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2017 Toyota PRIUS PRIME Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1707868
Internal NHTSA #	11377239
Manufacurer	Toyota Motor Corporation
Brand	TOYOTA
Model	PRIUS PRIME
Model Year	2017
File date	20/10/20
Component	POWER TRAIN
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Just five minutes after i left the house, i was driving at 15 miles mph on a curved road and the vehicle completely lost power. This includes both the electric motor and the gas motor. Both the steering system and brakes malfunctioned, causing the steering wheel to become too stiff to turn and the brakes were not able to be pressed down no matter how hard i tried. This caused the car to swerve off the road and hit a light pole. Not only did the automatic collision prevention system failed to work, the airbags also failed to deploy with the amount of impact. This has caused severe damage to my car and severe injury to my body. Unfortunately, this was not the first time the vehicle experienced a power failure. The first time i was in stop and go traffic on the freeway. The car completely shut off for 5 seconds and turned backed on again. Luckily the vehicle was not moving due to the speed of traffic. I took the vehicle back to the dealership and complained about this problem. However, the service department failed to find any problem. The second time it happened i was driving on a straight road and the vehicle slowed down and completely shut off. Nothing appeared on the monitor nor the dashboard, just like the first time. I could not get the vehicle to start for 30 minutes. I even captured this incident on video that no matter how many times i
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	70000
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	ANAHEIM, CA
VIN pattern	JTDKARFP7H3XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	Y
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	Y
Was medical attention required?	Y
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	1
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	15
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2017 Toyota PRIUS PRIME Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2017 Toyota PRIUS PRIME Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

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What is Failure?

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