NHTSA Complaint #10479809 — 2004 TOYOTA PRIUS

. 10/09/2012 I WENT TO START MY 2004 PRIUS I HIT THE POWER BUTTON AND THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS HAD NOT WORK. YOU DID NOT KNOW THE STATUS OF THE CAR. ACTUATED THE POWER SWITCH AND THE BRAKE PEDDLE NUMEROUS TIMES TO NO AVAIL. I TRIED TO SELECT THE GEAR AND THE CAR WOULD MOVE. BUT DASH BOARD DISPLAY DID NOT LIGHT. THE LIGHTS AND TURN SIGNALS WORK FINE. I DROVE 15 MILES HOME WITH ON DISPLAY. I SELECTED THE PARK BUTTON AND THE CAR PARKED I WENT TO TURN OFF THE POWER BUTTON AND THE CAR WOULD NOT TURN OFF THE WAS IN THE BATTERY MODE. I TRIED TO SHUT IT OFF BY DISCONNECTING THE 12 VOLT BATTERY TO NO AVAIL. I FOUND A FUSE THAT IF I PULLED IT OUT THE CAR WOULD SHUT OFF. I TRIED THE POWER NUMEROUS TIMES AND THE CAR TURN ON AND WITH THE DASHBOARD DISPLAY WORKING. ON THE MORNING OF 10/10/2012 I TRIED GO TO WORK AND WHEN THE POWER AND THE BRAKE ARE PUSHED THE DASH BOARD LIGHTS WOULD NOT LIGHT. THE CAR WOULD MOVE IF SELECTED TO DRIVE NOW THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING BECAUSE THE CAR WAS COLD. I PLACED THE CAR IN PARK AND SELECTED THE POWER BUTTON TO OFF NOW THE ENGINE WILL SHUT OFF. AGAIN I TRIED THE POWER AND THE BRAKE NUMEROUS TIMES TO NO AVAIL. I TRIED THE FUSE TRICK AGAIN IT WORKED THE ENGINE STOPPED. REPLACED THE FUSE AND TRIED THE POWER BUTTON IT WORK AND THE DASH DISPLAY WERE LIGHTED WITH NUMEROUS LIGHTS BECAUSE I SHUT THE DOWN IN UNAPPROVED MODE. TURNED THE POWER SWITCH ON & OFF. NUMEROUS TIMES ALL LIGHT WERE NORMAL EXCEPT THE CHECK ENGINE WAS ON I DROVE TO THE TOYOTA DEALER. I WAS TOLD THAT IS A NORMAL ISSUE THE DASHBOARD DISPLAYS GO BAD. I UNDERSTAND THE DASHBOARD DISPLAY CAN GO BAD. MY ISSUE IS THE SAFETY PROBLEM THAT WHEN THE DISPLAY FAILS THE POWER BUTTON DOES NOT SHUT CAR OFF IN THE BATTERY MODE OR THE ENGINE MODE. THAT'S A BIG ISSUE . *TR