NHTSA Complaint #11233509 — 2008 TOYOTA PRIUS

SON WAS DRIVING CAR ON CITY STREET GOING AROUND 35 MPH, THEN 20 BRAKES WENT OUT COMPLETELY UNTIL PARKED. STARTED WITH A LOUD BEEP NOISE, LIGHTS ON DASH THEN BRAKES NO LONGER WORKED. HE HAD TO PUSH AS HARD AS HE COULD TO TRY AND AT LEAST SLOW CAR DOWN NOT TO HIT CAR IN FRONT OF HIM, PULLED INTO BIKE LANE TO AVOID CRASH AS CAR WOULD NOT STOP. TURNED CAR OFF AND LEFT IN PARKING LOT. I WENT TO GET CAR TO DRIVE HOME AND THEN BRAKES WERE WORKING. HOWEVER SCARED TO LET HIM DRIVE IT IN CASE ISSUES HAPPEN S AGAIN. HAVE NOT TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP YET. THE OTHER ISSUE IS SINCE WE PURCHASE THE CAR BURNS OIL, CAR HAS AROUND 130K MILES AND BEFORE 3000 MILES UP HAVE LESS THEN QUART OF OIL AND NO.LWAKS IN DRIVE WAY THEREFORE FEEL IT MUST BE BURING OIL. ADD OUK AT EACH GASS FILL UP TO AVOID NO OIL.