Turned on car and noticed alot of the dashboard lights stayed on. As I pressed the brake pedal it felt weird and once I put the car on the drive gear I totally lost brake control, the car kept moving and I was not able to stop. I had to shift to "park" and risk the transmission but better than risking my life... I called a towing truck. The car is at the toyota dealer and I don't think they have a clue of what's wrong with it.... We'll keep you posted.
2010 Toyota Prius brakes complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2010 toyota prius. The contact was traveling 25 MPH and drover over a road bump. The contact applied the brakes however, the vehicle would not respond. The vehicle was taken to the dealer but was not repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 25,000. The current mileage was 75,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 toyota prius. The contact stated that whenever braking to drive over any uneven road surface, the braking distance was increased. The contact stated that the vehicle also seemed to push forward as if another vehicle had abruptly crashed into the rear of the contact's vehicle. The vehicle was not inspected. The failure mileage was 36,000 and the current mileage was 38,216. The consumer stated the vehicle was inspected by toyota. Toyota found no recalls or failures with the vehicle. The consumer stated to the service employee the vehicle lunged, all loose items flew back in the seats and the consumer was thrusted against the seat. The service employee replied that the consumer was mistaken. Updated 09/20/2012
2010 toyota prius. Consumer states two brake system failures *tgw the consumer stated the vehicle began making an unusual sound and after a few days, numerous warning lights appeared on the dashboard announcing a failure of the braking system. The vehicle was towed to the dealer. An inspection revealed the master cylinder, booster and ecu needed to be replaced. The consumer paid $ 3,246.83 for the repairs. However, nine days later, the unusual brake pedal sound returned, but the brakes worked and no warning lights appeared. The next day, the brake system completely failed while his daughter was driving the vehicle. Again, the vehicle was towed to the dealer, where the technicians determined the vehicle needed a new brake booster assembly. The consumer was informed he would only be responsible for the labor costs of $ 255.48. The consumer believed the booster and brake booster were the same part, which was supposed to have been replaced several days prior. Jb
The unintended acceleration accident happened on 7/18/2012, ~6:20 pm at company's parking lot. I backed my 2010 prius slowly. Then I saw a car coming on my way. But before I took any action, this prius suddenly started accelerating, it went wildly, and turned more than 360 degree backward in the parking lot in just a few seconds. Since the car parked between a building and a slop, from the front mirror, first, I saw the building wall and glasses, then I saw the slope, then I saw a car parked close to my car: no! Don't hit that car! That is the last thing I remember. Because of the fast turning of the car and because I was so terribly scared, I lost conscious after that until the prius hit the truck and bounced back and stopped by itself. After a few seconds, I woke up and realized: I am still alive. I got off the car and saw prius passed the two curbs and hit the truck. The two tires on the driver side got flat because they passed the curb very fast. I was so scared that I couldn't recall of anything for a few days until weekend. Why did the car lose control? One may argue that I stepped on the accelerator. This could happen to new drivers, but not to me because I have been driving for so many years and always a good driver. Many times I saw a car on my way when I was backing, I always stopped right away. And I was healthy in a normal day in normal mode, alert as usual. Why would I step on accelerator when backing? Even if I mis-stepped on the accelerator, I can always switch to brake right away. But I could?t do anything about the car on the day. It was out of control completely. After I lost conscious, my hands were off the steering wheel and my foot didn't step on anything, the car didn't slow down but still moved fast and passed two curbs easily. Such a manipulation can only be done when the car is in acceleration, and by itself. Please investigate it asap!
2010 prius brake failure. I was able to slow down the car by repeated pumping on the brakes. Fortunately, managed to crawl to a nearby toyota dealer by using the pumping technique and have my foot on the emergency foot brake just in case. Toyota said I need to replace the master cylinder with actuator. Total cost parts/labor $4100. I am upset because my family or others could have been seriously hurt if I panicked and not pumped on the brake to slow the vehicle down. This is a serious hazard which should be known as I have seen other similar complains lodge online.
