I was driving the vehicle to a gas station on a major road when the engine died and the vehicle shifted to battery power. I was able to get to the gas station and it was clear I had not run out of gas. The vehicle has been fine since so I didn't think about it until the media reports came out.
2005 Toyota Prius engine complaints
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Dt: while driving 2005, toyota prius hybrid at speeds between 15-20 MPH on a 2 lane road the engine died. After a short time it did restart.
Dt: without warning the check engine light keeps coming on. Consumer has taken car to dealer four times for the same problem. Dealer replaced different parts and the problem was there after three attempts to fix it. Consumer just got vehicle back for the fourth time. Manufacturer will be called today. Consumer was told they have never seen this problem in any other car.
Gas motor stalled while driving on highway at 55 MPH. Electric motor continued to operate until the battery was depleted, about 1 or 2 miles. I was unable to pull the car over because I was in a construction zone. It was difficult to turn the car off, because of the lack of a key, but once I did restart it, it worked fine.
On my 2005 toyota prius, the engine suddenly stalled when leaving the dealership in fresno, california. The electric engine continued for a short time to get back to the dealer, then everything was dead. After working on it for several hours the dealer could not find the source of the problem, but did get it operating again and I continued the trip with incident.
I was traveling at about 70 MPH on the interstate, when the engine stalled. I was close to an off-ramp and was able to coast off of the exit. At the bottom on the exit I was able to start up again by shifting into drive.
I had been driving my 2005 toyota prius at 40mph when I accelerated to pass a car and then had to stop briefly at a traffic light. When I pulled away from the light I noticed that the car felt very sluggish and wouldn't accelerate over 40 MPH. I then realized that I was driving on the hybrid system only and that the engine had stalled. A big red exclamation point lit up on the dash and I was able to coast into a parking place off the highway. When I attempted to restart the car it did nothing. I called toyota service and explained my problem and he arranged a tow truck pick up my car but told me that since it was 5pm they wouldn't be able to look at it until the morning. The next morning they told me that the car started without incident and although they ran extensive testing they could find nothing wrong. They wanted me to come and pick it up but I refused stating that there definetly was something wrong with this car and that I was just glad that it didn't happen earlier in the day when I was on I-95 going 80 MPH with a semi in back of me. I also told them that I had done some research on my own at priusonline and yahoo prius forum and found that there were more people who had the same problem and in most cases it was found to be due to a few codes that needed to be updated in the cars computer. I then asked them to check these specific codes. When I called back the next day they said that they ran the codes and found nothing and had taken the car for a long drive but had no problems. They released it to me and it has driven just as perfectly for me as it did up until the 1 second before it's engine quit without warning. I know that something potentially dangerous happened to my car that day and that there is just as much chance that it will happen again since nothing was fixed. I hope that you can help to avoid something potentialy tragic happening to me or someone else.
Bought a 2005 toyota prius on 5/16/05. On the second day it lost power on the highway at 60+MPH. Engine light and ! Light on. Car ran well enough to take to dealer after re-starting a few times. Lights remained on until re-started at dealer. Car remains at dealer.
1. I bought a new prius in early march of 2005. I was coasting to stop (around 8-10 MPH) for a yield sign and when I hit the foot on the brake, the vehicle started to accelerate. Funny, but this problem happens only occansionally! 2. Stimes the vehicles seems to come to a stall, at low speeds while making a turn or before coming to an dead stop. I personally have felt the vehicle going off the power during a turn, at low speeds <10 MPH. 3. I tried to find any recalls on the vehicle, but was unsucessfull.
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