Seven problems related to automatic transmission have been reported for the 2008 Toyota Prius. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
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. The contact shut the vehicle off and after several attempts was able to move the gear shift to the desired gear. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 57,700.
The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Prius. The contact stated that he shifted into reverse gear and the vehicle moved forward. He was able to apply the brakes in order to stop the vehicle. The contact stated that the failure occurred approximately ten times but he did not take the vehicle to an authorized dealer. He stated that the failure occurred in a parking lot when the brakes were applied and crashed into another vehicle. No damage was done to either vehicle. The driver sustained a knee injury. He called the dealer and they referred him to the manufacturer. The manufacturer was called but they have not returned his call. The failure had been on going for six months. The failure mileage was 19,000 and the current mileage was 22,300. Updated 10/05/10 updated 10/07/10.
Severe safety concerns with a 2008 Prius are the following: the answers and solutions to the following are necessary before anyone could be considered safe driving this 2008 Prius: 1. Why did our Prius have a power failure on April 13th while driving at 60 mph on a flat stretch of hwy 101 going north at the blithedale exit in mill valley, CA? 2. Why while driving up divisidero around 11:30 or 12 noon on April 25, 2010 did the car begin beeping loudly when going up the hill in pacific heights? 3. Why did it then start making two different beeping sounds? we then pulled over and found that the transmission indicated that it had jumped into reverse even though the car was still going forward. We had not touched the shift lever, both hands were on the wheel. It jumped into reverse by itself. 4. Why , after we then returned the shift to drive, were we able to go further up the hill and the loud beeping started again while the transmission was still in drive? we stopped the car and kept a foot on the brake pedal until help arrived. Aaa came. Aaa drove the car without beeping to a more level part of the street to load it upon a truck and carried the car to the san francisco geary Toyota service center. They have yet [5. 20. 10] to accurately diagnose and correct these problems so it is safe to drive.
After reading about the run a way Prius in san diego Monday, I attempted to put my Prius in neutral. Neutral does not exist or does not work. While accelerating one cannot put the Prius in neutral. This is a concern. I called the dealer and the rep said that Prius' are a breed all there own and pretty much agreed that the neutral did not work. People should know this.
With the motor running, the transmission in park and the emergency brake set, the car lurched forward. The engine was warm at the time. On another occasion with the transmission in reverse and the brake pedal depressed, the car lurched rearward almost striking a pedestrian.
I own a 2008 Toyota Prius. Several months ago I started to experience a problem with the vehicle. When I travel in reverse and then stop to go forward, the vehicle doesn't move when I shift it to forward. When stopped, I have returned the shifter to reverse and it doesn't move. If I turn off the car and place it in drive, it moves. I believe it's a electrical problem because the shifter doesn't have linkage and its electric. It doesn't happen all the time and has occurred on four different occasions. When I brought the car to the dealer for service, nothing was found because it wasn't occurring at the time.
2008 Toyota Prius loses all power when traction control engages.