On december 18, 2009 at 4:40 pm in the still-light late afternoon we struck a deer in the road with our 2010 toyota prius. The car was less than one month old and still on its first tank of gas. We have lived in a semi-rural area of new jersey for over 30 years. Deer in the road is a frequent occurrence here. But in 30 years, though we have had countless sudden collision-avoidance stops in other cars including our 2007 prius, we have never had an accident. On december 18, traveling at approximately 35 MPH on dry, but aged asphalt we observed a deer entering the road. To avoid a collision, the brakes were jammed on. But this time the braking event seemed to occur in slow motion. It was the first sudden stop required of this new car. Eventually the ABS system engaged and the car came to a stop, but only after striking the deer with such force that the car sustained $2500 worth of front end damage. Lights, the bumper and front panels needed to be replaced. The airbags did not deploy. Police and insurance reports were filed. Toyota has recently acknowledged a software-based delay of one second in transferring braking from the electronic regenerative system to the hydraulic brakes. At 35 MPH, that is an extra 51 feet traveled in that one second before the hydraulic brakes engage. That 51 feet would have provided more than enough distance to avoid the collision. Until this unsafe condition is resolved, we have taken our 2010 prius off the road.
2010 Toyota Prius brakes complaints
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Not just the brakes, it's also the park button on the 2010 toyota prius. Besides the cars brakes not working and being the cause of a recent collision, there is another safety issue. The car has a park button and that I accidentally pushed when I was driving, thinking I was reaching for the heater button. The car completely shut off. I was on the freeway and the car engine was cut off. When I stepped on the gas, the car would not go. I was almost hit in the rear end by a semi truck until I could get the car pulled over and stopped. Toyota should have a safety feature on this car so that the parking button will not operate while the car is being driven.
I have a 2010 prius. We have had the problem with the brakes when we go over a bump. In addition, if I am driving in cruise control and have to put my foot on the brakes, there is a brief feeling of acceleration so instead I have gotten used to turning off the cruise control before putting my foot on the brakes thereby delaying braking for a brief moment.
Prius 2010. Brake problem. I was applying the brakes and the car was slowing down then as I drove over a bump the brakes stopped working and the car gained speed until the brakes worked again. This occurred a few times before. Toyota has recalled prius 2010 in japan for this problem. They need to do a recall here in the us.
Tl*the contact owns a 2010 toyota prius. While driving over a rough surface, the brakes failed to stop the vehicle. He stated that the anti-skid activated while driving on that type of surface. The failure occurred 100% of the time on roads with a rough surface. The dealer told him that there was nothing wrong with the vehicle. He had not spoken with the manufacturer to-date. The vehicle had not been repaired at the time of the complaint. The current mileage was 13,202. The failure mileage was approximately 600.
Tl*the contact owns a 2010 toyota prius. The contact stated that when driving various speeds and trying to depress the brake pedal, she noticed that the brakes failed to respond. She would apply pressure to the brake pedal and they would lock for a few seconds. She noticed that the failure occurred 5 to 6 times. She took the vehicle to the dealer and they were unable to duplicate or diagnose the failure. The dealer also stated that the vehicle was designed to have the braking system lock for 3 seconds when they are engaged forcefully; afterwards the driver had press the pedal again to release the locked position. She had not spoken with the manufacturer to-date. The vehicle had not been repaired when the complaint was filed. The current mileage was approximately 4,600. The failure mileage was approximately 1,500.
Purchased 2010 prius in september 2009. In january 2010 the anti-lock brakes did not engage when braking on a slippery road. No accident occurred but we noted the risk it represented.
The brakes were a problem in my prius 2010 from beginning. It would accelerate on braking. Happened 3 times. I had no floor mats at that time in my car. I took it for my 1st oil change to koons toyota, annapolis in oct last yr and complained about it. At that time, I had put mats. They blamed it on mats. They test drove and said its fine. Told me to bring it back if problem persists. I kept driving and this last month's snow made it all apprant again. Would not brake but accelerate on snow, happened 4 times on one trip. I am not driving it anymore on snow days. Relying on honda odyessy- much more stable. Its surprising, toyota prius 2010 was last to be recalled with so many complaints on board.
