Automatic Transmission problems of the 2006 Toyota Prius

The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Prius. The contact stated while she was sitting in the vehicle that was parked in the garage, the vehicle accelerated on its own and proceed to move forward while the emergency brake was on, and no warning light illuminated. The vehicle struck the contacts home going inside the home. The contact stated the vehicle was not on, but the vehicle started on its own once the vehicle was pulled from the inside of the home. The contact legs when stick in between the front side door and the vehicle and but did not have any minor injuries and did not seek no medical attention. The airbags did not deploy. The police report was filed. The vehicle was not towed. The dealer or the manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 168,000.

My 2006 Toyota Prius was parked in a driveway. I powered it on then tried to put it in drive. The shift kept bouncing out of drive without my moving it, into n, r and finally back into drive at which point I released the hand brake, then eased my foot off the brake pedal. I did not pushed the accelerator pedal in order to turn onto the road slowly. But the car suddenly accelerated really fast. As it did so the red triangle 'problem - check engine' symbol came up on the dashboard. The car went across the road and into a neighbor's front yard where there was a lot of snow and a snowdrift by the road, and ran straight into the snowdrift which stopped it. I was then able to turn off the power. The foot brake had had no effect. The car was heading on a line at right angles to the house and had there not been that snowdrift there, would have hit the house head-on. This was not driver error, but 'uncontrolled acceleration'. There may be a connection to the following battery failure: on 1/11/11 a recently installed start-motor battery (installed 1/3/11) went dead, after 1636 miles, and had itself to be replaced. The car is now being checked by the local Toyota service and dealership.

I have a 2006 Prius. When going over bumps, I experience a total loss of power for 1 or three seconds -generally. A yellow light also comes on the dash board. It often happens daily. I have only had one or two experiences when the power didn't return so quickly and then I was afraid because I had no brakes and was just skidding. I believe that I have seen this problem discussed by other Prius owners of chat sites. It can occur at any mileage speed but I was only able to put a mileage number in the box can it be fixed?.

2006 Prius was arriving at work and pulling into a parking space. My foot was removed from gas, but accelerator stuck open. The car bounced over the concrete curb, over a snow bank and over a second curb into the university driveway. Car sustained $3800+ in body damage and another $370 in service repairs for brakes, tires, suspension and dash warning systems that erupted. Vehicle was recently repaired. Local dealer would not accept any responsibility or acknowledge any problems with the car. Final repair invoice states the vehicle floor-mats, abs and pedal stroke sensors were all working properly. Claim was made to our insurance company [erie insurance].