general problems of the 2001 Toyota Prius

The contact owns a 2001 Toyota Prius. While driving 20 mph, the vehicle lost complete power and braking ability without warning. As a result, the contact drove over the median aand crashed into a pole. The air bags deployed. A police report was filed. There were no injuries. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer (titus-will Toyota, 3506 s sprague Ave, tacoma, wa 98409). The vehicle was not declared destroyed. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage and VIN were unknown.

The contact owns a 2001 Toyota Prius. The contact stated while driving approximately 50 mph, the breaks failed without warning. The breaks pedal traveled to the floorboard with no response. The contact then crashed into another vehicle and the air bag did not deploy. There were no injuries and a police report was filed of the incident. The vehicle was towed to salvage lot for further inspection. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 84,000.

Car rapidly accelerated without my foot on the gas pedal and did not slow down until my foot hit the brake. Brought the vehicle to mcgee Toyota and they replaced the gas pedal. It was a $600. + repair. Within the year the news reported abnormal acceleration with the Prius line and I quickly contacted Toyota management. They denied my claim saying that these incidences were as a result of floor mats? I reported it to martha coakley (MA) representative for consumer protection and have not received a response (this was over two years ago). I recently heard about your agency and decided to file a report.

When I am braking and go over a bump or dip in the road the brakes stop working and I immediately have to let up on the brake and reapply. This has happened several times but did not think anything of it until the latest recalls for Toyota. This is happening with my 2001 Prius. Yes I said 2001. This has happened many times in the past 9 years. I thought it was normal until the recent reports of newer vehicles having this issue. My vehicle is 9 years old.

My 2001 (yes, that is 2001) Prius has the same issue that is behind the recall of the 2010 Prius: "momentary loss of braking capability while traveling over an uneven road surface, pothole or bump. " momentary = less than a second.

I am the owner of a 2001 Toyota Prius, purchasing the car in 2002. Ever since I have had it, I have noticed it temporarily loses braking after driving relatively slowly -- 5 to 20 mph -- over a pothole that hits just one wheel. It is a recurring problem. I complained to the dealership in 2002 and was told that there was no problem and that it was probably the way the anti-lock brake system worked. I now know that if there is a pothole near where I want to come to a stop, I may have to lift my foot off the brake and then reapply the brake when going slow or just press harder on the brake. It does not happen that often, but it does recur; while I have indicated a date in another field of this report, it is today's date because the problem is recurrent, although probably not more often than a few times per year, and I cannot say when it last happened with any precision. I am now reporting this to you because I noticed an article in the NY times regarding what sounds like this very same problem. I have not had any accidents as a result of the problem.

I owned a 2001 Toyota Prius. In August 2009 at about 113,000 miles it lost brake. There was a very very little bit brake. If you want to stop in 50 feet it would stop in about 200 feet. Since it was very unsafe to drive I traded it in and bought another car. I strongly believe it was a software problem not a mechanical problem. When the problem started the abs, brake and big caution sign lights came on, and also a continuous sharp and annoying beep started. On my way home after I made a deal to trade in the Prius, the beep went away, but the lights still on, and the brake started to work properly. The next day September 1st 2009 while driving in town all the lights also went away and the car became perfectly normal. I drove the car only about 30 miles, which was to the new car dealer and back, since the problem started in August. I had all the same lights came on in February 2008. However, the brakes were working a little slow with a different feeling. To repair this one dealer asked $2500 and another dealer repaired it for $400. They said they found a broken wire in the abs system. Now I suspect it might have been a software problem also. The brake problem people are reporting may exist in many more vehicles than reported. The cars may be getting too much electronics than needed. Too much of anything is not good.

While driving along on interstate, got warning triangle and low main battery information. Immediately, car began to speed-up on its own. I applied very hard braking to try and slow down while trying to move to the right lane with traffic on my right. Car did not slow down but I managed to avoid traffic and get onto the right lane, where there was an exit from the interstate. I made the exit and was able to get control of the acceleration. I then drove the rough running car to the my dealer off that exit. They replaced the main battery, and everything is now fine. I feel that I was very lucky that nobody got hurt!.

I have a 2001 Prius that also has a problem with braking, similar to that described with the 2010 model. At low speeds when the car hits a bump or pothole the braking is momentarily lost, but then resumes within 1-2 seconds. In ~ 2003 I had a very low speed collision from this (about $1000 damage to the hood sheet metal), but have now learned to compensate for it (basically apply brakes hard and wait for braking to resume after the pause). I had reported this to the dealer on several evaluations, including after the accident, and was told that no problem could be identified. I am reporting this because it is remarkably similar to what it purported to be a new problem with the 2010 Prius. It is not new. Please feel free to contact me if you would find other information useful.