Accelerator Pedal Problems of Toyota Prius - part 2

The acclerator stuck continuously, causing the vehicle to stall and shutdown. Dealer has been unable to duplicate the problem ,and the manufacturer offered no solution.

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The 2001 Toyota Prius has a faulty accelerator pedal and should be covered under the 8-year hybrid system warranty. Not only are there safety issues with this problem (e. G. Sudden loss of acceleration that could cause accidents, incorrect communication between the accelerator and the hybrid system, etc. ) but there is a lack on Toyota's part to admit that the accelerator is a critical component of the hybrid system. When the accelerator fails, it causes the "check hybrid system" light to appear on the dashboard and can make the car dangerously unresponsive (especially on the freeway). The hybrid system is expecting information from the accelerator, and when it doesn't receive it, either the gas engine, or the electric engine, or both engines fail to operate. Even though two Toyota dealers (stevens creek Toyota and capitol Toyota) agree that this is a serious safety issue, both claim that this repair is not covered under the 8-year hybrid system warranty. However, if this accelerator problem is not directly related, then why does the warning light come on when the accelerator sensor fails? also, why did the dealer who performed the $654. 52 repair tell me that the complete accelerator assembly part had just been recently revised by Toyota? (I might add that an independent electrical engineer analyzed the part and concluded that the accelerator has an mtbf of 1500 hours. He concluded that every Prius owner would be subject to this same hazardous problem several times during the lifetime of the car!!) I have substantial evidence from other Prius owners who are experiencing the same problems and would be happy to share this information with your investigation team. In my opinion, these problems are serious enough to merit consideration for either a recall or a revision of Toyota's "hybrid system" warranty policies. I appreciate any assistance you can provide me in this matter and I hope that together we can prevent needless deaths from this unsafe accelerator.

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2001 Toyota Prius. We had a Toyota Prius hybrid gas/electric car the first that came into the USA. The car would reach a certain mileage and the computer which controlled everything in the car would go bad. We would get a few miles from home and the car would not work. It would shut off. We would have to sit for a few minutes and than the car would only go 35 miles an hour or less and we would have to turn around and go home. On one trip to California, when we got to colorado the screen said the go to a service dealer. We had to spend the night in northglenn colorado and went to the dealer . We had to take the car into the dealer so many times. They would replace the computer and all the parts, even the gas tank. The car would also lock you inside and you could not get out. The computer and the electrical system in of this model are all bad. They reach a certain mileage and bad. They were doing all the recalls from our car. They promised us a new Prius signature Toyota in benton harbor mi, and never got it. Finally in 2005 they said they would trade our Prius car for another car corolla, but they charged us $8,000. 00 more. Please help us get our money back. No lawyer will take it since comes from japan. We had tried everything and could get no help. Wrote Toyota and never got them to reply to us. Tried their mediation and they held the papers until the time ran out than sent us a paper saying not valid any more. Help us get our money back. Let people know that Prius cars are bad. Do not buy. The consumer also stated the gas pedal would become stuck at times, which caused the vehicle to increase in speed. Updated 04/27/10 updated 10/29/10.

2008 Toyota Prius. Consumer states problem with vehicle floor mat the consumer took the vehicle to the dealer to comply with the accelerator pedal recall. When the consumer picked up the vehicle, he noticed the drivers floor mat was still missing from where he had placed it in the trunk and that the area had not been vacuumed. The consumer stated the procedures had not been followed as stated in the recall. The consumer didn't believe the floor mat inspection had been done, and only the accelerator pedal was modified.

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