[cluxford]

I'm in Australia, my wife has a series 2 Prius, purchased new in 2006

It hasn't been recalled (yet).

She's out right now so I can't go check. Have driven it a few times not many.

From memory (and I will go and check to be sure), there is no Neutral as we normally think of it.

You have:
- Key (which is a plastic square, not a key) slots in before car will start
- Push button start
- then you select Drive or Reverse (only 2 selections)
- There is a "Park" button also
- Foot brake emergency brake

I've not worried too much about my wife's car as she had it serviced recently and asked about recall (at a Toyota dealer mind you).

I might take it for a spin this weekend and try:
1. Pushing start / stop button while driving
2. Pushing park button while driving
3. trying to change gear (selecting drive or reverse while driving - might be bad but I suspect they have an electronic shut out to stop that happening anyway)
4. pull the key out, see if that does anything while driving

Curious to see what the above might show, as said I've probably driven it under 10 times in 3 years

What I have told my wife is if anything ever does happen, just stand on the foot brake and the normal brake. These Prius's brakes rock, first time I tapped em I thought I was going to go through the windscreen, they are very effective brakes, so even if accelerator is stuck on, I gotta believe if you stand on both the emergency brake and the normal brake it will absolutely slow you down, the emergency brake is still mechanical as I understand it, it would have to slow it enough to make some decisions or at least prevent a major fatality..

Anyway will see if I can take it for a run this weekend and do some experiments !!