2013 Toyota Prius Engine Problems

“Attempting to travel in my 2013 Prius five during xmas was driving and approaching a red and while trying to stop pedal went directly to floor and skid light went on and barely avoided what should be an easy stop!! Weather clear felt a drag and no coasting ability... Car has 21,000 miles and is in perfect appearance but far from in peak condition as this car from brand new had issues I got tired waiting for Toyota to fix. …”

“We hare recently started experiencing excessive oil consumption without dash warning. Our car burned 2 quarts of oil in 150 miles with no warning. Toyota has issued an internal service bulletin (t-sb-0169-16) that covers our VIN number, but since we are beyond warranty they made no offer to help (we were not notified while the vehicle was under warranty). Essentially our car was in motion at highway speeds with little or no oil, but no warning that there was no oil. I think we got very lucky that our drive ended before the engine failed.”

“Currently using approximately 1 quart of oil per 2,000 miles. That comes out to 5 quarts per 10,000 mile oil change--which is more than the 4.4 quarts that the car holds. No drips under the car. No clouds of smoke out of the exhaust. The oil usage slowed down, when I tried using castril full synthetic oil--at the suggestion of a neighbor of mine, instead of the Toyota dealer oil and mobil 1. It is a concern, that the exhaust system might be plugging up--due to this oil use issue. I have an extended warranty to 200,000. …”

“Based on the description from the dealer, the piston rod broke and hit the casing and broke the casing causing catastrophic failure, this happened when I was driving the car and was at 40 MPH. As I was driving, I heard a loud bang and suddenly my car started shaking violently and then smoke started coming out from the engine area. I immediately stopped the car and got it towed to the nearest shop for inspection when they found this issue which if I was on a highway could have been disastrous. And could have got into an unfortunate accident. Which could have been fatal..”

“In the middle of driving my car on nov 18 & nov 21st, the engine revs extremely loud followed by the inability to actually drive my car, like its shutting down on me. In a matter of about 5 seconds and it not allowing me to drive or accelerate it returns to normal. It has happened twice this week and thought for sure I would find a recall on this extremely dangerous issue but to no avail. It happened both times on a well traveled two-lane highway. I was driving about 35-40mph. I was fortunate enough no one was directly behind me both times. Incredibly dangerous! Toyota please do a recall asap!”