2018 TOYOTA PRIUS V — ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

Name: NHTSA complaint: 2018 TOYOTA PRIUS V — ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
Start: 2018-01-04

fire · 1497860 · 2018-09-08

Vehicle

Make: TOYOTA
Model: PRIUS V
Year: 2018
Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Component: ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
Miles at failure: 10,000

Severity

Deaths: 0
Injured: 0
Fire: Yes
Crash: No
Police report: No
Medical attention: No
Vehicle towed: Yes

Narrative

THE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHILE PARKED. NOTHING WAS TURNED ON AND NOTHING WAS PLUGGED IN. THE CAR WAS TOTALED. TOYOTA IS REFUSING TO ADMIT THIS CAR HAS A PROBLEM AND RANDOMLY CATCHES FIRE. TOYOTA JUST ISSUED A RECALL ON ANOTHER MODEL OF THE PRIUS FOR THIS SAME ISSUE.

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 11128265
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown