2014 Toyota Prius V Driver assistance Problems

8/2025 Car stalled on freeway. Went to dealer. They said nothing wrong. Then on a trip north, car stalled again on freeway. Went to the nearest dealer. They too said nothing wrong. This time same thing. There is a recall for the exact symptoms of the exact car yet they say the repair was done. Why does my vin not qualify for the exact symptoms that generated a recall? This was super dangerous at freeway speed. Toyota knows there is a problem with the inverter and it's computer. Now I'm paying again for a diagnosis. That makes $750 just diagnosing and now if they actually decide it is the inverter, I have to pay upwards of $3000 even though there is a recall? What the heck?

NHTSA ID

11733421

Incident

Apr 23, 2026

Car was diagnosed at a Toyota dealership with a brake booster issue reading code 20TE07 after my vehicles brakes suddenly would not work and the car continued to jolt forward. The brakes wouldn’t stop the car. According to Toyota, my vehicle is three months outside of the warranty period but under the covered mileage so we are left to repair this defect ourselves. This was a very dangerous situation and could have cost us and our children our lives instead of just the $4800 repair cost. This has happened to both of our Prius’s so this is not a rare issue. Toyota needs to have a plan for these parts failing suddenly and they should all be recalled for safety in my opinion. The experience was very scary and we had zero control over the vehicle when the brakes suddenly went out. Where do I join the class action lawsuit?

NHTSA ID

11621260

Incident

Oct 18, 2024

Four warning lights related to the braking system illuminate, followed by what seems to be the cessation of the ABS. After 5 minutes of driving, the lights went off and abs returned, although brakes are shaky. The abs seems to be a known faulty park and is covered under warranty but only up to 150,000 miles. When taken to a dealer, the repair shop recommended I call corporate. Citing the arbitrary mileage limit, the Toyota mechanic seemed convinced the corporate office would cover the cost, saying he’s seen it done on a case by case basis. This coverage should be made unilaterally for all car owners with this defect, not simply those willing to fight for it. Class action lawsuits over what seems to be a similar issue have been privately settled.

NHTSA ID

11599296

Incident

Jul 1, 2024

RATTLE TYPE OF NOISE CAN HEAR AND FEEL FROM DRIVER'S SIDE IN FRONT SUSPENSION AREA WHILE DRIVING LOWER SPEED AND WHEN PUSH BRAKE AND STOP . MOST OF NOISE HAPPENED WHEN PUSH BRAKE TO STOP AND SLOWLY START DRIVING / MOVING VEHICLE AGAIN . THOUGHT NOISE IS FROM SUSPENSION BUT AFTER BEING FULL INSPECTION ON VEHICLE , MECHANICS BELIEVE IT'S NOISE FROM " HYBRID SYSTEM POWER INVERTER " . SEARCH RECALL STATES ON NHSTA WEB AND FOUND RECALL IS " INCOMPLETE " . SO AM PLANING TO BRING IT AND ASK AT TOYOTA DEALER IN CULVER CITY CA WHERE I ORIGINALLY PURCHASED VEHICLE FOR REPAIR / REPLACE INVERTER . IT SUPPOSED TO BE PERFORM AS FREE OF SERVICE .

NHTSA ID

11337553

Incident

Jul 2, 2020

Mileage

90,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 TOYOTA PRIUS V. WHILE DRIVING INTO THE DRIVEWAY AT 5 MPH WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED WHEN THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD AND CRASHED INTO THE GARAGE DOOR. AS A RESULT, THERE WAS PROPERTY DAMAGE AND THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000.

