Toyota Prius owners have reported 3 problems related to steering tie rod assembly (under the steering category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Toyota Prius based on all problems reported for the Prius.
Inner left tie rod loose, revealed when annual inspection conducted. Toyota has no part number for the inner tie rod (est price $30. 00) so must purchase entire steering assembly (part cost = $1,000; labor about the same).
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I have a Toyota Prius 2005. Purchased in December 2004. Ever since I bought this car, I have noticed there is a acceleration lag while making turn on right or left. I have noticed that there is not continuous acceleration and feels like, car may stop in the middle of the road while making a sudden turn on right or left. I have brought this problems to dealers attention but they never took much interest. I still have this issue with this vehicle. Recently in January of 2010, steering tie rod came off while removing a car from the shopping mall. No break,it completely came off without having any damage to tie rod threads. We were fortunate that it did not happen on the freeway, it would have been a big disaster. I still have a tie rod with me.
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The car's passenger side tie rod was cracked, most likely since the day of manufacturing. The car spun around 180 degrees. The car rolled three times at 75 mph. Wife has memory problems as well as some physical and emotional problems. Toyota said that the car having lost the passengers side tie rod would have remained controllable. I don't believe that and I think Toyota is responsible for the accident.