Prius Loses Power While Driving on Interstate

A fuel filter is located within the fuel tank and is not separately replaceable.

How many gallons of gas did you buy when you filled up?

How many miles did you drive between the fillup and the start of driveability problems?

If the problem is bad gas, maybe you can seek recourse from the gasoline retailer.

 

I find that pretty dubious. I mean...the gas would have to have particulates in it that would be small enough to make it through the fuel filter but large enough to "clog up every fuel injector". That would be like the first time I have ever heard of such a thing happening to a car after one bad tank of gas ever...and I've been around cars a long time.

What manufacturer did you buy the gas from, did you keep the receipt? Did you put it on a credit card that shows you fueled up there and when? In the very least, if that is the case...the fuel retailer would definitely be liable for your damage...

 

My daughter got similar experience robbed by a Toyota dealer in Tuscon. She went over to Mexico for a holiday and get bad gas over there. Car died couple days later and tow to the dealer. At first they drained the gas tank and replace the gas filters, then they said the car still not running right, they replace all the spark plugs and wires and claimed that didn't fix the problem and asked to have the injectors replaced. The total bill is $2300.
I was in California and couldn't help.
I got the original injectors back and found to be working perfectly.

 

Might have been Diesel instead of gasoline. That would be ugly.
[Not possible: he filled up a week before the incident. I must learn to read more closely.]

 

It sounds like the dealer took you to the cleaners. I smell something fishy in this one.

Tom

 

was it BP?

 

Could the filter fail?

 

If you could drive 120 miles after refueling, before the problem started, I agree that the gasoline is not likely to be the problem.

How many miles on the odometer?

Pls ask your dealership service writer what DTC was logged by your car, and post.

 

Diagnostic Trouble Code. It's the error code logging in the computers.

Tom

 

Yeah I say BS. The odds of the fuel from a major retailer like Shell being of such poor quality 1/4 tank running through the injectors could clog "all of them" even with no fuel filter at all are extremely slim. And in NJ you can't even pump your own gas, so even if it WERE diesel, thats still not your fault. Its not diesel, they would already know that by now if it were.

I think this needs to be kicked up the chain to Toyota and get a regional warranty rep to come out and look at the car. If neccisary have it towed to another Toyota dealer for a second opinion...

 

And you might want to let the owner of that gas station know that Toyota is trying to pin this damage on them...maybe they have some purity documentation or something that can help you, tank inspections etc.