2006 Toyota Prius: brake failure

Filed Jan 14, 2024 · Brakes · TX

The ABS Sensor on the brakes failed while driving on the highway. This could have caused an accident. These modules should last the lifetime of the car.

Filed Aug 23, 2021 · Brakes, Electrical · FL

Discovered through failures repeated to dealers that certain items (Brakes, dashboard, et. al.) were recalled by Toyote. Never received recall notices. Contacted Toyota who demanded the vehicle be taken to dealer and now refuses to do anything. Have complete documentation to attach to this communication. Essentially: Dashboard failed, brakes failed when auto in operation. Likely there are UNKNOWN additional recalls, etc. of which we were not noticed

Filed Aug 21, 2020 · Brakes · 136,000 miles · FL

Owner began noticing braking problem in november 2017. Brake pedal would go to floor with minimal braking. Problem continued to get worse. Owner took vehicle to toyota dealership after holiday period on 02/09/18 for diagnostics. Toyota advised owner of failure of the brake actuator assembly, $2500.00 repair, and dangerous to drive vehicle without repair performed. Toyota was aware of this serious brake defect in their vehicles and issued a warranty enhancement program zg1 to correct at no cost to owners. The enhancement program ended 31 december, 2017. My vehicle was diagnosed with exact brake failure problem 2 months later on 09 february, 2018. Toyota refuses to correct this catastrophic brake failure. Request the federal safety agency to issue new direction for toyota to correct this catastrophic brake failure for prius vehicles beyond the 31 december, 2017 date.

Filed Aug 21, 2020 · Brakes · 177,000 miles · CA

The brake booster is making lots of chirping noise when the brake pedal is depressed. While I am not getting any visual indicators of failure at this moment I believe (due to my own research) that when I do there is a high chance of me getting into a car accident. I have read on priuschat.com that several people had brake failure due to the faulty pump which caused a car wreck. This is a dangerous predicament to be in and toyota should extend their warranty to cover the faulty equipment they have installed on these vehicles before someone gets seriously hurt or dies.

Filed Feb 13, 2020 · Brakes, Electrical · 176,000 miles · MD

I was driving on a highway 95 south, almost to delaware, at night in the rain, after 4 hours on the road, everything stopped working. I couldn't accelerate, I had no brakes, and eventually even my lights went out. The entire electrical system was out. I was in heavy traffic, and don't even know how I got off the highway, and to a gas station. The tow truck driver couldn't even jump the battery enough to get the car in neutral, and had a difficult time getting it up on the flatbed to tow it home. I couldn't even lock the doors. I had a new key made at the dealership on 10/17/19 and I was using that key for hours driving to ct and a couple of days later I was half way home when everything in the car stopped working. I was towed to my home in md because I needed to be able to unpack my car and computer before taking it to the dealership. When the second tow came the next day, I handed him the key by the front door, which was my old key, and he was able to get the car in neutral right away, and at the dealership the car worked just fine. The only difference was the new key. The technician found that "the immobilizer ecu has an intermittent open circuit failure, causing the key to be seen as unauthorized and stall the engine." from jim coleman toyota. Apparently there is a part of the computer system that shuts off all systems if it detects an "unauthorized" key--I.e. If it believes the car is being stolen. It seems to me that this is a very dangerous program in this car. I had been using that new key for several days, and had no problem, but for it to decide in the middle of the highway after hours on the road that the key was a fake, I could have been killed or I could have killed someone else. I would much prefer that my car be stollen than that someone might get killed but shutting off everything while it was on the road.

Filed Sep 23, 2019 · Brakes · 280,000 miles · NY · crash

While I was driving on the highway cruising at highway speed I suddenly received a loud continuous beep and my ABS , brake , and (!) illuminated. I attempted to stop and I had no brakes except when the pedal was all the way to the floor it felt as is it was just pulling the rear drums. It took a while to stop and I side swiped the median barrier to avoid a collision with the vehicle in front of me as traffic was building. I assume it was the brake actuator that there was an extended warranty for almost a decade later but no recall. For something so dangerous I can't imagine how that isn't a recall.

