NHTSA Complaint #10569363 — 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN THE CAR IS SHIFTED INTO REVERSE IT WILL START FOR A MOMENT THEN GO INTO NEUTRAL. WHEN THIS OCCURS IT WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO PUT THE CAR INTO PARK AND ONLY IF THE GEAR SHIFT IS HELD IN REVERSE OR CONSTANTLY SHIFTED INTO REVERSE WILL IT ALLOW YOU TO DO SO. IT WILL THEN ONLY GO INTO PARK WHEN YOU TURN OFF THE CAR. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE AND FOUND IT OCCURRING IN MANY PRIUSES OF VARYING YEARS AND ALSO OCCURS SHIFTING INTO DRIVE, AND CAN OCCUR WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION AT HIGH SPEEDS. I HAVE FOUND THIS TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN FROM TOYOTA THAT SEEMS TO BE REFERRING TO THIS ISSUE. HOWEVER IT IS ONLY COVERED BY THEM IF THE CAR IS UNDER 3 YEARS OR 36K MILES. THE ISSUE DIDN'T EVEN BEGIN FOR ME UNTIL THE CAR WAS 7 YEARS OLD. IT SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM. I AM UNABLE TO ATTACH THE FILE SO BELOW IS A LINK TO THE SITE THAT HAS THE ATTACHMENT. HTTP://PRIUSCHAT.COM/THREADS/SHIFTER-SLIPS-INTO-N-REPLACE-SHIFTER-T-SB-0142-11.98016/. *TR