Equipment Related Problems of the 2001 Toyota Prius

Table 1 shows three common equipment related problems of the 2001 Toyota Prius. The number one most common problem is related to the equipment (two problems). The second most common problem is related to the carrier/rack (one problem).

Table 1. Equipment related problems of Toyota Prius

Problem Category Number of Problems
Equipment problems
2
Carrier/rack problems
1
Adaptive Equipment problems
1

Recently reported Equipment problems of the 2001 Toyota Prius

The Equipment problem

Prius, 2001 both rear axle hub assemblies replaced after bearing failures with under 90k miles on my car, owned new since June 2001. There are not options to replace the failed bearings, just the complete rear hub assembly that includes the attached abs sensor.   Read details...

The Carrier/rack problem

2001 Prius was parked in garage ~6hrs, fire started and smoldered, apparently using up oxygen inside the car. I went in the garage for something else, noticed the headlights were on and opened the car door to turn them off.   Read details...

The Adaptive Equipment problem

I have started having an intermittent power steering issue. As I am driving the steering wheel begins to shake and I receive an error message that there is an issue with the power steering system. Then the error clears and says the problem is solved.   Read details...


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