NHTSA Complaint #11020650 — 2011 TOYOTA PRIUS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 TOYOTA PRIUS. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE CONTACT HAD TO ADD FOUR QUARTS OF OIL WITHIN 10,000 MILES OF DRIVING. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE CONTACT HAD TO ADD THREE AND A HALF QUARTS OF OIL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE OIL PRESSURE INDICATOR FAILED TO OPERATE AND WARN HIM THAT THE OIL WAS LOW. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THEY HAD NOT RECEIVED MANY COMPLAINTS AND THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.