2007 Toyota Prius SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

THE BRAKES ON THE 2007 PRIUS ACT THE SAME AS THE 2010 BRAKES. EVER SINCE I OWNED MY PRIUS IF I HAPPENED TO BRAKE ON UNEVEN SURFACES NO MATTER WHAT THE SPEED THE BRAKES SEEM TO RELEASE AND THEN START BRAKING AGAIN. THE TIME SPAN IS SHORT, MAYBE 1-2 SECONDS, BUT THE TRACTION LIGHT COMES ON FOR EVERY INCIDENT. CALLED THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES AND THEN RECENTLY AFTER HEARING ABOUT THE 2010 BRAKES AND THEIR RESPONSE IS THE SAME, NO INJURY, NO ACCIDENT, NO PROBLEM. I HOPE SOMEONE MAKES THEM FIX THE ENTIRE PRIUS LINE BRAKES, ALL MAKES AND MODELS. THE INCIDENT DATE IS THE FIRST DAY I NOTICED THE PROBLEM. *TW

WHEN GOING OVER A SPEED BUMP OR A BUMPY ROAD, THE BRAKES SEEM TO FAIL MOMENTARILY, OR THE BRAKES FAIL TO RESPOND. *TR

THIS INVOLVES A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS. I HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE WITH THE BRAKES OF THIS VEHICLE AS DESCRIBED WITH THE 2010 TOYOTA PRIUS MODEL. WHEN BRAKING SOMEWHAT FORCEFULLY AND DRIVING OVER A SUDDENLY UNEVEN SURFACE, THE BRAKING CEASES FOR A BRIEF MOMENT. I HAVE REPORTED THIS SEVERAL TIMES TO THE TOYOTA DEALER/SERVICE CENTER. THAT DEALERSHIP/SERVICE CENTER IS TOYOTA OF BRAINTREE, BRAINTREE, MA. EACH TIME, I WAS TOLD THAT THEY (THE DEALERSHIP/SERVICE CENTER) AND THE WIDER TOYOTA ORGANIZATION HAD NO KNOWLEDGE AND THAT IT WAS PROBABLY OPERATOR RELATED. THE LAST TIME I BROUGHT THIS UP WAS SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 2010. I MENTION THIS DATE DATE BELOW AS THE INCIDENT DATE ALTHOUGH I REPORTED THESE OCCURRENCES BEFORE. *CN

BRAKING SYSTEM FAILS TO RESPOND UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES OF WET OR UNEVEN PAVEMENT. TRACTION CONTROL SYMBOL LIGHTS UP ON DASH. THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE NEW. (I FILLED IN AN APPROXIMATE INCIDENT DATE ONLY BECAUSE IT IS A REQUIRED FIELD IN THIS FORM.) *CN

WHILE DRIVING MY 2007 PRIUS ON MANY OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP WHILE I WAS DRIVING OVER ANY UNEVEN ROAD SUCH AS GROOVES AND POTHOLES. BRAKING SYSTEM ONLY BECAME EFFECTIVE AFTER THE SURFACE BECAME MORE REGULAR. THIS HAS OCCURRED MANY TIMES AND I DID NOT REPORT ISSUE TO TOYOTA AS I BELIEVE THIS WAS A NORMAL VEHICLE "BEHAVIOR" GIVEN THE DRIVING CONDITIONS. IN VIEW OF TOYOTA'S POTENTIAL RECALL OF 2010 PRIUS VEHICLES, IT HAS BECOME CLEAR TO ME THAT VEHICLES FROM OTHER YEARS SHOULD ALSO BE EVALUATED. *CN

I FEEL MY 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS HAS A PROBLEM WITH ITS BRAKING SYSTEM AND HAVE TAKEN IT BACK TO THE DEALER. THEY HAVE ASSURED ME THAT THE ABS IS WORKING THE WAY IT SHOULD. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS: WHEN I AM DRIVING ON A ROAD THAT IS BUMPY OR HAS POTHOLES AND I HAVE TO BRAKE, THERE SEEMS TO BE A DISCONNECT OR TOO MUCH OF A LAPSE IN TIME WHEN THE BRAKES FINALLY TAKE. IT IS ESPECIALLY DISCONCERTING WHEN GOING DOWN HILL. I HAVE HAD TIMES WHEN GOING DOWN HILL IF I WASN'T FAR ENOUGH BACK FROM THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME, I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO STOP IN TIME.....NOT A GOOD FEELING. I AM NOW VERY COGNIZANT OF THIS FACT AND HAVE TO DRIVE TO ACCOMMODATE MY BRAKES. I SHOULD ALSO INFORM YOU THAT THE LITTLE YELLOW SLIDING CAR ON MY DASHBOARD LIGHTS UP WHEN ALL OF THIS IS HAPPENING. I'VE HAD THIS CAR FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS NOW AND I MUST SAY THAT IT HAS ALWAYS ACTED THIS WAY WHEN BRAKING. I SHOULD HAVE RETURNED IT TO THE DEALER AS SOON AS I NOTICED IT BUT BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST PRIUS I HAD EVER OWNED, I THOUGHT THIS WAS NORMAL FOR THIS VEHICLE. I AM NOW FEELING LESS AND LESS CONFIDANT ABOUT THIS CAR. WOULD YOU ASK THE TOYOTA COMPANY TO RECALL THE 2007 PRIUS'S AS THEY HAVE THE 2010 PRIUS'S FOR THE SAME PROBLEM? I DO NOT FEEL THIS IS ASKING TOO MUCH OF TOYOTA TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU *TR

