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2010 TOYOTA PRIUS — SERVICE BRAKES

crash · 940518 · 2012-09-20

Vehicle

Make
TOYOTA
Model
PRIUS
Year
2010
Manufacturer
Toyota Motor Corporation
Component
SERVICE BRAKES
Miles at failure
20,100
Speed
72 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

TRAVELING ON PARKWAY WHEN WE WERE APPROACHING A VEHICLE GOING SOUTH DOWN AT APPROXIMATELY 55 WE WERE TRAVELING 72 WITH CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED, I TAPPED THE BRAKES TO TRY AND SLOW AND NOTHING HAPPENED I THEN HELD THE BRAKE PEDAL DOWN FOR MORE THAN 15 SECONDS WITH NO SUCCESS, TRIED TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE BY PULLING BACK ON THE HANDLE ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND STILL IT WOULD NOT DISENGAGE, WE STRUCK THE TRUCK AT 72 MPH ONLY BECAUSE WE HAD NO WHERE ELSE TO GO AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT DISENGAGE CRUISE. THE CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT WAS STILL ILLUMINATED AFTER THE VEHICLE CAME TO REST AFTER IMPACT AND THE VEHICLE BRAKES STILL DID NOT APPEAR TO FUNCTION, THIS VEHICLE WAS A TOYOTA LEASE AND WAS TOLD MULTIPLE TIMES BY TOYOTA THAT THE ISSUES WAS RECALLED BY TOYOTA AND THAT THIS VEHICLE HAD THE RECALL PERFORMED. *TR

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10476613
Machine
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