2010 TOYOTA PRIUS Complaints

JUST HAD RECALL WORK COMPLETED INCLUDING SOFTWARE UPDATE. CAR NOW EXHIBITS NEW LIMP MODE BEHAVIOR WITH LOW FUEL. THIS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE THE SOFTWARE UPDATE. TRIP METER INDICATED MORE THAN 50 MILES REMAINED WITH CURRENT FUEL SUPPLY. FUEL LEVEL WAS AS TWO BARS AND LOW FUEL LIGHT HAD NOT YET COME ON. LIMP MODE OCCURRED AT SPEED ON 4 LANE FREEWAY. VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART AND DASH MESSAGING INDICATED HYBRID SYSTEM FAILURE. HAD VEHICLE TOWED ONLY TO REALIZE IT WAS ALL HAPPENING DUE TO A LOW FUEL LEVEL. I BELIEVE THE SAFETY RECALL SOFTWARE UPDATE HAS INTRODUCED AGREATER RISK TO MY ROADSIDE SAFETY AND HAS MADE THE VEHICLE LESS TRUSTWORTHY AND HAS REDUCED VALUE.

I PURCHASED A 2010 TOYOTA PRIUS, WITHIN A MONTH I HAD TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP SENSOR (AFTER IT WENT OUT ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR DIED WHILE DRIVING IT). THEN 6 WEEKS AFTER PURCHASE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AGAIN AND THE HOOD RIPPED UP COMPLETELY SHATTERING THE WINDSHIELD WHILE DRIVING. I LATER LEARNED BOTH SAFETY'S ON THE HOOD LATCH WERE BROKEN AND MISSING PARTS. IT ALSO HAS AN OIL LEAK THAT WILL COST ME $2,200 TO REPAIR WHEN I ONLY PAID $6,000 FOR THE CAR ON TOP OF MANY OTHER MINOR ISSUES.

WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED AND GOING OVER A ROUGH ROAD SURFACE, OR POTHOLE, THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT APPEARS, AND THE BRAKES SUDDENLY STOP FUNCTIONING UNTIL BACK ON A SMOOTH ROAD SURFACE. THIS HAPPENS ALL OF THE TIME UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. IT IS REALLY SCARY WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOSES ALL BRAKING WHILE TRYING TO STOP. I HAVE A 2010 TOYOTA PRIUS AND A 2012 TOYOTA PRIUS. THEY BOTH HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM. CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS NOT A FULL RECALL ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITION.

MY CAR GOT STALL ON THE ROAD, IT HAD A PROBLEM RELATED WITH THE HYBRED SYSTEM. I TOOK IT TO THE TOYOTA DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS IN A RECALL LIST. SO THEY FIXED BUT THEY DAMAGED THE SUSPENSION OF MY CAR AND NOW THEY DON'T WANT TO FIX IT. MY CAR IS MAKING A NOISE WHEN I MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL AND ALSO WHEN I BRAKE. MY CAR WASN'T MAKING SUCH NOISE BEFORE THE STALL ON THE ROAD. I AM FRUSTRATED WITH ALL THIS PROBLEMS IN MY CAR.

THE CAR WAS MOVING WHEN THE TRACTION LIGHT, ABS LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHTS ALL CAME ON. THHE BRAKES FELT A LITTLE DIFFERENT THEN. I COULD STILL BRAKE BUT THEY WERE MORE STIFF.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, I HIT THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE FASTER THROUGH A LIGHT THAT HAD JUST CHANGED FROM GREEN. AS SOON AS I DID THAT MY CAR LOST POWER AND A BUNCH OF EMERGENCY LIGHTS CAME ON, I IMMEDIATELY GOT ON THE SHOULDER. NO ONE WAS BEHIND ME OTHERWISE I WOULD'VE BEEN IN A WRECK. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND ON AGAIN AND THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS WERE STILL THERE. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE UP TO ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR A FEW BLOCKS TO A PARKING LOT. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS MY INVERTER THAT OVER HEATED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

PREVIOUSLY HAD NO ISSUES WITH LOW-BEAM LIGHTS. USED IN THE MORNING- WORKING FINE. CAME OUT AFTER WORK AND BOTH LOW-BEAM LIGHTS WOULD NOT TURN ON. HIGH-BEAM LIGHTS WORK FINE. CAR WAS STATIONARY AND IN PARK WHEN LIGHTS WERE ATTEMPTED TO TURN ON. TRIED TURNING LIGHT SWITCH AND CAR OFF/ON MULTIPLE TIMES WITHOUT SUCCESS. HAD TO DRIVE HOME IN THE DARK WITH HIGH-BEAM LIGHTS.

