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Toyota Prius problems by year
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA for each model year, with the number of safety recalls. Tap a year for the breakdown by component and mileage.
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- Complaints are unverified owner reports. NHTSA does not confirm each one.
- No denominator: popular cars get more complaints. Counts are not failure rates; a best-seller will show more reports than a rare model.
Complaints per model year
Bars: owner complaints (each complaint counted once). "rec." = safety recalls. Most complaints: 2010 (2,823).
20102,823 · 10 rec.2011
521 · 6 rec.2012
424 · 6 rec.2013
414 · 3 rec.2014
209 · 3 rec.2015
166 · 1 rec.2016
155 · 5 rec.2017
91 · 3 rec.2018
37 · 1 rec.2019
30 · 3 rec.2020
14 · 0 rec.2021
6 · 0 rec.2022
24 · 1 rec.
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