2010 Toyota Prius: tire blowout or tread separation

Filed Oct 30, 2018 · Tires · 73,500 miles · MN

Tire blew out on the freeway without warning. It was a general altimax rt43 size 195/65 15.with about 9300 miles on it. Tire has several blown out section in the sidewall.

Filed Apr 17, 2018 · Brakes · 101,000 miles · FL

A tire blew out on the highway, and afterwards the ABS light, brake light, and traction light came on. Apparently the brake acuator has failed completely.

Filed Feb 15, 2014 · Brakes · 61,000 miles · TX

On october 10th, 2013 at 7 pm, I noticed several brake lights, ABS, and sliding sign light came on when I started my car. I thought it was some kind of electrical glitch so I turned my car off and turned it back on. The lights stayed same. My husband who sat on the passenger side looked into the manual book and told me those lights were indicated for brake system. We decided to go home to figure out what we needed to do. As soon as I started to drive, I noticed brake pedal was much lower than it usually is and also noticed brake was not working. My car kept moving even when I pressed the brake all the way. At that moment, I knew I had to take my car to dealer right away. There were no warning signs or noise for a driver to notice before the whole brake system was completely fail to perform. In january 2013, toyota recalled many prius in same model and same yr as mine for total break system failure. Even though my VIN number was not under their recall list, my car's brake system broke down completely to function due to same reasons toyota recalled many prius 2010 this year. Toyota refused to fix my car under their recall system warranty because my VIN number is not under their recall list. Toyota dealer charged me $4300 to replace the whole brake system for my car and it took 4 weeks to find the parts in north america to fix my car. It cost me another $1000 to rent a car while my prius at toyota dealer to find the parts to fix it. I was fortunate enough that my brake system didn't blow out on me when I was driving 75mph on freeway. I'm sure there are many other prius 2010 have brake system failure like mine even though they were not under their recall list.

Filed Jun 5, 2013 · Tires · 58,000 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 toyota prius, equipped with goodyear assurance fuel max tires, tire size 215/45r/17. The contact stated that the front passenger and rear driver side tires deflated. The tires where inspected and the contact located cracks in the inside sidewall of all four tires. The tires were replaced. The dot number for the tires was not available. The failure was reported to the tire manufacturer. The tire failure mileage was 17,000. The vehicle failure mileage was 58,000. ..updated 07-17-13

Filed Oct 28, 2011 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 20,000 miles · TX

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.

Filed Mar 24, 2011 · Tires · 1,721 miles · AZ

While driving my 3 week old 2011 toyoya prius with 1700 miles on the odometer on the freeway driving my daughter back to school my rear passenger side yokohama avid tire experienced a blowout. After successfully maneuvering the car off of the freeway and to a safe location I installed the spare donut and then inspected the tire. The inside sidewall burst open and no road hazard was present. I filed a claim with yokohama tires and they had me have the tire inspected by discount tire in scottsdale, az. Their inspection suggested a manufacturers defect since they could not locate any punctures or other type of road hazard. At the time of the blowout I was 75 miles from flagstaff, az, my final destination on a sunday late afternoon and could not locate an open tire dealer or toyota dealer that was open so I continued on the donut at 50 MPH to flagstaff and located an open sears that had the right size replacement tire by another manufacturer. I had sears inspect the blown out tire and the rest of the tires and they concluded that the tire was defective based on their observations. I requested that yokohama professionally inspect the tire local to me so that I can carry it in as opposed to shipping it to them. Please let me know your thoughts and if there is anything else that I should do to document this issue. **please not that this occurred on a 2011 toyota prius*** there was no prius model listed under 2011 toyota models....please correct.