2010 Toyota Prius Fuel/Propulsion System 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:
- 1 indicate a crash
- 0 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
What owners report
- hybrid system · 20 records
- check hybrid · 14 records
- needed replaced · 6 records
- light came · 6 records
- fuel pump · 5 records
- lost power · 5 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 150–400k mi | 11 |
| 100–150k mi | 9 |
| 30–60k mi | 9 |
| 60–100k mi | 7 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Fuel/Propulsion System · Vehicle Speed Control
Accelerated to get on highway. Once on the highway the system hybrid warning light and other warning lights and audio alarms came on. We had to exit immediately because we lost the ability to maintain highway speed. *tr
ODI 10633217
Fuel/Propulsion System
The vehicle's fuel guage became stuck causing me to run out of fuel on a busy highway almost resulting in an accident. An attempt to refill the tank was only minimally successful in that only 3 gallons were accepted by the tank.
ODI 10731990
Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System · Vehicle Speed Control
I am writing due to having had my 2010 toyota prius self accelerate while driving on four occasions. This began occurring after i took my vehicle to toyota of clermont, florida for a routine service on 3/31/2014. While the vehicle was there, the dealership also performed a recall on the vehicle. This recall is referenced as: tech(s) : 20799 recall eoe motor generator and power management update perform software…
ODI 10619094
Electrical System · Fuel/Propulsion System · Power Train
After driving for a combined time of 4 hours in a 5 hour period, my wife left a store she visited off zebulon road and i-475 near macon ga. When attempting to re-enter southbound i-475 the car failed and would not accelerate. A few seconds after the drive system shut down and would not restart. The dash indicators said check hybrid power system. The car was towed to a dealer rogers toyota in macon ga, where it now…
ODI 10572922
Fuel/Propulsion System
Toyota release a recall for 2010 to 2014 toyota prius. Recall was made to affected prius models to rectify software in two of the prius's electronic control units, one for the motor/generator and the other controlling the hybrid system.i took my car to the dealer to have the recall done, here is where my problems started, i saw a drop on mpg from 52 to 44. I waited hoping it just needed to reset, so after driving…
ODI 10693171
Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System · Inverter · Service Brakes
On monday february 24th 2014 my 2010 toyota prius, hybrid inverter failed while i was driving and my car suddenly stopped on the road. I looked on the instrument panel and the check hybrid system was illuminated. The car would not start. I decided to call a toll truck company to take me to the nearest toyota dealer. Once i arrived the service advisor informed me, the 2010 toyota prius has two active safety recalls.…
ODI 10566408
Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System · Power Train
Driving on the highway in albany, ny area, slowed down to go through tollbooth as i began to accelerate to continue on highway, check hybrid light came on and engine abruptly stopped. I was able to coast the car from left lane over to the breakdown lane. Turned off car and was unable to restart. Toyota dealership found that the power inverter had failed and needed to be replaced. Error codes listed by dealer: p0a94…
ODI 10534378
Fuel/Propulsion System
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 toyota prius. The contact stated that the fuel sensor unit malfunctioned and caused the vehicle to stall while driving 65 mph. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, who diagnosed the vehicle has having a faulty fuel sensor gauge. The dealer replaced the fuel sensor gauge. The failure mileage was 54,047.
ODI 10533888
Electrical System · Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System · Vehicle Speed Control
I was driving with the flow of traffic (around 30 mph) on a main surface street in a middle lane of a multilane street when suddenly the engine stopped, and i was unable to make the engine respond. The car immediately began to slow down; i could not make it accelerate to keep in the flow of traffic. I managed to carefully drift over to the right and maneuver through an intersection and glide to a stop on the right…
ODI 10566877
Electrical System · Fuel/Propulsion System · Power Train
While driving at ca. 20 mph a sudden jolt and clunk occurred and the car was stalled. Various dashboard lights came on, and the dash displayed "check hybrid system." towed to a toyota dealer, the problem was stated to be a failed inverter-converter that needed to be replaced. *tr
ODI 10524077
Electrical System · Fuel/Propulsion System
Our 2010 prius suffered a near total power failure on 5/10/13 when the car suddenly and without any advanced warning, lost power decelerating from about 35 mph to about 4 mph in less than 5 seconds. Every idiot light came on at once on the dash panel and a "hybrid system failure" notice came up on the alphanumeric display. Luckily, i was on a city street and not the highway when this happened. I was able to get the…
ODI 10514172
Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System · Power Train
The incident occurred when i attempted to accelerate onto a two-lane highway. Because of a slow and sharp u-turn which precedes the short on-ramp, i disabled the eco mode for better acceleration. When i pressed down on the gas, the car immediately emitted a loud sound, became unresponsive and was unable to gain additional speed. Even so, there was no other option but to merge onto the roadway while doing no more…
ODI 10502449
Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System · Vehicle Speed Control
While carefully parking my prius 2010 at a hospital it accelerated suddenly and crashed over the cement curb. I say carefully because my prius had done this before but not enough damage was done to file with insurance. There followed another accident and another accident. Then this evening while driving into my carport my prius accelerated again. It threw my dog that was in the front seat to the floor but i was able…
Crash reported
ODI 10556900