2010 TOYOTA PRIUS Complaints

I HAD BEEN DRIVING THE CAR AND HAD EXPERIENCED THE LOSS OF POWER DESCRIBED IN RECENT ARTICLES AS BEING AN INVERTER PROBLEM (THAT WAS THE SUBJECT OF A SOFTWARE UPDATE BY TOYOTA THAT MAY NOT HAVE FIXED THE ISSUE). AFTER EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE SEVERAL TIMES, MY AUTOBODY SHOP RECOMMENDED REPLACING THE THROTTLE BODY AS THE DIAGNOSTIC CODES WERE NOT 100% CLEAR WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. I HAVE REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY AND NOT HAD THE ISSUE SINCE, BUT I THOUGHT I WOULD REPORT THIS JUST IN CASE THIS IS RELATED TO THE INVERTER ISSUE. THE ISSUE I HAD WAS EXACTLY AS DESCRIBED -- DRIVING THE CAR, THEN SUDDENLY LOSING POWER AND PRACTICALLY UNABLE TO MOVE THE VEHICLE (I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT MAYBE 3 MPH WITH NO POWER STEERING, BARELY GOT OUT OF AN INTERSECTION IN FRONT OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC ONE TIME IT HAPPENED). THIS HAPPENED AT VARIOUS TIMES, ALWAYS WHILE MOVING, BOTH ON THE HIGHWAY AND ON CITY STREETS, STRAIGHT/TURNING. THE ONLY TIME IT DIDN'T SEEM TO HAPPEN WAS WHEN STATIONARY. THIS IS THE ARTICLE I READ THAT COMPELLED ME TO CONTACT NTHSA: HTTPS://WWW.CBSNEWS.COM/NEWS/CALIFORNIA-DEALERSHIP-REFUSES-TO-SELL-CERTAIN-TOYOTA-PRIUS-MODELS-OVER-SAFETY-ISSUES/

SERIOUS ISSUE WITH THE PRIUS. BRAKE ACTUATOR/BRAKE BOOSTER FAIL. THE BRAKING IS SERIOUSLY COMPROMISED BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP SAYS IT IS KNOWN TO TOYOTA, BUT THEY WILL NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. WHEN THE BRAKE/ABS/TRAC LIGHTS ARE RESET THE BRAKES FUNCTION PERFECTLY FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND THEN THE LIGHTS/PROBLEM RETURNS.

THREE HEADLIGHT BULBS HAVE BURNED OUT REQUIRING REPLACEMENT BEFORE THE ODOMETER REACHED 70,000 MILES. TOYOTA SENT A NOTICE OF A WARRANTY ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM IN 2017 ON THIS ISSUE, DESCRIBING THE PROPOSED REPAIR AS THE INSTALLATION OF "VOLTAGE ADJUSTMENT WIRE HARNESSES." AS INSTRUCTED, I TOOK MY 2010 PRIUS TO A DEALERSHIP ON JANUARY 19, 2018 AND WAS TOLD THAT IT REQUIRED A REPAIR, BUT THE PARTS WERE NOT IN STOCK AND WERE ON BACK ORDER. IN A FOLLOW UP CALL TO THE DEALERSHIP ON APRIL 26, 2016, THE REPRESENTATIVE SAID THE PARTS WERE STILL ON BACK ORDER, AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF WHEN THEY MIGHT BE RECEIVED. THE ADMITTEDLY DEFECTIVE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IN MY CAR CAN AND HAS CAUSED MY HEADLIGHTS TO BURN OUT PREMATURELY, WHICH IS AN OBVIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM. EVEN THOUGH TOYOTA RECOGNIZES THE PROBLEM, THEY SEEM TO BE DRAGGING THEIR FEET IN CORRECTING IT.

HAD RECENTLY PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE USED.. VEHICLE SUDDENLY WAS POWERLESS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. STRUGGLED TO COAST TO SIDE OF THE ROAD. BARELY BEING REAR ENDED BY TRAFFIC APPROACHING FROM BEHIND. OVER HEATED INVERTER REPLACED AT NO CHARGE BY TOYOTA DEALERSHIP. THEN DEALERSHIP TRIED TO TELL ME THE CAR NEEDED $5200 IN ADDITIONAL WORK. I AM IN DISBELIEVE I WAS ABLE TO PURCHASE A CAR WITH OUT THIS WORK BEING DONE TO IT.

