# 2010 TOYOTA PRIUS — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
> NHTSA complaint `756369` · 2010-02-03 · 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
- **Year:** 2010
- **Manufacturer:** Toyota Motor Corporation
- **Component:** SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- **Miles at failure:** 5,000
- **Speed:** 15 mph
## Narrative
MULTIPLE EVENTS/FAILURES, HERE IS A SUMMARY:  1) WHILE BRAKING OVER ROUGHER ROAD CONDITIONS -- NOT POTHOLES, BUT REGULAR ROUGHNESS/BUMPS IN ROADS -- BRAKES FEEL LIKE THEY MOMENTARILY NO LONGER FUNCTION/GO OUT.  AS SOON AS YOU RETURN TO SMOOTH ROAD SURFACES, THE PROBLEM CORRECTS ITSELF.  THIS HAS OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, THE DEALERSHIP WITH WHOM I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE WERE UNAWARE OF THE PROBLEM WHEN I CALLED THEM, EVEN THOUGHT IT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED IN THE NATIONAL NEWS.  2) BRAKE MALFUNCTION ON SLIPPERY ROADS.  I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND GOING VERY SLOW, LEAVING MORE THAN ENOUGH SPACE TO STOP FROM THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME.  I APPROACHED A RED LIGHT AND LIGHTLY APPLIED THE BRAKES.  HAVING PLENTY OF SPACE TO STOP, I REALIZED THAT MY CAR WAS NOT SLOWING AS IT SHOULD.  REGARDLESS OF THE PRESSURE APPLIED THERE WAS NO CHANGE.  I ENDED UP STOPPING BY REARENDING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME.  THE DAMAGE WAS MINIMAL, BUT SCARY NONETHELESS. *TR
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