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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005020904 | Incident Date: May, 06 2005 |
| Consumer's City: SAN FRANCISCO | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Model Name: PRIUS | Model Year: 2005 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Vehicle speed control:accelerator pedal |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: JTDKB20U850 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: May, 18 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Oct, 21 2004 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Car was being driven on multi-lane city arterial in moderate traffic. to try to quickly avoid an obstructing vehicle ahead, driver rapidly depressed accelerator pedal to fullest extent while steering. car then immediately, and without warning, lost all engine power and rolled to a stop. two general warning lights on dashboard illuminated. repeatedly depressing accelerator pedal produced no motion or other result. after engaging emergency flashers, only way to regain engine power was to shut off ignition, which required engaging parking circuit and depressing power on/off button, then after shutdown procedure was complete, again pressing power on/off button and waiting for hybrid system to energize. warning lights again came on but car now responded to accelerator and driver was able to move to parking lane. this was the third time in the eight months of owning this new car that such a sudden shutdown occurred. after the first two times in late november-early december 2004, car had been taken to dealer for service and was returned to owners reported as fixed by replacing faulty accelerator sensor. |
