2017 Toyota Prius Vehicle Speed Control Problems
- 8
- 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 8 stored complaint records:
- 2 indicate a crash
- 1 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
What owners report
- cruise control · 5 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 7 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Body · Vehicle Speed Control
We were stopped at a traffic signal going north. When the light turned green, the car in front of us started to go and all of the sudden, our car went into rapid acceleration. We could not stop the car. It crashed into the car in front of us. We tried jamming on the breaks and turning off the ignition, but could not get control. Because we were heading uphill, the car finally came to a stop. We were on a city street…
Crash reported
ODI 11172085
Steering · Vehicle Speed Control
Car was on 2 lane blacktop in 40 mph zone driving apx 35 mph, a female, responsible owner/driver age 79 was driving when suddenly,without any warning,comes to near halt in road and pulls/hard to right hand side of shoulder off the road. Driver had no control over direction or speed before finally able to stop car on top of ditch. Driver was able to get car to stall/stop engine before reaching ditch and possibly a…
ODI 11155825
Vehicle Speed Control
2017 toyota prius. Consumer writes in regards to unintended acceleration. *ld the consumer stated the vehicle accelerated and the brakes were unresponsive resulting in a crash. The consumer was injured and required medical attention. *js *js
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 11220120
Electrical System · Fuel/Propulsion System · Vehicle Speed Control
The vehicle started normally but when i reached about two blocks from my house, the prius started to act as if the electric motors were not engaging. The engine did not engage either and the gas pedal was unresponsive. The first time this occurred, i was stuck in the middle of a 4-way intersection until i shut down the vehicle and restarted it. After i restarted the prius, it continued behaving erratically. It…
ODI 11118193
Forward Collision Avoidance · Vehicle Speed Control
In moderate to heavy rain with the toyota dynamic cruise control engaged on the highway between 55 and 70 mph, the prius has dangerously accelerated itself towards a car immediately in front of my car and would have created a front-to-rear collision if i was not extremely vigilant and manually braked and canceled the adaptive cruise system within 10-20 feet of the car in front of me. The system seems to operate…
ODI 11098247
Vehicle Speed Control
While driving on interstate highway in heavy traffic using cruise control my car suddenly accelerated quickly. Weather was alight rain. It was like the radar for the cruise control shut off or stopped being processed.
ODI 11057015
Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 toyota prius. While the vehicle was parked, it rolled without warning. The contact was able to catch up with the vehicle before it struck a police vehicle. The officer gave the contact a warning. In addition, the vehicle accelerated on its own intermittently. The local dealer (elmore toyota, [redacted], westminister, ca, 92683) informed the contact that the vehicle was not included in…
ODI 11025256
Vehicle Speed Control
The adaptive cruise control in this vehicle has several operational issues (programming bugs or defects) which are potentially extremely hazardous. Perhaps the most potentially dangerous behavior of the system is as follows: - when using adaptive cruise control, the system automatically accelerates and applies braking force to stay a set distance (one of three distances) from the nearest preceding vehicle. - when…
ODI 11141907