2006 Toyota Prius: check engine light

Filed Jul 26, 2021 · Engine, Fuel system · 167,000 miles · GA

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Prius. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle lost power and immediately regained power. Approximately 24 hours later the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the hybrid water pump was faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The local dealer was contacted and informed the contact that the vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number 12V536000 (Engine and Engine Cooling, Hybrid Propulsion System). The contact indicated that the vehicle experienced the failure listed in the recall. The failure mileage was 167,000.

Filed Mar 10, 2020 · Engine · 237,000 miles · CT

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 toyota prius. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 64 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was unable to restart. The vehicle was towed to hartford toyota superstore located at (135 w service rd, hartford, ct 06120) where it was diagnosed that the battery and two ignition coils needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure persisted while the check engine warning light and the esp fault warning light illuminated. The vehicle was towed to lynch toyota located at (179 tolland turnpike, manchester, ct 06042) where it was diagnosed that inverter water pump needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 237,000.

Filed Oct 6, 2019 · Engine · VA

Poa93 code . Check engine light came on while I was driving

Filed May 3, 2019 · Engine · 232,000 miles · GA

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 toyota prius. While driving, a whistling noise was heard coming from the engine. In addition, the check engine, ABS reqd, air bag, and brake warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 232,000.

Filed Aug 31, 2018 · 153,400 miles · MA

Engine noise is excessive in last few months. Took to dealer who stated no diagnostic concerns found. Check engine light on dash will not go off, and since vehicle will not pass state mandated inspection with indicator light illuminated the car is considered a safety violation by the state and not safe to drive. Please help me correct this issue.

Filed Mar 4, 2018 · Brakes · 191,600 miles · CA

Takata recall - the complete failure of the brake actuator system. The vehicle is not safe to drive. During routing trip to nearby grocery store, the following warning lights came "on," brake, ABS, vsc, check engine. While driving the vehicle home on a public street, the brakes malfunctioned and in order to stop the car, I ran it into the curb. The brake pedal pressure dropped and it seems the back brakes may still be functioning but front brakes are not working at all.

Filed Apr 2, 2017 · Electrical · 19,077 miles · NY

Car was brought to toyota of hollywood, florida for a new battery. When it was returned none of the dashboard was working: no speedometer, no gear shift indicator, no fuel gauge, no engine warning lights, no backup indicator beeper. Additionally it takes many tries over minutes to turn the car off and it locks the rear hatch which cannot be opened with the inside door unlock button. Obviously this is a dangerous and hazardous situation which I expected that the dealer and manufacturer, toyota, would take care of immediately. They claim that the car is out of warranty and won't fix it. It should be part of a vehicle safety recall.

Filed Feb 5, 2016 · Engine · 106,082 miles · TN

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 toyota prius. While driving 20 MPH, the check engine warning light illuminated and the vehicle stalled. The contact was able to restart the vehicle; however, the failure recurred six times. The vehicle was not taken to be diagnosed nor repaired. The vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 12v536000 (engine and engine cooling, hybrid propulsion system). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 106,082.

Filed Jun 10, 2013 · Brakes, Electrical · 119,000 miles · CA

The vehicle unexpectedly shutdown while driving. There was no power and the brakes were boggy. The red triangle warning light came as well as the ABS and engine warning lights. After pulling over the car restarted and drove fine but the red triangle remained on. The next day it was working fine. Toyota was unable to find anything except a low voltage warning.

Filed Mar 8, 2012 · Engine · 120,000 miles · MD

The check engine light comes on whenever outside temperature is above 45f or so. Took it to toyota dealership and they said it was a faulty coolant flow control valve that was resulting in code p1121. The dealer said this was a safety issue since coolant can leak out, and recommended it be fixed asap at a cost of nearly $1000. This is not an uncommon problem for prius's and an online search showed that toyota did cover this under warranty (extension) for some model years up to 35k miles. I wrote to toyota motor sales to ask if they would cover or assist with the repair cost, and if there was a hidden recall or warranty extension on this issue, and they responded that I should just try to negotiate a better price with the dealer. I think toyota should cover this, it is a safety issue and should have been a recall.

Filed Jan 17, 2011 · Transmission · 54,689 miles · NY

My 2006 toyota prius was parked in a driveway. I powered it on then tried to put it in drive. The shift kept bouncing out of drive without my moving it, into n, r and finally back into drive at which point I released the hand brake, then eased my foot off the brake pedal. I did not pushed the accelerator pedal in order to turn onto the road slowly. But the car suddenly accelerated really fast. As it did so the red triangle 'problem - check engine' symbol came up on the dashboard. The car went across the road and into a neighbor's front yard where there was a lot of snow and a snowdrift by the road, and ran straight into the snowdrift which stopped it. I was then able to turn off the power. The foot brake had no effect. The car was heading on a line at right angles to the house and had there not been that snowdrift there, would have hit the house head-on. This was not driver error, but 'uncontrolled acceleration'. There may be a connection to the following battery failure: on 1/11/11 a recently installed start-motor battery (installed 1/3/11) went dead, after 1636 miles, and had itself to be replaced. The car is now being checked by the local toyota service and dealership.

Filed Sep 22, 2010 · Brakes · 30,921 miles · TX · crash

In november of 2007, I was driving my wife's 2006 toyota prius to take the family to lunch. I approached the intersection, I was on the cel phone, and the brakes failed to work and I crashed into a truck who was out in the intersection, causing damage to the front end of the prius. My wife had been complaining for months that the prius had brake failure incidents once a month. I would test drive the car, and could not get the brakes to fail. That is until the incident mentioned above happened. I immediately drove the car to the toyota dealer. I informed them that the brakes failed. I informed them that they would need to drive the car every day for a month before they could get the brakes to fail. They kept the car for a month, but did not test it as I recommended......and informed me that they could not see any problem, forcing me to pay out of pocket for the damages to the car $1,566.57....as well as for the $1,440.38 rental car bill. I immediately picked up the car and drove it to another manufacturers dealership and traded it in on honda accord. There was no way I was going to risk my families lives, driving that car another day. State farm claim number #[xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).