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10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
2 / 0
Average Mileage:
31,514 miles

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2005 Toyota Prius electrical problems

electrical problem

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2005 Toyota Prius Owner Comments

problem #4

May 172014

Prius

  • 65,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Prius. The contact stated that the brakes were depressed and failed to respond. The contact crashed into the rear end of another vehicle and the air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained injuries to the chest, a leg gash and a pulled muscle in the back. The front passenger sustained whiplash. Both the contact and the front passenger required medical attention. A police report was filed. Additionally, the contact stated that the flat surface warning indicator illuminated intermittently as a result the contact had to restart the vehicle on multiple occasions. The key failed to exit the ignition switch on multiple occasions. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 65,000.

- Chicago, IL, USA

problem #3

Dec 172009

Prius

  • 30,000 miles
The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Prius. The contact stated the vehicle does not go into ready mode to start the engine. This has happen twice and all the the symbols illuminate on the instrument panel. The vehicle was towed to the dealer and they cannot duplicate the failure. The manufacturer had not been called. The failure mileage was 30,000.

- New York City, NY, USA

problem #2

May 012006

Prius 4-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 23,845 miles
The 2005 Prius we own will not start at scattered times (after driving for some time and then stopping and turning the engine off). The screen on the dashboard panel lights up partially and not always the same on repeated tries. Other strange electrical events occur such as the automatic windows going down when the car is turned off after trying to start it unsuccessfully. The car will start at some time - up to 20 minutes after letting car sit. These events are similar to those that occurred in days prior to the March 29,2005 when the car stalled at 45 mph on a highway in the outer banks of North carolinas and was serviced with what became a recall later for Prius's. the most recent problems occurred on March 17th and May 1, 2006. We have taken the car to lustine Toyota in woodbridge, va and they have tested the car and say that everything checks out ok and their is no service bulletin from Toyota. They are looking at the car again today. We are concerned that the problem could continue and place us in a dangerous situation either from another stalling incident or leaving us in a dangerous place with a car that will not start.

- Woodbridge, VA, USA

problem #1

Jan 112005

Prius 4-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 7,213 miles
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.

- Pompano Beach, FL, USA

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