2010 Toyota Prius Braking Problems http://www.toyotarecall.org Toyota Recall Service Centers Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:44:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 2010 Toyota Prius Braking Problems http://www.toyotarecall.org/feedback/2010-toyota-prius-braking-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-1595 Erin Salva Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:43:39 +0000 http://www.toyotarecall.org/?page_id=154#comment-1595 DANGER (!) I purchased a 2010 prius in JULY 2009 and experienced the brake fade out cornering once in SEPT> It happened once again in JAN when my husband was driving. Two days after receiving the recall I was approaching a stop sign and hit a small pothole... the brakes gave and then kicked back on just in time to stop me before entering the intersection. There were two cars passing through the intersection at the time of the incident. This was a VERY CLOSE CALL... I now understand the seriousness of this issue and am arranging to get the computer patch ASAP>>>> Consumers need to know HOW DANGEROUS this problem IS>... I had no idea. Also, Is there a guarantee that this will work ??? I have heard from other consumers that there is no fix for a computer issue such as this. DANGER (!) I purchased a 2010 prius in JULY 2009 and experienced the brake fade out cornering once in SEPT> It happened once again in JAN when my husband was driving. Two days after receiving the recall I was approaching a stop sign and hit a small pothole… the brakes gave and then kicked back on just in time to stop me before entering the intersection. There were two cars passing through the intersection at the time of the incident. This was a VERY CLOSE CALL… I now understand the seriousness of this issue and am arranging to get the computer patch ASAP>>>>

Consumers need to know HOW DANGEROUS this problem IS>… I had no idea. Also, Is there a guarantee that this will work ??? I have heard from other consumers that there is no fix for a computer issue such as this.

]]> 2010 Toyota Prius Braking Problems http://www.toyotarecall.org/feedback/2010-toyota-prius-braking-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-1501 maria Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:11:12 +0000 http://www.toyotarecall.org/?page_id=154#comment-1501 Has anyone looked into the possibility of a malfunction of an anti-theft device installed on these cars? Such as the one that slows a car down if a car is stolen and the signal is activated to stop the car. Has anyone looked into the possibility of a malfunction of an anti-theft device installed on these cars? Such as the one that slows a car down if a car is stolen and the signal is activated to stop the car.

]]> 2010 Toyota Prius Braking Problems http://www.toyotarecall.org/feedback/2010-toyota-prius-braking-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-788 Barbara Mirsky Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:28:11 +0000 http://www.toyotarecall.org/?page_id=154#comment-788 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. 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.

]]> 2010 Toyota Prius Braking Problems http://www.toyotarecall.org/feedback/2010-toyota-prius-braking-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-347 Help Desk Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:30:34 +0000 http://www.toyotarecall.org/?page_id=154#comment-347 @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. @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.

]]> 2010 Toyota Prius Braking Problems http://www.toyotarecall.org/feedback/2010-toyota-prius-braking-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Dharmang Purohit Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:19:25 +0000 http://www.toyotarecall.org/?page_id=154#comment-29 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. 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.

]]> 2010 Toyota Prius Braking Problems http://www.toyotarecall.org/feedback/2010-toyota-prius-braking-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Ram Seshadri Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:18:03 +0000 http://www.toyotarecall.org/?page_id=154#comment-11 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 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

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