2012 Toyota Prius V Engine Problems

“After the latest hybrid software upgrade on my car we noticed that the gas mileage dropped by 10%. Then as we were driving in heavy traffic on a two lanes four different warning lights came on two which were for the braking system and two others for the hybrid system. Took the car to the Toyota shop and they found the hybrid batters needed to be replaced at 63,000 miles.”

“My Toyota Prius V only has 121,153 miles on it and during a short drive to work where we never reached speeds over 50mphs our Prius V overheated causing a blown head gasket and all sorts of combustion issues. The repairs were $3000. This is a 2nd family car which has always been maintained by expert, license auto mechanics. This should never happen on a car with such low milage! I have learned that this is a common issues with this Toyota prius model and Toyota should file a recall and fix the overheating issues.”

“Approximately 2 months ago I started having problems when starting the car in the mornings or after the vehicle sat for a while. When starting the vehicle it would shake and run rough but would run good after it warmed up. I took it to my local Toyota dealer and a manifold and a sensor was ordered by the dealer. The next day I went back to the dealer to have the parts installed. I sat in the waiting area for over 2 hours only to be told it was not the manifold and sensor. After a scope was used to diagnose the problem. …”

“Car stalled on highway. Was just merging onto highway, the car stalled and died. Was able to very, very slowly pull off to the side of the road . This was a few months after the software update for the inverter. Could have been a catastrophic accident!!! Got towed to a Toyota dealer. They replaced the inverter and parts with an updated one and software too. There was no charge to me. However, I believe the 2012 inverter was inferior and all these models should be updated with new inverters. This is an accident waiting to happen!”

“The engine went stalled in the middle of the highway. Lucky enough, I was able to stop the car safely without any collusion. Brought the vehicle to a mechanic and diagnosed with excessive consumption of engine oil. The engine had catastrophic damage and needed a replacement. I spoke to piercey Toyota service director ken johnson and he stated there is no active recall for the vehicle and do not believe it is the vehicle issue. I do not believe that is the case, further investigation is needed to prevent other same model drivers from a deadly engine stalling crash.”