2004 TOYOTA PRIUS Complaints

MY 2004 PRIUS LOST POWER WHEN I WAS TRAVELING AT ABOUT 65-70 MILES PER HOUR ON 2/21/05. I HAD ELECTRIC POWER FOR A FEW MINUTES SO THAT I COULD PULL OFF AT AN EXIT. ALL THE WARNING/CAUTION LIGHTS CAME ON. THE KERN TOYOTA DEALERSHIP IN WINCHESTER VA HAD MY CAR TOWED IN. THEY KEPT THE CAR OVERNIGHT. THEY SAID THAT THEY REPROGRAMMED MY COMPUTER AND THE CAR WAS FINE. THEY OFFERED NO OTHER EXPLANATION OR POSSIBLE FUTURE CONCERNS. I REPORTED THIS TO TOYOTA MANAGEMENT THIS MORNING AND HAVE A CONFIRMATION # IF NEEDED. I JUST SAW THE ARTICLES WHERE THEY NOTED 33 OTHER INCIDENTS LIKE MINE.

PE05029 2 TIMES THE CAR ENGINE STOPPED FOR NO REASON AT ALL. DASHBOARD LIT UP ENTIRELY. BOTH TIMES THE CAR RESTARTED. EACH TIME, FEWER LIGHTS CAME ON. BROUGHT CAR IN 2X- 1ST TIME, DID NOTHING. 2ND TIME, SUPPOSEDLY UPGRADED PROGRAM. WHEN 1ST HEARD ABOUT YOUR INVESTIGATION, CONTACTED TOYOTA TO SEE IF WE WERE PART OF THE 33-- WE BELIEVE IT IS BEING UNDER-REPORTED. CONTACT NAME: DIANE ROMANCHICK AND PAUL EMBREE.

DT:TWO WEEKS AGO, THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING HER 2004 TOYOTA PRIUS AT 50 MPH AND IT DIED. LUCKILY IT WAS NOT DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND OCCURRED NEAR AN EXIT RAMP. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER TO AN EXIT RAMP WHERE SHE COASTED DOWNHILL INTO AN OFF STREET. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER AND THEY HAVE HAD IT FOR 2 WEEKS NOW AND THEY STATED THE INVERTER THAT TIES THE HYBRID TO THE GAS SYSTEM WAS THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER FEEL THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW AND FEELS THAT SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED BY TOYOTA OF THIS PROBLEM. *JB *SB

I OWN A 2004 PRIUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROX. 60 MPH ON HWY 110 IN LOS ANGELES, THE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. LESS THAN 5 SECONDS LATER, THE CAR LOST ALL POWER. IT EVEN CEASED TO COAST DESPITE THE FACT THAT I WAS ON A SIGNIFICANT DOWN HILL GRADE. IN AN ATTEMPT TO EXIT THE FREEWAY, I NAVIGATED THE VEHICLE TO THE RIGHT, WHERE IT STALLED COMPLETELY IN THE RIGHT LANE, BLOCKING MOVING TRAFFIC. THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL (CHP) QUICKLY CAME (THEY WERE IN THE AREA AND ARRIVED WITHOUT BEING CALLED) AND PUSHED THE VEHICLE OFF THE FREEWAY. AFTER WAITING ABOUT 20 MINUTES, THE CAR RESTARTED AND I DROVE FOR ABOUT 10 MILES ON SURFACE STREETS. THE NEXT MORNING, I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE ONE MILE TO THE DEALER. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF TOYOTA OF HOLLYWOOD, WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, SAID IT WAS DUE TO A "SOFTWARE GLITCH" AND THAT IT NEEDED TO BE "REPROGRAMMED." THEY COMPLETED THIS WORK IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS. THEY ALSO REPLACED THE BUMPER WHICH HAD BEEN DAMAGED BY CHP IN THE PROCESS OF PUSHING THE VEHICLE OFF THE FREEWAY. THEIR SERVICE WAS EXCELLENT AND I HAVE NOT HAD SUBSEQUENT FAILURES. NEVERTHELESS, IT WAS A SERIOUS MALFUNCTION AND SHOULD BE THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED.

2004 TOYOTA PRIUS, STALLED WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE SHOP FOR THIS PROBLEM.

I HAVE A 2004 PRIUS THAT STALLED ON THE FREEWAY THIS FEBRUARY FOR NO REASON. WHEN WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, THE MECHANICS SAID THEY HAD NO IDEA WHY IT HAPPENED, BUT THAT THEY "RESET THE COMPUTER" AND IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

DT: WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING CAR STALLED AT 40 MPH AND HAD TO BE TOWED. CALLER COULD NOT TURN POWER OFF FROM POWER SWITCH. ONLY THING THAT WAS WORKING WAS THE PANEL LIGHTS. DEALER SAID IT WAS A CAR COMPUTER PROBLEM. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. CALLER SAW SEVERAL ARTICLES THAT AN INVESTIGATION WAS ON THIS CAR.*AK

VEHICLE'S GAS ENGINE QUIT AFTER LEAVING A STORE'S PARKING LOT. WARNING LIGHTS INDICATED TO TAKE IT TO THE NEAREST TOYOTA DEALER IMMEDIATELY. DEALER INDICATED IT WAS A SOFTWARE PROBLEM, AND UPLOADED A FIX. 2 HOURS OF WORK TIME WAS LOST.

SINCE PURCHASING A 2004 PRIUS IN FEB. 2004, IT HAS STALLED FIVE TIMES. FOUR WERE WITHIN A TWO WEEK PERIOD IN JUNE 2004 AND WERE RELATED TO A LOOSE WIRE TO THE BATTERY. ONE WAS IN JUNE 2005.

I PULLED OUT OF A PARKING SPACE INTO TRAFFIC AND THE CAR IMMEDIATELY STALLED. I COULDN'T TURN IT OFF, AND I COULDN'T GET IT INTO DRIVE. PARK AND NEUTRAL WERE THE ONLY OPTIONS. TRAFFIC WAS COMING AT ME FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS AND THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO, BUT PUT ON THE 4 WAY FLASHERS.USING MY CELL PHONE I CALLED THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND THEY ADVISED ME TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED. I CALLED THE TOW COMPANY.