Toyota Prius V: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 5 recall campaigns for the Toyota Prius V, model years 2011 to 2018. NHTSA has 478 complaints on file for this model line. 4 of the 8 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Toyota Prius V NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 2% | |
| 2017 Toyota Prius V NHTSA page | 1 | 12 | 20% | 266,638 |
| 2016 Toyota Prius V NHTSA page | 1 | 16 | 27% | 266,638 |
| 2015 Toyota Prius V | 2 | 24 | 40% | 271,609 |
| 2014 Toyota Prius V | 4 | 82 | 137% | 1,187,562 |
| 2013 Toyota Prius V | 2 | 124 | 208% | 915,953 |
| 2012 Toyota Prius V | 3 | 218 | 365% | 919,188 |
| 2011 Toyota Prius V NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 2% |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
654 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Service Brakes | 368.5 | 241 |
| Engine | 104 | 68 |
| Electrical System | 93.3 | 61 |
| Unknown or Other | 67.3 | 44 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 56.6 | 37 |
| Fuel/Propulsion System | 44.3 | 29 |
| Power Train | 33.6 | 22 |
| Air Bags | 30.6 | 20 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 27.5 | 18 |
| Exterior Lighting | 24.5 | 16 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Camry59 campaigns
- Prius35 campaigns
- Corolla59 campaigns
- RAV450 campaigns
- Sienna50 campaigns
- Tacoma56 campaigns
- Tundra74 campaigns
- Highlander51 campaigns
- 4Runner45 campaigns
- Avalon34 campaigns
- Sequoia26 campaigns
- Camry Hybrid20 campaigns
- Matrix7 campaigns
- 4 Runner0 campaigns
- FJ Cruiser17 campaigns
- Camry Solara5 campaigns
- Highlander Hybrid26 campaigns
- Yaris23 campaigns
- C-HR6 campaigns
- Sienna Hybrid8 campaigns
- Venza11 campaigns
- Celica9 campaigns
- Pickup1 campaign
- Corolla Matrix17 campaigns
- Grand Highlander7 campaigns
- Tercel2 campaigns
- T1001 campaign
- Corolla Cross4 campaigns
- Land Cruiser19 campaigns
- Redundant Sienna2 campaigns
- Venza Hybrid5 campaigns
- Previa3 campaigns
- RAV4 Prime7 campaigns
- Echo5 campaigns
- Prius C4 campaigns
- RAV4 Hybrid12 campaigns
- Crown5 campaigns
- Prius Prime6 campaigns
- Sequoia SR50 campaigns
- Supra14 campaigns
- Sequoia Hybrid7 campaigns
- Toyota0 campaigns
- Yaris H/B1 campaign
- Land Cruiser Hybrid4 campaigns
- Prius Plug-In Hybrid4 campaigns
- Avalon Hybrid10 campaigns
- BZ4X4 campaigns
- Cressida4 campaigns
- Van3 campaigns
- Mirai4 campaigns
- GR Corolla2 campaigns
- RAV4 Plug-In Hybrid2 campaigns
- RAV4 EV3 campaigns
- 863 campaigns
- Crown Signia3 campaigns
- Tundra Hybrid15 campaigns
- Corolla Cross Hybrid6 campaigns
- Grand Highlander Hybrid6 campaigns
- Corolla Hatchback3 campaigns
- Corolla Hybrid4 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Toyota Prius V: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/toyota/prius-v/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Toyota Prius V model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2014 with 4, 2012 with 3, 2015 with 2. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Toyota Prius V model year has the most complaints?
- The 2012 model year, with 218 of the 478 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Toyota Prius V name?
- Service Brakes: 368.5 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine: 104 per 1,000 component mentions. Electrical System: 93.3 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Toyota Prius V?
- 1 investigation names one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.