2004 TOYOTA PRIUS Complaints

CONTACTS STATED WATER PUMP AND ALTERNATOR STOPPED WORKING TWICE ON I'-5 TOWED TO TOYOTA TACOMA WHERE THEY FLUSHED FUEL BILLED $500 CAR BROKE DOWN ON WAY HOME TOWED BACK TO TOYOTA TOLD CHARGE WOULD BE 2500 TO FIX .. FLATBED DEDICATED CAR TO BRON'S AUTO HOSES AND COOLANT SYSTEM WAS MELTED PAYED $1500 TO REPLACE IN TIRE COOLANT SYSTEM AND STILL OWE 600 TO SYNCHRONY CAR CARE CARD NOW RETURNING HOME LAST WEEK TURNING AROUND TO BACK UP THERE WAS A LOUD CRUNCH STEERING BROKE STEERING WHEEL CRUNCHES WHEN TURNED WHEELS DO NOT TURN AT ALL MOVING DOWN THE ROAD CALLED TOYOTA THEY SAID THEY FIXED BOTH ON RECALL TO FIX IT MYSELF IT WASN'T THERE PROBLEM PARTS WORE OUT KICK ROCKS THE PARTS DIDN'T WEAR OUT THEY BROKE 5 MINUTES SOONER ID HAVE BEEN HEAD ON IN TRAFFIC ON HWY 405 INSTEAD OF BACKING UP ON THE CITY STREET. UNABLE TO STEER INTO OUR DRIVEWAY I'M ALREADY STUCK MAKING PAYMENTS ON COOLANT SYSTEM REPAIRS THAT WERE RECALL*DT *TP

THE BRAKE ACTUATOR IN MY CAR, WHICH IS A KNOWN PROBLEM IN THESE CARS GAVE OUT AS CONFIRMED BY BOTH TOYOTA AND AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC SHOP. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT COULD GET EASILY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. IT IS UNACCEPTABLE.

TAKATA RECALL. MY CAR'S BREAK LIGHTS WENT ON, AS WELL AS THE ABS AND VSC WARNING LIGHTS. STRANGE NOISES ARE COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOOD OF THE CAR DUE TO THAT. I ALSO FEEL LIKE MY CAR DOES NOT BREAK PROPERLY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA PRIUS. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE HYBRID SYSTEM, STABILITY CONTROL, CHECK ENGINE, AND SRS WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT TOYOTA MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW HYBRID COOLANT PUMP AND WATER PUMP. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,772.

OUR 2004 PRIUS HAS INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH HEADLIGHTS AND TAIL LIGHTS FAILING. ONE OF BOTH HEADLIGHTS WILL ALL OF A SUDDEN GO OUT. TURNING THEM OFF AND ON USUALLY CAUSES THEM TO COME BACK ON. MY SON WAS DRIVING ON A CURVY, DARK FORESTED ROAD WHEN BOTH LIGHTS WENT OUT. COULD NOT SEE A THING. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. WE HAVE ALSO REPLACED TAIL LIGHT BULBS. THEY WORK, THEN FAIL AGAIN QUICKLY.

MY PRIUS SUDDENLY HAD A 70 TO80% LOSS OF BRAKE POWER. MY PARKING BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON ALONG WITH THE ABS, VCS, THE RED TRIANGLE AND A LOAD BUZZER. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED AT HIGHWAY SPEED I COULD HAVE REAR-ENDED OR KILLED SOMEONE. AFTER TURNING MY CAR OFF AND LETTING IT SIT THE LIGHTS STAYED OFF. THIS CONCERNS ME BECAUSE IT COULD LEAD TO A FALSE SENSE THERE'S NOTHING WRONG. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY SEEMED TO KNOW RIGHT AWAY IT WAS THE ABS BRAKE ACTUATOR CODE C1256. I DID SOME DIGGING AND IT SEEMS THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND YET IT'S NOT A RECALL ISSUE. I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. MY PRIUS WAS BOUGHT NEW BY MY SENIOR PARENTS, THEY KEPT IT GARAGED AND ONLY HAD 45000. MILES ON IT WHEN I BOUGHT IT FROM THERE ESTATE. AT THE TIME THE MALFUNCTION AC CURED IT STILL ONLY HAS 72456. MILES ON IT. FOR A PART TO MALFUNCTION WITH SUCH LITTLE MILES TO ME INDICATES A VERY SERIOUS DEFECT. IN MOTION GOING STRAIGHT DRIVING AT 25 MPH RESIDENTIAL STREET.

I RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM TK HOLDINGS STATING I SHOULD CONTACT A DEALER FOR REPAIRS IF MY CAR WAS UNDER RECALL. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT ALL AIR BAGS WERE AFFECTED. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHEN I COULD EXPECT A NOTICE. MY 2004 PRIUS WAS MANUFACTURED IN JAPAN. VIN [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

PLEASE ADD THIS INFORMATION TO CASE NO. 11065233. LEAKING FUEL LINE PART NO. 77251-47080 AND 23901-21081. THIS MAY HELP FUTURE OWNERS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE THE SAME FUEL LEAKS.

THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT GOES OUT WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE. IT BEGINS TO OPERATE AGAIN AFTER TURNING HEADLIGHTS OFF AND ON AGAIN. THIS HAPPENS MULTIPLE TIMES DURING VEHICLE OPERATION IN A SINGLE DRIVE. FOR EXAMPLE, THREE TIMES TODAY WITHIN 15 MINUTES. THE HEADLIGHT WAS REPLACED WITHIN THE LAST 6 MONTHS, BUT WE NOW BELIEVE IT IS A SYSTEMIC ISSUE, UNRELATED TO THE BULB ASSEMBLY, BECAUSE IT HAS OCCURRED WITH TWO BULBS IN A ROW. THIS OCCURRED BOTH WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND WHEN STATIONARY (IDLING).

CAR WAS IN MOTION, 55 MPH ON HIGHWAY GOING STRAIGHT, HAD BEEN DRIVING ONE HOUR. SMOKE STARTED FILLING THE REAR HATCHBACK AREA, COMING FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE CARGO-AREA FLOOR. PULLED OVER AND FLAMES CAME UP. DOUSED IT WITH WATER. UPON INSPECTION THE SKS SENSOR (REMOTE CONTROL DOOR LOCK SENSOR) HAD BURST INTO FLAMES, BURNING THE PLASTIC AND OTHER COMPONENTS AROUND IT.