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Toyota Prius V Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 5 safety recalls and 479 owner complaints across 8 model years of the Toyota Prius V (2011–2018). The most-complained-about year is 2012.

5
safety recalls, all years
479
owner complaints, all years
2014
year with most recalls
2012
year with most complaints

Pick your Toyota Prius V model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2018 Toyota Prius V01
2017 Toyota Prius V112
2016 Toyota Prius V116
2015 Toyota Prius V224
2014 Toyota Prius V482
2013 Toyota Prius V2125
2012 Toyota Prius V3218
2011 Toyota Prius V01

What Toyota Prius V owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 479 complaints with NHTSA. The 2012 model year has the most, with 218.

All Toyota Prius V recalls (5)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Toyota Prius V, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Inverter (hybrid propulsion system)

    NHTSA 20V369000 Reported 266,638 vehicles potentially affected Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing

    Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2013-2015 Prius and 2014-2017 Prius V vehicles not included in recall 18V-684. Excessive voltage in the Intelligent Power Module (IPM) within the inverter may cause the hybrid system to shut down, causing the vehicle to stall while being driven.

    Remedy: Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will perform a software update for the hybrid system. If the vehicle has experienced an inverter failure with certain hybrid system faults related to this condition, the inverter…

    Model years: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

  2. Hybrid propulsion system

    NHTSA 18V684000 Reported 807,329 vehicles potentially affected Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing

    Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2010-2014 Toyota Prius and 2012-2014 Toyota Prius V vehicles. Excessive voltage in the Intelligent Power Module (IPM) within the inverter may cause the hybrid system to shut down, causing the vehicle to stall while being driven.

    Remedy: Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will update the software for the motor/generator control electronic control unit (ECU) and the hybrid control ECU as necessary, free of charge. The recall began January 22, 2019.…

    Model years: 2012, 2013, 2014

  3. Inverter (hybrid propulsion system)

    NHTSA 15V449000 Reported 108,624 vehicles potentially affected Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing

    Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2012-2014 Prius V vehicles manufactured August 22, 2011, to June 30, 2014. A component within the hybrid inverter assembly may overheat, causing the hybrid system to reduce output power allowing the vehicle to only drive a short distance. In some…

    Remedy: Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will update the software for the motor/generator control electronic control unti (ECU) and the hybrid control ECU, free of charge. The recall began on July 30, 2015. Owners may…

    Model years: 2012, 2013, 2014

  4. Air bags

    NHTSA 15V013000 Reported 4,971 vehicles potentially affected Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing

    Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 Toyota Prius V vehicles manufactured November 7, 2013, to January 7, 2015. The occupant classification system (OCS) that activates or deactivates the passenger seat air bag system may be improperly calibrated. As a result, the passenger air bag…

    Remedy: Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will re-calibrate of the OCS system, free of charge. The recall began February 12, 2015. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331.

    Model years: 2014, 2015

  5. Seats and air bags: sensor/control module-inactive

    NHTSA 13V014000 Reported 3,235 vehicles potentially affected Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC

    Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC (SET) is recalling certain models interspersed through model years 2009 through 2013 as follows: model year 2009-2012 Tacoma, 4Runner, Camry, Camry Hybrid, Prius, and RAV4; model year 2009-2010 Avalon, FJ Cruiser, and Highlander Hybrid; model year 2010-2013 model year Corolla, Sienna and Tundra; model…

    Remedy: Southeast Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will test the sensitivity of the occupant detection sensors, and recalibrate them as necessary. The recall began on March 21, 2013. Owners may contact Southeast Toyota…

    Model years: 2012

Other Toyota models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.