2005 Toyota Prius Electrical System

WHILE DRIVING MY 2005 TOYOTA PRIUS AT ABOUT 40 MPHIN LEFT LANE ON ROUTE 158 IN KITTY HAWK, NC, THE ACCELARATORL QUIT WORKING, BUT NEITHER ENGINE QUIT. WAS ABLE TO LET CAR GO INTO SHOPPING CENTER LOT (THIS WAS DANGEROUS SITUATION AND MY 8 YEAR OLD GRANDAUGHTER WAS IN THE CAR). ELECTIRC ENGINE PROVIDED THE POWER WITH OUT ACCELERATOR ASSISTANCE. HAD CAR TOWED TO ELIXABETH CITY TOYOTA DEALER. MECHANIC TOOK TWO DAYS TO FIND A WASY TO GET ACCELERATOR WORKING. HE SAID THATIN CONJUNTION WITH TOYOTA CORPORATE ENGINEERSOVER TELEPHONE HE RAN TESTS AND MANY ERRORS SHOWED UP NOT RELATED TO THE ACCELERATOR. THE PROBLEMS SOUNDED TO ME LIKE IT WAS IN THE COMPUTER'S SYSTEM. MECHANIC WAS EVENTUALLY TOLD TO SHUT DOWN ALL COMPUTERS AND RE-BOOT THEM ONE BY ONE. I ASKED HIM ABOUT THE CAUSE AND HE SAID NONE WAS DISCOVERED. CAR HAS NOT REPEASTED PROBLEM, BUT I REMAIN CONCERNED. RELATED THIS PROBLEM TO MY PURCAHSE DEALER (LUSTINE TOYOTA IN WOODBRIDGE VA) ASSISTANT SERVICE MANAGER. I WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING UNLESSS THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN - THIS IS NOT REASSURING. AND I AAPEARED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE PROBLEM THAT THEY DID OR WAS WILLING TO ADMIT. I EVEN GAVE THEM A COPY OF AN ARTILCE (THE JAPAN TIMES - 5/16/2005) THAT I FOUND ON THE WEB REFERRED TO A WALL STREET JOURNAL ARTICLE ABOUT THE PROBLEM. IT SAID THA TTOYOTA CORP HAD SENT LETTERS TO PRIUS OWNERS TELLING THEM TO TAKE THIER CARS IN FOR A SOFTWARE UPGRADE COMPUTER. NO LETTER WA SEVER SENT TO ME! AND DEALER DID NOT REACT TO LETTER.

OUR PRIUS HYBRID CAR ENGINE SUDDENLY STOPPED WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. WE COULD NOT GET IT STARTED AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO A TOYOTA DEALER TO HAVE OUR CAR REPROGRAMED.

1 )STALL ON 5/26/05 @1:30 PM AT A SPEED OF 35 MPH + - WITHOUT WARNING. AFTER FEW MINTS I ABLE TO START & GOT THE ENGINE , & RESTARTED & ALSO RE STARTED AC & GOT GOGOING. SAME DAY @ 4:30 PM AC WAS SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING AND SCREEN WAS COMPLETELY BLANK @ SPEED OF 62 MPH + -, PULLED OF TO SHOULDER TURNED OFF ING. 2) SAME THING ON 8/31/05 11:30 AM @ SPEED OF 55 MPH FIRST AC WENT & WITH IN LESS THAN A MILE ENGINE WENT COMPLETELY, DID NOT START IN FIRST FEW MINUTES, AFTER WAITING 10 OR SO MINUTES ENGINE STARTED & AC STARTED. DROVE TO THE DEALER FOR CHECK UP , WAS GIVEN HARD TIME BY SERVICE REP, WILL NOT TAKE IN WITHOUT APPOINTMENT & REFUSED TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE OR A LONER CAR. WHEN I TOLD HIM " YOU WANT ME TO GET KILLED OUT IN TRAFFIC" HE REPLIED " NOTHING I CAN DO TO HELP YOU I AM DOING MY JOB WHAT I AM TOLD" I ASKED WANT SEE MANAGER HE REPLIED " HE IS ON VACATION NO ONE IS TAKING HIS PLACE" I WAS VERY UPSET & ANGRY WITH HIS REPLY & ATTITUDE IN THE END HE ADDED " GO GET A LAWYER" I LEFT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WITH APPOINTMENT ON 9/2/05 3:PM AND THEN.......................! WENT TO SEE SALES PERSON & SHE WAS VERY HUMBLE & HELP FULL , SHE SET ME UP WITH LONER- RENTAL CAR AT NO CHARGE & I LEFT MY CAR PRIUS 2005 WITH DEALER SHIP FOR FULL CHECK UP. AS OF NOW CAR IS @ DEALERSHIP. BHATIA PS: BLUE TEAM SERVICE REP. *NM

CONSUMER'S TOYOTA PRIUS LOST POWER SUDDENLY WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE.*MR *NM

1) I RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM TOYOTA ABOUT A NAVIGATION SYSTEM SOFTWARE UPDATE. THE CAR WAS BROUGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE UPDATE WAS PERFORMED. 2)AFTER LEAVING THE DEALERSHIP, IN LESS THAN 2 MILES, THE CAR ENGINE STALLED AS I WAS DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. 3) MY CAR HAS THE SMARTKEY SYSTEM, SO AT THE TIME, THE KEY WAS NOT INSERTED. AFTER INSERTING THE KEY, I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR. THIS OCCURRED AGAIN AFEW DAYS LATER, AND THE CAR WAS RESTARTED ONLY AFTER INSERTING THE KAY.