Toyota Prius owners have reported 1,056 vehicle speed control related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 13 most common vehicle speed control problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's vehicle speed control (694 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's car accelerates on its own (164 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.
The way the accelerator pedal sensor is positioned allows for water infiltration from wet carpet / tracked in snow and water. The component is available for inspection upon request. Once sufficiently saturated the sensor fails, and ceases function during vehicle movement. Read details...
While slowing and pulling into a parking space, in front of the dentist office where my wife had an appointment, the vehicle suddenly accelerated. It jumped the curb, and she steered hard right to avoid the building directly in front OH the parking space. Read details...
Dashboard speedometer, fuel gauge, headlight indicators, transmission status, cruise control do not show, are not lit up. Backup camera does not work nor do the back-up lights. This occured after the auxiliary battery was replaced and the dashboard lights and backup camera will occassionally Read details...
The contact owns a 2010 Toyota Prius. The contact stated while driving 45 mph downhill on a mountain and depressing the accelerator pedal, the pedal travelled down to the floorboard, but the vehicle failed to accelerate as intended. The contact pulled over to the side of the road. Read details...
After speeding up to pass another car on a slight upgrade (2 lane country road), my Prius continued to accelerate. I could not slow the car down to the speed limit using the brake pedal. For about fifteen minutes, I kept trying to slow the car down, looking for a place to pull over where I wouldn't Read details...