Afternoon 07/11/17 while driving downhill @ 50 MPH my 2006 toyota prius turned off- no steering, exterior lights, dash/computer lights, radio- except for front interior dome light. No warning lights prior to or after car turned off. I was able to brake (very stiff brakes) & pull over. Replaced 2015 12v battery hoping for quick fix. Car still would not turn on, could not be towed on flat bad for fear of damaging transmission. Car was towed to closest mechanic. On 07/12/17 independent mechanic said both coolant pumps failed and the leaking shorted a fuse and turned off the car. Every time they attempted to replace fuse it would pop fuse again. Mechanic replaced water pump (including coolant/antifreeze) & inverter electric pump (including inverter cooler water) & changed auto transmission fluid & filter ($1,115). Early morning 07/14/17 dash display would not light up when car was turned on- no speedometer, odometer, gas gauge, reverse camera. (happened couple of times in past but could not duplicate for dealer.) while driving to toyota dealer I noticed computer screen stuck @ 48 mpg & 61 miles driven, but never increased miles as I drove 18 miles or updated mpg calculation. Refused to turn off car until someone from toyota dealer looked @ dash to verify condition. Toyota dealer says combo meter (combination meter) failure, which is not recall but "campaign" that expired & repair costs $1,111. Motherboard part can take up to 3 weeks but car cannot be driven while toyota "burns" my computer's information into new computer part. Toyota dealer provided loaner car until repair is completed. On 07/14/17 called toyota & filed complaint about water pump & combo meter. Toyota says hybrid electric water pump campaign did not affect my VIN, which I do not believe. Toyota says combination meter campaign expired for my VIN. Pending call back from toyota at this time.
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The computerized throttle control on the prius can get you into trouble. A prius will not reverse up a steep driveway. No matter how far you depress the accelerator, the engine will not go above about 1000 RPM, and the car will not move. Now, if based on sound of the engine, you place the transmission in forward without first removing foot from accelerator, the car will rocket forward (and likely crash). It is quite easy to do this, as the engine is stuck at idle, then furiously revving with no change of driver input. Father-in-law, and various pedestrians, were miraculously uninjured, but a very near thing indeed.
Tl* the contact owned a 2006 toyota prius. While driving approximately 30 MPH, another vehicle suddenly stopped in front of the contact's vehicle. The contact depressed the brake pedal to the floorboard, but the vehicle failed to stop. The contact's vehicle crashed into a road sign. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact coasted to the side of the road and the engine failed. The contact was not injured and a police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a dealer and an insurance lot. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 196,000.
Engine failure; driving on roadways, highways the main warning light on dash lights up, followed by sudden engine failure seconds or minutes there after. Toyota professionals have failed to properly diagnose this danger/malfunction, or recommend a proper solution. I have been caught on the interstate in very dangerous areas with total engine loss. This represents a major malfunction and could lead to serious injury, accidents and death nationwide. Please alert others.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 toyota prius. While operating the vehicle, the power steering suddenly malfunctioned and caused the steering wheel to become very difficult to turn. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the power steering ecu was faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. Also, while driving the vehicle, it suddenly stalled and would not restart. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the throttle body was faulty. The failure was repaired. The contact also indicated that the air conditioner blower stopped operating and the front windshield could not be defrosted. The manufacturer was notified of the failures. The failure mileage was 200,500. *dt
Driving down the freeway, the shift lever jumped from drive to neutral at 65mph. Very dangerous.
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.
On the morning of may,04,2015 upon entering the car and starting it up the instrument panel fails to display. Not certain what the issue was I performed various check including the the accessory battery and attempted multiple times starting and stopping the car to no avail. I left the car where it was and a few hours later when I returned everything worked fine for a few more weeks then the issue occurred again. However, I have noticed that the issue is occurring now more frequently including when driving (stopped then go). Furthermore, whenever this issue occurs it becomes almost impossible to power the engine off and since their is no cluster display to let you know vital safety information, including speed, gas, mileage, gear (d-r-n) this creates an unsafe and hazardous condition for operators of this vehicle. Toyota motor corp. Is very much aware of this hazard which results from a manufacture defective combination meter.