2007 PRIUS SEEMS TO LOSE BRAKING MOMENTARILY GOING OVER BUMPS. *TR

2008 PRIUS-BRAKES RELEASE WHEN ROLLING OVER ROUGH SURFACES. THIS HAS HAPPENED DOZENS OF TIMES. I HAVE LEARNED TO START THE BRAKING EARLY IF I SEE ROUGH PAVEMENT, BUT THIS COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT. *TR

2007 PRIUS, ON APPROXIMATELY FOUR OCCASIONS WHEN COMING TO A STOP IT FELT LIKE THE BRAKES SLIPPED OR DISENGAGED MOMENTARILY. *TR

ANTI LOCK BRAKES TAKE A SECOND OR TWO TO GRAB WHEN TRAVELING ON BUMPY, UNEVEN, BAD ROAD SURFACES. THIS HAS OCCURRED SINCE DAY ONE THAT I RECEIVED THE CAR AND I HAVE ALLOWED EXTRA SPACE TO STOP BECAUSE OF IT. I DID ASK MY DEALERSHIP 2 YEARS AGO ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKES. THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT HAPPENED ON 4/29/2010 AND I SLID THROUGH A RED LIGHT. THANK GOD NO ONE WAS AHEAD OF ME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 20 MPH AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKES WHILE TRAVELING OVER A ROAD BUMP WHEN THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY SURGED FORWARD. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS FUNCTIONING NORMAL AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE DID NOT RECEIVE DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 21,000.

I OWN A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS, AND WHEN DECELERATING ON A BUMPY ROAD, I HAVE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS FELT AN UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION WHICH LASTS ONLY FOR A FRACTION OF A SECOND, BUT ITS ENOUGH TO CAUSE ME TO FEEL ALARMED. I HAVE ASKED MY DEALER IF THIS HAS BEEN ADDRESSED BY RECALLS AS HE INFORMED ME IT HAS NOT. *TR

ON 3 OCCASIONS, WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, AND WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD SUDDENLY DROP PART WAY TO THE FLOOR. THE CAR WOULD ROLL EITHER FORWARD OR BACKWARD, DEPENDING ON GRADE, UNTIL I PUT PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. *TR

MY 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS SPORADICALLY LURCHES FORWARD IF I HIT A BUMP OR POTHOLE DURING BRAKING. IT HAS DONE THIS SINCE IT WAS NEW AND THE DEALER HAS ALWAYS TOLD ME SINCE THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT. COULD THIS BE RELATED TO THE CURRENT ISSUES BEING CLAIMED ON THE 2010 MODEL. *TR

MOMENTARY LOSS OF BRAKING POWER AND FEELING OF ACCELERATION. *TR

I OWN A PRIUS 2007 AND HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THE BRAKE PROBLEMS REPORTED IN THE NEWS SINCE BUYING THE CAR USED IN 12/08. SOMETIMES WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES ON UNEVEN SURFACES, A DASHBOARD SLIP INDICATOR LIGHT COMES ON AS THE BRAKES RELEASE/STOP WORKING AND THE CAR FEELS LIKE IT IS SKIDDING FORWARD FOR ABOUT A SECOND. THEN THEY REENGAGE AND THE CAR CAN BE STOPPED. I HAVE NOT BEEN IN A ACCIDENT YET. MY DEALERSHIP HAD TOLD ME THAT IT IS A NORMAL FUNCTION OF THE PRIUS. THIS HAPPEN AGAIN ON 2/2/10 AS I WAS TURNING INTO A PARKING LOT AND WENT OVER THE LIP OF THE ENTRANCE. *TR

2007 TOYOTA PRIUS WITH SAME BRAKE PROBLEM AS THE 2010 PRIUS. I COULD NOT DESCRIBE THE PROBLEM BETTER THAN WHAT IS BEING SAID NOW BY TOYOTA ABOUT THEIR 2010 MODEL. THIS PROBLEM THEY ARE HAVING GOES BACK TO PREVIOUS PRIUS MODEL YEARS. *TR

