NHTSA Complaint #10306148 — 2010 TOYOTA PRIUS

I PURCHASED A 2010 TOYOTA PRIUS IN MID-JUNE. I AM WRITING TO REPORT THAT I HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED THE LOSS OF BRAKES WHILE TRAVELING OVER UNEVEN SURFACES THREE SEPARATE TIMES. IT IS QUITE UNNERVING WHEN YOU ARE IN MID-BRAKE AND IT MOMENTARILY STOPS WORKING. I AM A VERY SAFE DRIVER, KEEPING A GOOD DISTANCE BETWEEN MY VEHICLE AND THE CARS AHEAD OF ME; HOWEVER, SOMETIMES YOU DO NEED TO STOP SUDDENLY AND I AM CONCERNED THAT IF THERE IS A POT HOLE BETWEEN ME AND THE CAR, THE PRIUS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STOP IN TIME. THIS PROBLEM HAS NOT RESULTED IN ANY CRASHES BUT I HOPE THAT TOYOTA TAKES THESE COMPLAINTS SERIOUSLY AND DOES EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO FIX THE 2010 VEHICLES MANUFACTURED BEFORE JANUARY 2010. ON THAT NOTE, I WAS EXTREMELY SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT TOYOTA KNEW OF THIS ISSUE AND FIXED IT MID-YEAR BUT DID NOTHING TO NOTIFY THE OWNERS OF THE INITIAL 2010 MODEL OF THEIR FINDINGS OR OFFER A FIX. THAT IS BAD BUSINESS PRACTICE, SOMETHING I DID NOT EXPECT FROM TOYOTA. *JB