# 2013 TOYOTA PRIUS C — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
> NHTSA complaint `1747974` · 2021-05-18 · Toyota Motor Corporation
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** TOYOTA
- **Model:** PRIUS C
- **Year:** 2013
- **Manufacturer:** Toyota Motor Corporation
- **Component:** ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
## Narrative
While in line at a church food bank, with cars in front and in back of me, the Prius C suddenly lunged forward.  While my foot was on the brake, I hit the car in front of me.  The impact was strong enough to cause almost $1400 worth of damage to the car in front of me and more than that for my car.  My car's fender is damaged as well as the lights and hood of the car.  My sister was in the passenger seat and nephew in the back seat.  My sister told me that all she could see when the sudden movement started was my foot on the brake.  She said that from where she was sitting, she could not see if my foot was on the gas pedal but could clearly see when my foot was on the brake.  So lucky that there were no injuries either to the husband and wife in the car in front of me nor to my passengers.  There is no reason for me to have accelerated that fast when the car in front moved a fraction of feet at a time.  I would release the brake and the car would move slowly until I applied the brake again.  The Prius was inspected by Toyota at a dealer and we were told they could find no sign of anything wrong with the car.  There were no warning lights or messages before the sudden acceleration happened.    Due to the possibility of it happening again, we decided to park the car in case any litigation could be processed.  We have been denied by many law firms due to the fact that there were no serious injuries and the age of the car.  About a month after the incident, we bought a new Prius 
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