My 2005 toyota prius' braking system acts the same way as the 2010's with the recall. When approaching a stop, with the brakes depressed, if you hit a bump in the road the brakes disengage.
2005 Toyota Prius brakes complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2005 toyota prius. The contact stated that when driving slowly, 5-15 MPH, the brakes would fail to engage when she depressed the brake pedal.the skid light and chime would flash on the dashboard. After that, the vehicle would operate normally. She noticed the problem three times. She took the vehicle to the dealership and the dealer told her that there was nothing they could do about it. The vehicle had not been repaired at the time of the complaint. She had not spoken with the manufacturer to-date. The current mileage was approximately 45,600. The failure mileage was approximately 30,000.
Owned a prius and had a brake failure.. Coming of the highway slowing to a stoplight by taking foot off gas, when I started to get close to the car infront I hit the brakes to complete my stop when I did nothing happened.. I ended up rear ending the car in front of me.. I had my car repaired and I reported the problem to toyota dealer (who did the repairs) they said they checked the brakes but didn't see any issues.. The braking problem happened after that too.. But they just ignored my claims..
My 2005 toyota prius has the same brake/acceleration problem that has been reported in the media. Sometimes when I apply the brakes on bumpy surfaces, the car tends to accelerate - or even lift up slightly - until the wheels touch down and regain contact with a flat surface. I never pump the brakes, but when this happens, my control over the vehicle is momentarily interrupted. This problem has recurred on numerous occasions since I bought the car a few years ago, but I ignored it. However, when I read a description of this braking problem being reported on 2010 models, I immediately recognized it as something that I have experienced from time to time. Note: the "incident date" is merely an estimate of the first time I experienced this problem.
I have a 2005 prius and have been experiencing temporary brake failures since the first winter in 2005, often on rainy or snowy days, driving down hill while trying to stop at the bottom of the hill at a stop sign. Instead of responding to the brake, the car will appear to temporarily surge forward. I have had 4 near-misses, twice with the car coming into the middle of busy street and would have gotten into serious accidents had there been oncoming traffic. I have brought the car into the dealership 4 times, each time being told that the car is performing to spec, and hybrids take longer to brake. I do not buy this argument since it does not consistently behave this way, and if the brake cannot be engaged in time, then the design of the brake system is defective to begin with. Performing to specification brings our families no comfort when we lie dead at the bottom of the hill. This same problem is being investigated and addressed in the 2010 prius model. It's obvious that toyota will continue to refuse acknowledging and addressing this fatal defect until the federal safety agency pressures them to. Please broaden the prius brake failure investigation to include gen 2 prius also, from years 2004 through 2009. A quick google will demonstrate how wide-spread this problem has been among many unhappy prius owners.
I have a 2005 prius and have been experiencing temporary brake failures since the first winter in 2005, often on rainy or snowy days, driving down hill while trying to stop at the bottom of the hill at a stop sign. I have had 4 near-misses, twice with the car coming into the middle of busy street and would have gotten into serious accidents had there been oncoming traffic. I have brought the car into the dealership 4 times, each time being told that the car is performing to spec, and hybrids take longer to brake. I do not buy this argument since it does not consistently behave this way, and if the brake cannot be engaged in time, then the design of the brake system is defective to begin with. Performing to specification brings our families no comfort when we lie dead at the bottom of the hill. This same problem is being investigated and addressed in the 2010 prius model. It's obvious that toyota will continue to refuse acknowledging and addressing this fatal defect until the federal safety agency pressures them to. Please broaden the prius brake failure investigation to include gen 2 prius also, from years 2004 through 2009. A quick google will demonstrate how wide-spread this problem has been among many unhappy prius owners.
Brakes appear to not engage properly or momentarily release when applying brakes over rough pavement or potholes. Seems to last for about a second. This occurs frequently and I noticed this two years ago... Assumed it was normal... Odd, but normal. This can be easily replicated.
If the car drives over an unlevel surface (e.g. Steel plate, manhole cover, transition from asphalt to cement road) and the brakes are applied, the car accelerates momentarily. This does not occur on a consistent basis, but is more random. I have repeatedly brought this to the attention of the dealer (russel toyota in baltimore md 21228) who keeps saying this is normal and expected for priuses. I have repeatedly told them that this is not normal. When I hit the brakes in my other cars, it never accelerates. They have advised that I contact toyota, but have requested that I not report this to the federal safety agency.
We ordered a 2005 prius in the fall of 2004 and received delivery in may 2005. My wife drives the car more often than I do and she informed me that during times of wet or rainy conditions the brakes "grab' when applied. This braking problem was not apparent during the first year. I've experience the brake "grab" evertime I drive it in wet weather, and even though I try to avoid it by gently applying the brakes, they they still "grab" this is just not a "one time" occurence...I have read the reports from other prius owners about the brakes. If there is a fix, and there should be, toyota should take care of this and not be in denial.
2005 prius braking issue: my brakes delayed to engage when I tried to brake on an uneven road surface. I ended up going thru a curb at a higher rate of speed and just missed being in an crash. I now avoid engaging the brake if the road is uneven (where possible) to avoid this type of response.
Car always surges when I hit a slippery patch. It has done this for years and I have complained to toyota several times over the last few years. (local service at dealer), but am always told it's normal.
After changing lanes from the left right lane to the left lane near downtown los angeles, a car suddenly stopped on a yellow light. I quickly hit the brakes which seemed to slowly engage and was hit the car from behind.
After accelerating from a red light behind a van, the van abruptly stopped. I hit the brakes in an attempt to stop. The brakes did not enable right away and the car I was driving rear-ended the van.
After listening to publicity about the 2010 prius problem I realize that I have had the same problem of brake fade in my 2005 prius. There is a bridge section that I drive over several times a month. This bridge section is 1 inch higher than the asphalt road and on a steep hill immediately before a stop sign. So if I am braking as I hit the bridge section, I notice an immediate brake fade. So for all these years, I assumed it was an ABS peculiarity with car unweighting. I've learned to brake hard immediately before I enter the bridge section, release the brakes as I hit the edge of the bridge section, brake hard on the bridge section and release as I drop off the section, then brake to the stop sign. I have never experience this problem in other situations but I am aware of the brake fade and might be anticipating the problem. It has been occurring since I purchased the car in 2005.
Easily replicated, unexpected brake release on 2005 toyota prius. 1) drive over rough part of road, or slick spot 2) apply brakes 3) no response from brakes for a second or so.
My wife and I recently bought a used 2005 prius from wilde toyota in west allis, wi. In the last few months we have experienced braking issues with the vehicle on icy roads, slick roads, and snow covered roads. We have had three brake failures. The first was when I was driving on a side-street. I was going slow, less then 15 miles per hour, and stepped on the brakes to make a turn. The brakes were unresponsive for aprox. 2 seconds causing me to roll before the brakes engage. The second occured when my wife was driving at a low speed, under 40 miles an hour, on a main road. As she approached the stoplight she stepped on the brakes, which also failed to engage. Due to her higher speed she rolled over 10 feet and came close to hitting the car stopped in front of her before the brakes finally engaged. The final occurance also occured when my wife was driving, this time at a higher speed between 40 and 50 miles per hour, when pressing on the brakes on an overpass the brakes failed to engage and the car physically seemed to shake a bit. After being unable to stop for several feet the brakes finally engaged. We believe these occurances are due to an error with our ABS system. In each occurance the "slippery road" warning has appeared. We took it to wilde tayota this morning. After software testing as well as road testing on their snow covered lot they failed to replicate the problem. No system errors were present and they were unable to take any further action. We are, however, still convinced that a problem exists. If it occurs again we will once again take it to the dealership and try to replicate the problem.
Abs system failure while preparing to stop from 40 MPH in 05 toyota prius last september. Had at least three occurrences during the summer of the brake pedal going quickly and easily to the floor, making a "thunk" noise, sounding and feeling like metal on metal, but this would not happen again when I stepped on the brakes again immediately, and certainly didn't happen for my mechanic to hear. Toyota diagnosed a computer failure that cost me $2000 to replace.
I own a 2005 prius, bought new. I now have 130,000 miles on it. It has been serviced and maintained at scheduled intervals, mostly by a toyota dealer. #1: I have complained to the dealer since the first winter that I bought the car that the "traction control system" is dangerous in bad weather conditions. Whenever the road is slippery, if the car senses wheelspin, it cuts power to the engine. This is scary if you're pulling out into traffic on a rainy day, as the car will sometimes just quit running for a second, leaving you vulnerable to oncoming traffic. Snow is far worse. I live on a hilly road. If it's snowy the car will slow down, and simply stop trying to move forward on the first steep slope I come to. It doesn't matter how hard I mash on the accelerator, or if I back off and try again, the car will not attempt to move. Once the car stops moving forward it begins to slide backwards, and control is totally lost. I was nearly killed the first time this happened (in about one inch of snow) as my car eventually slipped sideways across the oncoming traffic lane. An SUV came down the hill and nearly broadsided me before I was able to get my car turned back down the hill. (my car was equipped with aggressive snow tires at the time.) ever since then, if I'm coming home from work in the snow, I leave my car in the shopping center at the bottom of the hill and call my husband, who picks me up with his ford bronco. # 2: anti-lock braking. The 2010 prius's aren't the only ones with problems; mine does the same thing. If I'm braking on a bumpy stretch of road or over a manhole cover in the rain, the car will cut power to the brakes, causing the car to feel like it's surging forward. Again this problem is much worse in the snow. Going downhill on a snowy, slippery hill the anti-lock brakes repeatedly cut braking power, which actually causes the car to accelerate to unsafe speeds. My dealer tells me that this is how the car works, and nothing can be dome to correct it.
