Brake Abs Warning Light problems of the 2007 Toyota Prius

I was driving down the highway at about 70 mph when the break light, abs light, and tire light all came on accompanied by a high pitch beeping. As I attempted to pull over the breaks were almost completely unresponsive. When I contacted Toyota about the issue they let me know it was a problem they were aware of the issue but didn't believe that having your breaks go out was grounds for a recall. I was almost involved in a high speed crash without the ability to stop because of this.

Generation 2 Toyota Prius brake actuator. At slow speed, the brakes became inoperable and would not stop the car causing me to rear end a truck stopped in front of me at a stop light. All of the brake, abs lights came on the dash. 2 separate trips to the dealer to have the brakes checked resulted in no error codes found. Today 2-8-18 the dash lights all came on again, and the dealer said the computer code is stating faulty brake actuator which could result in total brake failure.

While driving on highway about 60mph, vehicle suddenly lost brakes. Brake, abs and vsc idiot light went on. Inside vehicle buzzer sounded. Very little hydraulic braking. Was only able to stop vehicle because I was going up hill.

I own a 2007 Toyota Prius and I have noticed that if I am braking and hit a bump or a pothole, that the braking seems to pause and I have to brake harder. Also the abs warning light will sometimes flicker. This has happened on numerous occasions over the past 3 years. Fortunately, I was never in a position to endanger myself or another, but in other circumstances it could have been a problem.

When driving on rough road or over rail road crossing and applying brakes brakes fail for split second and abs light flashes nothing done to fix issue.

There is a problem with the Prius abs. If the car transverses ruff terrain during low speed braking, the abs light flashes, the brakes release, causing the vehicle to accelerates. It requires increased pressure to get the vehicle to slow.

I was driving my 2007 Toyota Prius in heavy rush hour traffic and cold, wet snowy conditions this past Friday night. My brakes failed to engage twice. The first time I was going 5-10 mph and stepped on the brake to maintain a safe following distance with the car in front of me, which had stopped. It was as if the car was in neutral and a yellow light started flashing on the dashboard (I think this was the abs system light, but I don't know) and I fortunately coasted to a stop before hitting the car in front of me. There was no skidding or sliding, just a non-response from the brakes. The second time occurred about 10 minutes later and I was again traveling at slow speed and attempted to brake to stay a safe distance from the car ahead. This time I repeatedly pressed hard on the brake and initially there was no engagement and then after approx 5 sec the brakes did engage and I again was able to avoid a fender bender. I drove the car home (white-knuckled) and it has been parked in my driveway over the weekend - we experienced a major snowstorm and I have not been able to drive anywhere. Tomorrow I am going to see if I can get the car towed to a dealership because I don't want to drive it.

This incident involves my 2007 Toyota Prius hybrid that I have owned for almost a year. As I was driving approximately 40 mph and put my foot on the brake as I approached a red light, the red brake warning came on the dash as did the abs warning light. My foot went all the way to the floor and I had no brakes. Luckily I had a right turning lane that I could veer into and not hit the stopped vehicles in front of me. As I continued to push the brake to the floor and maneuver the vehicle out of traffic, it seemed to catch a little and I was able to slow the vehicle eventually to a stop. I put the vehicle in park as it was still running, and pulled out the owner's manual. The manual specifically stated that if these two warning lights came on at the same time, you were to "stop immediately and contact your Toyota dealership". This is exactly what I did. I had the vehicle towed into their facility that evening. The next day I was interrogated by the mechanic after a diagnostic report was done on my car. He wanted to know when I let the car run out of gas. I have never let my car run out of gas, and in fact that just filled the take the day before this incident occurred. The mechanic couldn't tell me what was wrong and contacted Toyota's corporate office. Two days later, I was advised that the reason the brakes didn't work was because I "let the car run out of gas "and this caused the engine to shut off. I argued that the car had never run out of gas and the engine didn't shut off, the brakes went out. The service manager pulled out the diagnostic test showing that "at some point" the car had run out of gas----this test doesn't give a date of when this may have happened. I advised the service manager that the car had 223 miles on it when I purchased it-- this test result could have happened when the car was still at the dealership, not in my possession. The service manager advised me that his "hands were tied" and that Toyota had made their decision.