A Toyota Prius owner had a frightening experience yesterday when the driver realized that his car began to speed up. When the brakes failed to engage he called- 911. At a speed of 95 miles an hour a highway patrolman pulled up alongside and instructed him on how to stop the vehicle.
THE PATROLMAN’S INSTRUCTIONS WERE TO PRESS THE ELECTRONIC ON BUTTON TO OFF AND THEN HEAVILY APPLY BOTH BREAKS AT THE SAME TIME.
As soon as the driver did this the car began to slow down. When the speed reduced to 50 mph the patrolman positioned his car in front of the Prius and began to slow the Prius down with his patrol car until they both came to a stop.
Ironically, the driver had previously taken the vehicle into the dealer and was told it was not one on the re-call list and did not need fixing.
Toyota in not that short of a time has drastically had so many allegided against it that it really makes me immagine will they ever be able to get themselves out of the microscope that they are in. And with this recent accused scammer that said he could not slow down in his prius… It just seems like people is coming out of the wood work making complaints, most of them are probably not even real. Its just like everyone want to jump on the bandwagon. Seems like a perfect opportunity for some behind on the payments on the cars with toyota to attempt to not make a payment.