NHTSA Complaint #10478683 — 2010 TOYOTA PRIUS

ON TUESDAY OCTOBER 02, 2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 0510 THE VEHICLE BRAKES WENT OUT AND THE BRAKE, ABS, AND STABILIZATION LIGHTS CAME ON ALONG WITH ALARM. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO TOYOTA DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR - TOLD IT WAS THE MASTER CYLINDER. VEHICLE PICKED UP ON MORNING OF OCTOBER 4, 2012 FROM DEALERSHIP DROVE APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES AND THE EXACT SAME THING OCCURRED. BRAKES, ABS, STABILIZATION ALARMS CAME ON. TOYOTA DEALERSHIP WAS CALLED AND SAID THAT THE VEHICLE SHOULD BE FINE - SYSTEM HAD CLEARED WITH PART REPLACEMENT - "MAYBE IT WAS A BAD PART OR THERE COULD BE AIR IN THE LINES." VEHICLE IS PRESENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP AWAITING INSPECTION. FORTUNATELY, NO ACCIDENTS OR INJURIES OCCURRED ON THESE DATES. HOWEVER BECAUSE OF THE LOSS OF BRAKES AND NEAR ACCIDENTS THIS VEHICLE IS NOW A THREAT TO MY SAFETY. SO FAR I HAVE BEEN LUCKY - I DO NOT WANT TO TAKE A CHANCE WITH THE THIRD BEING THE TIME THAT I AM IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR