Table 1 shows eight common power train related problems of the 2008 Toyota Prius. The number one most common problem is related to the power train (31 problems). The second most common problem is related to the automatic transmission (seven problems).
In temperatures above 95 degrees the vehicle shifts into neutral while driving, and you need to physically hold the shift lever in drive or reverse to keep it out of neutral. It won't go into park at all unless you restart. Read details...
The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Prius. While parked the contact stated the gear shift would not move from neutral to drive. The failure occurred intermittently. The failure would occur when the gear shift was also in reverse. Read details...
Vehicle was off and in park. Vehicle was started and shifted into drive. In less then 1 second, vehicle slipped out of drive and into neutral as described in the technical service bulletin issued by Toyota (t-sb-0142-11). Read details...