When applying the brakes on a bumpy road the car speeds up.
Approximately five times while driving my 2010 toyota prius I have experienced problems with stopping when one of my tires either is on a manhole cover or on uneven road(one tire in a pothole). When this occurs I am usually going approximately 30 MPH. I apply the brake slowly to start to slow down for a stop sign. My right front tire rolls over a manhole cover and while my foot is still on the brake my car accelerates, lunging forward. This lasts for 1-2 seconds when I have no control over the vehicle. After this 1-2 seconds my brakes stop the vehicle. The entire time my foot has been on the brake. I know that if a car was in front of me at the time, I would have rear-ended it. Every time this has occurred my traction control light goes on. I have had my car to the dealer 3 times with the same complaint. They even took the car out for a drive with me and of course we could never recreate what has happened to me. I was never told that other people were experiencing the same problems. However, in talking to people at the dealership, they said it may be the traction control because it is supposed to make your tires spin slower if you loose traction. It seems as if it does the opposite and speeds the tire up. I asked if there was any way they could check my traction control system to make sure it was working properly, but was told there is no way to check it. I am not sure if anyone has thought about the traction control system. It seems like everyone is pointing fingers to the braking system. It might be worthwhile to check into the traction control as well. It seems like a short amount of time to not be in control. But for that 1-2 seconds my heart always drops because I have no control over my vehicle.
I was stopped at a traffic light. The street was uphill. My 2010 prius began to roll back, although I was stepping on the brake. This continued for several seconds, while I tried to press hard on the brakes (they were not responsive). Luckily, there was no car behind me, otherwise, a crash would have ensued. Road conditions were wet and somewhat slippery at that time. This was my first experience with this brake failure, which lasted for a few seconds. I have not had a chance to contact the dealer yet.
Toyota prius 2010 going downhill pushing the brakes to stop before red light in the uneven pavement the car suddenly loses all fours wheels brakes for a fraction of a second . When the wheel that passed the road bump the brakes come back again and stop the car. It happened three time in the last 4 months that I have the car. Same car defect in the fuel system. After leaving in the garage for 5 consecutive days, the car did not started automatically as it should do. It made for several seconds a metal to metal noise before the engine finally started to funtioning as usual. Seams like the engine starved of fuel. Same car excessive vibration on the driver side door panel when the radio or music is on. It stops when I hold with my knee tha panel.
While driving a 2010 toyota prius it sounded like the rotors were squealing so loud we had to pull over and check the rotors and brakes. However, nothing looked unusual so we slowly drove back home. Me and my wife then proceeded to return home slowly and the sound continued all the way home (10 miles). Since then we have parked the vehicle to await results of recall that, which has been announced today.
Since I bought my prius back in july 2009, my brakes have been great except for the 5 or 6 times when the brakes disappeared for a second as I pulled up to a stop sign on a bumpy road. It's happened twice at one stop sign where I drive just once a week. That one has a big dip in the road where they have replaced a water line and then repaved. My occurrences have all been within 20 feet of the stop sign and never near a car or pedestrian fortunately. I now have 14,000 miles on the car. With something this rare, the dealership was of course unable to reproduce the problem. The next day toyota announced that it had fixed the problem in late january on the line but had no fix to offer us yet. Brakes are great otherwise; the best I've had. Recently I have had plenty of opportunity to test ABS, traction control and stability control. No problems except for those half-dozen incidents.
My car momentarily lunges forward when I go thru a pothole while braking.
While applying moderate pressure to the brakes on my 2010 prius and while driving over a bumpy road, the brakes seem to momentarily, but completely fail. Then the car seems to briefly accelerate (or at least free-wheel) before the brakes feel like they're starting engage and work again. This has happened with this new car since the day I purchased it in july of 2009. It does it every single day, as I drive over the speed bump while driving out of the parking garage near my work.
When slowing down, such as to make a turn or to change to reverse, when the brake was applied, there was some acceleration also occurring. This has happened 4-5 times in past few months, the last time was about 7 or ten days ago. The car did brake with no further problem and no harm occurred and there was no damage.
