Brakes. Noise.

Hi. I have already posted about the groaning sound in my Prius v but yesterday had to have it towed because the brakes locked while driving in reverse. Has anybody else had this issue. I was going backwards, the car stopped, i went to depress brake pedal and i could not push down at all. It was totally locked. Happened twice. Any suggestions. We are waiting to see what service has to say.

 

Re: BRAKES LOCKING IN REVERSE

Sorry about that title. I hit return from phone and it sent the post. Supposed to read BRAKE!!!!

 

The car is still at the dealers and they are chrcking it out. Loaner car for now. I am hoping to hear something today. I did put a call into Toyota as well.

 

I am still waiting to hear from Toyota with regard to this. I wanted to make you aware that if for what ever reason you need to have your Prius towed because of this, DO NOT let the tow truck driver drive it up onto the platform. When the driver did this to our vehicle, he had his foot pressed on the brake and depressed the gas pedal at the same time, as if it where a standard, and when he did this, it messed up the report that they printed on the vehicle. They said the incidents where to close to pin point what happened. So if you need a tow, do not have them drive the vehicle. They were not able to determine what happened this time.

 

If they drive it up on the roll back, make sure that they do not need specific information from your car's computer. That is what got us. The brake incident happened at 12:45 pm and the tow truck driver drove it up the roll back at about 3:30pm, hit a large chain that was on the bed, tried to drive over the chain and by doing this he had to put his foot on the brake and the gas at same time and then the dealer told us that they couldn't pinpoint what happened because it showed multiple incidents because of the tow truck driver. Kinda hard to explain, but I recommend asking the dealer before it is towed.