Accelerator Stuck problems of the 2005 Toyota Prius

My wife was driving our 2005 Toyota Prius today and the accelerator locked to the floor. The car continued to accelerate even though she was braking. She was eventually able to get the vehicle to stop. The accelerator was not stuck under the floor mats. She had to pry the accelerator from the floor.

In December 2010, 2005 Toyota Prius was taken to dealer for pedal modification as part of the floor mat accelerator pedal entrapment recall. The dealer did not explain that pedal was actually being shortened by cutting off 1/4 inch at the bottom. After the recall modification was completed, accelerator pedal became stuck on after-market floor mat that had been in place in the vehicle since December 2005. Dealer did not mention this possibility at the time of the recall fix. (prior to modification, vehicle owner had checked to make sure that floor mat was properly anchored and that there was no way for accelerator to become trapped. ) in this case, the modification intended to prevent floor mat entrapment actually caused the pedal to become stuck.

Last evening 3/3 my 2005 Toyota Prius experienced a stuck gas pedal causing me to go in and out a ditch then across the road and hit a sign prior to my finally being able to get it into neutral. Since neither Toyota total care/roadside assistance or the Toyota of bowie dealership would tow it to the dealership I placed a claim with my insurance company usaa. When I got to the dealership they were extremely unhelpful saying I had to make a complaint with Toyota as they were not Toyota but an independent dealership. They did not want to look at it since it looked fine on one side but they didn't even want to hear about the under carriage. The car is there waiting for my insurance adjuster to look at it. They also advised that I needed to complain to NHTSA. Gov since there's nothing wrong -- without even looking at it they said this. I just had the car in the 90k and then for electronics problem since over 7 times if you drove the car then shut it off then try to restart it 5 minutes later all the lights would come on but you couldn't start the engine or do anything until the electronics unfroze. They said it was the battery and the remote but I disagree since they said to make sure everything is off before you turn it off. I ask why and they just said that?s how Toyota says to do it. Today one of the first things they asked was if the defroster was on or other electronics. As you can imagine I am extremely upset!!! to ask me to drive it to see it does it again was an extremely inappropriate response to my situation.

I have not had an accident, but I have had sudden accelerations or surges on my 2005 Toyota Prius on a number of occasions. They have been brief, and the vehicle has not reached a high speed, so I was not too concerned. I just assumed the problem would be addressed by regular servicing. These had nothing to do with the accelerator being stuck. A friend's camry accelerated and crashed through the wall of her garage. She also believes this was not related to a stuck accelerator pedal. I urge you to revisit the potential of software problems causing sudden acceleration on Toyota vehicles.

My Toyota Prius (2005) gas pedal stuck. I was taking my wife to the hospital with a heart attack. We were going down a ramp and it stuck wide open. I kept pushing the start buttton and it quit. I called the Toyota dealer and he told me to remove my floor mats. I do not think my floor mat had anything to do with it. It has not stuck since.

The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Prius. The contact was driving between 65-70 mph. The accelerator pedal began to stick without warning. The vehicle slowed down after the accelerator pedal was released by positioning his foot underneath the pedal. The failure mileage was 15,000. The VIN was unavailable.

I love my Prius but a different story here, I think. I bought a new 2005 Toyota Prius. When it was approximately 2 years old with approximately 40 thousand miles on it (3 years ago) the gas pedal stuck and it was not related to a floor mat. I was accelerating getting up to the 55mph speed limit while also climbing a hill going out of town into the mountains. When I crested the hill and let up off the gas it just kept going. It was quite lucky that it happened on a straightaway just before the mountain curves and drop offs. As a lifelong professional driver with experience operating just about anything my first learned reaction was to dig my heels in and pull the floor mat back, it's happened to me in other vehicles. I glanced down and there were no obstructions at the pedal. My severely disabled son was with me. Automatically, I started kicking the gas pedal. After several kicks it slowed. No problem since. Never reported the incident. Just figured a weird glitch. Had not tried brakes yet, nor neutral, it's a different kind of car, a bit scared to try to turn it off while going down the road. I had already spotted a decent place to ditch the car with minimal damage. I had reached 75 to 80 mph when kicking the pedal stopped it. It's a computer thing.