2014 Toyota Prius V Brakes Problems

“Did an oil change to the car on 9/14/18. Driving to key largo saturday 9/15/18 morning and while driving (almost there) when the ABS, anti skid, system failure lights came on. Took it to the Toyota and the service manager had it scanned for the codes. Came back as brake actuator failure and they told me the car was not safe to drive because the brakes failed. Same exact thing that happened to my 2012 prius which I had to pay to get fixed. …”

“We were in stop and go traffic on the highway for just over a half hour with my two young children in the car. Speeds below 10 miles per hour. At the time of incident, we were traveling between 5-7 MPH. Tried coming to a stop with about 10 feet between our car and a big rig in front. The brakes wouldn't egange. Repeatedly stomped on the brake pedal between 5 to 10 times. Car break would not engage and we rolled into big rig bumper. This gave us a chance to power down the car with the push/start button.”

“I experienced sudden but momentary braking when traveling at high speed (> 50 MPH) while either entering ro exiting hwy. This occurred twice in last two mons. I drove my car to closest dealership the 2nd time this happened (nov. 21, 2105; waldorf md Toyota), who told me they received an email (but no recall) from Toyota corporate about this issue. Dealership could not detect the problem or reproduce it so, as instructed by dealership, I called Toyota corporate nov. 23, 2015 to get case number assigned. At one point, Toyota representative demanded what do you want from Toyota? …”

“Rattle type of noise can hear and feel from driver's side in front suspension area while driving lower speed and when push brake and stop . Most of noise happened when push brake to stop and slowly start driving / moving vehicle again . Thought noise is from suspension but after being full inspection on vehicle , mechanics believe it's noise from hybrid system power inverter . Search recall states on nhsta web and found recall is incomplete . So am planing to bring it and ask at Toyota dealer in culver city ca where I originally purchased vehicle for repair / replace inverter . …”

“Brake light and several other lights suddenly came on. The brakes became spongy. Taken to a repair place close enough for walking for diagnostic work. It showed that the brake booster needs to be replaced. There was a campaign for this problem, so Toyota knows that it is/was a problem. That campaign has apparently ended. This is a very expensive repair on a car that I expected to use the rest of my life. There was no warning by the dealership from which I purchased the car that this was a possible pending problem.”