2008 Toyota Prius Fuel System, Other Problems
- 3
- 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 3 stored complaint records:
- 1 indicate a crash
- 0 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 2 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Fuel System, Other · Vehicle Speed Control
Throttle malfunction - 2008 toyota prius. Driving 50-55 m/h on north 280 near millbrae, ca in heavy rain. Vehicle accelerated without pressing the gas pedal. Engine revved 3 times in succession (sounded like: vroom, vroom, vroom) while accelerating to 65 m/h. All this time i was stepping on the breaks. Acceleration eventually stopped went back to normal after a few minutes. I drove the car directly to the nearest…
ODI 10319340
Fuel System, Other · Vehicle Speed Control
Driving home from church july 5, 2009 the beach traffic was bumper to bumper. Stop and go traffic. I was stopped behind an suv. The traffic started to move and my prius bolted forward into the suv which in turn pushed it into another suv. My car was totaled. The engine was pushed all the way back into the front seat. This should have been just a fender bender. No one was injured. *tr
Crash reported
ODI 10318208
Fuel System, Other
Just bought brand new 2008 prius. Owner's manual claims that with just one bar showing on fuel gauge there would be 3.0 gal. Or less in fuel bladder. The fuel gauge is totally unreliable based on these results: 10 bars (full fillup) got 200 miles to 9 bars -- 3 bars left got 100 miles to 2 bars -- 2 bars left got 20 miles to 1 bar -- 1 bar left got only 5 miles before car came to a stop and would not restart --. The…
ODI 10239128