2010 TOYOTA PRIUS — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE

2010 TOYOTA PRIUS. CONSUMER STATES BRAKE FAILURE IN WHICH THE MALFUNCTION HAPPENED TWICE AND CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE FACTORY DEFECT WAS NOT BROUGHT TO LIGHT UNTIL AFTER THE SECOND INCIDENT. ALTHOUGH, TOYOTA CORRECTED THE BRAKE ISSUE, THE CONSUMER HAS COSTS AND OUTSTANDING PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE DONE IN FIRST INCIDENT, INCLUDING PROBLEMS WITH THE WHEEL BEARING. THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING TOYOTA REIMBURSE HIM FOR MONIES PAID TO FIX THE VEHICLE AND ALSO TO FIX THE WHEEL BEARING THAT WAS NOT IDENTIFIED AND NOT REPLACED. THE CONSUMER STATED THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN HE WAS ABOUT TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN. THERE WAS SNOW ON THE ROADS AND AS HE WAS MAKING THE TURN, TRAVELING ABOUT 9 OR 10 MPH, HE STARTED SLIDING TOWARD THE CURB ON THE OTHER SIDE. HE TRIED TO BRAKE, BUT HE CONTINUED TO SLIDE. AN INSTANT BEFORE HE HIT THE CURB, THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ACTIVATED, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE. HE SLID INTO THE CURB WITH THE WHEEL TURNED, BROKE THE WHEEL RIM AND FLATTENED THE TIRE. THE SECOND FAILURE OCCURRED WHEN HE WAS COMING OUT OF A MALL PARKING LOT HEADING TOWARD A MAIN STREET. THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS COASTING TO THE STOP SIGN AND APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. HE PUSHED THEM AS HARD AS HE COULD AND AGAIN AT THE LAST SECOND THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ACTIVATED. *JB