I have experienced two problems with my 2010 prius v that I purchased last summer. First, on approximately 6-8 occasions, my car has not stopped immediately when I applied the brakes. This occurred 3-4 times when I approached a stop sign on a road between my home and church. The surface of the road approaching the stop sign had been scraped and roughened to get ready for re-paving. As I approached and applied the brakes, my car surged forward for about a second, but I was able to stop. This happened 3-4 times in other locations, as well. It is an incredibly strange and helpless sensation. This problem was probably noted between late august 2009 and last occurred about three weeks ago. Even though I was forced to put an exact date in the field below, I have no idea now when the exact dates were in which this braking issue occurred. When I brought my car to the dealer for its first oil change, I described what had happened but was told this had nothing to do with the other problems that had been identified in the media as to other cars. The person at the service desk just kind of ignored my comments and was not interested in hearing about the braking issue further. The second problem I have experienced is that when using the cruise control accelerate function the car just continued accelerating even though I was no longer turning the cruise function lever. This stopped when I applied my brakes. It did cause me to stop using the cruise control during that trip though. The cruise control issue probably occurred last august in I-5.
I bought a 2010 toyota prius in august 2009. In addition to the braking problem I describe below, I also have an acceleration problem. I questioned my toyota dealership about the fact that when I am braking over metal (manhole cover, repair lids, etc.) the car is quickly pushed forward about 3 to 4 feet. Several other new owners said they had the same experience. The dealer said that when they checked with toyota, they were told that the hybrid battery motor used a magnet and the braking system to recharge it. And that the push forward was from the repelling action of the magnet. My sisters own a 2008 camry hybrid and 2008 prius, and they both have experienced this propelling motion when on metal surfaces also. The problem with the dealers advice to "not brake on metal surfaces" doesn't help in snow or water situations. Will this problem be fixed by the ABS brakes software change?? I also had several instances where the brake pedal would suddenly go to the floor and produce very little braking power. The problem was intermittent and the dealer said they found nothing wrong. Since then I have had several other instances where the brakes didn't work well and I almost hit the car in front of me. So I now drive with a lot of distance between me and other cars because I don't know when it will happen. I should say that I've had other cars with ABS brakes and this car does not feel like I have them. On slippery surfaces (snow, water) the brakes do not pump themselves like other ABS cars that I have driven. I have dropped it into low gear to help brake. These things have happened many times since I bought the car. I have been very careful and not had an accident yet.
(owner of prius), I bought prius 2010 model in aug'2009 from koons arlington toyota in arlington, va, us. Since then I do not have any issues up until today. When I cam out today to drive on 66 highway and also to get on to west ox road, I had recall complaints what was listed occurred to me. 1) above 60 miles speed when I was traveling and time to apply the brakes, I couldn't stop the car immediately, it took 2-3 min. To get to stop after traveling some distance though I didn't see how far I had to travel too. 2) other incident happen on same travel time on west ox road,I was approaching a traffic light near fox mill at speed around 12 - 15 miles / hour - I couldn't stop the car, it was accelerating only inspite me applying the brakes.
My 2010 pruis brake probelm as reported in the news.
Tl*the contact owns a 2010 toyota prius. While driving 15 MPH with the brake pedal engaged it failed to respond which forced her to apply pressure to the brake pedal in order to stop the vehicle. The vehicle also lunged forward when the contact drove over a pothole. The dealer stated that since the vehicle was brand new it was adjusting to her driving pattern. The failure has occurred approximately 6 times. No repairs were made to the vehicle. The failure mileage was 1000. The current mileage was 6292.
Problem is with my 2010 toyota prius, brakes seem to fail and the vehicle will actually lurch forward when braking on a bumpy or icy or snowy conditions. Date given below is approx to when I bought the vehicle and is a constant problem and ongoing. It is difficult to reproduce though, and you never know when it is going to happen.
