I was driving and pulling out into the road and upon accelerating the car jumped and then suddenly stalled - luckily I was able to move it to the side of the road. After restart the car is running slowly as far as pickup and all the yellow lights are on. It seems this was a recall in oct. 2018 and I think now my inverter is blown or not working. Taking it to the dealership to diagnose.
2013 Toyota Prius V engine complaints
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1st - excessive oil consumption...bought the vehicle new in 2013, never had to refill engine oil in between oil changes of every 10,000 miles (synthetic oil 0w 20). At appx a little over 100,000 miles, check engine light came on and when I checked the dipstick, no oil is registering. Went to a gas station and purchased 1 qt of mobil 1 0w20 and after pouring it in, still not showing any oil in the dipstick. Purchased another quart and finally showed closed to half on the dipstick. I am now averaging appx 1 qt of add on oil every 1200 miles or so, again using 0w20. 2nd - poor mpg...from brand new till appx 70,000 miles or so, was averaging 40 - 42 mpg. Took the car in 2015 for a software recall and immediately, mpg went to 35 - 36 mpg. Dealer claims nothing to do with the recall and blames it on my newly purchased all season pirelli tires. Was told mpg will improve once tires has maybe 1000 miles or so on it. Its been appx 60,000 miles now and mpg has not improved at all. Always on eco mode and gently drives the car just like when it was brand new in pretty much same places / condition - southern california. It sounds like RPM is too high....its always on drive and not on lower gear (b) and no heavy load or trailer besides usual passenger of appx 2 to 3 (kids + adult)
On october 31, my wife and son were in the car approaching a parking space after completing a 360 degree turn into the parking space. Car suddenly accelerated and jumped a 7" high curb blowing out the right front tire and damaging the right rear tire. Car was towed to the team toyota in glen mills who told me to notify toyota of the incident. Toyota called me on november 2 and given a complete detailed account of the incident. On november 3, toyota sent an authorization form to download the edr data which was returned along with diagrams of the incident. On november 4, bosch contacted me requesting the information already sent to toyota which was sent to them. On november 22, the bosch representative went to the dealership and downloaded the edr data. On 11/26/16 - received report from eaa engineering analysis. Indicates that the car accelerated from 2.5 MPH to 7.5 MPH in 1.8 sec. Accelerator depressed to 100% and at 98% at impact. There was no post crash information in the report . I have called toyota three times since receiving the report and have not been able to speak with the case manager nor the claims department to date. They indicate that I won't hear anything until january 5. In the meantime I am driving a rental car.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 toyota prius v. The contact stated that while stopped, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle failed to restart. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was serviced under the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v449000 (hybrid propulsion system) but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 30,000.
There was a load bang, which I thought came from the tires, I realized it wasn't the tires but smoke coming out from the engine. I opened the hood of the car there was smoke and odor coming from the engine. I than went back to the vehicle and turned off the engine and started to started it again. The smoke stopped and I turned it back on, everything looked normal so I started to drive. After 5 miles of driving the engine light came back on for the first time since I bought the car. I pulled over to a gas station thinking it was a leak of water. I checked the everything I had enough water but decide to but more anyways. The engine light was still on, I decided to drive it home so I can dealer tomorrow, but while driving home the car turned itself off. I couldn't started it back on.
While driving it seemed the car just stopped loud bang in rear and quickly moved again took to dealer and they cannot find anything wrong don't feel safe in care this is second time it has happened. Thank you
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