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This 2010 Prius Braking problem is also on the 2008 Model
Deadly and dangerous.
We have a 2008 Prius which has a couple of dangerous things about it which the dealer says is “the way it’s designed to work”.
1. I believe they are recalling the 2010 Prius for this problem, but the 2008 has it also. The cars braking system completely releases ALL the brakes, so far I’ve just noticed it in the rear wheels, when going around a curve and the wheel hits a bump and looses traction. The traction control light goes on and all the brakes are gone for a short period of time. It feels as if the car is also accelerating during this period of time, but that could just be a result of loosing the braking system.
2. The engine “completely shuts off” when the front wheels spin. In snow on a grade which can easily be driven on with a vehicles slipping from time to time, the Prius motor shuts down when a driving wheel spins and all forward momentum is lost – ie after spin, no engine, power, spin, no engine several times the car comes to a stop in the road. I also can’t get up my neighbors driveway if it rains because of this. If crossing a lane of oncoming traffic from a stop sign and the wheel spins we are in “mortal danger” of being hit.
@All
News reports are saying that the software in the 2010 Prius has to be updated to fix problems with the Anti-lock brakes, but that has not yet been official announced as the fix.
My 2010 toyota prius purchased in Nov 09 also hit a problem during last week when there were heavy rains. Slippery Road, ABS and BRAKE (red in Color) were the signs that all appeared together. Even after the roads were much drier, these signs won’t go away. I took them to dealer and they said that they will have to replace “brake accelerator” which is the heart of braking system. Never imagined that I would run with this problem in a new vehicle.
Hey:
I agree that is Braking problem is occurring in the 2010 Toyota Prius. I was surprised when I first hit a speed bump that is in our neighborhood. The car seemed to lurch forward when I braked slowly ahead of the bump. This is weird in a new car.
RS