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Originally Posted by TrudyM
Locally we have been hearing allot about recent Prius accidents. It seems that the brakes stop working and putting it into neutral doesn't help much. It has something to do with the onboard computer they think. Owners who got notices took the cars into dealers, who told them their car wasn't on a recall and then bam no brakes. Car totaled  Guy says he just wants a replacement Prius. |
I was wondering why putting into neutral would have little effect. I would think that either you can put it into neutral or you can't. If you can then even though the engine is racing it would slow down eventually. Anybody know?