2007 TOYOTA PRIUS — Complaint #637422
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NHTSA Complaint about FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY filed September 6, 2007
NHTSA complaint #637422 (ODI reference 10202032) concerns a 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS and was filed on September 6, 2007. The owner reports the failure occurred on July 21, 2007. The vehicle had 25,065 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Ohio based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as fuel system, other:delivery, 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 cohort independently describe similar fuel system, other:delivery 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 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE SMELLED GAS INSIDE THE VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING IT FOR A FEW WEEKS. THE AROMA INTENSIFIED AND HE DISCOVERED A STREAM OF FUEL LEAKING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT A RODENT CHEWED TROUGH ONE OF THE FUEL LINES. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER TOYOTA DEALER AND THEY CONFIRMED THAT A RODENT CAUSED THE FAILURE, HOWEVER, THE CONTACT STILL DID NOT BELIEVE THE DIAGNOSIS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A HONDA DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE SUB ASSEMBLY TUBE WAS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED AND CAME APART. THE TUBE ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WILL HONOR THE FIRST DEALER'S DIAGNOSIS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,065 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 25,100.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 637422 |
| ODI Number | 10202032 |
| Date Filed | September 6, 2007 |
| Failure Date | July 21, 2007 |
| VIN | JTDKB20U077 |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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