Two problems related to carrier/rack have been reported for the 2012 Toyota Prius. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
I live in an apartment complex in illinois, and I do not have a garage. I think that some, if not all, of my tires were stolen overnight while I was sleeping. I do not have a car alarm. I bought 4 new and very inexpensive tires today. The tire theft could have happened in my parking lot, or at an auto-body shop like ntb while I was getting an oil change. I think it was the ntb in dekalb, illinois. I am not 100% sure if this is where it happened. I am not sure when it happened. My tires were so bald, that I almost landed in the ditch. Can you please start a dot tire identification number registration form online via your website? it would be easier to track tires bought by honest and hard-working middle-class americans. Also, are all 4 dot id numbers supposed to be the same if you buy 4 new tires all at once? the dot id number is located on every tire approved by the NHTSA. I would upload pictures of all 4 of my new tires if that was the option. Please help honest people save money and time! mc from illinois.
I was driving on the freeway, about 65 mph, going to work on 06/12/18 at approximately 9:45 am arizona time. All of a sudden I heard a loud bang (explosion) and looked around my car. I noticed in my rear view mirror black glass flying off the roof of my car. There were other cars around me but no trucks or semi's. I cautiously changed lanes until I could pull off the freeway. When I got out of my car I looked at the roof and found that the sunroof of my car was shattered and had dropped into the area below the roof. I could still hear glass cracking and see it falling into the well under the roof area. I had had the inside shield closed so there was no glass on me. I slowly drove to my local Toyota dealership to ask for help. They said that they had never seen this before and that I probably had something hit my roof. I told them that I didn't see anything flying at me and that there were no trucks/semi's around me. Then they told me they couldn't do anything but would help me call my insurance company to file a claim. I did (it took state farm over and hour to figure out where to connect me for a glass claim). I had to take it to a body shop and get an estimate, then get it approved, and get a rental car. Even at the body shop I could still hear the glass cracking. Everyone kept telling me that something must have me but I didn't feel anything when it happened, just the loud bang like an explosion.