2005 Toyota Prius stability control problems
Owners reported stability control problems in 20 complaints for the 2005 Toyota Prius, 2% of the complaints on file.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 20 2% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 67,000 miles 17 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When stability control problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 4 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 2 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 4 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 5 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 17 stability control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 67,000 miles, and 35% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 1 crash.
What owners wrote
I am the first owner of this 2005 prius and have kept up with all maintenance and recall issues. This is my first complaint. On a perfectly fine weather day, I was driving my usual route home coming to a line of stopped cars in the left turn lane on a relatively flat, unbumpy surface street and was about 1 car length from the stopped car in front of me when I applied my brake. To my astonishment, with the brake fully engaged, my car kept going forward as if I had no brakes and rear ended the car ahead of me.
I first reported this to toyota march 10, 2010. I did so after talking with a coworker who had a 2010 prius. I have a 2005 prius. We both experienced the same thing. Therefore, I figured I should take it more serious. The toyota's safety incident number is [xxx] . When going over bumps and hitting the breaks I notice that instead of immediately slowing the car down, the car seems to either not slow at all and seems to accelerate.
Other problems reported for the 2005 Toyota Prius
- Lighting 349 complaints
- Brakes 285 complaints
- Electrical system 179 complaints
- Cruise control 109 complaints
- Engine 73 complaints
- Air bags 45 complaints
- Steering 40 complaints
- Drivetrain & axles 31 complaints