I applied my brakes approaching a traffic light and hit a small pot hole and the entire vehicle jerked forward even though the brakes were applied and never taken off the pedal. I had to then press down harder on the brake pedal to come to a complete stop. I have observed this type of behavior when the road changes surfaces and is lower than the previous surface and dips in the road. This is all observed while only braking at low speeds less than 40 MPH. Every time this behavior is observed there is a loud bang, I am not completely sure if this is from switching surfaces or hit pot holes or dips in the road.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 toyota prius. While driving approximately 40 MPH, the contact was able to abnormally depress the brake pedal into the floorboard. The ABS warning, traction control warning and the emergency brake warning lights illuminated on the instrument panel. After continually depressing the brake pedal, the vehicle came to a stop. The failure recurred four different times. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The technician advised the contact that the brake power booster would have to be replaced but did not guarantee that the booster was the actual cause of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 55,000.
Tl* the contact was driving a 2010 toyota prius. The contact was driving 40 MPH when the vehicle stopped in the street. Prior to the vehicle stopping, a beeping/alarm sounded, the seat belt locked in place and the warning on the dashboard flashed brakes.
I was entering a parking space, I approached the space about 5 MPH. The vehicle suddenly accelerated, the steering locked and the brakes went to the floor. The vehicle jumped the curbing and hit the truck in the next righthand space. It connected with the trucks left front fender. That stopped the vehicle.
I was entering a parking space. Turned right into space. The vehicle accelerated, steering wheel locked, and brakes did not respond!.the car sped over the curbing and hit the left front fender of the truck in the next space.
When approaching an intersection I hit a pothole & the car suddenly quit braking and required me to do evasive driving maneuvers to assure I did not hit the vehicle in front of me or the light pole at the intersection. Similar "brake release" has happened on multiple occasions. When bringing this matter to the dealership on multiple occasions I have been told that this is standard operation. When pressed they say itis just the way the car is designed. Thus, my complaint to you from the lobby of my toyota dealership as they remove the braking comments, again, from my appointment record history. Please force the company to resolve this matter as I worry about my health & that of my four children who ride in the car with me. It should not be acceptable for a company to know that their vehicle is unsafe & tell customers, "sorry, we have a problem but we do not care...
Brakes does not work properly on rough surface or bumpy road I have reported couple of times to the dealer but dealer try to mislead and confused me by saying that it is ABS system which becomes active on bumpy road and it is a normal brake operation and we have no recall for this vehicle. Please let me know what to do? Thanks.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 toyota prius. The contact stated that when starting the vehicle, he noticed that the brakes would not operate as they should if the vehicle was warm. When depressing the brakes, he would have to apply extreme force in order to get the brake pedal to engage. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where they advised the contact that they were unable to diagnose the failure. The contact mentioned that the failure only occurred when driving during the morning hours, after the vehicle had been sitting overnight. The manufacturer had not been contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 10,000. The VIN was unavailable.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 toyota prius. The contact was driving 20 MPH when the brakes were depressed but the vehicle failed to stop. The contact then crashed into a sign. There were no injuries. The vehicle was towed to the dealer but not repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure and current mileages were 13,115.
While the car was parked in a hill with the parking brake it suddenly went backwards and hit the wall of the residency across the street like 500 feet down. Car was almost completely damage back, train suspension and all doors out of frame. Repair will take 8 weeks at a cost of 14850.00. There were no passengers in the car.
Even after all recall work was performed there is an issue braking with the 2010 prius. When braking over bumpy surfaces you often get a feeling that the car is accelerating rather than braking. I do not think the car actually accelerates - it is more of an issue that the brakes releasing when I brought it to the attention of my toyota dealer they do not think it is a problem. When it happens in bumper to bumper traffic it can really scare you! I worry letting my kids drive the car. And no - it is the ABS is kicking in.
When I started to drive home, the car was lurching while braking. It was an uncontrolled acceleration. Once I got on the freeway, my brake light, ABS light and slippage lights all came on at once (along with beeping noise that does not go away). I pulled over to the side of road and noticed that my brakes had degraded by about 75 percent.....while I did have some brakes it would have not been enough for an emergency stop or normal traffic braking.
The prius seems to accelerate while stepping on the brake at slow speeds--the car feels like it jerks forward. This usually happens while I am on a road with potholes.
