Engine Failure Problems of Toyota Prius

Engine failure; driving on roadways, highways the main warning light on dash lights up, followed by sudden engine failure seconds or minutes there after. Toyota professionals have failed to properly diagnose this danger/malfunction, or recommend a proper solution. I have been caught on the interstate in very dangerous areas with total engine loss. This represents a major malfunction and could lead to serious injury, accidents and death nationwide. Please alert others.

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The head gasket in the engine failed at 200k miles and when starting the car in the morning the whole car hook and shuddered. The same problem happened to all my other Prius v models at approximately 200k miles so I think this is a faulty gasket Toyota has used in all its Prius v model cars from 2012 to 2016 years therefore there should be a recall of these cars which Toyota should fix without charge. I spent more than $4000 to fix the problem in each car. I have 21 Prius v cabs at the moment most have already had the head gasket changed and thought I"m done with this problem and Toyota should take the blame for this right now. I spent $30k to buy this car and after 2 years for it to fail on me that's messed up. Even though it's a commercial vehicle that still shouldn't be the problem.

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The head gasket in the engine failed at 120000 miles and when starting the car in the morning the whole car shook and shuddered. The same problem happened to my friends car a 2015 model at 70000 miles so I think this is a faulty gasket Toyota has used in all its Prius v model cars from 2013 to 2016 years therefore there should be a recall of these cars which Toyota should fix without charge. I spent $3985 to fix the problem.

The contact owned a 2006 Toyota Prius. While driving approximately 30 mph, another vehicle suddenly stopped in front of the contact's vehicle. The contact depressed the brake pedal to the floorboard, but the vehicle failed to stop. The contact's vehicle crashed into a road sign. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact coasted to the side of the road and the engine failed. The contact was not injured and a police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a dealer and an insurance lot. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 196,000.

2004 Toyota Prius. Driving at 70 mph on I-57 north. While driving the gasoline engine stopped functioning, triggering several warning lights. I pulled the car off to the side of the highway and managed to exit the highway on battery power. There was a recall in 2005 for a similar condition. My Prius had the recall work performed in October 2005 for the software problem. The Toyota dealer is unable to find any reason for the problem and can not replicate the engine failure. As a result, they will not perform any further investigation or maintenance on the vehicle for this problem. I have a case pending with Toyota customer care, but do not expect any further assistance from them. I am also being charged labor for the dealer to inspect the vehicle. There was no fire or property damage, but if I had not been in the right hand lane, I very well could have been in a serious accident. Suddenly loosing power at highway speeds is unacceptable. If they are unable to remedy the situation, I will be returning the vehicle to them.

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2009 Toyota Prius, engine failure while driving 65 mph on highway. , pulled over momentarily and proceeded. First occurrence. Engine stop running on hwy driving at 55 mph, had to be towed to dealer for repair. Second occurrence.

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On may 4th, 2008, at or around 12:30 pm, I was driving my 2002 Toyota Prius normally. The hybrid system gave me a trouble light prior to leaving an auto parts store parking lot; however, I attributed the warning light to a recently replaced charcoal canister and dismissed the warning light, believing it to be related to the recently replaced part. I left the parking lot and proceeded on to my destination, which was my house, about 2 miles away from the store. Without warning, and safely on a street with little traffic, as I was driving up a slight incline, the engine failed to start. The hybrid system is designed to run primarily on the electric motor driving the wheels and use the internal combustion engine (ice) for added power when the electric motors do not provide enough power. However, in my situation, the car needed more power, and the engine failed to start. I tried multiple times to get the engine to start by cycling the gas pedal, but to no avail - the ice still would not start. I had to pull the car over, shut it off, and restart the car to get the ice running again. Normally I would not be this concerned about this problem, but had this issue occurred in heavy traffic, the car would have been a hazard to the occupants as well as other drivers on the road - the loss of the ice in a critical situation could lead to an automobile accident, especially if ice power is lost at a critical time, such as accelerating onto a busy freeway. Because of this potential safety issue it is my belief that any year or model of the Toyota Prius is unsafe to drive on the road as the ice can be unreliable, which could potentially lead to automobile accidents. I did not take the car to be repaired nor did I attempt to resolve the issue; on may 5th, I traded the Prius in for a different vehicle.

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The contact owns a 2001 Toyota Prius. While driving between 65-70 mph, the vehicle did not respond when the accelerator pedal was depressed. All of the instrument panel indicators illuminated and the engine suddenly stalled. The vehicle coasted to the side of the road and the engine failed to restart. While the gear shifter was placed in park, the vehicle accelerated unexpectedly and crashed into a guardrail. The driver sustained a whiplash and a police report was filed. The vehicle sustained severe damage and was towed to an authorized dealer. The vehicle was repaired for body structure damages. The technician performed diagnostic tests, but was unable to duplicate the failures. The vehicle was taken back to the authorized dealer on five separate occasions for identical failures, but there were no resolutions. The failure mileage was 42,000 and current mileage was 68,000.

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I own a 2004 Toyota Prius purchased on March 2nd 2004. Approximately 4 months after acquiring my vehicle I was merging onto the interstate when I experienced and ice engine failure. All the warning lights came on and I was able to pull to the shoulder of the road using the electric motor. Subsequently I rebooted the car and the engine turned over. The next day I took the Prius to a Toyota dealership. They had the car for six days and apparently performed diagnostics and performed a software fix. Recently, on September 8th 2005 I experienced a 2nd occurrence of the ice engine shutdown. This scenario occurred while pulling up to a red light. Again all the warning lights came on and the engine shut down. I rebooted the car and took it to the dealership for service. The Toyota dealership completed a TSB eg047-04 for recalibrating the engine ecu. Note, I did not receive any prior TSB's from Toyota regarding the engine problem.

Engine failure at approximately 55 mph. Had just come through a toll gate and merging intersection. While accelerating through about 55 mph the dashboard lights all lit up and the engine died. Travelled to a safe location via battery power and called dealer. Car has been towed to Toyota dealer in leesburg, but they can not work on the car until a battery charger is revieved from Toyota. They say there is only one in the 4 state region so it could be a week or so. No explaination by service department on what causes this problem.

I was driving on highway 101 north in a stop-and-go traffic. I noticed that the battery level continued to drop and the gas engine failed to start to recharge the battery. I manage to slide out of the freeway and stopped on the shoulder. I could not shut off the car for about 2 minutes. I was able to restart the car after 5 minutes and the gas engine started. The display showed symbols of "check engine" and "hybrid system warning" and a text message - "problem!". I was able to drive to the destination via a local route.

Master indicator light illuninated, internal combustion engine failed to restart.

1. I was driving around 30 to 40 mph and the gas engine failed suddenly during the course of normal driving, leaving only the electrical engine running. At the same time the engine failed, many lights turned on on the dashboard. 2. I was on a canyon road in the los angeles mountains when it failed, which was a single lane road each way with nowhere to pull off. Luckily, I had just reached on of the crests in the canyon when the engine failed, so with the electrical engine I was able to coast to a side street. Once on the side street, the electrical engine died quickly, probably because of the steep slope upwards of the street. 3. I tried to turn off the car and it wouldn't turn off, so I popped the hood and got out to see if there was an obvious problem. Finding no problem I could see I went back inside the car and held down the power button until the vehicle turned off finally. When the vehicle turned back on, the engine sempt to work normally, and I immediately went to the nearest Toyota dealer. They said they had heard of the problem once or twice before and it requires a software update to the car. I was weary of their proposed solution since it is such a dangerous problem, but that's all they said they could do, so I told them to go ahead.