2006 Toyota Prius transmission problems

Filed Oct 7, 2022 · Transmission · 168,000 miles · CA · crash

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Prius. The contact stated while she was sitting in the vehicle that was parked in the garage, the vehicle accelerated on its own and proceeded to move forward while the emergency brake was activated, and no warning light illuminated. The vehicle struck the contacts home going inside the home. The contact stated the vehicle was not on, but the vehicle started on its own once the vehicle was pulled from the inside of the home. The contact legs where stuck in between the front side door of the vehicle but did not seek any medical attention. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed. The vehicle was not towed. The dealer or the manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 168,000.

Filed Nov 5, 2018 · Transmission · 220,000 miles · AZ

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 toyota prius. While driving 65 MPH, the gear unexpectedly shifted into neutral. The contact mentioned that the gear needed to be held in the drive position in order to drive the vehicle. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer for diagnostic testing or repairs. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 220,000.

Filed Aug 18, 2017 · Steering, Suspension · 118,000 miles · CA

Baught the car off a private sale. Car is a complete bad condition fron the suspension tonthe motor makes strange noises air conditioner wont work tires fall from allighments seat beats are off burning a pil change in less then a week.no accidents no changes as is and have been using it for work.

Filed Aug 1, 2016 · Transmission · 500 miles · UT

From the time I purchased it new in 2006, while in park/stationary, it's normal for a prius to shut off their gas engine while in idle.. However, when the gas engine comes back on to help charge the battery while in idle, it causes the car to jerk forward 1-2 inches. One time this bumped a person crossing the street that walked near my idling car. It happens every time. So the date below should have an option for everyday.

Filed Apr 8, 2016 · Transmission · 189,930 miles · DC

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 toyota prius. While the vehicle was at the dealer, it was placed in the drive position and independently moved to the neutral position. The contact also stated that the vehicle was placed in the reverse position and independently moved to the neutral position. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 189,930.

Filed May 23, 2015 · Transmission · 44,556 miles · MI

Power train over-engagement: when attempting to slow enough to make a 90 degree right turn, after letting off accelerator before applying the brake, the power train continued to engage, even during braking, for a few seconds causing extra inertia entering corner with definite loss of traction.* *there is no warning, very disconcerting, causing mild to severe anxiety. * this has happened at least 50 times in last 7 years of ownership. *happens in many stopping conditions: slow, fast (usually under 30mph) *irrespective of straight or changing direction *if other vehicle had been present, a collision would have been eminent. *in icy condition vehicle could have ended off road.

Filed Dec 30, 2014 · Airbags, Engine · 220,000 miles · NC · crash · 1 injury

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

Filed Jun 12, 2014 · Electrical, Engine · 123,900 miles · CA

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.

Filed Jun 3, 2014 · Brakes, Steering · 81,689 miles · CA

I am requesting that the federal safety agency investigate expanding/adding-to the recall of toyota prius coolant inverter pump failures* to include coolant storage pump failures blowing a main fuse causing dangerous loss of all power and control. *tr on may 31st, 2014, while traveling at about 60mph, without any warning, the car instantly shut down: no drive power, no power steering, no power brakes, no front panel display. This was a dangerous situation. After diagnosis, the toyota dealer with assistance from toyota corporate concluded that the "coolant storage pump" (not the coolant inverter pump as in the recall) was the cause of this blown "am-2" 15-amp fuse which shut down the hybrid system, power steering, brakes, etc. They indicated that the coolant storage pump fault was a known cause. This car is well-maintained, dealer maintained. It had all the recent recall updates installed. It was a mild day ~75deg. We'd been driving about 10 mins after a 30 minute stop. Vehicle load was not a factor -- two slim adults, no cargo load. No electrical charging loads. I am very concerned with the safety implications of immediately losing all power, power brakes, power steering, without warning, because of a single coolant pump fault. Can you please investigate this. I hope they fixed my vehicle. And I hope if anyone else has this problem its not deadly. Thank you, * recall of inverter coolant pump 12v536000: "...open fuse, creating a stall-like condition of the hybrid system while the vehicle is being driven. This may increase the risk of a vehicle crash." ps I found another complaint that might be related (..shut off in traffic, similar VIN, the federal safety agency id number: 10567158). Though this complaint seems to be focused on the costs replacing additional pumps.

Filed Mar 14, 2014 · Transmission · 70,000 miles · WA

Intermittently when the car is shifted into reverse it will start for a moment then go into neutral. When this occurs it will not allow you to put the car into park and only if the gear shift is held in reverse or constantly shifted into reverse will it allow you to do so. It will then only go into park when you turn off the car. I have researched this issue and found it occurring in many priuses of varying years and also occurs shifting into drive, and can occur while the car is in motion at high speeds. I have found this technical service bulletin from toyota that seems to be referring to this issue. However it is only covered by them if the car is under 3 years or 36k miles. The issue didn't even begin for me until the car was 7 years old. It should be a recall item. I am unable to attach the file so below is a link to the site that has the attachment. Http://priuschat.com/threads/shifter-slips-into-n-replace-shifter-t-sb-0142-11.98016/.