2010 TOYOTA PRIUS Complaints

ON A FEW OCCASIONS WHEN THE CAR IS IN MOTION, WE HAVE DEPRESSED THE BRAKES AND THEY DID NOT GRAB RIGHT AWAY. THIS HAPPENED ONCE GETTING ONTO A HIGHWAY, TWICE ON A CITY STREET, AND ANOTHER TIME ON A COUNTRY ROAD. THERE SEEMS TO BE A SMALL DELAY BEFORE THEY WILL GRAB, CAUSING THE CAR TO FEEL OUT OF CONTROL FOR THAT BRIEF MOMENT. IT FEELS UNSAFE WHEN THIS HAPPENS AND DOESN'T SEEM NORMAL. WE CONTACTED THE SERVICE MANAGER AT TOYOTA TO HAVE THE CAR LOOKED AT, AND HE DID NOT RETURN OUR CALL.

THE HEADLIGHTS KEEP GOING OUT, MAKING DRIVING AT NIGHT UNSAFE UNTIL YOU CAN GET IT FIXED. IT JUST HAPPENED AGAIN, MARCH, 29, 2018. IT HAPPENED 2/11, 6/11, 12/12, 1/13, 6/13, 3/15, 1/16, 7/17 AND NOW. IT WASN'T RAINING, NOTHING INTERESTING AT ALL. LOCAL DRIVING.

THE VEHICLE WAS HAVING ISSUE WITH THE STEERING LOCKED UP WHEN TURNING WITH MOTION ABOUT 20+MPH. THE HYBRID SYSTEM IS NOT AS ADVERTISED THE 50MPG IN ANY WAY AS IT ONLY GETS AVERAGE ABOUT 35MPG. THE VEHICLE HAS 87000 MILES AND THE OLD SYMPTOMS FROM SECOND GENERATION FOLLOWED SUIT WITH IT. THE DASH WENT TOTALLY OFF WHEN WEATHER IS COLD AND SUDDENLY TURNED BACK ON WHEN IT GETS WARM. I HAD DRIVEN A FEW MILES WITHOUT THE DASH ON AND IT WAS A BAD EXPERIENCE SINCE I CANNOT FIGURE OUT THE SPEED OR WHAT IS GOING ON. THE STEERING IS THE MAJOR ISSUE AS WE DARE NOT TO DRIVE THE CAR AND THE TECHNICIANS FROM THE DEALER SAID NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE BUT THIRD PARTY TECHNICIANS RECOMMEND TO TAKE TO TOYOTA FOR RECALL.U TURNS ARE THE WORSE THAT LOCKED THE STEERING AND THE CAR ALMOST COME TO A STOP WITH BEEPING ALARMS.

I HAD A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER WITH A POPPING SOUND. THE FAILURE NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE I WAS TURNING INTO A TRAFFIC LANE. THIS LEFT ME STALLED IN THAT LANE OF TRAFFIC. THE FAILURE TURNED OUT TO BE THE INVERTER OVER HEATING WAS CAUSED BY THE COOLING PUMP IN THE INVERTER FAILING, WHICH CAUSED THE INVERTER TO OVERHEAT. THIS WAS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY AND WAS A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR. I CHOSE NOT TO HAVE THE DEALER REPAIR IT AT THEIR EXTREME PRICES. I PAID THE DEALER TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THEN I HAD GREENTEC IN OLATHE KS. REPAIR THE SYSTEM AT 1/2 THE COST THAT THE DEALER WANTED

WHEN I PRESS BRAKE ON THE BUMPED ROAD, THE CAR FUNCTION WEIRD AND SEEMS LIKE IT HAS SUDDEN "SHOCK" SO IT IS KIND OF LOSING CONTROL FOR THE CAR EVEN I DIDN'T PRESS BRAKE THAT HARD, IT HAPPENS SEVERAL TIMES ALREADY DURING THE COURSE OF 7 YEARS THAT I OWNED THIS CAR, EVEN WHEN CAR IS NEW. I WAS SO SCARED AND NERVOUS, I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO REPORT THIS PROBLEM AND DID MENTIONED TO DEALER BEFORE. THE PROBLEM IS RANDOM AND UNPREDICTABLE AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN. BUT I GUESS I AM KIND OF CAUTIOUS ON WHEN I PRESS PEDAL WHEN I DRIVE. THIS IS MOSTLY HAPPEN IN LOCAL DRIVE, NOT HIGHWAY. IN DRIVING WHEN DRIVING FORWARD, MAYBE THERE IS SOMETHING ON THE ROAD, BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE DOING THIS AS IT IS VERY SCARY AND IT'S LIKE A SUDDEN "JERKY". MY NAME IS [XXX] IT HAPPENED AT LEAST 10 TIMES DURING THE PAST 7 YEARS TO ME. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

2010 TOYOTA PRIUS. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE BRAKE DEFECT. *SMD *CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA PRIUS. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO COME TO A STOP, OR WHEN DRIVING OVER A BUMP, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STOPPED AFTER A DISTANCE, BUT NOT WHEN PROMPTED. ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GULLO TOYOTA OF CONROE (45 S, CONROE, TX 77304 ,(888) 483-0321) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED DUE TO THE REPAIR FEES. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL AND DID NOT OFFER FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 147,000.

VSC, BRAKE, AND ABS LIGHTS ARE ON SYMPTOMS: CRUISE CONTROL WILL BUMP UP THE SPEED THEN "CANCEL" CRUISE CONTROL THE ABILITY TO "SET" CRUISE IS REJECTED VSC, BRAKE, ABS LIGHTS TURN ON NO REGEN BRAKING BRAKES NEED WAY MORE EFFORT TO SLOW/STOP ABRUPT BRAKING WILL CAUSE A SKID ANY HELP WILL BE APPRECIATED.

MY WIFE HAD A 'NEAR-DEATH' EXPERIENCE ON 22-MAR-18 WHILE DRIVING HER PRIUS (2010) BACK HOME. SHE WAS DRIVING ON A HIGH SPEED INTERSTATE FREEWAY (I-10) IN HOUSTON AND SUDDENLY HER ABS BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED AND SHE CAN SHE ALL WARNING LIGHTS IN THE DASHBOARD (ABS WARNING LIGHT, BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT, SLIP INDICATOR) WERE LIT. AS SOON AS SHE SAW THESE WARNING, SHE TRIED TO SLOW DOWN THE VEHICLE SAFELY BY APPLYING BRAKES, BUT BRAKES WERE BARELY RESPONSIVE. AT THIS TIME, SHE WAS DRIVING AT A SPEED AROUND 65 MPH. SHE KEPT PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDALS AND SLOWLY MOVED TOWARDS THE SHOULDER AREA. AFTER TRAVELING FOR SOME DISTANCE, THE VEHICLE STOPPED EVENTUALLY. SHE CALLED TOW TRUCK AND TOOK THE CAR TO TOYOTA DEALERSHIP NEARBY. WE ARE WAITING FOR THE RESPONSE FROM THE TOYOTA SERVICE CENTER ABOUT THE FAULT.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER ON OUR 2010 PRIUS WENT OUT AND WE WERE WITHOUT A FUNCTIONING SPEEDOMETER OR GAS GAUGE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DRIVE. THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED TO MANY OTHER 2010 PRIUS VEHICLES AND TOYOTA REFUSES TO WARRANTY THIS EXTREMELY COSTLY REPAIR, WHICH CAUSES MANY DRIVERS TO USE THEIR VEHICLES WITHOUT A SPEEDOMETER FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME.