2006 TOYOTA PRIUS Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE GEAR UNEXPECTEDLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE GEAR NEEDED TO BE HELD IN THE DRIVE POSITION IN ORDER TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 220,000.

CAR HAS NO BRAKE WHEN FIRST START UP. PUT CAR IN DRIVE AFTER START UP AND WOULD HAVE NO BRAKE. ALMOST HIT PARENTS AND KIDS IN THE MORNING AT SCHOOL OR EVEN IN GROCERY PARKING LOT.

I HAVE MILESTAR MS 932 SPORT TIRES 185/65R15 ON MY PRIUS TOYOTA06 VEHICLE I RECENTLY HAD ONE OF THESE TIRES SEPARATE ON ME ,THE( STEEL BELT). IT HAD A LARGE LUMP IN THE TREAD AREA WHICH MOST DEFINITELY WOULD HAVE EXPLODED IF I DIDNT STOP AND GET IT REPLACED. TWO MONTHS LATER I EXPERIENCED THE SAME THING WITH ANOTHER TIRE ONE THE SAME VEHICLE . ALL TIRES WERE PURCHASED FROM THE SAME COMPANY AT FIRST THOUGHT I SUSPECTED JUST A BAD TIRE BUT THIS HAPPENING TWICE TO ME SHOWS THAT IT MUST BE A GREATER DEFECT PROBLEM THE TIRES HAVE APPROXIMATELY 27000 ON THEM . THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE 60000 TIRES THESE ARE WELL CARED FOR TIRES AND HAVE NOT BEEN SUBJECTED TO ABUSE OR ANY REPAIRS. ID NUMBER ON THE FIRST TIRE THAT FAILED IS 04CH514A124

PROBLEM WITH INTERMITTENT HID HEADLIGHT OPERATION FAILURE, DRIVERS SIDE FAILURE EVEN ON HIGH BEAM WHEN DRIVING, TURNING OFF/BACK ON LIGHT COMES BACK ON BUT MAY FAIL AGAIN. PASSENGER FRONT HEADLIGHT WORKS FINE.

HAVE HAD AN ISSUE WITH HEADLIGHTS TURNING ON AND OFF FOR SEVERAL YEARS ALTHOUGH WE HAVE REPLACED THE VERY EXPENSIVE HEADLIGHTS MANY TIMES. IT HAS LEFT US IN A BAD SITUATION MANY TIMES (AT NIGHT ON A DARK ROAD WITH NO LIGHTS)! WE JUST TRY NOT TO USE IT AT NIGHTTIME. BUT NOW MY SON HAS NIGHT CLASSES AN HOUR AWAY AND WE LIVE SORT OF REMOTE SO I AM SCARED.

ENGINE NOISE IS EXCESSIVE IN LAST FEW MONTHS. TOOK TO DEALER WHO STATED NO DIAGNOSTIC CONCERNS FOUND. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON DASH WILL NOT GO OFF, AND SINCE VEHICLE WILL NOT PASS STATE MANDATED INSPECTION WITH INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED THE CAR IS CONSIDERED A SAFETY VIOLATION BY THE STATE AND NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. PLEASE HELP ME CORRECT THIS ISSUE.

AS I WAS REVERSING AND MY FOOT WAS ON THE GAS PEDAL A LOUD BEEP CAME ON, ALL OF THE DASHBOARD WARNING LIGHTS LIT UP INCLUDING THE BRAKE LIGHT. I CHECKED TO SEE IF MY PARKING BRAKE WAS ON AND IT WAS NOT. I PUT THE CAR ON PARK AND TURNED THE CAR OFF AND ON. MY CAR WORKED I DROVE A FEW MINUTES AND AS I WAS APPROACHING THE FREEWAY I LUCKILY CAME TO A STOP ON A RED LIGHT. SUDDENLY THE SAME LOUD BEEP, WARNING LIGHTS, AND BREAK LIGHT CAME ON AND THIS TIME BECAUSE MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL I FELT THE BRAKE EXTREMELY HARD/STIFF. BECAUSE I WAS AT A RED LIGHT I QUICKLY PUT MY CAR ON PARK TURNED THE CAR OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN AND MADE A RIGHT TURN TO AVOID GOING ON THE FREEWAY. I DECIDED TO CAREFULLY DRIVE TO A FAMILY MEMBER'S HOUSE CLOSE BY GOING NO MORE THAN 25 MPH WITH MY EMERGENCY LIGHTS ON I DID NOT WANT TO RISK MY BRAKES STIFFENING UP AND FAILING BUT I WAS IN A CONGESTED AREA WITH NO PARKING. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH NOT TO GET ON THE FREEWAY AND I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH THAT THIS FAILURE HAPPENED ON OCCASIONS WHERE I WAS EITHER GOING VERY SLOW OR ALREADY STOPPED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF I HAD TO COME TO A STOP AND COULD NOT BECAUSE MY BRAKES WERE STIFF. TOYOTA WILL NOT COVER THIS MANUFACTURERS ABS ACTUATOR DEFECT THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT BECAUSE THE DEADLINE WAS DEC. 2017. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND CAN LEAD TO ACCIDENTS AND EVEN DEATH.

MY VEHICLE HAS A DEFECTIVE ABS ACTUATOR, A PART PREVIOUSLY UNDER RECALL BY THE MANUFACTURER-TOYOTA. (2006 TOYOTA PRIUS ABS PART, ACTUATOR COMPLETE ASSEMBLY, ID 44510-47050) WARNING LIGHTS: MASTER WARNING ABS BRAKE SYSTEM: CODES: P0571, C1256, C1391. THIS DEFECTIVE BRAKING COMPONENT MAKES MY VEHICLE EXTREMELY UNSAFE TO DRIVE ALONG WITH THOUSANDS OF OTHER TOYOTA VEHICLES ON THE ROAD TODAY. THIS ABS ACTUATOR CAN FAIL AT ANY TIME AND AT ANY SPEED. TOYOTA PREVIOUSLY LAUNCHED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY CAMPAIGN FOR THIS SAME PART ON A PERCENTAGE OF VEHICLES, BUT PURPOSEFULLY EXCLUDED THOUSANDS OF VULNERABLE DRIVERS FROM GETTING NECESSARY REPAIRS. TOYOTA HAS REFUSED TO REPLACE THIS PART IN THOUSANDS OF UNSAFE VEHICLES EVEN WHILE THEY ACKNOWLEDGE IT WAS MANUFACTURED WITH KNOWN DEFECTS. THIS PART IS WORTH NEARLY THE TRADE-IN AMOUNT OF MY VEHICLE. TOYOTA IS DELIBERATELY KEEPING UNSAFE VEHICLES ON THE ROAD, WITH A KNOWN ISSUE.

LUCKILY, I WAS WAITING AT A STOP LIGHT WHEN I HEARD A CLICK/TSST SOUND. I FELT MY BREAK PEDAL PUSH UPWARDS. I TOOK MY FOOT OFF OF THE PEDAL AND REALIZE THAT MY BRAKING POWER WAS VERY MINIMAL. THE CAR WAS ONLY COASTING TO A STOP REGARDLESS OF THE PRESSURE APPLYING AND I HAD TO FIGHT TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL, AT THIS TIME THE CAR WAS STATIONARY. I THEN CREEPED INTO THE TURN LANE, GIVING MY CAR ABOUT 7-10MPH. WHEN I APPLIED MY BRAKES, MY CAR WAS NOT SLOWING DOWN, I THEN SLAMMED MY BREAKS AND MY CAR SPEED UP AND SLAMMED INTO A GAS STATION.

THE ABS ACTUATOR RUNS CONTINUOUSLY TRYING TO KEEP THE SYSTEM RUNNING. MY MECHANIC SAYS ITS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE IT FAILS, THE COST IS $2900 TO FIX, TOYOTA,S WARRANTY ENHANCEMENT ZG-1 EXPIRED DEC 2017 AND WILL NOT REPLACE THE ABS ACTUATOR.