2012 TOYOTA PRIUS V — Complaint #1905285
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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC:SOLENOID/ACTUATOR filed June 27, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1905285 (ODI reference 11529152) concerns a 2012 TOYOTA PRIUS V and was filed on June 27, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on June 12, 2023. The vehicle had 160,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Kentucky based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as service brakes, electric:solenoid/actuator, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same TOYOTA PRIUS V cohort independently describe similar service brakes, electric:solenoid/actuator failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2012 TOYOTA PRIUS V shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact's wife owns a 2012 Toyota Prius V. The contact stated that while his wife was driving at an undisclosed speed, the brake pedal was depressed and went to the floorboard. Additionally, the brakes intermittently failed to stop the vehicle immediately. Several unknown warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where it was diagnosed, and the mechanic retrieved DTC code: C1391. The contact was informed that the ABS actuator and pump assembly needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 160,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1905285 |
| ODI Number | 11529152 |
| Date Filed | June 27, 2023 |
| Failure Date | June 12, 2023 |
| VIN | JTDZN3EU6C3 |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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