general problems of the 2015 Toyota Prius

My mom was involved in an accident in her 2015 Toyota Prius on April 19, 2022, which she advised lurched forward at a stop and when applying the brakes to stop the vehicle, she said was unresponsive, causing her to clip a vehicle and sending her vehicle into a ditch totaling her car and injuring her passenger and her. I would like to have this investigated and hold Toyota responsible. This could have been much worse and lives could have been lost. She is now without means of transportation, and she is now possibly responsible for damages to property and bodily injury because of this. Through my research I have discovered multiple class action lawsuits brought against Toyota for the same exact models. I asked the police officer to run a scan on the computer, but he advised it was only for serious accidents. There was no indication of the problem or messages.

When I looked up my car on kelly blue book for pricing, it said that it has been recalled as of 2020. I was not aware of this at all and could have got into a serious accident. I recently purchased a 2015 Toyota Prius hybrid in February and not even my saleswoman told me that it has been recalled. It has a sleuth of issues that came with it.

September 18, 2020, driving on quiet residential street, instrument panel lit up with message "hybrid system failure. Pull over immediately". Before we could find a spot at the side of the road the engine shut off and wouldn't turn back on, blocking traffic. Vehicle towed to local Toyota dealer. Engine turned on at dealership. Dealer ran diagnostic tests and said nothing was wrong with car. Sent us home saying car was fine. November 24, 2020 received notice from Toyota about customer support program for failure of "intelligent power module (ipm) located inside the inverter assembly of the hybrid system". Condition described as "hybrid system warning" showing on instrument panel and vehicle going into "fail-safe driving mode". Called phone number on the notice and was told the problem we had with the car was the condition described in notice, but nothing could be done until it fails again and the diagnostic tests are positive. If they know this is a safety problem, and it already happened once in our car, they should replace the faulty parts, not wait for us to get into a wreck on the freeway.

Started hearing grinding and screeching noises from underneath the hood after a 125 mile drive to san francisco. The following day vehical started but grinding noise persisted while vehical was parked idling. Dorve to the stoe and on the way back home the car stalled on the highway. Could not get it to turn back on so I pushed it off the highway. Error message on dash mentioned something about an error with the hybrid system.

105k milage. Driving on highway at about 45mph and car suddenly jerk and slowed to about 10/15mph. Lost electric power, able to only continue driving on gas 10/15mph. Toyota had to replace the following which they indicate was not under warrently which cost $2642. Transister kit, powe plue kit, inverter d grease super long life cool gasket.

The Prius was stationary, parked in the driveway of our house. My teenage daughter was in the car washing the windshield and windows on the inside and accidentally bumped the gearbox (shifter). The car went out of park and into neutral and rolled backward. The engine was not on. The car quickly rolled 20 feet into a tree and caused 6200$ damages to the rear of the car. Luckily no one was behind the car. I believe that the Prius can be accidentally placed in neutral if electrical is on in the car (ie radio) and someone has their foot on the brake and hits the gearbox by accident. There is no safety on the shifter to prevent unintentional shifting. Many other cars require a manual button on the shifter to be depressed prior to shifting. This is not the case on the Prius. Without that safety feature, accidents like this one can happen and potentially kill someone. The car can be made to be in neutral by accident rather easily.

I entered my parked, stationary Prius, pressed my right foot on the brake pedal, disengaged the parking brake and pressed the on/off button to turn the car on. My foot remained on the brake pedal. The engine immediately raced and the car began to accelerate at high speed. I stomped on the brake pedal and the car kept moving. The sound of the engine was loud enough that people in nearby houses heard it. My car would not slow with my efforts to brake. I tried to shift into neutral and park but the car did not slow down. It raced across the street and plowed directly into a neighbor's stone wall. My car became wedged between the wall and a large tree. I had to exit the vehicle from the passenger side as the driver's door was pressed against the tree. After the collision, interior lights were non-functioning even when the door was propped open. The car would have crashed through the house if it had not been stopped by the wall and tree.

Vehicle jerked violently and had loss of power on highway at speed of 65mph going straight. Toyota evaluated and determined the inverter was burnt due to overheating causing hybrid system to fail. Toyota stated was not covered by VIN for existing recall.

The contact owned a 2015 Toyota Prius v hybrid. While the vehicle was stationary, the contact shifted into reverse and the vehicle accelerated rapidly between 5-10 mph. The speed increased to 20 mph and the vehicle crashed into a fence. The contact applied significant pressure to the brake pedal during the failure, but the vehicle did not stop. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed. The contact sustained minor soreness from the impact of the crash, which did not require medical attention. The vehicle was towed to a repair shop and deemed destroyed. Steve landers Toyota (10825 colonel glenn road, little rock, arkansas 72204) was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approxiately 59,100. The VIN was not available.

My car 2015 Toyota Prius 2 I was at traffic light I put the gear shift on p postion when I move gear shift to d but it jumped to n by it self it cant to go even to p I tried turn off the car I wait few second I try again I get the same problem the gear shift jumped to postion n the police man come and I called my state farm roadside assistant to tow the car the police man try to help me and after about 10 or 15 minutes the car back to normal so I drive to my home but I wasn't feel safe actully.

The contact owns a 2015 Toyota Prius. While at a stop and attempting to accelerate, the vehicle accelerated backwards. The contact was able to brake and regain control of the vehicle. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 22,267.

The contact owns a 2015 Toyota Prius. When the vehicle's gear shifter park position button was activated, the engine was turned on, and the vehicle was unoccupied, it accelerated forward on its own. The vehicle crashed into a rock. The air bags had not deployed. A police report was not filed and there were no injuries sustained. The vehicle was driven home. The approximate failure mileage was 6,459.

Prius v3 lunging backwards 1/21/2016 on Thursday 1/21/2016, I was parked in a big lot and after my appointment, got in the car and turned it on. But rather than pull backwards out of the spot, I decided to first make a call using bluetooth. The call took about 10 minutes. I then hung up, released the emergency brake, and moved the stick shift into reverse with my foot, of course, on the regular brake. As I released that brake, the car lunged hard about 10 feet backward across the parking lot "drive", into where other cars could have been parked but luckily weren't. I automatically and immediately put my foot back on the brake which stopped the car. Needless to say, I was bewildered and scared by what had happened, counting myself very lucky there was no other car parked behind me. I don't know what caused the engine's lunge, I just know that I have driven Toyota Prius cars for the last 15 years, love them, and never had any driving issues. In researching the problem online, I saw that it might have been the car's power train, since similar lunges were described in cars a couple of years ago.

Car was stationary in driveway car would not start and master warning light was on in addition to a warning saying "shift malfunction. When parking, park in flat place and apply parking brake securely" a buzzer was sounding. This indicates a shift control system error. The car would not start. Notified dealer and the car was towed. No error codes were found. The car started for the dealer.