Four problems related to car stall have been reported for the 2001 Toyota Prius. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2001 Toyota Prius based on all problems reported for the 2001 Prius.
My 2001 Prius has always been stalling (at least 30 times), usually upon startup, (and especially in hot weather when ac is on at startup) but on 4 occasions, stalls occurred during critical driving in dangerous areas resulting in total power loss and near death experiences. I informed Toyota president watanabe, and they recalled for the "crankshaft position sensor", to fix the stalling problem, but it obviously didn't fix situation because car is still stalling. Dealer is beyond ignorant and clueless and no longer worth talking to, as they are as informed as a rock on a cliff. I am wondering if dealer even performed the recall fix properly. Would like a trustworthy Toyota technician from japan's tmc (a japanese person) to personally inspect my car.
My 2001 Toyota Prius has intermittantly stalled, forcing me to pull over, turn off the ignition and restart. This appears to happen at any speed, and has happened 20-30 times over the past 18 months. I took it to the dealer twice for this problem approximately a year ago. They did a regularly scheduled major servicing but that did not solve the problem. The problem did not occur over the winter but has since resurfaced with warmer weather. I believe this is the same problem that NHTSA just announced was being investigated in 2004,2005 Prius models.
My 2001 Prius has been in for cpu replacements 4 times and a engine rebuild @ 69000 miles for the problem this site mentioned in the news about the 04-05 Prius stalling. They said it was low compression on the last service call. Well the problem is back!! even after a rebuild. So now what? OH and what is worst is that I have to take a photo of the problem lights because when the problem happens it produces no codes?!?! so they charged me $75 and did nothing once. Nice service. Where I take my Prius: fox Toyota-scion 415 taunton avenue east providence, ri 02914 phone (401) 438-0350 , fax (401) 434-4574.
My 2001 Toyota Prius has stalled twice at high speeds (~75 mph) while on the highway. In both incidences it was only due to good driving and to luck that I was able to get off or to the side of the highway. I have contacted my dealer and in both cases they looked at the engine and claimed that they had never seem the problem with any other vehicles. I was to bring the car back if it happened again.