I have had problems with my brakes working in my 2010 toyota prius. I was driving on a cold, wet road that was bending to the right. I pressed the brake pedal to slow the car, the car stuttered then accelerated while I was braking. The car slid off the road, into a ditch, and accelerated itself out of the ditch on the side of the road, the whole time I was depressing the brake pedal. No one was injured, no property damage was sustained, and there were no other witnesses. The left front bumper of my car sustained body damage that has not been replaced or fixed. The left front wheel well was pushed out of place so that when I turned the steering wheel at a sharp right, the left front tire would rub against the hard plastic wheel well. I had to pay to get the wheel well pushed and bolted back into place. This is the incident that took place on january 28th. Prior to this incident, I have also had other times when the brakes failed, most often when I was driving at night when it was colder outside. They had failed at least three times while I was depressing the brakes to stop at a stop sign. While I depressed the brakes the car would jump forward and accelerate instead of slowing. I would have to take my foot of the brake and reapply pressure to get the car to come to a stop.
When depressing the brakes due to approaching a stop light, the vehicle traveled over a man hole cover which was uneven with the road service. The brakes appeared to release, the car drifted forward 3-5 feet, and then the brakes re-engaged.
Toyota prius 2010, having difficult backing out of my garage because the brake is extremely tight. After I eventually backed out, I drove a few yards forward and then tested it backward, the brake felt normal.
Tl*the contact owns a 2010 toyota prius. While driving approximately 5 MPH into a parking space with the brake pedal engaged, the vehicle failed to slow down and crashed into a sidewalk. The front fender was damaged; however, the contact was able to drive the vehicle to his residence. The contact also complained to the dealer regarding the brake failure and was told that nothing was wrong with the brakes. The insurance company advised the contact to call the toyota manufacturer and file a claim for which she is currently waiting for a response. The failure mileage was 3,000.
1. I live in minnesota. After the first big snowstorm when I was braking on snow and ice, there was a very strong burning rubber-like burning smell, and the braking changed. I started sliding through stop signs and into intersections when on icy pavement. I was very concerned and took the car to the dealership on december 12. They reported there was nothing wrong with the car. 2. On january 5, I was on a totally iced over street in park rapids, minnesota. I made a left turn, then was slowing down to make a right turn into a parking spot. I was going very slowly. I depressed the brake, but the car failed to slow down. I kept sliding and hit the cement parking marker, which punctured the front of the car (in the bumper area). 3. Nothing has been done, and I am afraid to drive the car. I have contacted my insurance company, who have suggested that I ask toyota to cover the damages. I have filed a complaint with toyota, but am still waiting for a return my call. I will be contacting my dealer today.
I own a toyota prius 2010 model. I acquired this vehicle in sep of 2009. I have noticed that when the car was traveling on a bumpy road, the brakes doesn't seem to engage. It seem to accelerate. I have noticed this only in slow speeds and it never occurred to me that it could be a manufacturing mistake. I blamed it on the road condition. This has happened many times and jan 10 was an approximate date. Now realizing that I should have voiced my concern earlier. I am a long term toyota owner and I always trusted toyota and it must have blind sighted me. Now I am getting nervous driving the car.
I purchased a prius 2010 in the summer of 2009. I called my dealer a week ago to report that I too had experienced the braking issue that was reported on the news. I was not sure if the car was skidding the first time I experienced it, I was going slowly and put on brakes over a slippery patch and the car lurched before braking, but then it happened again over a rough surface. When I reported this to the service department of my dealer, conicelli toyota of springfield, pa, I was told that no recall had been announced, no other concern or care was given to me at that time. I did ask for the contact information of the company and was given an 800 number and the website. I tried calling the customer service line of toyota twice to report my experience, and was on hold for over 10 minutes before hanging up without being able to leave a message. I contacted my dealer again and spoke with the customer relations manager, I asked that they report my experience to you and that they work to advocate for a solution for the brake issue. I am awaiting a response from them. I again tried the 800 number without success and then accessed your website. I was unable to locate a place to send or post my comment/concern, so I am writing this letter. Please add me to the 210 complaints you have reported for the prius braking problem. I am deeply concerned that toyota 'fixed' the problem on the production line but was not proactive in finding a correction for the models produced before january 2010. I will be contacting my lawyer and other authorities about this issue. My safety and the safety of my family and those that share the road with me are of utmost importance to me. I am concerned that they are not of the utmost concern of toyota, who would leave us all at risk unless public pressure is brought to bear.
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