Consumer Complaint Detail

TOYOTA / PRIUS / 2004

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005026019 Incident Date: Jun, 22 2005
Consumer's City: CARROLLTON Consumer's State: TX
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation
Model Name: PRIUS Model Year: 2004
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: JTDKB20U940 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 24 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jan, 09 2005
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: While driving around town and some highway, intermittently, the battery charge level will drop very low (one red bar), the battery will not charge, and the car will loose power. when the prius has power loss, the average mpg drops from the low 40's to the low 30's. the car has never stalled as per current investigation with '04 prius, but, the loss of power almost caused an accident. i have taken the car to a toyota dealer 3 times, they are unable to find anything wrong with the car. have also contacted toyota corp and escalated, but, they maintain that there is not a problem. all sofware technical bulitens and any recalls have all been applied