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2007 TOYOTA PRIUS — TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM

crash · 756550 · 2010-02-03

Vehicle

Make
TOYOTA
Model
PRIUS
Year
2007
Manufacturer
Toyota Motor Corporation
Component
TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM
Miles at failure
62,000
Speed
28 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

I HAD A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS THAT SEEMED TO HAVE ISSUES WHENEVER I WOULD HIT THE BRAKES ON SLICK\WET ROADS OR SOMETIMES WHEN I WOULD HIT A BUMP. IT FELT AS IF THE BRAKES WOULD NOT APPLY AND THE CAR WOULD FEEL LIKE IT ACCELERATED FORWARD INSTEAD OF STOPPING. USUALLY THE BRAKES WOULD KICK IN AFTER A SECOND OR TWO OF THIS KIND OF SLIPPING. HOWEVER, IN EARLY NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR WHILE TAKING MY SON TO KARATE ON A WET DAY WE HIT A SPOT OF REPAIRED ROAD THAT CAUSED THIS TO OCCUR AGAIN, INSTEAD OF CORRECTING ITSELF IT FELT LIKE I HAD NO CONTROL OF THE CAR AND THE CAR VEERED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WENT UP AN INCLINE AND FLIPPED THE CAR ONTO ITS SIDE. FORTUNATELY IN THIS CASE NO ONE WAS INJURED AT ALL AS I WAS GOING FAIRLY SLOW AND THE CAR QUICKLY CAME TO A STOP WHEN IT WENT ON IT SIDE. I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE ISSUE WAS WITH THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM BUT I RECENTLY SAW AN ARTICLE ABOUT 2010 PRIUS HAVING THIS ISSUE AND I THOUGHT I SHOULD REPORT THAT THIS HAPPENED TO ME ON AN OLDER VERSION OF THE PRIUS AS WELL. *TR

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10304371
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