Toyota Prius Prime
Owners filed 116 complaints across 8 model years of the Toyota Prius Prime. The 2017 drew the most (42); the 2023 the fewest (5).
Model years8
Complaints116
Recalls11
Fires0
Deaths0
Every Toyota Prius Prime model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11 | 4 | — | 1 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2023 | 5 | 4 | — | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2022 | 8 | 1 | — | 3 | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 2021 | 10 | 0 | — | 4 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2020 | 16 | 1 | — | 5 | Visibility/Wiper | Routine | |
| 2019 | 8 | 1 | — | — | Wheels | Routine | |
| 2018 | 16 | 0 | — | 4 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2017 | 42 | 0 | — | 5 | Visibility/Wiper | Routine |
Which Toyota Prius Prime years should you avoid?
On raw complaint volume the 2017 is the weakest year on record, with 42 complaints concentrated in the visibility/wiper.
Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.