2014 Toyota Prius V

I HAVE 2014 PRIUS V AND THE CAR WAS WORKING FINE WITH NO PROBLEM AT ALL. I GOT A RECALL FROM TOYOTA THAT MY CAR NEEDS SOFTWARE UPDATE AS A REMEDY FOR MANUFACTURING PROBLEM. I TOOK MY PRIUS TO TOYOTA DEALER IN NEW YORK CITY TO PERFORM THE RECALL. THE RECALL WAS DONE AND THE CAR PROBLEMS STARTED. THE CAR WAS OVERHEATING NOW SO I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC TO FIND WHY,THE MECHANIC SAID IT WAS THE WATER PUMP AND CHANGED IT BUT THE OVERHEATING WAS STILL THERE BUT WAS REDUCED. LATER,THE CAR WAS SHAKING BADLY AT 15-20 MPH SPEED. I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC TO CHECK WHAT'S THE PROBLEM,THE MECHANIC SHOCKED ME WITH THE NEWS THAT THE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE IT IS DEFECTIVE INSIDE BECAUSE OF OVERHEATING OF THE CAR. NOW I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO BECAUSE I NEED A LOT OF MONEY FOR THE ENGINE REPLACEMENT. ALL MY CAR PROBLEMS HAVE STARTED AFTER THE RECALL DONE. THANK YOU

YOKOHAMA AVID ENVIGOR 215/50/R17 TREAD SEPARATION: REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE DEVELOPED A CRACK ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE. TIRES HAVE 18,000 MILES ON THEM. INSTALLED 12/27/2017. CRACK RESULTED IN AIR LOSS TRIGGERING THE TPMS SYSTEM. DISCOVERED WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREET. REMOVED WHEEL AND INSPECTED VIGOROUSLY BEFORE FINDING SAID CRACK. CONTACTED YOKOHAMA AND GAVE THEM OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEFECT, SENT THEM PICTURE OF CRACK BUT THEY REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, CLAIMING IT'S A ROAD HAZARD DAMAGE. WHEN A TIRE CRACKS, THIS INDICATES WEAK TREAD AND DELAMINATION OF THE TIRE LAYERS (TREAD SEPARATION). SPENT A WEEK COMMUNICATING WITH THEM (YOKOHAMA) TO NO AVAIL. THEY ADAMANTLY REFUSED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY.

DID AN OIL CHANGE TO THE CAR ON 9/14/18. DRIVING TO KEY LARGO SATURDAY 9/15/18 MORNING AND WHILE DRIVING (ALMOST THERE) WHEN THE ABS, ANTI SKID, SYSTEM FAILURE LIGHTS CAME ON. TOOK IT TO THE TOYOTA AND THE SERVICE MANAGER HAD IT SCANNED FOR THE CODES. CAME BACK AS BRAKE ACTUATOR FAILURE AND THEY TOLD ME THE CAR WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE THE BRAKES FAILED. SAME EXACT THING THAT HAPPENED TO MY 2012 PRIUS WHICH I HAD TO PAY TO GET FIXED. THIS TIME I WAS TOLD BY THE ASSISTANT SERVICE MANAGER THAT TOYOTA SEEMS TO BE AWARE THERE'S AN ISSUE SO THEY WOULD PROBABLY COVER THE COST OF THE PART $3500 BUT I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LABOR WHICH THEY QUOTED AT $1500!!! SOMETHING IS CLEARLY WRONG. I DON'T THINK I SHOULD HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MONEY PAID TO GET THE 2012 FIXED NOR SHOULD I HAVE TO PAY FOR THE 2014 NOW. MY CAR IS AT THE TOYOTA UNTIL I CAN COME UP WITH THE MONEY...SOUNDS LIKE A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT !! ALSO, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, BOTH MY 2012 AND 2014 WERE ROUGHLY AT THE SAME MILEAGE WHEN THIS PART FAILED.

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON 11 MONTHS AFTER IT HAD PREVIOUSLY COME ON AND SUPPOSEDLY FIXED (APRIL 2017). NOW I AM TOLD IT IS AN EVAP PROBLEM AGAIN ( EVAP PUMP AND PURGE FLOW VALVE WEAKNESS). THE RECOMMENDATION IS REPLACEMENT. A INTERNET SEARCH REVEALED THAT THIS SAME PROBLEM IN AUSTRALIA CAUSED A RECALL. THIS IS A $950.00 REPLACEMENT AND MY VEHICLE HAS ONLY 57700 MILES. THIS IS SHAMEFUL.

INQUIRED RE LAW SUIT RELATED TO INVERTER FAILURE AND RECALL.LEARNED MY WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED TO COVER POSSIBLE FAILURE OF INVERTER.NO REPAIR WAS MADE.OTHER PARTY CONTENDS PART FAILURE IS DANGEROUS.TOYOTA SAYS IT IS RARE AND CAR WILL LIMP HOME.I SAY EXTENDED WARRANTY IS INSUFFICIENT REACTION AND PORTENDS DANGEROUS FAILURE.I SAY FIX THE INVERTED.MY INVERTER HAS NOT YET FAILED. POWER DROP IN TRAFFIC IS DANGEROUS.