THE OTHER DAY MY BRAKE LIGHT, TRACTION, AND ABS LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC AND THEY SAID IT'S CODE C1391 - ABNORMAL LEAK IN THE ACCUMILATOR, ELECTRICAL ISSUE, AND I MUST GO TO THE DEALER. I'VE SEEN OTHERS COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS. SHOULDN'T THIS BE A RECALL?

ANTILOCK BRAKE ACTUATOR AND PUMP FAILURE. QUOTED AS A $4700 REPAIR AT DEALER WITH LABOR. PARTS ARE JUST OVER $3600. THERE WERE RECALLS ON GEN 2 PRIUS'AND EXTENDED WARRANTY ON OTHER PRIUS' . THIS CAR FALLS UNDER NO HELP AT ALL. WE ARE ORIGINAL OWNERS AND CAR HAD BEEN ESSENTIALLY PROBLEM FREE. DISGUSTED THAT THIS DANGEROUS AND KNOWN PROBLEM ISN'T BEING PROPERLY ADDRESSED BY TOYOTA. ALL LIGHTS ON DASH RELATED TO BRAKES LIT UP WHILE DRIVING. STILL HAD BRAKES. TOOK TO DEALER TO CHECK PROBLEM.

I OWN A 2010 TOYOTA PRIUS IV. I CONCUR WITH ALL THAT HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED ABOUT ABS AND BRAKING ISSUES WITH THE PRIUS. TWO WEEKS AGO MY BRAKES STARTED TO SQEAL. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED ALL WAS WELL (BRAKE PADS,FLUIDS, OIL). A WEEK LATER THE BRAKE AND ABS INDICATOR CAME ON IN MY VEHICLE. THE BRAKING DISTANCE IS ELONGATED AS I HAVE TO PRESSED FIRMLY ON THE BRAKE FOR THE CAR TO STOP. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC WHO RESET THE CAR. I DROVE FROM THE MECHANIC AND ALL APPEARED TO BE FINE UNTIL I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE INDICATORS CAME BACK ON IMMEDIATELY AND THE BRAKING CHANGED. I HAD TO PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL ALL THE WAY DOWN IN ORDER FOR THE CAR TO START. THE CAR ALWAYS SURGES FORWARD WHENEVER I HIT A POTHOLE, BUMP OR ANY ROUGH SURFACE. IN HIN SIGHT, WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT THE CAR I HAD A FENDER BENDER BECAUSE THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD WHEN I WAS PARKING. I AM NOW DISCOVERING THIS ISSUE IS A KNWON ISSUED WITH TOYOTA; PARTICULARLY THE PRIUS. FIXING THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE EXPENSIVE. TOYOTA SHOULD COVER THE COST VIA A RECALL.

A TIRE BLEW OUT ON THE HIGHWAY, AND AFTERWARDS THE ABS LIGHT, BRAKE LIGHT, AND TRACTION LIGHT CAME ON. APPARENTLY THE BRAKE ACUATOR HAS FAILED COMPLETELY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA PRIUS. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, AN ABNORMALLY LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD AND THEN THE SUN ROOF SHATTERED. THE GLASS EXPLODED AND IMPLODED WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE DEALER (ARLINGTON TOYOTA, 10939 ATLANTIC BLVD, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32225, (904) 302-9611) WAS NOTIFIED AND A DIAGNOSTIC APPOINTMENT WAS SCHEDULED. THE INSURANCE COMPANY WAS ALSO NOTIFIED TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. *TT CONTACT STATES VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT 78MPH AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 63,000. *TT

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY IN MODERATE AND HEAVY RAIN OR SNOW AFFECTS THE WINDSHIELD SHADE AND VISIBILITY TO SEE THE ROADWAY CLEARLY. THE SHADE OF THE WINDSHIELD IS DULL GREY UNTIL DRIVING ON CITY STREETS OR GETTING OFF THE HIGHWAY. CAR DEALERS HAD NO ANSWERS OR SOLUTIONS IN THE PAST.