NHTSA Complaint #10611356 — 2005 TOYOTA PRIUS

WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN ON THE FREEWAY, THE CAR DE-ACCELERATED SUDDENLY AFTER ALL THE LIGHTS LIT UP ON THE DASH BOARD. I COULD NOT MAKE THE CAR GO. I MANAGED TO MANEUVER IT CLOSE TO AN OFFRAMP(DEC 2013). TOWED TO NORTH HOLLYWOOD TOYOTA, PAID OVER $800 TO FIX ITEMS I WAS TOLD WOULD FIX PROBLEM. IT DID NOT!!! 4 MONTHS LATER ON THE FREEWAY AGAIN, SAME THING HAPPENED. I COST OFF RAMP AND HAD THE CAR TOWED TO ANOTHER DEALER.(MARCH-APRIL 1014) LEFT IT FOR A WEEK, THEY SAID IT RUNS, CANT FIND A THING. LESS THAN 2 MONTHS LATER, ON THE FREEWAY AGAIN, SAME THING HAPPENS, I COAST TO THE SIDE DIFFICULTLY. CALLED FOR A TOW TO MY HOUSE 50 MILES AWAY. WHEN I CALLED BOTH DEALERS, THEY REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE RESPONSIBILITY FOR NOT FIXING THE SAME PROBLEM I HAD IN DECEMBER OF 2013 - THIS IS A MASSIVE SAFETY ISSUE THAT TOYOTA SAYS THEY COULDN'T FIX UNTIL I PAID THEM OVER $1200 FOR A BLOCKED FUEL LINE AND TANK.- SAID THEY MIGHT HAVE FOUND THE PROBLEM OVER 5 MONTHS LATER. I THINK THEY SHOULD TAKE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FACT THAT THEY NEVER CAUGHT THE PROBLEM ORIGINALLY IN DECEMBER OF 2013 AND I HAD FEEL UNSAFE AS I WAS STOPPED ON A BUSY SO CAL FREEWAY MORE THAN ONE TIME. IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER TOYOTA BLOGS, PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS ISSUE.- I EVEN WENT TO MAIN TOYOTA OFFICE IN TORRANCE, CA, THEY CANNOT FIND THE DEALERSHIPS IN ERROR, WHICH IS UNBELIEVABLE. WHAT IF I WAS HURT SERIOUSLY ON THOSE FREEWAYS? I HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR RENTALS, TOWS, AND FEAR OF DRIVING ON THE FREEWAYS. FEEL FREE TO CALL ME. *TR