Filed Aug 12, 2019 · Brakes · 192,000 miles · FL

Abs actuator failure. There was a recall that was good until 2017 and 150k miles. My vehicle has 192k miles. I was backing out of my driveway and the three ABS ligths came on and my brakes failed. I scanned the computer using an obd and it indicated failure.

Filed Mar 16, 2019 · Brakes · 136,000 miles · FL

We are going to be injured or die due to failure of the brake actuator assembly. This exact failure was covered under a warranty enhancement program zg1 which has expired. We cannot afford this repair exceeding $2500. Toyota is non responsive. We are seniors with no hope of resolution. Please intervene. We do not want to die from this brake failure. Thank you and may god bless us all.

Filed Jan 13, 2019 · Brakes · 210,000 miles · CO

Total loss of brakes while driving on highway. Passed through red light near miss situation. Towed to shop and cost of repair exceeds $2000 for this involved repair as this is a complicated braking system. Part of the ABS system called the accumulator is defective in these cars and can result in spontanious brake failure. You are always supposed to have some braking even if the assisted brakes malfunction. Suddenly, our car had no brakes at all. My wife was driving the car when the brakes failed. She had zero brakes from the pedal and the peddle style emergency-brake had locked up and or wasnt enough to stop the vehicle. She nearly had an accident. Braking system should not give out on a vehicle that gets very little wear to the brakes due to the extra regenerative braking system. Our brake pads and shoes have lots of life still. This is purely a design flaw in the braking system and I believe these vehicles are a hazard on the road. I have loved the car until I experienced this brake failure.

Filed Jun 20, 2018 · Brakes, Electrical · 63,200 miles · PR

I was driving normally and suddenly a continuos beep was there,I tried to stop a no brakes.I was able to steer my car to a safe place.then used a toll service and took it to my toyota dealer.in a short time they told me they told me the computerized brake system was defective and the job will cost me $2250.00 I can not afford. I tolled the car back to my house .later I found that there had been a recall from toyota.I was never notified although I took my car there for regular checkups. Note: my car was in motion and previous to incident I had descended a steep hill. I consider myself lucky on that date,three minutes earlier I would have been in great distress trying to stop my toyota prius.

Filed Apr 16, 2018 · Brakes · 197,000 miles · FL · crash

My brakes failed 4/3/18 while I was in traffic. I was driving on a city street during rush hour. The car in front of me braked in traffic and I had plenty of brake distance but as my car slowed almost to a complete stop it suddenly felt as if the engine revved and propelled the car forward even though the brake was fully engaged. The only thing that stopped the car was that it ran into the car in front of me causing damage to both cars. I told the two officers that arrived about the problem with my brakes but they ignored me and issued a $165 ticket for "following too closely". The accident became a lawsuit and a rep from my insurance contacted me for details. I also told her about the problem with the brakes and once again was ignored. This past saturday (4/14/18 about 2 weeks after the first brake failure) I decided to go to the grocery store. After shopping I got into my car, hit the power button and put the car into reverse, my intent being to leave my parking space. I kept my foot on the brake since I saw a car approaching from my right in the parking lot. My car was stationary, but I had my foot on the brake and my car started to move in reverse, even though I had the brake pedal fully depressed. It just drove itself, in reverse, out into oncoming parking lot traffic. This time I was better prepared and since the car was moving from a complete stop, it wasn't going very fast so I pumped the brake pedal and that seemed to "reset" it and the brakes came back. This time I was able to stop the car before colliding with anyone. I have always loved this car but now I no longer feel safe driving it and unfortunately, I cannot afford to buy a new car. The stress alone is causing me to lose sleep and focus throughout my day. Every time I have to get behind the wheel and the worry that I may end up hurting someone else. This is a serious safety hazard.

Filed Jan 25, 2018 · Brakes · 165,000 miles · TX

Brake actuator - zg1 -toyota had extended warranty for defective brake actuators up to 150,000 miles or december 31, 2017 as part of their zg1 warranty extension program for the 2006-2009 toyota prius. Many catastrophic brake failures are still occurring as a result of this defective part for vehicles as young as 6 years old that are now outside this warranty. The failure may result is accidental injury or death. This defect now effects my personnel vehicle.