NHTSA ID

11287204

Incident

Nov 12, 2019

Mileage

80,000 mi

POWER STEERING HARD TO DRIVE, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, ABS, A LITTLE CAR LIGHT , STORING RED LIGHT ,

NHTSA ID

11257611

Incident

Aug 20, 2019

THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AS EXPECTED. IT BEHAVED AS IF THE FUEL INJECTOR WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. WE WERE NOT ABLE TO KEEP A CONSISTENT SPEED AND THE MOTOR STARTED TO HAVE A ROUGH IDLE SOUND. THE HYBRID SYSTEM STOPPED WORKING, THE ICON OF THE BATTERIES TURNED PURPLE AND WOULD NOT RECHARGE WHEN STOPPING. WE TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP, THE SERVICE PERSON THEY SAID IT WAS A SOFTWARE AND EMISSIONS MISS-FIRE ISSUE. IT WILL TAKE A PART TO BE REPLACED AND SOFTWARE UPDATED. TOYOTA SENT OUT A MEMO TO THEM STATING THIS MIGHT HAPPEN AND THIS IS HOW TO FIX IT. IT SEEMS SINCE THEY ARE WARNING SERVICE STAFF TO BE AWARE OF THIS THAT MAYBE THEY SHOULD TAKE CARE OF IT BEFORE IT HAPPENS AND NOT HAVE ME PAY OVER $900 AND THE STRESS OF IT HAPPENING ON THE FREEWAY AND THEN HAVING ME GET IT FIXED.

NHTSA ID

11234238

Incident

Jul 22, 2019

Mileage

150,000 mi

TOYOTA ISSUED SAFETY RECALLS E0E AND F0R FOR THE FAILURE OF THE HYBRID INVERTER. IF THE INVERTER HAD NOT FAILED YET, THE TOYOTA'S REMEDY IS A 'SOFTWARE RE-FLASH'. THE SOFTWARE REFLASH 'REMEDY' IS NOT SUFFICIENT. THERE HAVE BEEN AN EXCESSIVE NUMBER OF INVERTER FAILURES AFTER THE SOFTWARE RE-FLASH 'REMEDY' FOR THESE RECALLS HAS BEEN COMPLETED. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVERS, AS IT LEADS TO UNINTENDED DECELERATION ' THE PRIUS SPONTANEOUSLY ENTERING 'LIMP-HOME MODE' OR EVEN A 'HYBRID SYSTEM SHUT DOWN'. THIS IS DANGEROUS AS IN RESULTS IN DRASTIC REDUCTIONS, IF NOT THE COMPLETE LOSS, OF POWER. THESE UNINTENDED DECELERATION OCCURRENCES PREDOMINANTLY HAPPEN WHILE THE VEHICLES ARE IN MOTION ' MANY TIMES AT HIGH SPEEDS. BETWEEN ONLY TWO DEALERSHIPS, WE HAVE DOCUMENTED APPROXIMATELY 100 INVERTER FAILURES AFTER THE E0E AND F0R SOFTWARE REFLASH 'REMEDY' HAS BEEN COMPLETED. DURING ONE INVERTER FAILURE, WHICH TOOK PLACE AFTER RECEIVING THE E0E SOFTWARE RE-FLASH, EXCESSIVE HEAT WAS GENERATED WITHIN THE INVERTER THAT MELTED STEEL BOLTS AND CREATED AN ELECTRICAL ARC THAT BLASTED TWO HOLES THROUGH THE ALUMINUM CASE OF THE INVERTER ASSEMBLY. THE DRIVER STATED IF SHE HAD EXPERIENCED THIS FAILURE WHILE ON THE FREEWAY, 'SHE WOULDN'T BE HERE ANYMORE.' THE VEHICLE WAS A 2012 MODEL YEAR AND AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE IT HAD ONLY 31,222 MILES ON IT. INSTANCES OF UNINTENDED DECELERATION WILL CONTINUE TO GROW DAILY UNTIL TOYOTA IMPLEMENTS A SUFFICIENT REMEDY THAT WILL PREVENT THESE LOSSES OF POWER FROM OCCURRING. ATTACHED PLEASE FIND A REPORT DETAILING, FOR ONLY TWO DEALERSHIPS, THE INVERTER FAILURES WE'VE EXPERIENCED AFTER THE E0E AND F0R SOFTWARE RE-FLASH REMEDIES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. ALSO ATTACHED, PLEASE FIND THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE INVERTER WHICH EXPERIENCED THE ELECTRICAL ARC. PLEASE CONSIDER THAT "DATE THIS HAPPENED" AS THE FILING DATE OF THIS REPORT. *JS

