2005 Toyota Prius Body and structure Problems

“I was pressing the brake, but instead of stopping my Prius accelerated,and jerked under the stopped vehicle in front of me.the brakes acted like accelerated pedal. Prius occasionally had the accelerating jerks without pedal input, but after fixing all the recalls, I thought the car is fine. But this time, it was not a jerk, it was a full leap, that destroyed the whole front of the car. It was towed from the accident and it is beyond the repair. I had it only for 9 months.”

“Car started skidding on the road, couldn't take control because car started to speed up and then rammed into the concrete barrier, spun around and ended up facing oncoming traffic. Luckily, there wasn't any car right behind me and I managed to push open the driver's side door although it wouldn't open completely and opened just enough for me to squeeze through and ran out of the car. At no time did the airbag open up at all. I was lucky that I sustained no major injury except for a badly knocking my left knee on the dash. My question to Toyota would be why the airbad didn't open! …”

“On two separate occasions( 1st in july, 2nd in october) after heavy rain, leakage into the engine compartment of my 2005 Prius resulted in fowling of spark plugs and coils. The moisture damage created misfiring and stalling while in traffic. Toyota supposedly repaired the leak caused by a seal issue in the cowl after the first incident in july but had to followup with a second repair in october- resealing the cowl. I am not concerned that the problem is completely resolved and I am trying to get accurate information from Toyota, unfortunately they have not been forthcoming.”

“1) daily use of the liftgate. 2) intermittant failure of shock system. The liftgate came down on my head after I had opened the liftgate and reached inside to obtain groceries. 3)my car was still under the 36,000 mile warranty. The dealer said they would not replace the shocks unless there was complete failure. I contacted Toyota corporate only to be redirected to the dealer. Where after they discussed the issue they finally decided to replace the shocks without admitting that the part failed. The shocks will be replaced 9/13/2007.”

“I was involved in a low-speed accident in which the brakes in my car (2005 Toyota Prius) did not slow or stop the car and caused me to run into the back of another vehicle. No one was injured, the airbags did not deploy and there was no damage to the vehicle my car collided with. The exterior damage to my car was estimated approximately $6700. Soon after, I was notified by the insurance company that my car was totaled due to damage sustained to the hybrid system. I requested that the event data recorder be downloaded to determine if there had been a failure in the brake system. …”