2013 Toyota Prius V Transmission and drivetrain Problems

“The engine oil runs low between oil changes and no warning lights are displayed. The car was in motion and shaking and jerking occurred. The car was on a city street. I added the appropriate type and weight of oil. It has happened several times since first time but I check it regularly. I know one other Prius V 5 2013 owner who has the same issue.”

“I was driving and pulling out into the road and upon accelerating the car jumped and then suddenly stalled - luckily I was able to move it to the side of the road. After restart the car is running slowly as far as pickup and all the yellow lights are on. It seems this was a recall in oct. 2018 and I think now my inverter is blown or not working. Taking it to the dealership to diagnose.”

“I was leaving work and as I got on to the freeway, I noticed that when I pressed the acceleration, the car would rev and jerk. Didn't think much of it thinking I would make it home. By time I made it to the freeway, my car began to rev loudly and I noticed I was loosing acceleration. Around this time I was going almost 65mph. So I pulled off the freeway and inspected the engine, didn't see anything out of the ordinary so tried to crank it up again. Car crunk, 'ready' light came on and so did electric vehicle mode. …”

“On october 31, my wife and son were in the car approaching a parking space after completing a 360 degree turn into the parking space. Car suddenly accelerated and jumped a 7 high curb blowing out the right front tire and damaging the right rear tire. Car was towed to the team Toyota in glen mills who told me to notify Toyota of the incident. Toyota called me on november 2 and given a complete detailed account of the incident. On november 3, Toyota sent an authorization form to download the edr data which was returned along with diagrams of the incident. …”

“The contact owns a 2013 Toyota Prius V. Whenever the vehicle was placed in park, the vehicle continued to roll. The contact's vehicle crashed into the front fender of another vehicle. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was not filed and there were no injuries. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was not diagnosed, but the structure of the vehicle was repaired. The failure recurred when the brake pedal was depressed, and the vehicle failed to stop. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 20,000.”