2005 Toyota Prius: sudden unintended acceleration

Filed Jun 30, 2016 · Acceleration · IL · crash

2005 toyota prius. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle unintended acceleration. *smd the consumer stated as she pulled into parking space, the vehicle suddenly accelerated out of her control and crashed into a stone wall. The vehicle was totaled. The consumer stated she experienced sudden acceleration prior to the accident. As she backed into a parking space, the vehicle suddenly accelerated in reverse, out of her control. Consequently, she jot a garage door.

Filed Aug 11, 2015 · Acceleration, Airbags · 280,000 miles · CA · crash

Tl* the contact owned a 2005 toyota prius. After the vehicle was parked and turned off, it suddenly accelerated to 65 MPH without warning and crashed into a retention wall. The front air bags did not deploy. No injuries were reported and a police report was not filed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was destroyed and towed to the contact's residence. The approximate failure mileage was 280,000.

Filed Apr 14, 2015 · Acceleration · 120,000 miles · FL · crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 toyota prius. While parking, the vehicle suddenly accelerated independently. The brakes were engaged, but failed to stop the vehicle. As a result, the contact's vehicle crashed into a parked vehicle. There were no injuries and no damages and it was unknown if a police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a dealer. The technician diagnosed that the computer in the vehicle caused the unintended acceleration. The contact mentioned that the vehicle was previously repaired under the federal safety agency campaign number: 09v388000 (vehicle speed control). The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 120,000. Updated 5/18/15

Filed Apr 2, 2011 · Brakes, Electrical · 119,000 miles · IL

Note: the date above does not reflect first date of occurance. This is the event date that LED to toyota admitting something is wrong with the car. Please read narrative: on three occasions the car has died while being parked at work and at home. On one occasion the car died in my garage. After the vehicle was jumped it seemed fine. No lights were left on nor were any electrical devices plugged into the accessories. When it started up the car stated that the parking brake was not properly engaged and the vehicle needed to be moved to a level surface. It was in my driveway. Another time the car did the same thing, dying at work in the airport employee parking lot. The car required being jump started and again it gave the same message. A co-worker stated that they had heard the car alarm go off at one point about an hour prior to shift change. Both times the vehicle was checked and the report was nothing was wrong with the car. Most recently on 3/27/2011 the same thing occurred. This time when jump starting the battery the cars engine started and the car lunged forward at me with lights and alarm sounding. I was unable to shut down the alarm and went into the car and pressed the power button to shut the engine down. When I powered the engine back up the car alarm was again sounding and all the lights on the dash were illuminated. Powered it down and up again and this time no audible alarm but the exclamation mark in the triangle was illuminated as well as the message about the parking brake. I powered it down and up one last time and, with the message still illuminated, drove off. The message shut down when I got to the security gate. Toyota tested the vehicle on 4/1/2011 and reported that c1300 and c2300 faults were found (ecu and ABS actuator). As the car is out of warranty, cost will be about $3,000.00. (more info exists but no room here)

Filed Jan 31, 2011 · Brakes · 140,350 miles · HI

Nov 15 2010 the car was in service for 5000 miles check. The dealership declared that the brakes and coolant flow valve needed replacement and stated the car was unsafe to drive. Upon agreeing for repairs the dealership said the car was safe to drive and it will take 2 weeks for parts to arrive. 15 dec 2010 the car was taken in for stated repairs ($2000), since then the car has have intermittently braking failures at low speeds under 20 MPH and at stops on a downgrade. The car was taken in for repairs again in 16 jan 2011. The car stills has intermittent failures, the lights to the parking brakes, ABS brakes, vbc lights and the warning lights are still on since the repairs. While replacing the tires firestone on 30 jan 2011 found the code 1247 on the ecu by their technician. The lights on the dash board are still on at all times. After leaving firestone, the car surge forward while stop on a downgrade while the brake depress, I felt the pressure release thus I depress harder on the brakes petal until it was on the floor, I had to use the emergency brake to stop. I will take the car into the toyota dealership for the third time 31 jan 2011.

