NHTSA Complaint #11155825 — 2017 TOYOTA PRIUS

CAR WAS ON 2 LANE BLACKTOP IN 40 MPH ZONE DRIVING APX 35 MPH, A FEMALE, RESPONSIBLE OWNER/DRIVER AGE 79 WAS DRIVING WHEN SUDDENLY,WITHOUT ANY WARNING,COMES TO NEAR HALT IN ROAD AND PULLS/HARD TO RIGHT HAND SIDE OF SHOULDER OFF THE ROAD. DRIVER HAD NO CONTROL OVER DIRECTION OR SPEED BEFORE FINALLY ABLE TO STOP CAR ON TOP OF DITCH. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO GET CAR TO STALL/STOP ENGINE BEFORE REACHING DITCH AND POSSIBLY A TURNOVER. DRIVER HAD NEVER BEEN SO FEARFUL IN HER LIFE,HAD SHE BEEN UNABLE TO STOP CAR IT WOULD HAVE DRIVEN HER OVER.REPORTED SITUATION TO LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AND THEY STATED THEY COULD NOT;T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH CAR SENDING DRIVER BACK OUT ON ROAD WITH CAR, THIS IS VERY SERIOUS SITUATION. THANKFUL SHE WAS ON SMALL COUNTRY IOAD AND NOT ON BUSY HWY OR THIS CAR WOULD HAVE "PULLED/LEAD" HER INTO OTHER TRAFFIC, OR WORSE, A SIDEWALK FULL OF PEOPLE AND OR CHILDREN. SHE HAD NO CONTROL OF CAR FOR WHAT SEEMED LIKE A FULL MINUTE OR MORE