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS TURN OFF/FAIL. I HAVE REPLACED 7 LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS IN THE PAST YEAR, FOUR IN THE PAST 2 MONTHS. IN THE TWO MOST RECENT CASES BOTH LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS FAILED WITHIN MINUTES OF EACH OTHER WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I HAD A TOYOTA DEALER CHECK THE WIRING HARNESS PER TOYOTA WARRANTY NOTICE AFTER THE LAST OUTAGE AND THEY STATED NOTHING WAS WRONG. WHEN I HAD THE LIGHTS CHECKED BY A DIFFERENT TOYOTA DEALER IN JAN 2019 THEY INDICATED THE SOCKET FOR THE BULB WAS MELTED. BULBS HAVE GONE OUT UNDER, WET, DRY, HOT, AND COLD CONDITIONS. THE MOST RECENT OUTAGE OCCURRED ON MARCH 8, 2019 WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE..

TOYOTA DEALER IN BUENA PARK ( AUTO NATION) INFORMED ME THAT MY TOYOTA VEHICLE REQUIRES REPAIR SERVICE AS PART OF A MANUFACTURE'S RECALL ( NHTSA RECALL NO 18V-684) AND AUTO NATION WILL PERFORM ANY REPAIRS SUBJECT TO RECALL NOTICE AT NO CHARGE AS PER ATTACHED COPY HERE, THIS MANUFACTURE'S RECALL NOTICE INDICATED THAT IF THE VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED AN INVERT FAILURE WITH CERTAIN HYBRID SYSTEM FAULTS RELATED TO THIS CONDITION,THE INVERTER ASSEMBLY WILL BE REPAIRED OR REPLACE FREE OF CHARGE. ON FEBRUARY 26, 2019, I WENT TO AUTO NATION AND EXPLAINED THAT THE ANOTHER TOYOTA DEALER REPLACED INVERTER AND ENGINE COOLANT ON THIS HYBRID VEHICLEON NOVEMBER 15, 2015 AND THIS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SAME PROBLEM. ALSO, I ASKED TO PERFORM REPAIRS OR REPLACEMENT OF THE INVERTER. THE FEB 27, 2019 EMAIL FROM AUTO NATION MENTIONED THAT THEY DID NOT APPROVE REPAIR DUE TO HIGH MILEAGE AND THE AUTO NATION INVOICE #683196 DATED FEB.28, 2019 INDICATED THAT DEALER IS NOT AUTHORIZED TO PERFORM RECALL REPAIRS. I ATTACHED COPY OF EMAIL AND INVOICE. I BELIEVE THAT THE RECALL REPAIRS SHOULD BE DONE FOR THE SAFETY WITHOUT ANY DISCRIMINATION SUCH AS MY AGE AND RACE. I WILL DERIVE THE CAR AFTER RECEIPT OF TOYOTA CONFIRMATION THAT THIS VEHICLE IS SAFE. PLEASE LET ME KNOW YOUR INSTRUCTION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE AND THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD WHEN DEPRESSED. ALSO, VARIOUS WARNING INDICATORS AND GAUGES REMAINED ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL DUE TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V235000 (SERVICE BRAKES), ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED THE SAME FAILURE AS LISTED IN THE RECALL CAMPAIGN. TOYOTA OF HOLLYWOOD (6000 HOLLYWOOD BLVD, LOS ANGELES, CA 90028, (323) 498-2260) WAS NOTIFIED AND DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE ACTUATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND EXCLUDED THE VEHICLE FROM THE BRAKE SYSTEM RECALL. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.