2009 Toyota Prius Service Brakes Problems
- 38
- 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 38 stored complaint records:
- 6 indicate a crash
- 3 indicate injury
- 1 indicate fire
What owners report
- brake actuator · 11 records
- warning lights · 8 records
- brake pedal · 7 records
- extended warranty · 6 records
- actuator assembly · 5 records
- brake warning · 5 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 150–400k mi | 13 |
| 60–100k mi | 10 |
| 100–150k mi | 9 |
| 1–30k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Electrical System · Exterior Lighting · Service Brakes
My headlight passenger side keeps going out after a few seconds of turning on. This keeps me from driving at night. My computer controls on my dash board that works the ac. And displays the information about the car does not work. My abs break light will not go off. This has affected my breaking system on my car. All of these items i have mentioned all occurred while i was driving the car.
ODI 11056249
Service Brakes · Vehicle Speed Control
Driver went to park and the brakes did not respond! In fact the vehicle went from 2-5mph to approx 30+ & kept picking up speed and went into storefront. Driver was able to wrestle vehicle into reverse and it went equally fast back into a parked car where it finally came to a stop. Hugely frightening and potentially lethal.
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10914977
Power Train · Service Brakes · Steering · Vehicle Speed Control
Consumer writes in regards to vehicle steering loss, brake loss and acceleration issues, corporation failure to inform consumer of counterfeit drive train issues that injured consumer. Smd the consumer stated toyota failed to warn them about being convicted of "using the intellectual property of hybrid drive inventor without his permission." *tr
ODI 10870978
Service Brakes
I was driving 10-15 mph in the middle of my small town, coming up a slight hill on a street that leveled out shortly before the site of the accident. As i drove up onto the level part of the street, i saw that there was a long line of cars stopped ahead of me, waiting for a traffic light to change. I was about 2-3 car lengths from the last car in the lane of traffic, when the last car in the line of cars ahead of me…
Crash reported
ODI 10713482
Service Brakes
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 toyota prius. While driving various speeds, the brake pedal was depressed and failed to respond. In addition, the brake, the vsc, and the abs warning lights illuminated. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 98,500.
ODI 10668988
Service Brakes
Coming out of the grocery store i started my 2009 toyota prius and i notice that it lost braking power and the abs,vsc,(!),and emergency brake lights stay on. I did some research and there is a recall for 2009 prius concerning this problem, but only on vehicles manufactured between 3/2009-10/2009 mine was manufacture on 10/2008. I think the recall should be on all 2009 models regardless of manufacturing date. There…
ODI 10598341
Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes · Steering
As i was driving my 2009 toyota prius on the service road of i-30 in dallas around 25 mph after previously taking off from a red light, my vehicle's warning lights all turned on and started to beep and i could not brake or really steer. My vehicle...i almost hit the vehicle in front of me. Somehow i was able to turn right into a parking lot and somehow press on the brakes strong in enough to make the car stop. I…
ODI 10555959
Service Brakes · Unknown Or Other
The lightbulbs burn out very easily. The car stalls when you are trying to leave from a light or stop sign. There is a recall for this but not on my model and there should be sometimes when stopping on breaks the car will show slippery alert even thought there is no reason for it. All these things have caused danger for us while driving the vehicle. This has been happening for years
ODI 11140763
Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes
The vehicle braking lost braking momentarily when i was driving over small bumps and vehicle slip sign illuminated. *tr
ODI 10552963
Service Brakes
Since i purchased the prius in early 2012 with less than 60,000 miles, i always noticed that when braking over rough surfaces, the abs would kick in and would delay the braking by at least 1/2 second per abs/stability control event. While i had never had an incident initially, there were many close calls. After talking with the local toyota dealership, they said it was performing as expected and that i was not used…
Crash reported
ODI 10515195
Service Brakes
I purchased my 2009 prius 3 years 4 months ago. I noticed a strange new sound coming from the engine. It was a rattling noise every 15 seconds or so lasting approximately 3-4 seconds then starting over 15 seconds later constantly repeating this cycle. It continued when the car was off or on. I brought it in to my toyota dealership. They called me the next day with very unsettling news saying it was the "brake…
ODI 10499501
Service Brakes
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 toyota prius. The contact stated that while exiting a parking space, the brakes were applied and the vehicle did not respond. The vehicle instead accelerated while the contact had the brake depressed. The contact crashed into a truck. The contact did not sustain injuries. The passenger did sustain some minor cuts and a minor hit to the head. The vehicle was towed to a repair shop. The…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10463300
Service Brakes
I was approximately 8 or 9 car lengths from a vehicle that slammed on her brakes before hitting the car in front of her, so i stood up on my brakes at about 30 -35 mph. The cars brakes did not grab for about a second, then started to grab right before impacting the car in front of me. *js
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10455338
Catalog parts for this system
Catalog year/make/model rows for 2009 Toyota Prius.
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