NHTSA Complaint #10648201 — 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS

THIS IS THE RESOLUTION TO AN EARLIER COMPLAINT I FILED. MY NHTSA COMPLAINT CONFIRMATION NUMBER (ODI NUMBER) IS: 10644563. THERE DIDN'T APPEAR TO BE A WAY TO AMEND THAT FILING. TO RECAP. ALL THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS CAME ON AND MY PRIUS LOST ALL POWER WHILE I WAS DRIVING. IT CAME TO A HALT. IT WOULD NOT RESTART. MY PASSENGERS EVENTUALLY EXITED THE CAR AND I REMAINED IN THE CAR WITH THE FLASHERS AND DEPRESSED THE BRAKES TO FURTHER ALERT ONCOMING DRIVERS. I WAS TOWED HOME AND THE NEXT DAY TO A DEALER. THEY PERFORMED A WARRANTY SERVICE FOR THE SENSOR CRANK (CODE POA90) WHICH WAS THE SUBJECT OF A JULY 18TH 2006 "SPECIAL SERVICE CAMPAIGN WITH THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION" (READ: A VOLUNTARY RECALL) OF THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR ON SOME 2001-2002 TOYOTA ECHO AND PRIUS MODELS. IN THE NOTICE TO ITS DEALERS [XXX] , VICE PRESIDENT, PRODUCT QUALITY AND SERVICE, WARNED THAT THIS "COULD CAUSE A CRASH." THE CODE # THAT WAS ON MY JOB TICKET DIDN'T MATCH THAT GIVEN TO THIS RECALL -- P0340 - CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR 'A' CIRCUIT MALFUNCTION. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ACCOUNTS FOR THAT DISCREPANCY. IT WAS CALLED "AN IMPORTANT SAFETY RECALL." RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE ONLINE I'VE DISCOVERED THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY PRIUS OWNER TO EXPERIENCE THIS POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING PROBLEM SINCE THAT INITIAL RECALL. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH THAT NO ONE WAS HARMED AND THAT THE REPAIR WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. OTHERS HAVE HAD TO PAY HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM AND IT'S TAKEN SOME NUMEROUS TRIPS TO THE DEALERSHIP. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT NHTSA EXPLORE WHETHER ANOTHER RECALL IS WARRANTED THAT WOULD INCLUDE LATER MODELS AND THOSE OUTSIDE THE CURRENT TOYOTA WARRANTY COVERAGE. THOSE OWNERS WHO HAVE PAID FOR THEIR REPAIRS SHOULD BE NOTIFIED AND REIMBURSED. *TR