Toyota Prius Prime

Owners filed 122 complaints across 8 model years of the Toyota Prius Prime. The 2017 drew the most (42).

Model years8
Complaints122
Recalls11
Fires0
Deaths0

Which Toyota Prius Prime years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Toyota Prius Prime 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.

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 Prime model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
202415
4—3Electrical SystemRoutine
20236
4——Electrical SystemRoutine
20228
1—3Vehicle Speed ControlRoutine
202110
0—4Electrical SystemRoutine
202016
1—5Visibility/WiperRoutine
20199
1——WheelsRoutine
201816
0—4Unknown or OtherRoutine
201742
0—5Visibility/WiperRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.