Automatic transmission selector shifted from drive (d) into neutral (n). This could be temporarily corrected by manually re-selecting d, but in about 3 seconds, it shifted back to n. We drove by keeping one hand on the lever to keep it in d. After we stopped, the same problem occurred in reverse (r) -- the selector shifted into n after a couple of seconds. Again, we were able to move the vehicle by maintaining pressure in the direction of the r selection. I've found several references to this problem on websites. It appears to be solved by installing a new selector assembly.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 toyota prius. While driving 55 MPH over a pothole, the contact lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle went airborne and the seat belt disengaged and caused the contact to be ejected from the vehicle. Additionally, the front driver side tire detached from the vehicle and the contact crashed into a ditch. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was not filed and the contact sustained unknown injuries that required medical attention. The vehicle was towed to a dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 220,000. Updated 2/24/15*cn updated 03/02/15
This complaint has not been qc'd. The contact submitted an email and requested that the official ivoq be written verbatim to the email. Kmj I have multiple situations with my toyota prius 2006 in the beginning of may 2014 I a loud beeping noise filled the car. The system had multiple lights displaying showing including the emergency brake light ( while I was driving), ABS,vsc, a red triangle with an exclamation point in the middle, etc. As, this was happening car immediately started slowing down and I was forced to pull it to the side of the street. This same thing happened to me three other times while I was on the freeway. One time I was driving home from work and my car again started decelerating while I had multiple cars around me on the freeway. All of the lights were displaying, I put my hazards on and was forced to move to the side of the road while I was almost hit by the car behind me because my car was rapidly slowing down. I took the car to the dealership service center and they didn't know what the problem was. They did a diagnostic test, multiple test drives, but at that time they didn't know. So they told me to drive the car home and come back if it happens again. Within the week I was exiting off of the freeway with my children when I start hearing the loud beeping noise, all the lamp lights came on, and as I am waiting in line to exit the freeway onto a busy street the car stops. I panicked, put on the hazards, the car wouldn't allow me to shift it into drive it had moved to neutral on its own. I turned off the car, turned it back on and was slowly able to move the car. This time I took pictures of the lamp display to show the service members as well. My children, myself, and other drivers could have been seriously hurt! The toyota service center told us we have a bad computer, the problem is with the ecu, and the car went into a fail safe mode.
After long drive up mountains, vehicle lost power when going uphill, pressing on the gas pedal resulted in jerky movement of a few feet. Vehicle stopped. Checked battery and it was low but had two blue bars. No warning signs were lit on the dashboard. Managed to turn vehicle around and it coasted downhill with no subsequent problems. The loss of power occurred on a road with a blind curve. Turning back was a potentially dangerous situation. There was no warning of any problems. Dealer was not helpful in solving this potential problem.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 toyota prius hybrid. The contact stated that while waiting at a traffic light, a red triangle warning lamp illuminated as the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was towed to the dealer however, the technician was unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 96,000. Updated 02/25/14
I was driving on a highway and the car on the right started to move to my lane without turning on turn signal, he probably didn't notice me as he was moving on me, I started to brake but brake pedal started to work at once, it started to work only after delay and after it started working I lost control over the car, ABS signal turned on and I started to move to the left. I tried to prevent it but car was totally out of control and this caused the accident. The same happened to my wife in february when she was driving my car on highway. She just couldn't stop even though the distance to the next car was long enough. Brake pedal started to work with the delay and she bumped into the next car.
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.
The cooling system in my car is defective. The water pump is apparently leaking when I have committed no precursive action to cause it. This issue is related to the same issue in my other similar toyota priuses, where defective electric water pumps unexpectedly stop working. The other cars are consequently recalled and I believe mine should be as well. Http://news.consumerreports.org/safety/2012/11/toyota-prius-and-other-vehicles-recalled-due-to-water-pump-and-steering-issues.html thanks.
Car's engine would not shut off. Additionally, the digital dashboard (which shows the speedometer, odometer, gas gauge, etc.) would not light up. Toyota dealer says it is due to a failed combination meter. The part is on national backorder. It has been more than two weeks and my car is still awaiting the part.
Ice water pump failure at 51,000 miles. 13 months out of warranty. Dealer and corporate office would not cover any part of repair.
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.
The standard engine water pump was found to be leaking and had to be replaced on 10/1/11 at 32553 mi. The electric hybrid water pump was replaced under recall on 04/02/11 at 30222 mi.
Prius under engine dust cover keeps tearing away from bolts on body. Part replaced for the 5th time. Car low to ground. Comes in contact with parking bumpers, etc. Toyota denies responsibility. A design flaw with front edge of cover exposed to low lying objects causing it to be pushed back from anchor bolts. Can be easily resolved by designing cover to fit inside lip of frame rather than outside.
1. Normal highway driving after approximately two hours in hot weather. 2. Engine stalls (quits). Engine will not restart until after 15 minutes "rest". Has happened twice - only on long trip. 3. Two different toyota dealers were unable to diagnose the problem.
My 4 year old toyota prius lost engine power on the freeway on two separate occasions. Driving in stop and go traffic on freeway I heard one beep as the car lost engine power slowed down and went to battery. A long row of warning symbols, starting with the triangle, lit up. I slowly exited freeway on battery power then turned car off. I restarted car about 15 min. Later and engine started, only warning lights illuminated were red triangle and check engine light. Dealer replaced inverter pump assembly and flushed the inverter system. 5 days after repair, while exiting freeway during normal traffic, beep sounded and engine shut off and the above order of events happened again. This time dealer replaced inverter assy (assembly?).
