# 2008 TOYOTA PRIUS — SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC
> NHTSA complaint `765631` · 2010-02-23 · 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:** 2008
- **Manufacturer:** Toyota Motor Corporation
- **Component:** SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC
- **Miles at failure:** 24,700
- **Speed:** 7 mph
## Narrative
MY 2008 PRIUS, MAY HAVE HAD A BRAKING PROBLEM SIMILAR TO WHAT I HAVE READ ABOUT.  I HAVE NOT SEEN A 2008 INCLUDED IN THE NEWS, BUT MY EXPERIENCE SOUNDS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT OTHERS HAVE BEEN REPORTING.    WHILE DRIVING TO WORK ON SNOW PACKED ROADS I WAS MAKING A TURN INTO THE BUSINESS PARK WHERE I WORK.  THE CORNER WAS GOING NORMALLY UNTIL I HIT THE DRAINAGE DIP IN THE INTERSECTION.  AT THIS TIME I FEEL THAT I LOST ALL BRAKING WITH THE VEHICLE.      THE STREET WAS COVERED WITH PACKED FRESH SNOW, BUT NO ICE.  I HAD BEEN DRIVING IN SIMILAR CONDITIONS ON THE 20 MILE DRIVE INTO WORK WITH NO ISSUES OR TRACTION PROBLEMS AT ANY INTERSECTION OR CORNER.  WHEN I REALIZED SOMETHING WAS WRONG AND THAT I WAS NOT SLOWING I QUICKLY TRIED TO LET OFF THE BRAKES AND THEN REAPPLY THEM BUT NOTHING SEEMED TO HAPPEN AT ALL REGARDLESS IF I WAS PRESSING THE BRAKES OR NOT.  NO PUMPING SOUND FROM ANTILOCK BRAKES, NO TRACTION WARNING LIGHT, NO SLOWING OF THE CAR - NOTHING AT ALL. IT FELT LIKE THE BRAKES WERE NOT RESPONDING TO MY PUSH OF THE PEDAL IN ANY WAY.    LUCKILY I WAS NOT GOING FAST AT ALL (I WOULD ESTIMATE WELL UNDER 10MPH), SO THIS HAPPENED OVER A VERY SHORT DISTANCE. I DID STRIKE A CURB THAT WAS PART OF AN ISLAND AND CRACKED A RIM BUT NO DAMAGE TO THE STEERING THAT AN ALIGNMENT DID NOT RESOLVE.  I HAD TO REPLACE ALL OF THE RIMS SINCE THE LOCAL DEALER HAD TO ORDER THEM IN AND I NEEDED MY CAR TO GET TO WORK.  I WAS VERY LUCKY THAT THERE WAS AN ISLAND AND THAT I DID NOT CRASH INTO ANOTHER CAR IN 
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