2005 Toyota Prius Engine Problems
- 13
- 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 13 stored complaint records:
- 1 indicate a crash
- 0 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 8 |
| 30–60k mi | 2 |
| 100–150k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Engine
Engine shut down while entering highway. Charged for ecm update when problem has been known. Cnn reported, "a software problem is causing some toyota prius gas-electric hybrid cars to stall or shut down while driving at highway speeds." a toyota press release states: "toyota motor sales (tms), u.s.a., inc., will launch a special service campaign involving certain 2004 and early 2005 model year prius sold in the u.s.…
ODI 10378874
Engine
My daughter was driving the family car a 2005 toyota prius on a nj county road on a low traffic sunday morning in april 2009. The car unexpectedly surged causing her to loose control, hit a telephone pole and cause property and physical damage. *tr
Crash reported
ODI 10285920
Engine
60 k inspection by state licensed service- toyota. At 62k water pump had to be replaced by toyota dealer, would not recognize previous inspection (not a dealer).dealer failed to burp engine causing air in system. Personally added antifreeze. 2) headlight are now locked in the lower elevation causing the dims to be approx 30 feet in front of vehicle. Outrun lighted area very rapidly. Believe to be a very dangerous…
ODI 10261695
Electrical System · Engine
Dt*: the contact stated while driving 65 mph under normal road conditions, the vehicle stalled. There were no warnings prior to the failure. The vehicle was taken to the service dealer, who was not able to identify the problem. Updated 12/18/2006 -*nm
ODI 10173984
Engine · Instrument Cluster/Panel · Vehicle Speed Control
Dt*: the contact stated the vehicle stalled on two separate occasions. The first time it occurred was on april 7th while driving at a steady speed of 25mph. The second time it occurred was on april 21st while driving at a steady speed of 5-15 mph. All the warning lights illuminated and the vehicle was pulled over. Once pulled over, the vehicle would not go back into the drive position. Afterwards, it stalled and…
ODI 10156589
Control Module (Tcm, Pcm) · Engine
2005 toyota prius: in slippery conditions, when a front wheel slips, both wheels stop rotating and then the wheel that did not slip is given power. This takes about 1 second. During that time the motor has shut down, losing substantial forward momentum. If the second wheel slips,the process is repeated giving the original wheel power. The 1 second time interval occurs again and more forward momentum is lost. On a…
ODI 10151801
Engine
I took my prius in for recall, noted in pe05029, on or about december 9, 2005. I had no problems with the prius before the recall but did the recall because of the problems others were having. I had 25,000 miles with no problems before i took the car to toyota to do the recall. Since then on two occasions, on or about january 14, 2006 and on or about january 16, 2006, i have had the engine start to rev up while at a…
ODI 10148042
Engine
Driving 65 mph on the freeway, the low-fuel indicator light started blinking. Approximately 15 miles later, still driving 65 mph, the engine shut off. Dashboard warning light and check engine light illuminated. "consumption" was highlighted in red. The car continued to drive in electric mode at 52 mph for about 1.5 miles. When the battery was drained, the car came to a stop. After 5 minutes, i hit the power button…
ODI 10127229
Engine
I have a 2005 toyota prius, purchased new in oct 2004. I was driving on i-57 in illinois at 65 mph. Temperature outside was 91f. Low fuel warning signal began to flash. Since i planned to gas up about 25 miles away, i continued driving. Should have had approximately 2 gallons of fuel left. About 5 minutes later at 65 mph, the engine suddenly stopped running. The "red triangle of death" and the yellow "check engine"…
ODI 10125683
Engine
Dt: consumer states while driving her vehicle lost power. The vehicle was pulled off the road, after the vehicle was shut off, and it started back. The service department states the computer did not register the event, so they could not find anything wrong. The local service department said this was the first complaint they had received. *tt
ODI 10124365
Engine
Bought a 2005 toyota prius on 5/16/05. On the second day it lost power on the highway at 60+mph. Engine light and ! Light on. Car ran well enough to take to dealer after re-starting a few times. Lights remained on until re-started at dealer. Car remains at dealer.
ODI 10121350
Engine
On my 2005 toyota prius, the engine suddenly stalled when leaving the dealership in fresno, california. The electric engine continued for a short time to get back to the dealer, then everything was dead. After working on it for several hours the dealer could not find the source of the problem, but did get it operating again and i continued the trip with incident.
ODI 10123853
Automatic Transmission · Engine
I have an early 2005 prius which has "stalled" i.e. Lost al engine power on two occasions. I believe the "stalling" is intentionally designed into the software to protect the transmission. I think a design decision intended to protect the car is putting my life at risk. My early 2005 prius has "stalled" twice: once on the freeway at 80 mph when i had to jam on the brakes (someone cut me off) and again on surface…
ODI 10137217