NHTSA ID

11054604

Incident

Dec 13, 2017

Mileage

31,222 mi

SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, THE ODOMETER HAS BEEN OFF BY ABOUT 2 MILES PER HOUR AT 65, AND 3-4 MILES PER HOUR AT 95. THIS MEANS THAT THE OBOE GET IS RECORDING 4% HIGHER MILEAGE THAN WHAT IS ACTUALLY BEING DRIVEN. MY CAR IS NOT ALONE, MANY PRIUS V MODELS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. DEALERSHIP DID NOT HAVE A SOLUTION. THIS NOT ONLY VOIDED MY 100,000 MILE WARRANTY 3-4K MILES EARLY, BUT IT MAKES THE FUEL ECONOMY LOOK BETTER ON PAPER THAN IT ACTUALLY IS- A SELLING POINT THAT TOYOTA TAKES ADVANTAGE OF. TO ME, THIS IS JUST AS BAD AS WHAT VOLKSWAGEN DID WITH THEIR DIESEL VEHICLES.

NHTSA ID

11030568

Incident

Feb 28, 2015

HALFWAY THROUGH PARALLEL PARKING, RIGHT REAR OF CAR BY CURB, FOOT LIGHTLY ON BRAKE, WAS ABOUT TO SHIFT TO D AND WAS LOOKING AROUND FOR ANY PEDESTRIANS SHORT-CUTTING IN FRONT OF CAR BEFORE SHIFTING, WHEN CAR ACCELERATED, NOT STOPPING IN SPITE OF BRAKE, UNTIL SMASHING INTO TREE. (I WAS THROWN AROUND BUT NO ONE ELSE WAS HURT, LUCKILY)

NHTSA ID

10883149

Incident

Jun 18, 2016

Mileage

7,000 mi

WAS DRIVING AT APPROX 20MPH ON A SIDE ROAD WHEN THE CAR COMPLETELY LOST POWER AND WENT DEAD. ALL THE DASHBOARD WARNING LIGHTS LIT UP AT THE SAME TIME. LOST STEERING CONTROL (THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY HEAVY AND WAS UNABLE TO STEER). MANAGED TO COAST TO A STOP A 100 FEET AWAY (SINCE THE CAR HAD ABSOLUTELY NO POWER). TURNED OFF THE POWER BUTTON, TURNED IT BACK ON AND THE CAR STARTED RUNNING AGAIN. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY. THEY RAN DIAGNOSTICS, FOUND CODES (LISTED BELOW) WHICH SUGGESTED THAT THE SMART KEY LOST COMMUNICATION WITH THE CAR. THEY KEPT THE CAR FOR AN EXTRA DAY, RAN THE DIAGS OVERNIGHT JUST TO SEE IF THEY CAN REPRODUCE BUT, WAS TOLD THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. NO IDEA WHAT MAY HAVE CAUSED THE ISSUE. THE SMART KEY WAS SITTING ON THE CENTER CONSOLE. BELOW ARE THE SMART KEY RELATED CODES THAT WERE RECORDED: U0100 - LOST COMMUNICATION WITH ECM/PCM "A" U0142 - LOST COMMUNICATION WITH BODY CONTROL MODULE "B" U0155 - LOST COMMUNICATION WITH INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER (IPC) CONTROL MODULE U0293 - LOST COMMUNICATION WITH HYBRID VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM PLEASE HELP INVESTIGATE THIS AS THIS IS POTENTIALLY A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE. BY GOD'S GRACE, THERE WAS NO OTHER VEHICLE ON THE ROAD, WAS GOING AT A LOW SPEED AND THANK GOD, THIS DID NOT HAPPEN ON A HIGHWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEED. THANKS.

NHTSA ID

10777968

Incident

Apr 30, 2015

Mileage

7,000 mi