2007 Toyota Prius: brake failure

Filed Mar 6, 2020 · Brakes · CA

Brakes stopped working while in motion. Deemed unsafe and not to be driven. No pressure in brakes. Brake actuator has gone bad. $1700 part to fix plus labor.

Filed Feb 21, 2020 · Brakes · 235,000 miles · CA · 1 injury

I was on my way to work navigating through busy traffic when the ABS system failed in my vehicle. So basically my whole braking system failed, and I was had to drive my car to a stop which was extremely difficult since I had no brakes. I was a dangerous situation because it failed during heavy traffic. So, now, I am left with a vehicle with no brakes. It's not driveable because of this issue.

Filed Nov 7, 2019 · Brakes, Seat belts · 58,000 miles · NJ · crash · 1 injury

Tl* the contact owned a 2007 toyota prius. While traveling at a low rate of speed, the preceding vehicle stopped abruptly and the contact's brakes failed without warning. As a result, the contact rear ended the other vehicle. The air bags did not deploy and the seat belt failed to operate. The paramedics transported the contact to a local hospital where she suffered from injuries to her chest and back. A police report was filed. The contact stated that prior to the failure, the vehicle was taken to sansone toyota (90-100 us-1, avenel, nj 07001, (732) 815-0500) where the brakes were serviced twice. The vehicle was towed to a local tow yard and deemed destroyed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and sent an investigator to check the vehicle's black box. The contact was informed that there were no failures found on the black box at the time of the crash. The cause of the failure was not determined. The failure mileage was 58,000. The VIN was unknown.

Filed May 8, 2019 · Brakes · 105,000 miles · FL

The brake accuator on the generation 2 toyota prius has become famous for failing. Toyota ran an extended warranty, however, dealerships ignored the problem and instead fixed other issues without actually going after the accuator until after the extended warranty expired. Now my car's accuator for the brakes is bad, as indicated by warning lights and alarms. I fear that my 10 year old car will have a brake failure. The repair is estimated at over $2500 for a defective toyota part. This is unfair that toyota made a bad part that consistently fails in this model and that they do not fix all of them with a proper recall, or exclude drivers after not relaying important information. I was driving my car down the street when all the lights came on warning me that my brake system was failing so I left the car on the side of the road and will not drive it further.

Filed Jan 31, 2019 · Brakes · 84,000 miles · IL

Squealing brake actuator. Occurs when car is stopped, in gear, brake pedal pushed down. This is an indicator actuator is failing, causing complete loss of brakes.

Filed Dec 4, 2018 · Brakes · 189,000 miles · TX

Brake failure in the ABS module system.

Filed Aug 14, 2018 · Brakes · 140,058 miles · CA · crash

It was a scary situation on 08/08/2018, my '07 toyota prius 2 failed to stop when I applied the brake to stop and park instead it accelerated. Driving through the parking lot of seafood city in cerritos, ca, looking for an open spot, I maintained pressure on the brake pedal to keep a safe speed. Approaching an open spot, I continued to keep pressing the brake while entering the space. As I was straightening my steering wheel and applying a harder brake to stop, I felt the car accelerate forward, causing my instinctive reaction to apply even more braking pressure on the pedal. The car continued forward uncontrollably, jumping the curb of an island, hitting and knocking over a palm tree (approximately 15' tall) onto a parked vehicle (car #2) to the immediate left of the vehicle directly in front of me (car #1). My vehicle drove up the tree and came to a short rest on top of the hood of car #1, where my foot was on the brake the whole time. Immediately after stopping, and realizing that I was still applying a hard brake, trying to gain control of my vehicle, the vehicle began rolling backwards down the tree and off of the hood of car #1. The car didn't stop rolling backward despite my foot was pressing hard on the brake. It was the cousin of the owner of car #2 who reached and pressed the stop where that's the only time my car stopped rolling and came to a complete stop. It was the worst feeling as I was not in control of the car as the brake didn't work. I was so shaken, me and my husband were discussing what to do. We immediate called the dealership and told them what happened, they gave us the corporate instead. The toyota corporate office was indormed but we believe that toyota is not taking this case seriously. A police report was taken by officer clayton of cerritos sherriff station ref. #918-03548-2318-483

Filed Jul 2, 2018 · Brakes · 79,314 miles · NY · crash

I was backing into a parking space and applied the brakes. The brakes failed and my vehicle climbed the curb, crossed the side walk, and crash into a metal fence on the other side of the side walk. The fence stopped the vehicle. After having the damage to my car repaired and a body shop, I brought it to a mechanic who determined that the car's brake actuator had failed, leading to a potentially dangerous crash.

Filed Mar 15, 2018 · Brakes · 133,000 miles · FL

Vehicle is leaking brake fluid due to a failed brake actuator. Brakes failed due to the issue. I was told there was a prior extended warranty, but I never received the notification. Toyota gave me address and it was mailed to my old home. Vehicle is now 2 months past the extended warranty date. I feel this is a major safety issue and should have been handled as a recall and not an extension of warranty

Filed Feb 8, 2018 · Brakes · 100,000 miles · FL · crash

Generation 2 toyota prius brake actuator. At slow speed, the brakes became inoperable and would not stop the car causing me to rear end a truck stopped in front of me at a stop light. All of the brake, ABS lights came on the dash. 2 separate trips to the dealer to have the brakes checked resulted in no error codes found. Today 2-8-18 the dash lights all came on again, and the dealer said the computer code is stating faulty brake actuator which could result in total brake failure.

Filed Jan 25, 2018 · Brakes · 144,000 miles · AL

Brake actuator failure. Brakes suddenly failed as car was driving on highway. In addition and secondarily the engine will not turn off. An alarm went off and brakes failed at about 45 mphil.

Filed Jul 7, 2017 · Airbags, Brakes · 123,000 miles · TX · crash · 2 injuries

Tl* the contact's daughter owned a 2007 toyota prius. While the contact's daughter was driving 55 MPH, she suddenly depressed the brake pedal; however, the brakes failed to stop the vehicle. The contact's daughter attempted to depress the brake pedal several times, but the vehicle failed to stop. As a result, the contact crashed into the rear of another vehicle. The vehicle was destroyed. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed. The contact sustained an injury to the right eye, which caused swelling. The contact's boyfriend sustained bruises to the chest area. Medical attention was required. The vehicle was towed to autonation ford gulf freeway (12227 gulf fwy, houston, tx 77034, (713) 489-2089), but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 123,000.