NHTSA Complaint #11300762 — 2010 TOYOTA PRIUS

WHILE DRIVING BACK FROM RUNNING ERRANDS MY CAR'S LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD STARTED TO COME ON AND NOISES STARTED TO START HAPPENING. I WAS LUCKY I WAS ONLY A FEW STREETS AWAY FROM MY HOUSE SO I DECIDED TO DRIVE BACK HOME. THE BREAK WAS REALLY HARD TO PRESS. THE BRAKE FELT LIKE IT WAS A ROCK AND HARD TO PRESS. I DROVE WITH MY HAZARDS ON UNSURE OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING. THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG AND THE CAR STARTED TO BEEP AND I WAS WORRIED THE CAR MIGHT FAIL TO BRAKE SO I STARTED TO DRIVE VERY SLOWLY. THE BRAKES WERE SO HARD TO PRESS. I TOOK MY CAR TO TOYOTA THE NEXT DAY AND THEY SAID THERE WAS A DEFECT WITH MY BRAKES. THEY HAD THE VEHICLE FOR A FEW DAYS AND RETURNED TO ME SAYING IT WAS FIXED. NEEDLESS TO SAY THIS WAS A VERY SCARY SITUATION TO BE IN. I DRIVE A LOT. IF I HAD BEEN FURTHER AWAY FROM MY HOME THIS WOULD HAVE PUT ME IN A VERY DANGEROUS POSITION. I COULD'VE BEEN STRANDED OR DROVE ON THE FREEWAY IN THIS CONDITION UNSURE OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING. MY CAR COULD'VE STOPPED BRAKING, I COULD'VE GOTTEN INTO A BIG ACCIDENT AND INJURED OTHER DRIVERS AROUND ME. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED NOW AND SAVE OTHER DRIVERS! IN CALIFORNIA PEOPLE DRIVE UP TO 80 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY-IF WE ARE BEHIND A CAR AND THE BRAKES MALFUNCTION YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE DRIVER AND ANYONE INVOLVED! WHEN I HEARD TOYOTA WAS NOT RECALLING THIS ON ALL PRIUS'S THAT MIGHT BE AFFECTED IT REALLY SCARED ME. THIS IS UNSAFE.