WAY DOWN BEFORE THE BRAKE ENGAGES. TOYOTA TELLS ME I NEED TO REPLACE THE BRAKE BOOSTER SYSTEM FOR $3500 AND THERE ARE ONLY 70,000 MILES ON MY 2012 CAR. I FEEL MY BRAKES HAVE THE SAME ISSUES AS THE 2010 RECALL AND MORE YEARS INCLUDING MINE ARE AFFECTED AND SHOULD BE RECALLED.

CAR HORN STOP WORKING , IF THE STEERING WILL ITS TURN HALF WAY EITHER WAY IT WORKS , THE CAR ITS NOT THAT OLD FOR ELECTRICAL TO DO THAT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 TOYOTA PRIUS V. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HYBRID WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE SHOOK, VIBRATED, AND STALLED. THE FAILURE CODE WAS CLEARED BY AUTONATION TOYOTA SOUTH AUSTIN (4800 S IH 35 FRONTAGE RD, AUSTIN, TX 78745, (512) 518-6900) BEFORE THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V684000 (HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM). THE DEALER REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. SHORTLY AFTER, THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AND THE HYBRID WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE SAME DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEAD GASKET MAY NEED TO BE REPLACED. A SECOND DEALER, CHARLES MAUND TOYOTA (8400 RESEARCH BLVD, AUSTIN, TX 78758, (512) 270-5055), DIAGNOSED THAT THE INVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 TOYOTA PRIUS PLUG-IN HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE ECO MODE SHOWED LESS FUEL PER MILE. THERE WAS NO WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO NALLEY TOYOTA OF ROSWELL (404-994-5422, LOCATED AT 11130 ALPHARETTA HWY, ROSWELL, GA 30076) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE BEGAN AFTER IT WAS REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V718000 (HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 1812050132. THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED TO NHTSA. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 105,000.

I WAS COMING UP THE FREEWAY OFF RAMP AND MY CAR JUST TURNED OFF I HAD NO BRAKING I HIT SIX OTHER CARS ROLLED OVER AND WAS SEVERLY IMJURED IN THE HOSPITAL FORR THREE DAYS

TAKATA RECALL. RIGHT AFTER RECALL NO 18V-684 UPDATE SYSTEM ON MY PRIUS AT LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER MY CAR BRAKES PEDAL BECOME VEIRD . WHEN I JUST START ON THE ENGINE THN START MOVING AND STOPING, THE BRAKE PEDAL IS REALLY UP AND NOT MOVING DOWN AND BRAKES CAR REALLY QUICK. AT THE SAME TIME WHEN I START DRIVING I HEAR THAT REAR WRITING BRAKES FOR ABOUT 1-2 MILES. THEN IT COME OFF AND BRAKE PEDAL GOES DOWN LITTLE BIT TO NORMAL POSITION AND WORKS GREAT. THIS IS HAPPEN EVERY TIME WHEN SHOT DOWN ENGINE AND START AGAIN TO GO SOMEWHERE. ITS REALLY DANGEROUS BACOUS THE POSITION OF BRAKE PEDAL SOMETIME UP SOMETIMES DOWN, CAN NOT PREDICT HOW SOON YOU CAN STOP WHEN ITS NEEDED. IT ALWAYS HAPPEN NOW WHEN I DRIVE IN MY CITY ROADS. I CAME BACK TO DEALER THAT DID UPDATE SYSTEM ON MY CAR, THEY SAID THAT I NEED TO PAY TO FIND OUT WHAT IS GOING ON WITH MY CAR, THEY WILL CHARGE ME EVEN IF THIS HAPPEN AFTER THEIRE RECALL UPDATE SYSTEM ON MY CAR. THIS IS HORRABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 TOYOTA PRIUS V. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE BRAKES MADE NOISE AND THE ABS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO VENICE TOYOTA (941-451-5150, LOCATED AT 900 U.S. 41 BYPASS, VENICE, FL 34285) WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 110,000.

MY FRONT AND DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DIDN'T OPEN WHEN MY CAR WAS HIT ON THAT SIDE BY ANOTHER CAR DRIVEN BY A LADY WHO RAN A STOP SIGN; AND STRUCK MY MOVING CAR; TOTALING MY CAR. I SUFFERED SERTOUS CHEST, NECK AND BACK SPRAINS THAT STILL L BOTHER ME. I WAS STRUCK PRETTY HARD, I SUFFERED A TERRIBLE JOLT TO MY CHEST AREA WHEN MY CAR CAME TO A HARD STOP, AND I STILL HIT THE STEERING WHEEL. THIS ACCIDENT COSTS ME MY JOB AND I AM NO LONGER ABLE TO STAND OR WALK FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME.

I WENT TO THE CHARLES MAUND TOYOTA DEALER AT AUSTIN, TX FOR A RECALL. NHTSA RECALL ID 18V684. ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECALL REMEDY FROM NHTSA, "IF THE VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED AN INVERTER FAILURE WITH CERTAIN HYBRID SYSTEM FAULTS RELATED TO THIS CONDITION, THE INVERTER ASSEMBLY WILL BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE." MY CAR LOST POWER ON THE HIGHWAYS SEVERAL TIMES RECENTLY. THE ERROR CODE IS P0A08, WHICH IS RELATED TO INVERTER FAILURE WITH CERTAIN HYBRID SYSTEM FAULTS, SO THE INVERTER ASSEMBLY SHOULD BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE. BUT THE DEALER DIDN'T WANT TO REPLACE OR REPAIR THE INVERTER FOR MY CAR. THERE IS STILL A POTENTIAL THREAT ON MY CAR TO LOSE POWER ON HIGHWAYS.

HORN STOPPED WORKING IN NOVEMBER 2018. DEALER TELLS ME THAT THERE IS AN OPENING IN THE SPIRAL CABLE WHICH IS CAUSING HORN NOT TO WORK. ENTIRE SPIRAL CABLE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD DRIVER'S AIRBAG RECALLED ONCE, MAYBE TWICE. DID SPIRAL CABLE GET DAMAGED IN ONE OF THESE RECALLS? I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A RECALL IN EARLIER TOYOTAS WITH SAME PART, BUT NOT THIS YEAR AND MODEL, WONDERING IF THERE SHOULD BE.