My 2005 model prius lost brake momentarily and accelerated on a bumpy stretch of road. It happens always I pass over the same stretch just on a stop signal. It stopped very close to the other vehicle in front after regaining the brake luckily avoiding accident. This is the same problem reported on the 2010 prius and is being recalled.
I have a 2005 and 2010 prius. I have noticed a sense of"surge" when braking slowly over irregular pavement with both cars. I always just considered it a quirk of the car. There is absolutely no question in my mind that this braking problem is at least present in the 2005 priuses. I have not had any accidents relating to this. Nothing yet has been done to correct this.
We have a 2005 prius hybrid. It has, ever since we purchased it, occasionally accelerated when we have put on brakes. It stops after a second or two, and has never caused an accident, though it is scary when it happens. I believe the only recall that applies to this model year is the floor mat problem, which is not the issue. What I've read is that the older prius's don't have the braking/acceleration problem. But ours certainly does. We love the car otherwise, but would like to know if there is some action we should take regarding this, and if other people have reported it.
I have a 2005 toyota prius I have the same braking issue that the 2010 prius has with braking on uneven surfaces and hitting pot holds my brakes have memory loss they hit the uneven surface the car continues to move, it feels like it gets air borne also when the weather is wet the brakes lock up, I barely touch them then brakes lock throwing everything forward. I have taken my car into the dealership for brake issues the last time was about 10/09 they found no trouble, both problem are current issues. The dealership continues to tell me there is no problem with the brakes.
2005 toyota prius has brake issue. When braking over pothole or bump, I momentarily loose all brake. The brake comes back about 1 sec later. This has always happened, I have talked to the dealer several times, but I am only told that I need to 'get used to it'.
I was sitting at a stop light waiting for it to turn green when my brake pedal suddenly went all the way to the floor. I only had a few blocks to get to my destination and the brakes still worked if I pushed on them really hard. I got it parked and left it for about 4 hours and when I started it back up they worked fine again. It only happened once. I have ABS brakes.
2005 prius that has the same braking issues that the 2010 prius is being recalled for. The brakes momentarily fail while slowing down and hitting rough or slick road spots. This behavior has occurred many times since I first purchased my prius.
Several times over past 5 years my 2005 toyota prius ABS system had released the brakes for uncomfortable amount of time (0.5-1.0 seconds) when coming to a stop over slightly bumpy road. If I didn't keep good distance I could have crashed into a vehicle in front of me.
My 2005 toyota prius brakes failed when I tried to stop at a stop light. I didn't realize it was red until I was very close to it, so I "slammed" on the brakes. I had my foot all the way down on the pedal and it was like the brakes released. Less than 2 weeks later, my husband was driving the prius and traffic infront of us stopped very quickly. The same thing happened to him, the brakes released when he had the brake pedal all the way down. Again this was an "extreme" braking situation. I took the prius to darcars in frederick, md, where I bought it, to report the problem and they said that it did not happen. They said if anything went wrong it would be recorded in the software of the car and it wasn't so that meant that nothing was wrong with the car. I then traded the car in for a rav4 because I wasn't going to drive a car that had unreliable brakes.
My 2005 toyota prius brakes failed totally while driving. When I touched the brake pedal the brakes locked hard, and the smell of the brake bands was high. I slowed to 20 MPH and went to tonio divion toyota in riverdale utah. The drive train warranty had not expired, but they said that the brakes were not a part of the drive train. The electronic board failed and was replaced at a cost of $985.87. If this qualifies on a prius recall can I get any money back?
The brakes "slip" when driving over a bump or pothole in the road. This experience is similar to what has been described in the 2010 prius model recall. I am driving a 2005 prius hybrid and have experienced similar slips since I purchased the vehicle in october of 2005. To date the slipping has not resulted in a crash, injury or failure however I have had some close calls.
I have a 2005 (early 2nd generation) prius and I experienced the latest reported "design flaw" in the braking system from day 1 in 2005. The best description I've heard of it is "inconsistent braking over rough surfaces". That is, when driving over a pothole or bump when applying the (regenerative) brakes, the bump seems to push back, momentarily disengaging the brakes. The effect is at best, unnerving, and at worst, scary, depending on what you're trying to do when it happens (ie, slowing vs trying to stop). I brought this experience to the attention of my dealer service personnel a couple times over the last several years and was met with the equivalent of blank stares and the sound of crickets. Bottom line, this is not a new problem in 2010 model prius only.
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