general problems of the 2007 Toyota Prius

I keep replacing p1116 and it keeps coming back also I was driving up a hill when I lost power and the car wouldn't accelerate. It would turn on and go into gear but not go anywhere. I know it says my VIN doesn't have recalls but why am I experiencing them.

Instrument panel cluster failure. Panel goes black while driving and lose power. Vehicle won’t start or shut off. My vehicle was getting serviced at the dealership and they couldn’t start the vehicle. I was told the instrument panel cluster was the problem. I contacted Toyota customer service, and was told they were aware of the issue. They had issued an extended warranty and sent out a letter to all owners this warranty has expired in 2016. If you purchased your vehicle after 2016 you would not have received any notice regarding this. While driving you can’t see you speed, your gear selection, fuel level, lights and no warning lights. The warning is that your vehicle won’t start or shut off.

Our daughter was driving our 2007 Toyota Prius to work in the dark in rush hour on the highway, driving straight, at highway speed, in los angeles, and the instrument panel instantly blacked out, with the car completely dead and halted. It could not even be shifted into neutral! the car stopped right in the middle of the highway. She called 911, and a wrecker was dispatched to lift the car off the freeway. Thankfully she was not injured or killed! I then researched the likely cause and diagnosed it exactly. It was the "hybrid water pump" also known as the "inverter pump," part #g9020-47031. That part was recalled in 2012, NHTSA recall # 12v536000. I had it towed to a nearby Toyota dealer, north hollywood Toyota, to have it repaired. That dealer looked up the vehicle's records and said the recall had been performed in 2013. Was it really? if so, then a recalled part that causes a complete, instant blackout on a Prius already failed again. The receipt for the repair is attached, including the NHTSA recalled part #. The repair cost $699. 09 + tax, and caused an extremely dangerous instant stoppage of the vehicle on a jam-packed highway. I e-mailed Toyota USA customer service to appeal the situation, and they sent me a reply and asked that I call them. On the call, they claimed there is no recourse for me to pursue. I'm a 51 year old u. S. Army officer veteran and have never experienced or known of anything this suspicious and dangerous in the automobile space. Thank you, barry a. Bounds 916-397-2485.

I was driving about 35 mph on a city street when the car suddenly shifted into neutral. I tried to put it back in drive, but it kept shifting back into neutral. Luckily there was enough distance between me and the car behind me was that it didn't result in an accident. I held the gearshift in drive with my right hand and steered with my left until I was able to turn off of the street into a parking lot. I could not put the car in park. I pressed the park button and nothing happened. I turned the car off, waited a minute and started it again. I could shift into reverse, but it continued to pop back into neutral when in drive. I had to drive home holding the gearshift in drive with one hand.

While I was driving, the car suddenly made a very loud sound, that did not go away. Along with that, the lights on the dash lit up, the brake light, the red hazard exclamation triangle light, the abs and vsc light. It felt the brakes were not working and I would need to press it down hard for it to slow down. This has happened three times! and each time I took it in to Toyota, their diagnostic tests showed nothing. They think it could be the battery but they did not suggest changing it. The three episodes that happened, luckily no injuries or crashes. But it is very concerning as I feel this will happen again and they have not figured out what the problem is.

While driving uphill on a curved, shoulder-less road, my car spontaneously shifted into neutral, causing it to lose all power as well as power brake. I attempted to physically hold the gear shift in "drive", but this did not bring power back, nor did it change the light on the dash from "neutral". At first the car would shift into reverse, and I was able to back into a wider part of the road. It then stopped shifting into any gear. I ended up having the car towed home in neutral, with poor (non-power) braking. I've since done a google search and see that this is a recurrent problem with 200-something Priuses, based on consumer affairs, Toyota nation, Prius online, and car problem zoo.

This is the resolution to an earlier complaint I filed. My NHTSA complaint confirmation number (odi number) 10644563. There didn't appear to be a way to amend that filing. To recap. All the emergency lights came on and my Prius lost all power while I was driving. It came to a halt. It would not restart. My passengers eventually exited the car and I remained in the car with the flashers and depressed the brakes to further alert oncoming drivers. I was towed home and the next day to a dealer. They performed a warranty service for the sensor crank (code poa90) which was the subject of a July 18th 2006 "special service campaign with the national highway traffic safety administration" (read: a voluntary recall) of the crankshaft position sensor on some 2001-2002 Toyota echo and Prius models. In the notice to its dealers dave zellers, vice president, product quality and service, warned that this "could cause a crash. " the code # that was on my job ticket didn't match that given to this recall -- p0340 - camshaft position sensor 'a' circuit malfunction. I don't know what accounts for that discrepancy. It was called "an important safety recall. " researching this issue online I've discovered that I am not the only Prius owner to experience this potentially life threatening problem since that initial recall. I was lucky enough that no one was harmed and that the repair was covered under warranty. Others have had to pay hundreds of dollars to fix this problem and it's taken some numerous trips to the dealership. I would suggest that NHTSA explore whether another recall is warranted that would include later models and those outside the current Toyota warranty coverage. Those owners who have paid for their repairs should be notified and reimbursed.

At approximately 65mph a red triangle warning light appeared on the dash panel accompanied by a yellow circle. The parking button was flashing and a pink cartoon car appeared on the display. The car was running fine so I continued till I reached my freeway exit. At the bottom of the exit I had to stop for a red light. The exit is dark and has a sharp curve. Upon stopping the car the transmission locked and the engine shut down. I was unable to start the engine and and the car could not be pushed out of the way due to the transmission lock. Frantically I had to get a flashlight and wave off oncoming traffic. It was very dangerous. After a few minutes I retried the engine and it started allowing me to get off the ramp and get home. The warning lights stayed on. I took the car to the dealer the next day and after they tested everything they said that there was nothing wrong. Next time I might not be so lucky.

Traction control function cannot be deactivated on the 2007 Prius and should be considered a hazardous function. In slippery conditions while making turns from a full stop (if somewhat aggressive acceleration is applied) the traction control is activated and the power (acceleration) goes to zero. It's the equivalent of releasing the accelerator (accelerator is unresponsive). The vehicle is coasting into traffic and can take up to 2 seconds to regain acceleration capability.

Vehicle will not stay in drive, especially after sitting in the hot sun for several hours. . Read more...

Transaxle failure resulting in repair bill of $4948. Please see details under fuel/propulsion system category as I didn't select the proper "affected part" classification when I made the complaint. Odi # 10616528. While doing research today I found a similar complaint made 4/27/14 id # 10586065.

Master warning light came on along with vehicle stability control, brake & check engine lights. Took it to my Toyota dealer (rice Toyota, greensboro, nc). I work 79 miles from home. I called my Toyota dealer, a service rep said it was ok to drive as long as the warning lights weren't flashing. Diagnostic codes indicated the hybrid converter/inverter was bad, they cleared warning lights, which stayed off. They said it may have been a "glitch", if warning lights returned, bring it back. They returned on 3/1/13 while driving to work. I lost power while on I-540, pulled over onto shoulder, turned off engine, restarted it, got back onto I-540 & exited at nearest exit. Lost power again. Pulled over, went thru stop/start process, drove 3 miles to work. Drove home with warning lights but no power losses. Took it to rice Toyota next morning. This occurred barely 2 weeks after the 100,000 mile powertrain warranty expired, galling to say the least, as this part "is" the hybrid system per the service rep. Have you received other complaints about this component?.

Tl- the contact owns a 2007 Toyota Prius. The contact stated that she put the vehicle in the park position and exited the vehicle. When she returned to the vehicle she found that the vehicle had independently came out of the park position and rolled across the street and crashed into a pole with her handicapped daughter inside. No air bags deployed. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnosis but no remedy was found. The contact stated she would have the vehicle taken to a dealer. The manufacturer had not been notified. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure and current mileage was 86,000. Dt.

I was driving on I-10 westbound when the red triangle light came on. I pulled over and read the booklet which said to get immediate help. I drove it about 5 miles and pulled into west covina Toyota. They performed health check code poa2b and c23128. Something with the transmission control or assembly. After 4 days they could not tell me what needed to be done, so I had it towed to an independent and paid $2800 for a rebuilt transmission. I was without my car for 5 weeks! I believe that Toyota should have been able to correctly diagnose this and it probably is related to other complaints of either power train or electric or dashboard lights.