TOYOTA ISSUED SAFETY RECALLS E0E AND F0R FOR THE FAILURE OF THE HYBRID INVERTER. IF THE INVERTER HAD NOT FAILED YET, THE TOYOTA'S REMEDY IS A 'SOFTWARE RE-FLASH'. THE SOFTWARE REFLASH 'REMEDY' IS NOT SUFFICIENT. THERE HAVE BEEN AN EXCESSIVE NUMBER OF INVERTER FAILURES AFTER THE SOFTWARE RE-FLASH 'REMEDY' FOR THESE RECALLS HAS BEEN COMPLETED. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVERS, AS IT LEADS TO UNINTENDED DECELERATION ' THE PRIUS SPONTANEOUSLY ENTERING 'LIMP-HOME MODE' OR EVEN A 'HYBRID SYSTEM SHUT DOWN'. THIS IS DANGEROUS AS IN RESULTS IN DRASTIC REDUCTIONS, IF NOT THE COMPLETE LOSS, OF POWER. THESE UNINTENDED DECELERATION OCCURRENCES PREDOMINANTLY HAPPEN WHILE THE VEHICLES ARE IN MOTION ' MANY TIMES AT HIGH SPEEDS. BETWEEN ONLY TWO DEALERSHIPS, WE HAVE DOCUMENTED APPROXIMATELY 100 INVERTER FAILURES AFTER THE E0E AND F0R SOFTWARE REFLASH 'REMEDY' HAS BEEN COMPLETED. DURING ONE INVERTER FAILURE, WHICH TOOK PLACE AFTER RECEIVING THE E0E SOFTWARE RE-FLASH, EXCESSIVE HEAT WAS GENERATED WITHIN THE INVERTER THAT MELTED STEEL BOLTS AND CREATED AN ELECTRICAL ARC THAT BLASTED TWO HOLES THROUGH THE ALUMINUM CASE OF THE INVERTER ASSEMBLY. THE DRIVER STATED IF SHE HAD EXPERIENCED THIS FAILURE WHILE ON THE FREEWAY, 'SHE WOULDN'T BE HERE ANYMORE.' THE VEHICLE WAS A 2012 MODEL YEAR AND AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE IT HAD ONLY 31,222 MILES ON IT. INSTANCES OF UNINTENDED DECELERATION WILL CONTINUE TO GROW DAILY UNTIL TOYOTA IMPLEMENTS A SUFFICIENT REMEDY THAT WILL PREVENT THESE LOSSES OF POWER FROM OCCURRING. ATTACHED PLEASE FIND A REPORT DETAILING, FOR ONLY TWO DEALERSHIPS, THE INVERTER FAILURES WE'VE EXPERIENCED AFTER THE E0E AND F0R SOFTWARE RE-FLASH REMEDIES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. ALSO ATTACHED, PLEASE FIND THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE INVERTER WHICH EXPERIENCED THE ELECTRICAL ARC. PLEASE CONSIDER THAT "DATE THIS HAPPENED" AS THE FILING DATE OF THIS REPORT. *JS

SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, THE ODOMETER HAS BEEN OFF BY ABOUT 2 MILES PER HOUR AT 65, AND 3-4 MILES PER HOUR AT 95. THIS MEANS THAT THE OBOE GET IS RECORDING 4% HIGHER MILEAGE THAN WHAT IS ACTUALLY BEING DRIVEN. MY CAR IS NOT ALONE, MANY PRIUS V MODELS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. DEALERSHIP DID NOT HAVE A SOLUTION. THIS NOT ONLY VOIDED MY 100,000 MILE WARRANTY 3-4K MILES EARLY, BUT IT MAKES THE FUEL ECONOMY LOOK BETTER ON PAPER THAN IT ACTUALLY IS- A SELLING POINT THAT TOYOTA TAKES ADVANTAGE OF. TO ME, THIS IS JUST AS BAD AS WHAT VOLKSWAGEN DID WITH THEIR DIESEL VEHICLES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 TOYOTA PRIUS V. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH AND APPROACHING A STOP, THE BRAKE PEDAL PRESSURE RELEASED WHEN THE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD. THE CONTACT HAD TO RELEASE AND REAPPLY THE BRAKES IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED AT LEAST TWELVE OTHER TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000. THE CONSUMER STATED THE FAILURE MORESO RELATES TO A BRAKING FAILURE RATHER THAN SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. THE "SURGE" THAT WAS FELT WAS RELEASING OF THE BRAKES AND AN ABRUPT HALTING OF THE DRIVER'S COMMANDED DECELERATION. THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD TO BE DEPRESSED TO THE FLOOR OR RELEASED ENTIRELY AND DEPRESSED AGAIN. *JS