2012 Toyota Prius Steering Problems

“More than once I was driving about 40/45mph, once on a curve, anyhow as I was going through the curve it felt as though the brakes engaged, without me touching them. I understand the safety thing, however at both instances it was not necessary. It caused the car to pull to the left. Almost causing me to loose control.”

“I was driving on my residential street and stepped on the brake to slow down to make a left turn into my driveway. The car failed to slow down or stop, and instead went over the curb, veering to the right and side swiped the left side of my neighbor's car, narrowly missing his garage.the car then side swiped a tree on my left (on property between my and neighbor's property.) the front end of the car crashed into a tree, saving me from rolling about 900 feet to the street below. …”

“I had to return a 2012 Prius I rented from avis corp. The carbon fiber steering wheels on the 2012 Prius vehicles are decomposing in the florida heat and sun. The steering wheel is putting carbon (glass) fibers into people's hands. They make our hands red and itch from the carbon glass fibers poking our hands. You can see the fibers shining in the sunlight at the right angle. You guys need to look into this. Probably need to cover wheels with leather or something. Also, it appears Toyota does not answer their support phones and fixed their support (complaint) web site not to work. …”

“There was a rattling or knocking noise coming from under the dash area of the passenger side whenever driving over bumps at slower speeds on city streets, often felt tramsmitted to the steering wheel. Upon taking it to the Toyota dealer, they found that there was free play in the intermediate steering shaft, which they said, could eventually fail. It had to be replaced.”

“Vehicle is parked outside, and during morning cold start, the vehicle produces a moaning/wooing sound for approx. 50-75 yards with vehicle moving under 25 MPH. The sound is being generated from the front wheel wells. Sound generated is related to vehicle speed. The faster the vehicle moves, the more frequent the sound being produced during the first 50-75 yards. Strange sound is gone after that, and does not return until the next cool/cold start. …”