NHTSA Complaint #10130748 — 2004 TOYOTA PRIUS

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number	10130748
Vehicle	2004 TOYOTA PRIUS
Component	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
Date of Incident	June 11, 2005
Date Filed	August 1, 2005
Mileage	29,000 miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	Yes
State	PA

Consumer Description

DRIVING DOWNHILL ~50 MPH WHEN ALL WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. CAR WOULDN'T ACCELERATE. GAS ENGINE WOULD NOT START AND BATTERY CHARGE WAS DROPPING FAST. LIMPED ~1 MILE HOME AT 25 MPH. TURNED OFF CAR, TOO LATE TO CALL TOYOTA THAT NIGHT. TURNED CAR ON AND GAS ENGINE STARTED RIGHT UP. ALL WARNING LIGHTS STILL ON, AND MAIN BATTERY NEARLY DRAINED. SLOWLY DROVE AROUND ON LOCAL STREETS, BATTERY CHARGED. PARKED AND TURNED OFF CAR. LATER IN DAY, TURNED ON CAR, ALL WARNING LIGHTS WERE OFF. TOOK IT TO DEALER WHEN WE GOT HOME. DEALER CLAIMED COMPUTER HAD NO RECORD OF THE PROBLEM. PRIOR TO THIS EVENT, TOYOTA HAD UPGRADED THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE ON THIS CAR AS DESCRIBED IN HV ECU SOFTWARE UPDATE 00204. WE WERE TOLD THIS FIXED THE STALLING PROBLEM, BUT OBVIOUSLY DOES NOT. JB

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