NHTSA Complaint #10133843 — 2004 TOYOTA PRIUS

I WAS TRANSITIONING BETWEEN TWO FREEWAYS IN MY 2004 TOYOTA PRIUS AND HAD STARTED BRAKING/DECELERATING FOR A LOOMING TRAFFIC JAM UP AHEAD WHEN THE GAS ENGINE STALLED AND ALL DASH WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON, ALONG WITH THE NAV SYSTEM SCREEN SAYING "PROBLEM" AND A RED CAR ICON. MY SPEED COULD HAVE BEEN ANYWHERE BETWEEN 70MPH AND 35MPH AT THE TIME OF THE STALL. THE ELECTRIC MOTOR WAS STILL FUNCTIONAL, SO I EXITED THE FREEWAY, PARKED THE CAR, POWERED IT OFF, THEN POWERED IT BACK ON. THE RED TRIANGLE OF DEATH WAS STILL LIT ON THE DASH, AS WELL AS THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT, BUT THE GAS ENGINE WAS NOW OPERATING NORMALLY AND WAS RECHARGING THE ALMOST-DEPLETED ELECTRIC DRIVE BATTERY. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME WITHOUT ANY FURTHER INCIDENT. THE NEXT DAY, I TOOK MY CAR INTO TOYOTA OF HUNTINGTON BEACH FOR REPAIR, AND THEY "REPROGRAMMED [THE] ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE". MY SYMPTOMS SEEM RELATED TO THE PE05029 DEFECT INVESTIGATION AND THE NHTSA ODI COMPLAINTS OF OTHER PRIUS DRIVERS. THIS DESPERATELY NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ITEM BECAUSE A SUDDEN DECELERATION TO 40MPH ON A FREELY MOVING FREEWAY WITH OTHER TRAFFIC TRAVELING AT 75MPH COULD BE A VERY DANGEROUS REAR-END COLLISION RISK.