Body problems of the 2017 Toyota Prius

Standing at a red light and someone rear ended.

The rear quarter panel is peeling off.

We were stopped at a traffic signal going north. When the light turned green, the car in front of us started to go and all of the sudden, our car went into rapid acceleration. We could not stop the car. It crashed into the car in front of us. We tried jamming on the breaks and turning off the ignition, but could not get control. Because we were heading uphill, the car finally came to a stop. We were on a city street at a stop signal.

Takata recall possibly. Wet pavement, traffic slowed on interstate to about 45 mph, tailgating small pickup hit my rear crumple zone, shoved me into a small SUV that crushed my front crumple zone. Airbags did not deploy. Neither my wife (front seat passenger) nor I felt any discomfort, but a few days later she complained about pain in her waist area. She was later determined to have a fractured pelvis and a jostled left hip joint.

Windshield cracks from impact with small rocks. In the past week, my windshield was impacted twice by small rocks. Both times the windshield was damaged. Both times I was driving approximately 50 miles per hour on a highway. The windhield is the problem. I realize a rock might damage a windshield but the glass in my Prius is much more susceptible to damage than is acceptable. Luckily I got both cracks repaired before the damage could spread and cause safety issues. (I bought my Prius three months ago; it has 5,000 miles. ).

Car has loud continuous creaking/squeaking noise from left rear of the car. Sounds like it is coming from the suspension or body flexing when driving. It occurs when turning and reversing out of parking spaces. Also happens when car is going uphill and downhill and on winding roads. Driver seat also squeaks when in a certain position. Squeaking/creaking from rear left side of the car can be dangerous if coming from the wheel area or suspension.

The windshield of our 2017 Prius prime sustained damage while traveling on a highway. The stone was pea sized and should not have cracked the windshield at the speed of 50mph.

Defect in molding around window frames that allow air to pass with windows rolled up.

We purchased a 2017 Toyota Prius on January 29th 2017 and on March 22nd 2017 the car caught on fire out of no where. The car was parked and off when smoke began to come out from the around the shift changer and the touch screen area. After a few seconds the car was completely on fire.

Toyota Prius v is a station wagon with a hatch in the back. To my surprise when carrying anything that sticks out the back, there is no way or tying down the hatch. There is no means of keeping the hatch down as far as possible so exhaust fumes, rain, etc. . . Gets into the car. Also with the hatch total open the brake warning light and backup camera point towards the sky and makes the car more dangerous. Some type of method should have been provided by Toyota to secure the back hatch like a "d ring" . This is provided in the3 car to secure luggage in the back but no thought was given to securing the hatch when it needs to be partially open.