# 2010 TOYOTA PRIUS — SERVICE BRAKES
> NHTSA complaint `953644` · 2012-12-13 · 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
- **Miles at failure:** 45,000
- **Speed:** 15 mph
## Narrative
I WAS IN THE RIGHT LANE TRAVELING WEST BOUND ON TENNESSEE STREET IN TALLAHASSEE, FL, AND AS I WAS GOING THROUGH THE LIGHT AT THE CORNER OF TENNESSEE AND MONROE STREET, THE TRAFFIC STOPPED JUST PAST THE INTERSECTION. AS I WAS ENTERING THE INTERSECTION, I APPLIED MY BRAKES BUT THEY WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR AND A WARNING LIGHT STARTED BLINKING. I HAD ONE OF TWO CHOICES; HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME OR HIT THE CURB FOR THE SIDEWALK CLOSE TO WHERE A MAN WAS STANDING WITH HIS BICYCLE. LUCKILY I HAD JUST ENOUGH ROOM TO GO BETWEEN THE BACK-END OF THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND THE MAN ON THE SIDEWALK. FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS INJURED IN MY ACCIDENT, I JUST SCARED THE MAN VERY BADLY, BUT THE REPAIRS TO MY CAR ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE MORE THAN $4,000.  *TR
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