The abs actuator failed which caused the breaks to act up.also casue warning lights.and noise from the pump.it also can casue the hybrid battery to fail because it can't charge right
2007 Toyota Prius brakes complaints
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Brake Actuator Re. Vin: [XXX] On 4/13/21 my Toyota Prius '07 was diagnosed by Toyota of Hollywood of a bad abs actuator that needs to be replaced. The fact of the matter is that about 28 months before that on 2/14/19 the Actuator assembly was replaced by Toyota of North Miami after being diagnosed first by Toyota of Hollywood. The reason I choose to do the job in north Miami is because it was less costly. My question is how can a genuine Toyota part fail in just 28 months.? Many Prius owners have been experiencing this safety issue since 2018. The warranty enhancement program ended before the fact in 2017. And there seem to be a misprint because how can the Secondary Coverage end on the same date as the Primary Coverage? (2017) When you use the date of first use of a 2007 Prius. Toyota needs to do another Recall for this safety problem. INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
Under hard braking (over 50% of the pedal) the front passenger wheel applies all the force to stop the car to that one tire causing it to lose traction and skid. Brakes are insufficient to properly stop the vehicle and no warning lights are illuminated on the dash. Actually more than half of the time the whole dash does nothing, no MPH, no gas gauge, nothing but a blacked out information less panel. Then to top it off the car only has one headlight bc it blows what ever headlight I put into the ballast. 3 of the most common failures for a 2007 and my Prius has a grand slam assortment of serious potential life threatening problems that should have been repaired (never should have been assembled with) by Toyota. Minor wreck when attempting to stop the car under not driving conditions. Thankfully no one was hurt and only had to replace the front hood, bumper and radiator and support but have deemed the car as not road worthy and unfit for any driving conditions.
Abs vsc brake light on
When turning car on the car beeps loudly for 10-15 seconds. The brakes will randomly lock up. They do not always work properly on hills.
Brake actuator pump is a known issue on this generation prius and toyota has stop offering a warranty before I even got the vehicle.
My car has only 65,000 miles on it and the ABS actuator has failed. Before getting it repaired, there were many instances when the braking power was significantly reduced. This is clearly a safety issue that toyota is aware of, but not willing to repair. I am shocked that there has been no recall.
Abs actuator failure at only 64,000 miles. Potential for complete break failure if not immediately addressed. Toyota is aware of the issue as there is a tsb, but they are charging thousands of dollars for a repair for a safety critical item that is due to a manufacturing defect. This should be covered under a recall.
My wife and I picked up our 3 little boys from school on our way home as we got on the highway we heard this loud long beep sound and immediately after that my brakes will not work so I began push down on the brake pedal many times and finally by the grace of god I was able to stop. We had the car towed to have it looked at and the mechanic concluded it is an ABS/actuator problem which toyota is very much aware of. The mechanic advised me to contact toyota to fix it free because it is costly. I contacted toyota about the situation and they just didn't care. Now I have no car because its unsafe to drive and I don't have the money to fix it. This was a life threatening situation for me and my family had it not been god we would have lost our precious lives.
Dash went out no visual, twice, 1st time I unhooked front cable to battery, it come back on, 2nd time, I started car, consol went out again, had to take it to toyota place, to order new consol, brake light on, asb light on, after replacing both front & back brake shoes, enjector pump went out
I own a toyota prius 2007 and I experiencing brakes not engaging as they should when applied. I notice my ABS vsc brake lights are on my dashboard. I took it in to a shop and was told I have a bad ABS actuator. I researched it on the recall list and it was listed but expired in dec 2017. Toyota should fix this problem. This was a known problem.
Started getting brake actuator failure noises in my 2007 prius back in march 2020 and took it to the west coast toyota dealership in long beach, ca. They didn't find anything wrong with the ABS system even though the grinding noise I now know is commonly associated with the problem was going off. The other day the ABS light warning came on as well as the emergency brake light. I pulled over on washington blvd and arlington in los angeles and when I started the car again and started to move forward I had no control of the brakes and turned the car off immediately. From what I've read this is extremely common! Toyota extended the warranty's on many of their vehicles to 10 years but there were no recalls so if this part malfunctions a day after the warranty then you are out of luck. The brake system is just about the most dangerous part to fail. I can't imagine what would have happened if the same thing happened at a higher speed.
