Toyota Prius PrimeYears to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 124 owner complaints and 6 safety recalls on record for the Toyota Prius Prime.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaints Best years—Fewest complaints for their age Owner complaints124Top: Electrical system Safety recalls62017–2024 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years. Photo: Mr.choppers, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Best & worst years

Toyota Prius Prime years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the Prius Prime median. Tap a year for its full report.

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Caution
Solid
Best
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2024Not rated–/10016 complaints · 4 recalls 2023Not rated–/1007 complaints · 4 recalls 2022Not rated–/1008 complaints · 1 recall 2021Not rated–/10010 complaints · 0 recalls 2020Not rated–/10016 complaints · 1 recall 2019Not rated–/1009 complaints · 1 recall 2018Not rated–/10016 complaints · 0 recalls 2017Not rated–/10042 complaints · 0 recalls

Complaints by system

Most common Toyota Prius Prime problems

All model years combined: 124 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

27Electrical system4 crash/fire/injury

17Visibility/wiper1 crash/fire/injury

13Service brakes6 crash/fire/injury

13Power train3 crash/fire/injury

8Vehicle speed control

8Fuel/propulsion system

7Wheels

7Forward collision avoidance

7Tires

5417 other systems13 crash/fire/injury

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.

Complaints by system
System	Complaints	Crash, fire or injury
Electrical system	27	4
Visibility/wiper	17	1
Service brakes	13	6
Power train	13	3
Vehicle speed control	8	4
Fuel/propulsion system	8	2
Wheels	7	0
Forward collision avoidance	7	3
Tires	7	0
17 other systems	54	13

6 recalls

Toyota Prius Prime recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

Wiring: switches/knobs/buttons26V-049 · 2023–2024 · Jan 28, 2026 · 141,286 vehicles Back over prevention: display function25V-744 · 2023–2024 · Oct 30, 2025 · 1,024,407 vehicles Other: labels24V-548 · 2023–2024 · Jul 23, 2024 · 33,848 vehicles Wiring: switches/knobs/buttons24V-274 · 2023–2024 · Apr 17, 2024 · 55,690 vehicles Engine control module (ecu/ecm): software21V-734 · 2022 · Sep 22, 2021 · 8,411 vehicles Electronic stability control (ESC)19V-544 · 2019–2020 · Jul 24, 2019 · 6,925 vehicles

1 investigation

NHTSA investigations of the Prius Prime

Jan 27, 2023
Pedestrian alert soundsDP22005 · 2017–2022 · closed Aug 7, 2023
Led to recall 22V-063