I AM EXPERIENCING A PROBLEM WITH MY '07 TOYOTA PRIUS. I PURCHASED MY PRIUS IN MAY OF '07 & HAVE APPROXIMATELY 17,600 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. SINCE THEN I HAVE EXPERIENCED ON APPROXIMATELY 6 OCCASIONS A LURCHING WHEN BRAKING TO A FULL STOP AT A STOP LIGHT. I AM BRAKING AFTER A SLOW COAST AND GRADUALLY BRAKING SO IT IS NOT A SUDDEN ACTION. SINCE IT HAPPENS SO RARELY AND WITH NO WARNING AND DOESN'T REPEAT THE PROBLEM FOR MONTHS I HAVE NOT TAKEN MY CAR IN TO THE DEALERSHIP. AFTER HEARING SIMILAR COMPLAINTS RE: 2010 PRIUS I CALLED MY DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF THEY COULD CHECK MY CAR FOR THE SAME DEFECT. THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO DIAGNOSE UNLESS THE CAR WOULD JUST HAPPEN TO EXPERIENCE THE BEHAVIOR DURING A TEST DRIVE. BUT FOR $79 I COULD BRING IT IN WHICH WOULD DOCUMENT MY COMPLAINT. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT SINCE THE 2010 RECALL THE DEALERSHIP WAS BEING INUNDATED WITH HYPOCHONDRIAC OWNER'S REPORTING IMAGINED PROBLEMS. I THINK THOSE OWNER'S ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE LIKE ME. JUST NOW REPORTING A HARD TO REPLICATE INCIDENT. I THINK THE INVESTIGATION NEEDS TO BE BROADENED IMMEDIATELY FOR ALL PRIUS INVOLVED IN THE FLOOR MAT RECALL AS I THINK THAT IS JUST AN INVENTED PROBLEM TO COVER UP THE BRAKING/ACCELERATION DEFECT. *TR UPDATED 04/15/10.

ON DECEMBER 6, 2009, AUTOMATIC BRAKES KICKED IN AT LOW SPEED COMING TO A STOP AT A RED LIGHT. SHORTLY THEREAFTER A SCREECHING METAL AGAINST METAL SOUND. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID BRAKES WERE FINE. ON DECEMBER 28TH, AGAIN AT LOW SPEED BRAKING FOR A RED LIGHT, APPLIED THE BRAKES AND HEARD A LOUD BANG AND THE CAR LURCHED. AT FIRST I THOUGHT I HAD BEEN REAR-ENDED BUT THERE WAS NO CAR BEHIND ME. DROVE IMMEDIATELY TO THE DEALER. THIS TIME THEY SAID THE BRAKES WERE GRABBING AND THEY CLEANED AND ADJUSTED THE BRAKES. THIS HAPPENED ON A 2007 PRIUS, NOT A 2010 PRIUS, SO I AM WONDERING IF THE BRAKE PROBLEM IS MORE WIDESPREAD THAN IS CURRENTLY ASSUMED. *TR

TEMPORARY BRAKE LOSS WHEN HITTING BUMP OR POTHOLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS TO INCLUDE APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO SLOW DOWN TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD AND ACCELERATED. A LOCAL MECHANIC REPLACED THE ENTIRE BRAKING SYSTEM FOR $800. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

I OWNED A 2007 PRIUS THAT WAS TOTALED AFTER THE BRAKES FAILED AT A YIELD SIGN IN BILOXI MS, AND I RAN INTO THE SIDE OF A CAR IN AN INTERSECTION. (PREVIOUSLY, I HAD ALSO HAD TROUBLE WITH THE BRAKES AND IT CAUSED AN ACCIDENT IN CHEVY CHASE MD. I HYDROPLANED WHEN USING THE BRAKES IN THE RAIN, AND REAR-ENDED A CAR.) *TR

MY 2007 PRIUS HAS THE SAME BRAKING SAFETY ISSUES INVOLVING MOMENTARY LOSS OF BRAKING POWER DESCRIBED FOR THE 2010 PRIUS. IT IS ESPECIALLY TROUBLESOME WHEN GOING OVER A BUMP OR A SLICK SPOT IN THE ROAD. *TR

I HAVE A TOYOTA PRIUS 2007 AND EVER SINCE I GOT IT THE BRAKES DO NOT GO INTO MOTION RIGHT AWAY SPECIALLY ON WET ICY ROADS OR SLOPES. IT FEELS LIKE IT SLIDES BEFORE STOPPING. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS AND ITS BRAKES HAVE FAILED MOMENTARILY ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. EVENTS THAT SEEM TO TRIGGER THE FAILURE INCLUDE HITTING POTHOLES, TURNING SHARPLY AT SPEED, AND DRIVING ON VERY ROUGH ROAD SURFACE. THE FAILURE IS MOMENTARY AND HAS NOT RESULTED IN ACCIDENT OR INJURY...JUST A SKIPPED HEART BEAT. *TR