Three problems related to water pump have been reported for the 2005 Toyota Prius. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2005 Toyota Prius based on all problems reported for the 2005 Prius.
The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Prius. While driving approximately 35 mph, the vehicle stalled and all the warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed with an inverter water pump failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact that the VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 12v563000 (engine and engine cooling, hybrid propulsion system). The failure mileage was approximately 160,000.
I brought my car in for a recall on steering mechanism which resulted in a bolt replacement. The service adviser advised me I needed to replace water pump. This car already had one pump replaced on a recall, why was the other pump not recalled?.
60 k inspection by state licensed service- Toyota. At 62k water pump had to be replaced by Toyota dealer, would not recognize previous inspection (not a dealer). Dealer failed to burp engine causing air in system. Personally added antifreeze. 2) headlight are now locked in the lower elevation causing the dims to be approx 30 feet in front of vehicle. Outrun lighted area very rapidly. Believe to be a very dangerous situation 3)Smart key (s) quit at same time. 4) second set tires needing replacement just over 25k miles 5) at times the engine battery just goes dead. All happened just over 60k miles. Dealer will look at items for a service charge and if problems the service charge will be deducted from cost. I was informed that none of the items are under warranty because the vehicle is past the 60k. It is apparent that the water pump condition happened prior to the 60k by the build up of antifreeze on old pump which I plan on sending to Toyota.