I was driving down the highway at about 70 MPH when the break light, ABS light, and tire light all came on accompanied by a high pitch beeping. As I attempted to pull over the breaks were almost completely unresponsive. When I contacted toyota about the issue they let me know it was a problem they were aware of the issue but didn't believe that having your breaks go out was grounds for a recall. I was almost involved in a high speed crash without the ability to stop because of this.
While driving around a corner on city streets, braking suddenly became very difficult, and caused the vehicle to skid when brakes were applied. A high-pitched electronic squeal came from the dashboard, and the brake system light, ABS light, vsc light, and master warning light all turned on. These are all listed as symptoms of a failed brake actuator. After contacting a licensed toyota dealership, I was directed to the toyota customer care department. After being escalated to a supervisor, I was informed that toyota is aware of this problem, but that the warranty extension they used to cover it expired in 2017, and they refused to cover the cost of replacement (~$3000). I believe this issue should be cause for a safety recall, as it happened suddenly and without warning while the vehicle was in motion. It was pure luck that this didn't result in a crash.
I was driving my car on the highway and suddenly my brake warning light, ABS warning light, and other lights came on as well as a constant beeping noise. The brakes almost stopped working completely; it only worked about 10%. My foot was all the way down on the brake pedal, but the car was still moving. I was able to pull over, but this issue left me in a compromising position for my safety and could easily have been involved in a serious accident from it. The warning lights go away after turning off the car, but then they come back on randomly. Based on what I've read online on similar issues, I believe this is an issue with the brake actuator.
My husband and I recently purchased a used 2007 toyota prius or are 17 year old daughter and since purchasing vehicle a little over a month ago she has already had four or more instances of her car dying and making her lose all control in the middle of the road. The car goes into neutral on its own and will not go back into drive or any other gear the car becomes immobile with no ability even steer off the side of the road or shut the car off or put it in park all dashboard lights come on brakes become glowing red hot and severe issues with lighting and moisture.
For a months the car im driving has become more and more dangerous from steering to speed ,braking and drastic wobbling of entire car I've taken pictures and video its unbelievable and outrageous.
I was driving at a slow speed under 5mph and simultaneously the brakes became very hard, the warning lights came on and a very long high pitched beep came on. It was a catastrophic failure. My dealer checked and the brake actuator failed and the car is not drivable. The fix is over $2000. The car has only 118,000 miles.
Brakes stopped working while in motion. Deemed unsafe and not to be driven. No pressure in brakes. Brake actuator has gone bad. $1700 part to fix plus labor.
I was on my way to work navigating through busy traffic when the ABS system failed in my vehicle. So basically my whole braking system failed, and I was had to drive my car to a stop which was extremely difficult since I had no brakes. I was a dangerous situation because it failed during heavy traffic. So, now, I am left with a vehicle with no brakes. It's not driveable because of this issue.
Defective brake actuator assembly assembly
Was driving on the highway on my way back to hilo from kona driving the speed limit on my 2007 prius and out of nowhere I lost breaks for a time and it was a terrifying exp and I m happy I m still alive. Breaks came back with warning signs on dashboard that there is a failure in the break system, ABS and other. Called hilo toyota deal more than 5 times and each time I give them the VIN number they hangup on me in a rude way without giving any explanation why they are cutting the call. From there website I managed to start a txt message and asked for appointment to see what's wrong and paid 170$ and the result where that my break system have a recall on it and my car is at 118 000 miles so the recall expired in 2017 and they asked me 3500$ to fix the break system involved in the recall. After managing to call toyota main office they started a case for this problem and on monday they will give a final answer if they will change the failing recall break system or not. Also I managed to contact toyota honolulu and I knew from them that toyota hawaii is a different entity from toyota mainland and that the safety recalls never expired and they should change the break system involved in the report no questions asked. Here I am reporting this to the federal safety agency as toyota is gambling with people lives who still driving prius which might lose breaks at any time and might endup in death result. I hope the federal safety agency will do the right thing and ask toyota to change all those defected break system from manufactures before more american families dies from break failure which where never changed because the dealer prefer profit on safety of the people.
