2001 Toyota Prius Engine And Engine Cooling Problems
- 12
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 12 stored complaint records:
- 1 indicate a crash
- 1 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 4 |
| 100–150k mi | 3 |
| 30–60k mi | 3 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Engine And Engine Cooling
My 2001 prius has always been stalling (at least 30 times), usually upon startup, (and especially in hot weather when ac is on at startup) but on 4 occasions, stalls occurred during critical driving in dangerous areas resulting in total power loss and near death experiences. I informed toyota president watanabe, and they recalled for the "crankshaft position sensor", to fix the stalling problem, but it obviously…
ODI 10197158
Engine And Engine Cooling
My friend was driving my 2001 toyota prius on the highway, going 65 mph. I was in the passenger seat. A warning symbol with the triangle/exclamation mark appeared on my screen. The engine immediately died. We tried to get off of the road. Mack trucks were swerving into the exit lanes to get out of the way. <p> we were able to pull off onto the shoulder. This is extremely dangerous for me, my passengers and other…
ODI 10169225
Engine And Engine Cooling · Vehicle Speed Control
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 toyota prius. While driving between 65-70 mph, the vehicle did not respond when the accelerator pedal was depressed. All of the instrument panel indicators illuminated and the engine suddenly stalled. The vehicle coasted to the side of the road and the engine failed to restart. While the gear shifter was placed in park, the vehicle accelerated unexpectedly and crashed into a guardrail. The…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10275614
Engine And Engine Cooling
Engine stalling occurring randomly while cruising at highway speed between approx. 54 to 64 mph causing vehicle to slow down on the freeway. This problem is potentially hazardous because engine stalls at freeway speed which could result in rear end crash from on-coming vehicles traveling behind at freeway speeds --- furthermore the vehicle must be stopped at the freeway edge to be restarted before problem is…
ODI 10167510
Engine And Engine Cooling · Power Train
2001 toyota prius sudden loss of power at highway speeds three incidents late aug 2006 first week oct 2006 second week oct 2006 in all cases vehicle will not start for 15 minutes but then runs normally. Brought to dealer after first incident and they completed a recall replacement of crankshaft position sensor. Brought to dealer after third incident they have been unable to diagnoses problem or reproduce after 90…
ODI 10173144
Engine And Engine Cooling
Dt*: the contact stated while driving at 65mph, the vehicle stalled and operated at a reduced speed which occurred without prior warning. During the incident, all dash panel warning lights illuminated. The engine did not stall out completely and the vehicle was driven to a dealership. The service department determined the electronic control module failed and needed to be replaced.
ODI 10148359
Engine And Engine Cooling
Engine intermittent stalling. Engine runs rough and gives code "171 lean missfire" dealer attemps to fix the problem involve adding fuel injector cleaner and resetting the code. Up till today stalls have been either at 55 to 65 for short period of time aprox. 2 seconds. Today vehicle limped home about 5 miles. Same code displayed. "!" also displayed on dash and trouble code 171. After three on off cycle on the key…
ODI 10126158
Engine And Engine Cooling
While driving vehicle lost power. The warning light illuminated on the dash oard. However, the problem had not been resolved. *ak
ODI 10089612
Engine And Engine Cooling
My 2001 toyota prius has stalled twice at high speeds (~75 mph) while on the highway. In both incidences it was only due to good driving and to luck that i was able to get off or to the side of the highway. I have contacted my dealer and in both cases they looked at the engine and claimed that they had never seem the problem with any other vehicles. I was to bring the car back if it happened again. *jb
ODI 10139629
Engine And Engine Cooling
Twice now i have had warning lights appear on my 2001 toyota prius screen. The first time was three weeks ago while i was driving on a freeway in hot weather. I pulled over as i was losing power. The gas engine would not turn on. I was on battery power only. I limped to an exit and parked the car. I had the car towed to the nearest toyota dealer. He fixed a steering recall part and thought it might be the problem.…
ODI 10036657
Engine And Engine Cooling
Tl*the contact owned a 2001 toyota prius. The contact was driving approximately 30 mph on normal road conditions. The "hybrid" (exclamation mark) warning indicator illuminated on the instrument panel. Immediately, the engine stalled. The warning light remained illuminated until the engine was turned off. The identical failures occurred on twenty separate occasions. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer for…
ODI 10315757
Electrical System · Engine And Engine Cooling
Dt: while driving vehicle shut down and would not restart. All 3 times that this happened consumer was on the freeway. Consumer owned the car for 1 year before it started stalling, and it has stalled two more times since then. Each time the car was taken to toyota, and each they time they were unable to figure out what the cause of the problem was.*ak *sb *nm
ODI 10123729