2006 TOYOTA PRIUS Complaints

RECEIVED NOTICE FROM MANUFACTURER THAT I SHOULD REMOVE THE DRIVER'S SIDE FLOORMAT FROM MY CAR AS IT MIGHT CAUSE THE ACCELERATOR TO STICK. SAID THEY WOULD SEND MORE INFORMATION LATER. I REMOVED IT PROMPTLY BUT AM CONCERNED ABOUT MY SAFETY BECAUSE OTHER TOYOTAS WERE ADVISED OF THE SAME THING BUT THEIR ACCELERATORS STUCK ANYWAY AND IT WASN'T DUE TO THE FLOORMAT. SPOKE WITH THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THIS AND WAS ADVISED THAT MY "06 WAS NOT BEING RECALLED. SINCE TOYOTA HAS LIED AND EVADED ISSUES REPEATEDLY I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN MY CAR. I AM A REALTOR AND CARRY CLIENTS IN MY VEHICLE WHICH CREATES ADDITIONAL LIABILITY FOR ME. I WOULD LIKE TO TRADE CARS BUT THE VALUE OF MY CAR IS LESS DUE TO TOYOTA'S PROBLEMS. *TR

HEADLIGHTS FAILED ON MY 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. ONE ABOUT 36,000 MILES, SECOND ONE ABOUT 37,000. IT COST OVER $500 TO REPLACE THEM. NOW ONE OF THE NEW ONES HAS FAILED AGAIN. I WROTE TOYOTA FOR HELP AND THEY HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY SALESPERSON CALL ME SAYING "YOU NEED TO PROTECT YOURSELF AGAINST WHAT MAY HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE." I ASKED IF HEADLIGHTS WERE COVERED AND HE SAID YES, BUT THAT I NEEDED TO WAIT 30 DAYS AFTER BUYING THE POLICY. WROTE TOYOTA AGAIN SAYING THAT WAS UNACCEPTABLE. NO RESPONSE. I KNOW MANY OTHER PRIUS OWNERS HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM. SINCE MY LIGHT HAS GONE OUT RIGHT AWAY I'M WONDERING IF IT IS AN ELECTRICAL OR COMPUTER PROBLEM WITH THE CAR. *TR

APPROACHING STATE HWY. IN CRUISE, ASSUMED STOP AREA WOULD BE SLIPPERY AS IT SOMETIMES IS IN THE WINTER..TAPPED BRAKES TO DISABLE CRUISE, APPLIED BRAKES, KEPT RIGHT ON GOING & ENDED IN THE DITCH ACROSS THE HWY. WAS LUCKY THAT THERE WAS NO COLLISION.. CAN'T REMEMBER IF THE MOTOR WAS RACING AT THE TIME. *TR

WHEN DRIVING OVER A BUMPY ROAD OR A POTHOLE WHILE BRAKING THERE IS A SUDDEN LOSS OF BRAKING FEEL BEFORE IT RETURNS, SEEMS TO BE A SLIGHTLY LESS THAN A SECOND DELAY WHERE THE BRAKES JUST CUT OUT. THIS SOUNDS TO BE RELATED TO THE ISSUE TOYOTA AND NHTSA ARE INVESTIGATING WITH THE 2010 PRIUS, BUT MINE IS A 2006 AND SEEMS TO EXPERIENCE THE SAME SYMPTOMS. *TR

INTERMITTENT AND FREQUENT FAILURE OF HID HEADLIGHTS IN 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. ONE LIGHT OR THE OTHER AND SOMETIMES BOTH WILL GO OUT. TURNING THE LIGHT SWITCH FROM ON TO OFF AND BACK ON WILL RELIGHT THE BULB BUT AT LOWER BRIGHTNESS. FREQUENTLY MUST DO THIS SEVERAL TIMES AS THE BULB MAY STAY ON FOR A FEW MINUTES TO 1/2 HOUR. TOYOTA REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE DESIGN / FAULTY COMPONENTS IN HID CONTROL / POWER MODULE. *TR