Filed Oct 27, 2010 · Acceleration · NC · crash · 1 injury

2005 toyota prius. S10 appropriate handling- letter from regarding toyota problems *tgw the consumer stated as she slowed down to make a turn in her gated her community, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and crashed into the brick column which supported the gate. She suffered a severe injury to her bottom lip when her face hit the steering wheel, as well as contusions to her leg and other bruising. The consumer stated she had no more problems until november 16, 2009. As she slowed down and pulled into a parking space, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and hit a wall. She received some bruising from the seat belt holding her into place. Two weeks later, the vehicle suddenly accelerated again and crashed into a brick wall. The consumer has since traded the vehicle.

Filed Oct 21, 2010 · Acceleration · 96,000 miles · MD

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 toyota prius. The contact was driving 60 MPH and as she accelerated to pass another vehicle, the vehicle suddenly accelerated independently. The contact depressed the brake pedal but the vehicle continued to accelerate. She shifted into neutral and depressed the brake pedal until the vehicle began to decrease in speed. The vehicle was towed to the contacts residence. The vehicle was not inspected or repaired for the failure. The manufacturer was not notified. The current and failure mileage was approximately 96,000.

Filed Aug 26, 2010 · Acceleration · 36,530 miles · CA · crash

I pulled into a parking place.I noticed my car was not straight and I started to release the emergency brake to straighten it. Though I still had my foot on the emergency brake and had not started to accelerate, the car lunged forward. I slammed down on the emergency brake and the regular brake; at some point I remember that my left foot was on the regular brake pushing with all my might. Without hesitation my car smashed into the car parked ahead of me. My car knocked the other car into the stop sign ahead of it, then exploded into the intersection and continued a short way down the block before slowing down. I waited for traffic and then turned around. I came back and parked on the other side of the street facing the other way. I crossed the street to the scene of the accident and told the parking meter lady that I had hit the other car. I was very shaken. The driver of the other car had just arrived with his farmer's market bags. He said he would take pictures so I went back to my car to get my camera to take pictures too. I noticed that it was my right front bumper that had hit the other car's left back bumper because, trying to avoid hitting the other car, I had turned toward the street. I took pictures of his car. The officer arrived (called by the meter person) and I gave my report. The officer asked me if I could drive my car home. I said I wasn't sure, I would call the insurance company. In any case I would not try to drive right away as I was too shaken. The other driver drove away. When the officer left, I sat in my car passenger side with my feet on the sidewalk still in shock. I was afraid of driving the car. I called my son to come to get me. I called the insurance company and followed their directions. Intent on stopping the car, I had braked as hard as I could with my left foot. When waiting to turn the car around I saw the emergency brake was on.

Filed May 24, 2010 · Brakes · FL

Tl*the contact owns a 2005 toyota prius. The contact stated that the vehicle would intermittently experience braking failures. When the brakes were applied, the vehicle would surge forward before the brakes would engage. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealership where the contact was informed there was nothing wrong with the vehicle. The failure continued to occur intermittently. The vehicle was again taken to an authorized dealership where the vehicle was serviced accordinging to remedy associated with the federal safety agency campaign id number 10v039000. The failure mileage was unknown. The current mileage was 115,039.

Filed Apr 19, 2010 · Acceleration, Airbags · NY · crash

[xxx] , a resident of wantagh, ny, was driving on the wantagh state parkway when she was hit from behind and then experienced the sudden, unintended acceleration of her 2005 toyota prius. The acceleration continued after she pressed on the brake pedal. As a result, [xxx] struck another vehicle on the road and was involved in a serious accident. Moreover, the seatbelt in the vehicle was defective in that it became unfastened and the airbags did not deploy. The vehicle has a VIN# [xxx] and was purchased at atlantic toyota in long island. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Filed Apr 12, 2010 · Acceleration · 65,000 miles · CA · crash · 3 injuries

Tl*the contact owns a 2005 toyota prius. While driving 10 MPH on a paved and grassy surface with his foot on the brake pedal, the vehicle surged forward and crashed into a tree destroying the vehicle. The police arrived to the scene and 3 injuries were reported. The vehicle was towed to an independent body shop but the vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were 65,000.

Filed Mar 26, 2010 · Acceleration · MA

2005 toyota prius suddenly accelerated to maximum speed without warning. Consumer states he was in heavy traffic and had to slam on the brakes. *kb the consumer believed he accelerated from 25 MPH to about 45-50 MPH in a matter of seconds. The braking action did, in this case cause the acceleration to stop at that point. There was no explanation and the incident had never occurred before. The floor mats had been removed weeks before.