2015 Toyota Prius: engine stalls while driving

7 of the 167 complaints about the 2015 Toyota Prius describe engine stalls while driving.

owner complaints: 7
of this car's complaints: 4%
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 23 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Engine stalls while driving by model year

2023
1
2019
2
2018
2
2017
6
2016
3
2015
7
2014
12
2013
18
2012
11
2011
15
2010
53
2009
14
2008
34
2007
50
2006
39
2005
58
2004
94
2003
9
2002
7
2001
21

What owners say

Filed Jul 15, 2026 · Electrical, Engine · CA · crash

Pulling out of a parking stall, when put vehicle in drive, the engine revved up and accelerated - vehicle crashed, the brakes did not work- there was skid marks. Floor mats are factory OEM were installed properly. I did not hit the accelerator and I am in good health and mind. I have driving for over 30 years, never had and accident nor a ticket! - A county officer was at the seen and left me with vehicle that had to be towed away. The Vehicle is a total loss. I have insurance but felt that this incident need to be reported, There is no safety recalls and the vehicle was always property maintained

Filed Jun 9, 2022 · Fuel system · 29,407 miles · CA

The contact owns a 2015 Toyota Prius. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the brake, check engine, and ABS warning lights illuminated. The "Check Hybrid System - Stop Vehicle in A Safe Place" messages were displayed. The vehicle was taken to an unknown dealer where an unknown repair was completed; however, the failure recurred while driving. Additionally, the contact stated that while driving 25-45 MPH, the vehicle stalled. The contact was unable to restart the vehicle after several attempts. The vehicle was towed to the dealer who informed the contact that they could not duplicate the failure. The failure persisted. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The contact became aware of the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 20V369000 (Hybrid Propulsion System). The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that they could not assist. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 29,407.

Filed Sep 25, 2021 · Brakes, Electrical · CA

As stated from 5 months after we bought it, and the first prius, the car won't start. No matter if parked flat, keys in or out over night, or the temp, when the break is pushed it is squishy and makes draining noise and won't start. As a dr on call i have LOST patients because I could not leave my house. i carry and use the charger daily ever since. Taken in lots. they say, "you don't drive enough..or some other bogus excuse, like don't leave keys in car, which is how priuses start and run!. the car is driven in all ways a lot. also we buy headlights and headlamps on both about every 2 months. also it looses power and has shut off while driving. the worst is when it would start on its own in the locked garage. at that point my wife just quit driving all together. nothing but nightmares. She almsot crashed on fw when power went out.

Filed Aug 12, 2021 · Brakes, Engine · ND

While attempting to accelerate from a stop light, the Prius stalled. It would not accelerate although the engine revved. I restarted the car by powering completely off and back on. I tried to accelerate again multiple times until it slowly came up to speed the third attempt. The car was in drive and has never happened before. This is a safety concern for multiple reasons but the main being it can cause harm to those in the vehicle as well as other drivers on the road when the car stalls unexpectedly. There were no warning signals on the dash. Toyota dealer looked at it right away, ran diagnostics, and could not find an issue. Nothing was “fixed” or updated.

Filed Jul 23, 2020 · Transmission · 17,870 miles · CA

Started hearing grinding and screeching noises from underneath the hood after a 125 mile drive to san francisco. The following day vehical started but grinding noise persisted while vehical was parked idling.dorve to the stoe and on the way back home the car stalled on the highway. Could not get it to turn back on so I pushed it off the highway. Error message on dash mentioned something about an error with the hybrid system.

Filed Mar 14, 2017 · Engine · 13,500 miles · FL

Stalls at stop on city streets

Filed Apr 28, 2016 · Engine · 10,000 miles · AZ

While accelerating from a stop, and turning onto a highway to merge into moving traffic, the engine briefly stalled for a few seconds after I had already entered the traffic lane and was attempting to accelerate to traffic speed..