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2005 Toyota Prius vehicle speed control problems

109 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the vehicle speed control on the 2005 Toyota Prius10% of all complaints for this model year.

109
Vehicle Speed Control complaints
10%
share of all complaints
50,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
33 / 1
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Combination meter intermittently not functioning. When turning the car on, sometimes the dash meter works, sometimes it's just black and continues the entire time the car is running. Then when trying to turn the car off, it will not turn off, which is a major safety concern. When this occurs, there…

    filed Dec 11, 2018

  • I started the car and the speed indicator didn't illuminate. I thought it was a lightbulb or something that that had gone out since the car drove like normal. When I got to my destination I tried to turn off the car but it didn't turn off. I called the campus car service, by the time they got to me…

    filed Jun 22, 2018

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Related recalls

Vehicle Speed Control problems in other Prius years

YearReportsShare
2024 Prius29%
2022 Prius14%
2019 Prius414%
2018 Prius411%
2017 Prius1314%
2016 Prius138%
2015 Prius74%
2014 Prius147%
2013 Prius215%
2012 Prius133%
2011 Prius285%
2010 Prius28710%
Prius vehicle speed control problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.