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Toyota Prius C

Every Toyota Prius C model year on file, 2015 to 2021. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years377 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years72015 to 2021
Recall campaigns4Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins1,115Summed across model years
By model year

The 2015 model year drew the most complaints, 17, 46% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

05101520201517201620172018201920202021
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Electrical system leads the Toyota Prius C complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system
8
Brakes
7
Engine and cooling
4
Speed control
3
Airbags
3
Tires
3
Lighting
2
Structure
2
Wheels
2
Visibility and wipers
2
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Toyota Prius C model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Toyota Prius C by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2021Not decoded0NoneNone0054
2020Not decoded0NoneNone0097
2019Not decoded0NoneNone11106
2018Hatchback650.04321169
2017Hatchback2100.01211178
2016Hatchback120.09601232
2015Hatchback1711.810011279
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Toyota Prius C

  • 19V-491 Jun 26, 2019
    DC-DC converter may fail resulting in the auxiliary battery no longer receiving power from the converter, which may cause a loss of drive
    Hybrid and electric propulsion · 464 vehicles
  • 18V-176 Mar 15, 2018
    Front passenger air bag and recommended child occupant seating positions label may not have been attached during assembly
    Equipment · 19 vehicles
  • 17V-295 May 2, 2017
    Spare tire air pressure was not adjusted to the proper pressure as stated on the Tire Pressure Label
    Tires · 409 vehicles
  • 15V-514 Aug 13, 2015
    In the affected vehicles, the Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) may be improperly calibrated and, as a result, the TPMS may fail to warn the…
    Tires · 949 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.