Toyota Prius: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 35 recall campaigns for the Toyota Prius, model years 2000 to 2026. NHTSA has 12,528 complaints on file for this model line. 22 of the 27 model years have a page on this register. By recall campaigns, the Toyota Prius is number 9 of 65 model lines of Toyota on the register. Recall campaigns for the Toyota Prius: 2 in 2024 and 1 in 2025. For all Toyota vehicles, the count rose by 12.5%, from 16 in 2024 to 18 in 2025.

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NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on 1 Oct 2026. Complaint file through 5 Nov 2026. Recall file through 3 Nov 2026.

Model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

Toyota Prius: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model year	Recall campaigns	Complaints	Share of the line average	Units in the campaigns
2026 Toyota Prius NHTSA page	1	6	1%	141,286
2025 Toyota Prius	2	16	3%	1,165,693
2024 Toyota Prius	4	27	6%	1,255,231
2023 Toyota Prius	4	21	5%	1,255,231
2022 Toyota Prius NHTSA page	1	24	5%	8,411
2021 Toyota Prius NHTSA page	0	6	1%
2020 Toyota Prius NHTSA page	0	14	3%
2019 Toyota Prius	3	30	6%	14,310
2018 Toyota Prius	1	37	8%	192,347
2017 Toyota Prius	3	91	20%	284,341
2016 Toyota Prius	5	156	34%	340,427
2015 Toyota Prius	1	166	36%	266,638
2014 Toyota Prius	3	211	45%	1,772,424
2013 Toyota Prius	3	414	89%	1,772,424
2012 Toyota Prius	6	425	92%	2,006,297
2011 Toyota Prius	6	522	113%	2,002,005
2010 Toyota Prius	10	2,823	608%	2,662,449
2009 Toyota Prius	6	502	108%	5,893,493
2008 Toyota Prius	4	1,497	323%	5,618,841
2007 Toyota Prius	4	2,004	432%	5,618,841
2006 Toyota Prius	6	1,440	310%	5,789,830
2005 Toyota Prius	6	1,051	227%	5,789,830
2004 Toyota Prius	6	610	131%	5,819,502
2003 Toyota Prius	1	99	21%	52,377
2002 Toyota Prius	2	167	36%	87,148
2001 Toyota Prius	3	165	36%	88,920
2000 Toyota Prius NHTSA page	0	4	1%

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

15,642 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.

Toyota Prius: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component	Per 1,000	Mentions
Exterior Lighting	225.5	3,527
Service Brakes	130.7	2,044
Service Brakes, Hydraulic	106.4	1,664
Electrical System	103	1,611
Vehicle Speed Control	67.1	1,050
Service Brakes, Electric	52.2	817
Unknown or Other	36.1	564
Engine	30.7	480
Air Bags	27.9	437
Structure	27.6	432

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Toyota Prius, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2016, with 4 campaigns.

Complaints about the Toyota Prius, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2010, with 3,521 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Camry59 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 Hybrid9 campaigns
Prius V5 campaigns
Venza11 campaigns
Celica9 campaigns
Pickup1 campaign
Corolla Matrix17 campaigns
Grand Highlander7 campaigns
Tercel2 campaigns
Corolla Cross4 campaigns
T1001 campaign
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
Land Cruiser Hybrid5 campaigns
Yaris H/B1 campaign
Prius Plug-In Hybrid4 campaigns
Avalon Hybrid10 campaigns
BZ4X4 campaigns
Cressida4 campaigns
Van3 campaigns
Mirai4 campaigns
GR Corolla2 campaigns
RAV4 Plug-In Hybrid3 campaigns
RAV4 EV3 campaigns
Crown Signia3 campaigns
863 campaigns
Tundra Hybrid15 campaigns
Corolla Cross Hybrid6 campaigns
Grand Highlander Hybrid6 campaigns
Corolla Hatchback3 campaigns
Corolla Hybrid4 campaigns

Toyota: all 65 model lines

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Sources

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence: US government work, public domain
Recall file through: 3 Nov 2026
Complaint file through: 5 Nov 2026
Manufacturer in the recall file: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing

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Questions

Which Toyota Prius model years have the most recall campaigns?: 2010 with 10, 2012 with 6, 2011 with 6. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Toyota Prius model year has the most complaints?: The 2010 model year, with 2,823 of the 12,528 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Toyota Prius name?: Exterior Lighting: 225.5 per 1,000 component mentions. Service Brakes: 130.7 per 1,000 component mentions. Service Brakes, Hydraulic: 106.4 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Toyota Prius?: 7 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.