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Prius. The contact stated that the gear shifter failed. As a result, whenever he attempted to shift into reverse the vehicle would shift into neutral independently. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 75,000.

The Prius will shift itself out of drive and into neutral when the car has been sitting in the hot sun and the interior heats up. This has happened at least 10 times over the past couple of years. I have to manually hold the gear shift into drive in order to drive the car. I drove it to the dealer and showed them the problem and they had no idea why it did that and said they had never heard of this problem before. After the car cools down it resumes normal function. I have had to learn to leave the windows partially opened during the summer in order to avoid this problem. If the service personnel at the dealer do not know how to fix this problem, who does?.

When I bought my new Prius in 2007 I knew there was something strange. Everytime I went down this big hill near my house the car would shoot forward a bit and it would be hard to brake. I called my dealer and they told me it was an advanced safty feature. The more I drove the car the worse it got. I would avoid routes with hills in the rain. In 2009 when I had my 2nd child I decided to get rid of the car because the problem was getting worse. It was as if I was sliding on ice in the middle of the summer.

I have a 2007 Toyota Prius. I turned it off and went in the house. When I came out it had gone into my garage door and damaged the front end and the garage door. Obviously accelerated after being shut down.

I have a 2007 Prius, and every time I go over a bump in the road, my car accelerates,and I get a run away feeling that lasts about 30-45 seconds. In addition, when I am at rest, and the motor is on and my foot in on the brake, the car makes a noise as if the horn is lowly honking. I have described both of these things to my dealership, and they told me that they never heard of this problem before. They said that they checked it out. It still remains.

My near death experience drive my 2007 Toyota Prius on August 30, 2007** **while driving my 2007 Prius behind a 16-wheeler and at an average speed of 60mph, suddenly my Prius' engine & motors roared and the speed surged so strongly that if I didn't ride the brakes, I saw myself ramming into the back of the 16-wheeler in front of me. Also at this time, a Cadillac SUV was following me to close on this georgia secondary-highway#121 whereby I visualize a tragic accident about to occur. After about a half-mile riding the brakes and feeling the pulling torque of those powerful electric motors on the front wheels, I saw my chance to exit ahead where two trash dumpsters appeared. As I stopped the Prius, I notice smoke coming over the hood. So I jump out of the Prius. I saw flames round the front wheel well that soon flamed out. I contacted aaa auto club south and had the Prius towed 45 miles back to the ann taylor Toyota dealership/service center where I originally purchased the 2007 Prius. Five days later, I was notified by the service center that a piece of flexible "carpet mat" suddenly "rigged" enough in order to become wedged onto the accelerator and no additional services required. (invoice#tocs368561 dated 09/05/07) now in disbelief and scared, I had my 2007 Prius re-inspected at precision tune auto care (invoice#165110 dated 09/06/07). This inspected yielded evidence of a previous fire and burned rotors! I contacted by phone Toyota corp customer service and usaa auto insurance. I contacted a legal attorney that advised me that my circumstances required hiring a mechanical engineer to disprove Toyota's assertion or drive the vehicle until the run-a-way acceleration occurs again. As of this date, having been "stonewalled" the past two years, I want to verify that your department has a record of my incident.

I've complained -- with no response or help -- to a Toyota dealer about 2 concerns I have with my 2007 Prius that I've always believed were manufacturer/design defects: 1) the brakes skip when I hit a pothole, especially the one I traverse every weekday turning into my worksite. 2) during hard acceleration early in a drive (the uphill left turn leaving my neighborhood), there is a hesitation for about a second or two -- like the engine is going to stall and die (it hasn't yet. ) when I 'floor it" to move into a hole in traffic, I get full power for a couple of seconds, followed by no power for a second and then a return of power. It's as if I took my foot off the accelerator, only it hasn't moved. My fear is that some time the delay will cause me to get hit and that some time the engine will just die. I've noticed this from when the car was within the first month old (I took delivery 4/30/07). Stevinson Toyota (golden, CO) said they hadn't heard of such complaints. When I took it in about a year ago, they said they couldn't reproduce the problems and did nothing.