NHTSA Complaint #10148042 — 2005 TOYOTA PRIUS

I TOOK MY PRIUS IN FOR RECALL, NOTED IN PE05029, ON OR ABOUT DECEMBER 9, 2005. I HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THE PRIUS BEFORE THE RECALL BUT DID THE RECALL BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS OTHERS WERE HAVING. I HAD 25,000 MILES WITH NO PROBLEMS BEFORE I TOOK THE CAR TO TOYOTA TO DO THE RECALL. SINCE THEN ON TWO OCCASIONS, ON OR ABOUT JANUARY 14, 2006 AND ON OR ABOUT JANUARY 16, 2006, I HAVE HAD THE ENGINE START TO REV UP WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. I DRIVE USING ONLY ONE FOOT SO THE GAS PEDAL DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING. THE ENGINE SEEMED TO REV TO ABOUT 2000 RPMS. THIS IS AN ESTIMATE ON MY OWN PART FROM THE SOUND AND NOT A MEASUREMENT. ON THE FIRST OCCASION I TURNED OFF THE CLIMATE CONTROL AS I WAS PROCEEDING TO SHUT DOWN THE CAR AND THE ENGINE RETURNED TO NORMAL IDLE AND THEN TURNED OFF AS IT NORMALLY WOULD AT A STOP LIGHT. I LEFT THE CLIMATE CONTROL OFF AND CONTINUED TO DRIVE WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND HAD NO MORE PROBLEMS THAT DAY. ON THE SECOND OCCASION I EASED UP SLIGHTLY ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO SEE IF THE ENGINE WAS ACTUALLY PROPELLING THE CAR FORWARD AND THE CAR MOVED FORWARD BUT NO STRONGER THAN IT NORMALLY DOES WITH THE ELECTRIC MOTOR. SO, THE ENGINE ALTHOUGH REVVING UP SEEMED TO BE DISCONNECTED FROM THE DRIVE TRAIN. I BELIEVE I NOTICED ON BOTH OCCASIONS THAT THE BATTERY WAS FULLY CHARGES WITH NO WHITE SPACE AT THE TOP AS USUAL. PROBABLY BECAUSE THE ENGINE RUNS MORE ANYWAY SINCE THE RECALL AS CAN BE NOTED BY THE LOSS IN FUEL ECONOMY. I REPORTED IT TO THE DEALERS SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE THAT I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR RECALL AND WAS TOLD THAT UNLESS IT WAS A REPEATABLE PROBLEM THEY PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FIND ANYTHING. I REQUESTED THAT HE REPORT IT TO TOYOTA ANYWAY. *NM