I was driving on I-680 north today and suddenly the "brake", "ABS" and "slip indicator" turned on and started beeping. At that time I did not realize what happened, but when I tried to brake the pedal was really hard to press and I was not able to slow down. I finally was able to slow down by going on a ramp and then really pressing down on the brake where the car jerked and slowed down. Again the brakes were not working. I was finally able to get the car to stop. When I turn the car on again, the same lights switch on and the car is beeping.
While driving on interstate, the brake and vehicle stability assist lights suddently went on and a beeping alarm sounded. The brakes were not very effective, and it was very difficult to slow down and stop the car when we pulled over. We had the car towed to the dealership, where they informed us that the ABS pump and the entire braking system needed to be replaced...on our one year old car! Parts alone totaled over $4000 dollars, without labor. Toyota was unwilling to replace, as the car was out of warranty for mileage. Clearly a defective system in our car, but they were not willing to stand behind their product to cover. Angry customer, especially given the fact that toyota states that they want to restore customer faith in their product. We were lucky that injury did not result from the failure of the parts needed to stop the car.
When I am driving and hit a pothole, the car jolts forward. It's a pretty scary feeling to be out of control when that happens. I don't drive often, so I can only imagine how many more times this could happen. I do like my car and is only a year old, but this is quite concerning. I am extra careful, but what if I hit someone in the street or the car in front of me. I have seen a few complaints about this same exact reason. Please something has to be done about it before someone gets hurt.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 toyota prius. The contact stated that the vehicle was serviced under the federal safety agency campaign id number: 10v039000 (service brakes, air: antilock: control unit/module). The contact noticed that after the recall repairs, there was an abnormal increase in stopping distance when braking over uneven pavement. The contact stated there have been several occasion when the vehicle floated into an intersection because the failure prevented the vehicle from stopping. The vehicle was taken to the dealer four times where the contact was told there were no failures with the vehicle because the braking system was operating as designed. The failure mileage was unavailable.
My driving record was clean until this 2010 prius. In one year I have had two accidents and several incidents, all of which I am now convinced due to brake failure. The first accident took place end of december 2010. I was going only about 10 MPH. I hit the brakes repeatedly to try to get the car to stop. At the time I thought the car did not stop because of ice, but now after this 2nd accident and researching other prius reports, I am convinced this first accident was also because the brakes failed to work. Since I did not suspect this at the time, I did not report it or have the brakes checked when the car was repaired. The 2nd accident was last night, dec 8th, 2011. I was traveling between 25-30 MPH. The brakes clearly failed to work, and I hit a car stopped at the traffic light in front of me. I had plenty of distance to stop. The car did not slow down, if anything, it may have speeded up, but I cannot definitely say this, as I was too freaked out looking at the car I was going to hit to check my speed. The road was not icy. The impact demolished the front end of the prius. My air bag also did not inflate. I have whiplash from this second accident. Fortunately no one else was injured. I now realize I had several other brake 'slippage' problems last winter that did not result in accidents and I did not identify then as brake problems. I thought it was my snow tires, even though they were brand new. I took the car back to the tire dealer last month who said they had no other complaints about that brand of tire, but I so concerned I had them replace the tires anyway with new ones of a different brand. I have opened a case with toyota after I started to research 2010 prius and found a recall on this model and year from before I leased this car. Toyota says there is not a recall on my VIN#. I want toyota to take responsibility for this accident and take back the car.
