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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005022978 | Incident Date: Apr, 12 2005 |
| Consumer's City: CORPUS CHRISTI | Consumer's State: TX |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Model Name: PRIUS | Model Year: 2005 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Electrical system |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jun, 04 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I did not have a failure, but i had an experience that i think would be helpful to you and toyota. my experience was accidently hitting my right knee lightly upward against the lever that is used to put the car in drive, park, referse and battery. i was traveling on the highway and was shifting my weight slightly to get more comfortable after i had been driving several hours. within a few minutes, looking at the dashboard, i noticed the car was in the "b" mode which i guess is called battery. i shifted back into drive with no problem. however my thinking is that if someone did what i did (in the way of accidently tapping the shift lever with their knee) and did not notice that the car had shifted to battery, after driving for some time (x hours or minutes) the batteries that drive the electric motor/engine would run down to the point where the car would stop running and could not be restarted because the batteries were so run down. also the engine would not start again because the batteries running the electric motor were not assisting in the drive of the car as designed. i noticed a note on a web site this evening that indicated the car would not run when the batteries were below a 20% charge. if this is correct, it would fit in with my theory. the shift lever needs to be harder to move so that accidental changes such as i experienced would be prevented. if this is too expensive, maybe a cheaper way to fix tghe problem would be for an alarm light or audible signal to go on when the battery propulsion had been going on too long unassisted by the gasoline motor. maybe i'm all wet, but i thought it wouldn't hurt to let you know my thoughts. |
