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Toyota Prius V

Every Toyota Prius V model year on file, 2015 to 2018. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years5313 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years42015 to 2018

Recall campaigns2Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins1,042Summed across model years

By model year

The 2015 model year drew the most complaints, 24, 45% of the model's total

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

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

Components

Brakes leads the Toyota Prius V complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Brakes

Speed control

Electrical system

Airbags

Fuel system

Powertrain

Structure

Lighting

Engine and cooling

Visibility and wipers

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Toyota Prius V 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 V by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
2018	Not decoded	1	100.0	100	0	150
2017	Wagon	12	25.0	240	1	242
2016	Wagon	16	37.5	91	1	273
2015	Wagon	24	12.5	300	2	377

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Toyota Prius V

20V-369 Jun 24, 2020
Excessive voltage in the Intelligent Power Module (IPM) within the inverter may cause the hybrid system to shut down, causing the vehicle to stall…
Hybrid and electric propulsion · 267k vehicles
15V-013 Jan 16, 2015
Occupant classification system (OCS) that activates or deactivates the passenger seat air bag system may be improperly calibrated
Airbags · 4,971 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.