Well known ABS accumulator failure, loud beeping noise, can't drive car safely, high mileage car and will be repairing it, my complaint is that the part is seventeen hundred dollars $1700 which is a lot for something as important as brakes and with such a high failure rate on all of toyota's hybrids. This part needs to be available from 3rd parties so I am not forced to deal with junk yard ABS that is just as likely to fail because of a flawed design.
The ABS brake actuator assembly is failing on my 2007 toyota prius, creating unpredictable and dangerous braking. It is a $3,000 replacement that, up until the end of 2017, toyota was replacing at no charge, but no longer, under a warranty enhancement program, zg1, acknowledging that this part is defective. I went on line and discovered that this is a very common problem for 2007 toyotas. This should not be just a voluntary "warranty enhancement," but a mandatory recall to force toyota to fix this dangerous defect. This device runs almost constantly when it shouldn't, creates a drag on the car that has cut mpg in half, is probably wearing out the brakes prematurely, and causes dangerously slow acceleration from a stop that has resulted in some near accidents. I presume the ABS function would not work when called upon. The repair cost is about half the retail value of the car, and it seems unfair that just because this showed up after their program ended, I have to foot the entire bill, or junk a car that is otherwise in perfect shape. There are 150k miles on the car, low for a toyota of this age. I have attached the toyota zg1 letter that I found on line. Please consider an immediate recall on this brake actuator assembly and make toyota fix it for everyone.
My wife was driving her car to work, an audio warning and lights on the dash came on indicating that the ABS system had a problem. She was able to pull to the side of the road and turned off the car. She started the car and the lights had reset and no sound. Later in the day she started her car and the symptoms happened again but the brake pedal was mushy. I got the car home and looked at the front and rear brake pads and replaced thinking that was the problem. It did not work. After doing some research I found what the problem could be, toyota had a item called a brake actuator that seems to fail after some time.after reading some forums it sounded like there were alot of people having the same issues. Toyota wants around $6,000 to replace this unit and it isn't as easy as replacing a couple of brake pads.
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.
I have been told by a toyota dealership (heartland toyota) that my anti-locking brake system (ABS) pump actuator is failing on my 2007 prius with only 87,000 miles. The cost to repair this problem is $3500-$4000. Apparently toyota came out with an extended warranty to cover this problem a while back but limited it to situations occurring prior to 12/31/2017. I contacted toyota "customer care" in an effort to find out what is magical about the 12/31/2017 end date. They had no good answer. I'm told the brakes could fail at any time with no warning. Currently there is just an unusual pressure release sound when braking and accelerating. No dashboard warning lights are lit.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 toyota prius. The contact stated that the cluster panel went out while driving at any speed. Also, the ABS and check engine indicators illuminated when the vehicle was started. The vehicle was taken to autonation toyota pinellas park (727‑231‑1423, located at 8501 us highway 19 north, pinellas park, fl 33781) where it was diagnosed that the ABS actuator needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that there was an unknown recall in 2017. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 138,000.
Car rolls away when placed in park and ignition off. Noticed multiple times. Video as well. Vehicle was parked, ignition off and key are out. I locked and car, came back to load it and leaned against the car. The cr just started to roll down the street. I recorded video. Then I turned on the car, the parking brake engages properly.
Brake and ABS warning lights came on after I replaced the 12v battery. I noticed the right front brake-effect was stronger and it resulted in the car pulling sharply to the right. I took it to a local mechanic who tested the codes and replaced the ABS relay. That did not solve the problem and he recommended toyota service. I talked with a toyota service rep who told me there was a known problem with some prius brakes and asked that I give him the VIN. He said there had been an extended warranty to replace the ABS brake controller assembly but it had expired some time ago. He said the cost to fix this would approximate $3500. Otherwise the car is in good shape and I would expect that I should have been able to drive it another 100,000 miles or perhaps much more. A typical american-made car with an ABS failure will still brake normally - just not have the ABS feature. The prius will not! The toyota service rep said it shouldn't be driven as it is too dangerous and my experience confirms the malfunction.
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