Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid
Owners filed 68 complaints across 8 model years of the Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid. The 2012 drew the most (25).
Which Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid years should you avoid?
Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.
Too new to judge: 2025 and 2026. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026Too new | 4 | 1 | — | — | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2025Too new | 2 | 2 | — | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2015 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2014 | 13 | 1 | — | 3 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2013 | 12 | 1 | — | 3 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2012 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Hybrid Propulsion System | Routine | |
| 2010 | 6 | 1 | — | 2 | Service Brakes | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.