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 toyota prius. While driving at 50 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The failure occurred an additional time and the vehicle was taken to the dealer. The dealer was unable to diagnose or repair the vehicle. The VIN was not available. The failure and current mileages were not available.
I am a rural mail carrier with well over 350,000 miles driven on my route without incident. I drive in all road conditions on gravel and paved roads. I was driving my 2006 prius on a wet but not muddy gravel road at about 38 MPH. The back end began to slide a little. I let up on the gas with no response. I pressed the brake pedal with no response. I went into a deep ditch filled with 3 ft tall grass. I steered to drive the center of the ditch and continued with the brake fully depressed for about 15-20 ft, ripping the tall grass out by the root as I went. The car traveled over a driveway approach, still at 35 MPH, striking the approach with the left front corner with enough force to bend the frame and do other serious damage, but with no airbag deployment. I continued over the approach and down the ditch, still at 35 MPH, for another 30 or more feet. I was pressing and holding the brake and lifting the gas pedal with my toe. The gas pedal was not stuck and the engine's rpms were low. Only when I put the car in neutral did it slow to stop. It took several attempts to get the car out of this ditch as the traction control kept lurching and stalling. I was able to drive the car out and home without incident. It had to be towed to a dealership for over $4000 in repairs. This was in mid-2008 and I don't know if any corrections made or were even known at that time. This was an absolutely terrifying situation. The car did not respond to any action I took. I had no control what so ever. The car is no longer driven..
I have a 2006 prius. When going over bumps, I experience a total loss of power for 1 or three seconds -generally. A yellow light also comes on the dash board. It often happens daily. I have only had one or two experiences when the power didn't return so quickly and then I was afraid because I had no brakes and was just skidding. I believe that I have seen this problem discussed by other prius owners of chat sites. It can occur at any mileage speed but I was only able to put a mileage number in the box can it be fixed?
I own a 2006 toyota prius. Before I heard of any complaints of the engine revving at high speeds, this occurred to me when the car was only 1 year old, while it was in park. The engine suddenly started revving at high speed shortly after I pressed the power bottom. I thought the engine may have been cold. I was still in park when I turned the engine off, waited about 2 minutes, then pushed the start button again with the engine returning to normal. Around this time I had heard of a problem with the cruise control causing this problem, but it has not occurred since.
Starting up my toyota prius coming out of a car wash the engine stuck with high revs. I confirmed it was not the car mat because I had been in the car wash and that was my thought. Could not get the engine to stop over revving (was consistently high). Never went into high speed. Was able to control it by putting it in low gear and neutral at the intersections. In less than 1 mile I turned off the car and did not have any follow-on problems. Not the car mats.
I have a toyota prius (hybrid). A little cat got underneath my car without me noticing it and since this type of car does not turn the engine when you turn the car on, it does not make any noise (when you turn the car on it runs from the battery at the beginning... Eventually the engine kicks in) since the car made no noise the little cat did not notice that the car had been turned on and the little cat did not move away from the car. The little cat died within seconds and I had to watch him die, I had to watch him take his last breath, I hat to watch him suffer trying to get up I had to watch him wag his tail for the last time without me being able to do anything about it. This car is far too quite and dangerous for people and animals, neither one of them hear the car when you drive up right behind them and very often I have to watch out for people in parking lots because they never hear the car coming. The death of this little cat was devastating to me, I cried for an entire week and I do not wish that experience to anyone. I want to report this issue to avoid any other deaths of innocent animals and people.
I have a 2006 toyota prius that keeps going dead. It first happened in october 2006 when I drove to work out at curves. After being in the building for about 30 minutes I came out and the car would not start. Called dealer. Dealer said that the prius was a complicated car and I probably was confusing the computer by the way I was sequencing the start of the engine. In any case I let the car sit for a half hour and tried again and it started up. Since then the prius has gone dead at least a dozen times. Sometimes I could wait and it would start up. Other times I would have to have it jumped. I have had it towed to jack taylor toyota three times. Each time they insisted that nothing was wrong with the car (although they did replace the aux battery). They insisted that it has to be something in the way I drive the car and suggested over and over that I do not drive the car enough miles. However, I drive the prius, when it is not dead, 250 to 300 miles a week and it typically goes dead after I have driven it somewhere. The last time I took the prius to the dealer was spring of 2008, they again insisted nothing was wrong with the car. I refused to take it back. We filed a complaint with toyota north america. Their customer service rep talked to the head mechanic at jack taylor and closed the case saying it was my fault that he car was going dead. She then threatened me by saying that I would be charged for the loaner unless I picked up the prius. The customer service rep at jack taylor arranged for us to use one of the dealer cars and said he would try to work things out. On sept 30 we had to return the loaner and pick up the prius. The prius went dead again on october 3rd at 2:00 pm. I know that there was a prius recall for 2004 and 2005 models for a similar problem. The mechanic insists that software problem was fixed and it is "impossible" that the 2006 could have the same problem. I would like some feed back from the federal safety agency.
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