2.9
hardly worth mentioning- Crashes / Fires:
- 0 / 0
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 0 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 49,403 miles
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Sometimes when it is hot my Prius does not accelerate from a stop when the accelerator is pressed for 1 or more seconds; this makes it a death-trap on left turns. Toyota dealers have serviced it 3 times for this complaint with no resolution.
- Scottsdale, AZ, USA
As I left work my indicator showed a full battery all bars in blue. As I was driving down the coast I noticed the battery started to quickly deplete, in approx 8.6 miles my indicator showed 1 blue bar. At that time I was making a left onto the canyon road. I thought this was odd. As I turned left noticed a decrease in acceleration power. Didn't think much of it but about until about 2 miles in I noticed the Prius started losing acceleration power the motor was running and the indicator did not show that it was in ev mode even coasting through the canyon and braking. I had to accelerate to come up a slope through a tunnel I had almost no acceleration power. The car felt like it was hesitating I think by the down hill coast and a few spurts of power surges I was able to make it through the tunnel by the 5th mile I had no power to accelerate luckily there was a road where I could make a right. As I coasted to the intersection I turned right then attempted to pull a uturn on a patch of dirt as I was 3/4 of the through the turn there was zero power the vehicle was on but no power engine cut out. No check engine light whatsoever I got suck in the middle of the 2 lane highway blocking both directions! I put on my hazards and attempted to put the car in neutral it indicated it was in neutral, then I shifted to drive but again no power the car was just making a noise and like a very faint grinding noise. At this point cars were on both lanes trying to head each direction I had to get out and push the car backwards to get 1 tire off the side grade then I was still sideways in the middle of the road. I cycle the car 3 times by putting it in park with parking brake with no luck, or power. It wasn't until 4th try it got some power the engine kicked on and I was able to pull back in the right lane and I was stuck at the corner with my hazards on.
- Azusa, CA, USA
- Bakersfield, CA, USA