NHTSA Complaint #11672181 — 2010 TOYOTA PRIUS

A few weeks ago, while waiting at a traffic light, the brake warning lights (ABS, Emergency brake, Traction control) lights on my 2013 Prius lit up and the brake pedal suddenly becomes much less responsive. I drove carefully back home, and researched online what the problem could be. To my surprise, this seems to be a known problem to Toyota, who had issued a campaign in the past to address this problem (ABS actuator, pump) and to replace the known faulty parts for free, but only for owners who were experiencing a failure at that time. Now the recall has expired, and owners like me who weren't having a problem at the time are stuck in a situation with cars that have a known, dangerous fault, while Toyota refuses to help with the problem anymore. The approximate cost for replace/repair is over $4000. All owners should have been included in the previous campaign, whether they were experiencing a failure or not, during that time period since Toyota knew that these parts are faulty.