NHTSA Complaint #10304711 — 2010 TOYOTA PRIUS

WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL INSTANCES OF BRAKE MALFUNCTION IN OUR 2010 PRIUS. WHEN BACKING OUT OF OUR GARAGE, ON 3 OCCASIONS, WHEN MY FOOT WAS JUST RESTING GENTLY OVER THE BRAKE, IT FELT AS THOUGH I WAS STOMPING ON THE BRAKE. IT DID THIS 4-5 TIMES WHERE IT LURCHED TO A STOP WHEN I WASN'T APPLYING IT BUT JUST RESTING MY FOOT ON IT AS I BACKED UP. I HAD AN INCIDENT WHERE I WAS ENTERING A CAR WASH AND WHEN I WENT OVER A BUMP INTO THE CAR WASH STALL, THE CAR LURCHED UNCONTROLLABLY FORWARD. I TRIED TO PUT THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL AND IT WOULDN'T STAY IN NEUTRAL BUT KEPT POPPING BACK INTO DRIVE AN LURCHING FORWARD.. ALSO, WE HAVE 3 INCIDENTS IN INCLEMENT WEATHER WHERE THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES DID NOT WORK AT ALL OR DID NOT WORK CORRECTLY. ON A SNOWY DAY, I SLID RIGHT THROUGH AN INTERSECTION AND THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES DID NOT KICK IN NOR DID THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE INDICATOR LIGHT COME ON. MY HUSBAND HAD AN INCIDENT WHERE IF FELT AS THOUGH THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FUNCTIONED ONLY ON ONE SIDE OF THE CAR, PROPELLING HIM STRAIGHT SIDEWAYS UPON BRAKING. WE FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL OF PRIUS THAT POSES A SIGNIFICANT RISK TO OUR SAFETY. *TR