WE HAVE A 2006 PRIUS AND HAVE HAD SEVERAL TIMES THAT THE BRAKES FEEL THAT THEY GIVE OUT WHEN A BUMP IS HIT. OUR DEALER SAYS THAT TOYOTA SAYS TO PUSH HARDER ON THE PEDAL. THIS HAS HAPPEN ABOUT 8 OR 10 TIMES IN THE LAST YEAR. THE CAR DOES STOP BUT YOUR AREN'T SURE IT WILL. *TR

MY 2006 PRIUS HAS ON AT LEAST 3 OCCASIONS HAS ACCELERATED INEXPLICABLY ON AT LEAST THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE FIRST TWO INCIDENTS OCCURRED DURING MY FIRST YEAR OF OWNERSHIP AND WERE REPORTED TO THE DEALER. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. THE MOST RECENT EVENT WAS IN DECEMBER 2009. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE CAR BEGAN ACCELERATING RAPIDLY, EVEN AFTER I REMOVED MY FOOT FROM THE GAS PEDAL.. I WAS ABLE TO SLOW THE CAR DOWN AND PULL OVER SAFELY. PLEASE NOTE THAT AT THIS TIME, I HAD ALREADY REMOVED THE FLOOR MAT AS SUGGESTED BY TOYOTA. AGAIN, I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH MY CAR, A RESPONSE THAT DID NOTHING TO REASSURE ME. I WAS TOLD IN A FOLLOW UP CALL TO THE DEALER THAT TOYOTA WOULD BE DOING NOTHING TO ASSIST WITH THIS PROBLEM. *TR

I RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM TOYOTA SOME MONTHS AGO OF A FLOORMAT/ACCELERATOR PROBLEM INDICATING THEY WOULD CONTACT ME WHEN A SOLUTION WAS AVAILABLE. IT HAS NOW BEEN MONTHS WITH NO WORD. RECENTLY, I CONTACTED THEM ONLY TO GET A RESPONSE CONCERNING A 2010 PRIUS BRAKING PROBLEM. MY VEHICLE IS A 2006 PRIUS. *TR

MY TOYOTA PRIUS 2006 ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. I CALLED SERVICE AND WAS TOLD TO DRIVE TO NEAREST DEALER. BUT ACCELERATION WAS SCARY OUT OF MY CONTROL OTHER THAN BY FIERCE BRAKING. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAST I WAS GOING, BUT HAD TO PUT SOMETHING IN THE BOX SO I PUT 80MPH. I STOPPED AS SOON AS I COULD SAFELY AND WHERE I COULD GET SIGNAL TO CALL (BEING IN THE COUNTRY). AS SOON AS I STOPPED THE BRAKE PADS BURNT UP. I HAD TO TICK SOMETHING ON THE "COMPLAINT TYPE" BUT NONE OF THE CATEGORIES QUITE FIT. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS OCCURRED BECAUSE OF OEM BATTERY FAILURE CAUSING THIS PROBLEM.. IT WAS TIME FOR SERVICE BUT OTHERWISE HAD NO INDICATION THE BATTERY WAS LOW. I ACCEPTED THIS AND PAID THE $903.42 BILL FOR NEW BATTERY, BRAKES. THIS PROBABLY ALSO INCLUDED A REGULAR BASIC SERVICE AND OIL CHANGE. NOW I WONDER IF THIS IS A PART OF A LARGER PICTURE. AND WHAT INDICATION COULD THERE BE SO THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. I WAS VERY FORTUNATE THAT THIS WAS ALL THAT HAPPENED AND THAT I WAS ON AN EMPTY COUNTRY ROAD AT THE TIME. THANKS FOR LISTENING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IN EXTREMELY COLD WEATHER CONDITIONS (20 DEGREES BELOW), THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD BEGIN TO SLIP AND NOT SHIFT. IT WOULD MAKE A NOISE AND NOT ENGAGE THE ENGINE. HE NOTICED THE ISSUE EVERYTIME THE WEATHER WAS EXTREMELY COLD. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE VEHICLE WAS TEST DRIVEN WITH THE DEALER. THE PROBLEM WAS DUPLICATED AND HE WAS TOLD THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO LET THE VEHICLE WARM FOR AT LEAST 5 MINUTES BEFORE DRIVING. HE HAD NOT SPOKEN WITH THE MANUFACTURER TO-DATE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 95,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 15,000.