While driving, when vehicle is coasting (decelerating) in eco mode/engine off and brakes are applied under specific conditions such as passing over a man-hole cover or pothole the following occurs: car decelerates, as wheel/tire hits an anomaly in the road surface the brakes momentarily fail and the car surges forward as the engine starts. The sensation is a loss of braking force, plus momentary surge in the forward direction. Reaction to this situation is mild panic and overbraking, (literally slamming on the brake pedal). This problem can be recreated faithfully at one road close to a stopsign/intersection. This problem has occurred for months. Recently (11/30/11) when following a car on this specific road the car stopped abruptly due to an animal jarting into the road. I applied the brakes, brake anomaly occurred and felt I could not stop in time. Evasive driving measures forced me into the on-coming traffic lane to avoid a collision. Toyota unwilling to address this issue at the dealer or corporate.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 toyota prius. While driving approximately 20 MPH the contact depressed the brake pedal and it fell to the floor board. The contact was able to avoid crashing into several vehicles he turned onto a sidewalk and hit a street lamp, which then crashed on top of the vehicle, causing extensive damage. A police report was filed. The police officer inspected the vehicle and confirmed the brakes had failed. The vehicle was towed to an auto body shop. The vehicle was included previously in the recall under the federal safety agency campaign id number: 10v039000 (service brakes, air:anti-lock:control unit/module) and had the recall repairs performed. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 8,190 ....updated 12/03/12 *bf updated 01/11/12
I'm an owner of a 2010 prius. Ten days or so after I purchased the car(in jan 2010), I experienced a loss in braking which resulted in damage to the bumper. Numerous!!!! Almost daily!!!! Times since, even after the recall fix (done on my vehicle on 3/10/10), I have experienced, not only a loss of braking (usually while going over some little bump) but the car actually lurching forward. Quite dramatic and scary, especially if there is a stop sign, intersection, a car or a person in front of you. Last thurs (11/10/11), the road surface was wet, and I braked and had no, none , nada brakes and I rear ended the person in front of me. I paid for her damage out of my own pocket. I have not fixed the damage done to my car. Brand new all season tires on the car, by the way. Today (11/14/11), again the road surface was wet, I was behind a car in the right lane when a car inappropriately began merging from a ramp on the right, causing the car in front of me to suddenly slow down. I braked, and again, nothing!!! I quickly looked in my side view mirror and saw I had clearance to go in the left lane, and managed to avoid contact. 10 days after I purchased the 2010 prius, I said I wanted to return it and I sent in all this documentation certified mail, but toyota rejected everything. There is a defect in this car and it is unsafe.
When I was pulling into a parking spot, the brakes failed and the vehicle accelerated on its own causing me to run over the cement parking stop and crash into a cement wall. The vehicle then back up from the concussion and accelerated once again causing me to crash twice. I finally came to my senses and shut the vehicle off. I had been noticing the brakes feeling strange prior to this incident. This caused $6,400 in damage. Toyota was alerted, had the vehicle inspected and claim it revealed no evidence of any sort of malfunction or defect. In my heart, I know that is not true. This was a very frightening experience and I dread this happening again.
I just got an email from mycarstats.com which after reading through complaints one hit me and I thought "that's exactly what happened to us". At the time, a couple of months ago, with toyota's known problems, I told my wife to remember this and let me know if it ever happens again (which it has not). The problem occurred when we were traveling at a low speed and I hit an speed bump the vehicle surged like I had bumped the gas pedal only I had my foot on the brake.
I gently drive my 2010 toyota prius in eco mode to maximize fuel economy. Every weekday, since january 2011, I slow on a certain road to make a right turn. The road has a manhole cover recessed about 1 inch into the road along the path of my passenger side tires. Every time I drive over this manhole cover the prius completely loses ability to brake for about 1/2 second, then braking is reestablished. There are other small bumps I drive over at other places which have the same results to the prius braking system. Yesterday (26 oct 2011) something different but possibly associated happened while driving over a bump. This time I was accelerating after having made a right turn from a complete stop. While still accelerating after the turn I signaled left and proceeded to merge into the left hand lane. As the prius right front tire drove over the reflective lane marker imbedded in the road surface (the marker sticks out about 1/2 inch from road surface) the prius went out of control. The car suddenly and severely pulled hard to the left and rapidly slowed, I struggled against the cars actions to avoid hitting the raised center median. My first though was that I must have had a complete and instantaneous blow out on the front left tire. My reaction was to immediately remove my foot from the accelerator. Then as I was further assessing my options and the surrounding traffic the prius regained control and I was able to continue driving down the road as if nothing had ever happened. As the prius reinstated control I heard a beep come from the dashboard, however I was not quick enough to notice if any warning lights had engaged during the incident. When I looked at the displays everything appeared normal. I also check the car externally and everything appeared normal. All incidents are on high quality road surfaces with dry pavement. Dealer indicates no recalls.
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