Warning Prius Owners of 2010-14.....Get this recall to save your life!!!!

Invaluable for owners who have not yet had the recall update performed.

What financial logistics are required to allow a vehicle not yet 'paid off' to be sold - now (thus allowing an exit from the hybrid auto world)?

 

Well you should had be part of this community much, much earlier that just showing up only to complaint................

 

can you say class action lawsuit?

 

Thank you for the sensational post. Perhaps you will feel safer in one of GM's fine products. (How many people died because of their crap ignition switches?) Perhaps you will feel safer in one of the many automobiles running around with airbags that may spray shapnel into your neck. Perhaps you would prefer a vehicle whose window switches can short and cause a fire. When you find a manufacturer or a product line with fewer recalls than a Prius please let me know. (This challenge is for the OP. Please don't call out the obvious answer.)

 

I received my recall notice on schedule, well after it was posted and discussed here. I wonder why you didn't get your's. Did you change address?

Beware of non-hybrid vehicles too. They have tires, which can suddenly blow out with potentially catastrophic results. This happened to my spouse on Highway 2. She survived unscathed.

Many non-hybrids also have timing belts, which can suddenly break and cause instant and total power loss, so the car won't even go 12 mph for a short time. This happened to me in a 1984 Ford at highway speed in the center lane of I-5. I survived unscathed. The manufacturer's maintenance schedule did not call for this part to be replaced on any sort of schedule.

I intend to never go back to pre-hybrids again. Though not for any of the above reasons.

 

This was pretty big news and Toyota was pretty aggressive about getting the news out and notifying owners.
How was it you weren't notified?

If you had so much as an oil change at a Toyota Dealership you should of been alerted.
Did you buy the vehicle used and NEVER take it to a Toyota Dealership?


Even in this day and age, it's probably wise to occasional do a search for recalls for whatever vehicle you own.
If you just check out Toyota's owners website you can look up specific recalls.

It's too bad that somehow the OP fell through the notification cracks.
But I think the experience much, much more the exception than the rule.

 

And of course the GenIII Prius is the only car on the road that has ever stalled, overheated, had an engine die, rod blow, and all the other things that can make a car lose speed quickly to almost nothing.

 

Yeah, warning!

 

that's how i go through life, posting complaints.

















































Merged Mr. Bisco. Please, again, stop posting back to back. Just edit your last post or multi quote if quoting different people.
















































































in ma, when we move, recall notice's follow our change of address through the department of motor vehicles.

 

can't say that i blame you, just another hurdle for alt fuel vehicles.

 

sorry, it's just that we all know about the problems of prius by spending time here, and take it for granted that everyone knows. otoh, we see enough of your brand of hyperbole that makes us scoff. no offense intended.

 

Where exactly is that sticker? Does it look "Toyota", or just dealership? Can you post a pic?

I want my sticker!




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There's been several mentions that you might not get notices if you don't take your car to a Toyota dealership for mundane services. I don't think that's true, the notice I got came straight from Toyota. The main thing is to make sure Toyota knows YOU own this car, it's VIN, and your current mailing address.

 

It's a shame the 2010 Prius popped your bubble - you were on such a roll too...

 

OR just register and log in with the Toyota Owners website. There's an option there to check for recalls.

Listen, I don't want to be too hard on you. I think when someone comes close to an accident or has an accident in a vehicle it can definitely erode a persons confidence in that vehicle.
If I was riding around in my Prius and the engine suddenly died and left me powerless, I'd be upset and I'd wouldn't be happy.

But I would say in this case? Toyota did do the right thing. They launched a recall that evidently DOES fix this problem. Not a lot of reports of this happening-because the recall happened.

And as others have pointed out? Operational failures of a vehicle can happen to any of them. It's NOT Prius exclusive.

So if you've enjoyed the vehicle thus far? I'd be happy that nothing too bad really did happen, and that the problem is being fixed at no cost to you. And maybe give The Prius and "Hybrids" another chance? This was a very specific (and very serious) Problem that Toyota did identify and remedy through recall.

If this "scare" has soured you on Prius and Hybrids permanently? That's a personal decision, and OK too....
Everyone has the freedom to move on from a vehicle for whatever reason. From a lack of trust due to a recall addressed problem- to they just don't like the way in looks in the driveway.

When I first heard about the recall, as a Prius Owner I wasn't happy. Nobody likes it when their vehicle is identified as having a problem, even if the manufacturer offers a remedy. BUT I had the recall done, and I drive it with relative confidence that the situation you experienced will NOT happen to me.

I would offer that once fixed, the chances of a similar failure happening again would be very, very slim. With the caveat that ALL vehicles are machines built by humans and being used in the real world, which leaves them vulnerable to accidents and failures.

I don't think you HAVE to take your car to the dealership to get notices.
But at least at mine, they enter the VIN into their system every time they do anything, and that tells THEM if there are any outstanding recalls the vehicle might need.

My notice was mailed directly to me.
Of course I knew several months in advance that I would need the recall due to my obsessive participation in Prius Chat.

 

and it paid off, you could have been sherbrankitty.