2010 TOYOTA PRIUS Complaints

MY BRAKES RECENTLY STOPPED WORKING AS THEY NORMALLY DO (YOU HAD TO PRESS EXTREMELY HARD ON THE PEDAL TO GET IT TO STOP) AND SEVERAL LIGHTS CAME ON THE DASHBOARD. PRIOR TO THIS THE CAR WAS MAKING A VERY STRANGE NOISE WHEN YOU START TO PUSH ON THE BRAKES. NOT LIKE A TYPICAL SQUEAKY BRAKE SOUND. I TOOK IT TO TOYOTA AND THEY GAVE ME A QUOTE FOR $3,700 STATING THAT I NEEDED A NEW BRAKE CYLINDER ASSEMBLY. I DISCOVERED A RECALL FOR 2010 PRIUS FOR THE EXACT DIAGNOSTIC CODE AND THEY SAID MY PRIUS WAS NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL. WHEN YOU "REBOOT" THE COMPUTER ON THE PRIUS, THE LIGHTS AND BRAKE PROBLEM GO AWAY. THIS APPEARS TO BE A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM WITH THE 2010 PRIUS FROM WHAT I HAVE READ ON-LINE AND TOYOTA IS NOT ACKNOWLEDGING IT. IT'S ALSO A VERY COSTLY REPAIR THAT SEEMS TO BE EASILY FIXED WHEN YOU REBOOT THE COMPUTER ON THE CAR. WHAT IS GOING ON? HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE PAYING TOYOTA FOR THIS FIX THAT APPEARS TO BE A WIDE PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE THAT SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING?

EXCESS OIL CONSUMPTION, USED 2 QUARTS OF OIL BEFORE NEXT OIL CHANGE, TOYOTA'S DON'T CONSUME OIL THE WAY THIS CAR DOES , I'VE NEVER OWNED A CAR WITH THIS PROBLEM USING SO MUCH OIL. THE BURNT OIL IS GOING TO EVENTUALLY BUILD UP CAUSING MORE ISSUES IN THE COMBUSTION CHAMBERS AND SMOG DEVICES .

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA PRIUS. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, SEVERAL WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR SIMILAR VEHICLES PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V235000 (SERVICE BRAKES). DELUCA TOYOTA (1719 SW COLLEGE RD, HWY 200, OCALA, FL 34471, (352) 732-0770) WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 166,000.

AFTER REGULAR CHECK-UPS AND MAINTENANCE AT 90000 MILES AND 8 YEARS OF DRIVING, ALL OF A SUDDEN THREE BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON, THE ABS, HAND BRAKE, AND SKID CONTROL LIGHTS ALL CAME ON. AT THIS TIME THE BRAKING ISSUES SEEM TO BE LESS RESPONSIVE BRAKING AND SLIGHT JERKING WHEN PUTTING CONSTANT PRESSURE ON THE BRAKES AT LOW SPEEDS. WHEN BROUGHT TO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP, THEY NOTED THAT THERE ARE NO ISSUES, HOWEVER THE MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER IS LIKELY TO FAIL SOON.

I TOOK MY PRIUS TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THE BRAKE LIGHT WAS ON, TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM THEY REPLACED MY MASTER CYLINDER AND BOOSTER ON MY 2010 PRIUS. I ASKED ABOUT A RECALL FOR THE PARTS. I WAS TOLD NO RECALLS, I FOUND THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR 2010 PRIUS. T-CP-DOM DATE OF ISSUE JULY 1, 2013. THE RECALL IS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM I HAD

THE TRACTION LIGHT, THE ABS LIGHT AND THE BRAKE LIGHT APPEAR ON THE DASH. I HAVE ALREADY PAID THE MECHANIC APPROXIMATLY $1,500 FOR REPAIRS AND NOW I AM TOLD I NEED THE ABS BRAKE BOOSTER WHICH COSTS AN ADDITIONAL $2,546.26. THIS PART HAS BEEN RECALLED ON OTHER 2010 TOYOTA PRIUS MODELS, BUT NOT MINE. I CANNOT AFFORD THIS FIX, SO I AM DRIVING MY CAR AS IT IS. BRAKE PEDAL ACTS DIFFERENTLY EACH TIME I USE THE BRAKES.

I'VE COUNTED AT LEAST 30 BRAKE BOOSTER/ACTUATOR COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITE YEAR TO DATE FOR THE SAME ISSUE ON THIS MODEL YEAR CAR. OUR ISSUE IS THE SAME AS EVERYONE ELSE. JUST UNDER 150K MILES, BRAKE, ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS CAME ON MY DAUGHTER'S CAR (WE ARE ORIGINAL OWNERS) AS SHE WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK. NON RESPONSIVE BRAKES, ONLY REAR BRAKES ENGAGE IF YOU PUSH THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR OF THE CAR. TOOK TO DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED DTC C1391, ACCUMULATOR LEAK MALFUNCTION. OUR CAR WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ORIGINAL WARRANTY ENHANCEMENT (MANUFACTURE DATE OF 1/2010), SO PRICE QUOTED WAS $4814.66. OUR DAUGHTER CANNOT AFFORD, SO WE CALLED TOYOTA WARRANTY WHO OFFERED US $2007 AS A MEASURE OF GOOD WILL, BUT NO MORE. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE, BEYOND RIDICULOUS THAT SOME CARS WITH THE SAME DEFECT HAD THE WARRANTY ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM AVAILABLE WHICH PAID FOR THE ENTIRE REPAIR, YET MOST OTHERS LIKE US WERE DENIED THE FIX AND ARE FACING ASTRONOMICAL REPAIR BILLS THAT MANY CANNOT AFFORD, NOR ANTICIPATE ON A CAR SUCH AS A TOYOTA. THE BRAKES FAILED WHILE MY 22 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING - THAT COULD HAVE GONE SO VERY WRONG.

I WAS ON THE FREEWAY IN TRAFFIC, GOING 60 MPH. THERE WAS ROAD CONSTRUCTION COMING UP AHEAD. I DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND NOTHING HAPPENED. THE CAR DIDN'T SLOW DOWN AT ALL AND I CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. MY CAR WAS MANUFACTURED WHEN THE 'VOLUNTARY SAFETY RECALL' BY TOYOTA WAS SUPPOSED TO ADDRESS THIS, BUT I RECEIVED NO NOTIFICATION, NOR DID THOUSAND OAKS TOYOTA, WHERE I HAD THE CAR SERVICED, COMMUNICATE ABOUT IT. *JS

I KEEP HAVING TO REPLACE THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS IN MY 2010 TOYOTA PRIUS. WHAT IS GOING ON? MY COMMUTE TO AND FROM WORK EVERYDAY IS 3 HOURS AND WITH DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME I AM USUALLY GOING TO WORK IN THE DARK OR COMING HOME IN THE DARK. MY LIGHTS WENT OUT ON MY WAY HOME IN THE DARK ONCE AND I HAD TO USE MY HIGH BEAMS TO GET HOME SAFE. I AM SURE THIS WAS BLINDING TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AS INDICATED WITH ALL THE FLASHING OF HIGH BEAMS I GOT.

THE VEHICLE WAS IN A PARKING LOT. UPON STARTING THE CAR, THE DASH DISPLAYED "CHECK HYBRID SYSTEM" AND THE VEHICLE COULD NOT ACCELERATE ABOVE 25 MILES PER HOUR.