NHTSA Complaint #10644187 — 2013 TOYOTA PRIUS V

THERE WAS A LOAD BANG, WHICH I THOUGHT CAME FROM THE TIRES, I REALIZED IT WASN'T THE TIRES BUT SMOKE COMING OUT FROM THE ENGINE. I OPENED THE HOOD OF THE CAR THERE WAS SMOKE AND ODOR COMING FROM THE ENGINE. I THAN WENT BACK TO THE VEHICLE AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND STARTED TO STARTED IT AGAIN. THE SMOKE STOPPED AND I TURNED IT BACK ON, EVERYTHING LOOKED NORMAL SO I STARTED TO DRIVE. AFTER 5 MILES OF DRIVING THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR. I PULLED OVER TO A GAS STATION THINKING IT WAS A LEAK OF WATER. I CHECKED THE EVERYTHING I HAD ENOUGH WATER BUT DECIDE TO BUT MORE ANYWAYS. THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON, I DECIDED TO DRIVE IT HOME SO I CAN DEALER TOMORROW, BUT WHILE DRIVING HOME THE CAR TURNED ITSELF OFF. I COULDN'T STARTED IT BACK ON. *TR