Ten problems related to car accelerates on its own have been reported for the 2006 Toyota Prius. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
While driving 20 m/h vehicle suddenly eccelerated and I hit the guard rail when experiencing unintended acceleratition.
My wife maggie reyes had a serious accident in the parking lot of the victorian on main st in santa monica on Wednesday September 2. From standstill, her 2006 Prius suddenly accelerated to a very high rate on its own and the car's brakes were completely non-responsive. In this relatively confined parking area, after a frightening period of trying to regain control of the vehicle, she made a split-second decision to crash into a tree at a relatively high speed in order to avoid steering the car onto main st. And causing a much more serious accident that would have impacted many people, automobiles and public and private property and possibly resulted in multiple deaths and multiple serious injuries. She sustained a broken foot. Her passenger sustained bruising. Both were taken by ambulance to st. John's hospital. Both airbags deployed. The 2 occupants were wearing seat belts. As a result, and only because of maggie's quick thinking and potentially sacrificial action, maggie, her passenger and many other non-suspecting people are alive today. It is apparently well-established that the Prius can accelerate in this manner. In this case, the circumstances would appear to be straight forward: a car parked in a parking lot and started suddenly accelerates on it's own and refuses to allow the driver control.
We own a 2006 Toyota Prius. The car was purchased new,has been dealer maintained and is our primary vehicle. On January 26, 2010 at 2:05 pm my wife experience uncontrollable acceleration and despite attempting the strategies recommended by Toyota was involved in a crash causing her and others injury. The weather was clear, the road was dry and straight and my wife was approaching an intersection with plenty of unobstucted visibility. We had followed the initial recall instructions and had been in contact with the local dealer about any follow-up instructions pertaining to our vehicle. After the accident I contact, in person, the service manager at performance Toyota in Lincoln, ne. He stated our vehicle was not part of the most recent recall involving faulty gas pedals. I advised him I understood that however my wife experienced uncontrolled acceleration and despite attempting to employ the recommended strategies was involved in a crash resulting to injuries to her and others. I asked the service manager how to proceed and he advised me to call the "Toyota customer experience line" and speak to them. When I stated I had tried many times and was unable to reach a person he insisted that was the appropriate manner to deal with the situation. I left the dealership feeling extremely frustrated due to the fact the recorded message on the "Toyota customer experience line" advised if you had experienced and accelerator/acceleration problem contact your dealer immediately. We are aware that many Toyota owners have experience this issue with their vehicles and in more models and years than are involved in the latest recall. It is not possible for an individual middle class citizen to challenge a major automaker to first admit and then correct a defect in an automobile they produced and sold . We request you investigate this incident in addition to the many more that have been reported. We will be available and cooperative in any fact finding you may wish to do.
My 2006 Prius has on at least 3 occasions has accelerated inexplicably on at least three separate occasions. The first two incidents occurred during my first year of ownership and were reported to the dealer. I was told there was no problem. The most recent event was in December 2009. I was driving down the highway when the car began accelerating rapidly, even after I removed my foot from the gas pedal. . I was able to slow the car down and pull over safely. Please note that at this time, I had already removed the floor mat as suggested by Toyota. Again, I was told by the dealer that nothing was wrong with my car, a response that did nothing to reassure me. I was told in a follow up call to the dealer that Toyota would be doing nothing to assist with this problem.
The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Prius. The contact stated that on three separate occasions, she had experienced instances of unintended acceleration. She was advised to remove the floor mats from the vehicle but the failure persisted. She confirmed when attempting to pass another vehicle, the vehicle would abnormally accelerate without her intent. The approximate failure mileage was 25 mph. The dealer could not duplicate the failure. The failure mileage was 56,000 and the current was unknown.
The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Prius. While driving 30 mph the vehicle unexpectedly accelerated. The floor mats were removed prior to the failure. The contact filed a claim with the Toyota manufacturer who stated that no others complaints have been filed regarding the acceleration. The manufacturer also advised her to take the vehicle to the dealer who was unable to diagnose or duplicate the failure. The dealer performed routine maintenance on the vehicle prior to the failure. The failure mileage was 50,000. Updated 4/13/10 updated 06/25/10.
Unintended acceleration in my 2006 Toyota Prius. Lasted less than 30 seconds. Responded to repeated braking and hitting and pulling with my foot on the gas pedal. It happened when I floored the gas pedal to pass another vehicle. The pedal was not stuck to the floor mat. I could not reproduce the event after it occurred by flooring the gas pedal again.
Sudden acceleration while driving around a curve on interstate 40 - stopped driving on interstate to avoid problem.
Driving 2006 Prius 6/27/07 on rural 2 lane highway, crossed rough rail road crossing. Within 1/4 mile moved out to pass cyclists and as I cut back into my lane the car suddenly accelerated from 40 to 60 mph in 3 seconds. Burned up brakes and started car fire getting car stopped. Towed to Toyota in wasau wisc. Brakes replaced but Toyota said it(sudden uncontrollable acceleration) had never happened before. Toyota wouldn't pay even though car was under warranty. Insurance paid. It has not happened again but we found numerous incidents had occurred back to 05. We still have old brake parts.
Tl- the contact owns a 2006 Toyota Prius. The contact stated that while starting the vehicle, the instrument panel went blank and the vehicle erroneously accelerated. The vehicle was driven to the dealer where the failure could not be replicated. The manufacturer was contacted about the issue. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was unavailable. The VIN was unavailable. Kmj.