18V684000
HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM
If the hybrid system shuts down unexpectedly, it can increase the risk of a crash.
2012 TOYOTA PRIUS V
3 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation (1 open), 289 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations11 open
Owner complaints289
Complaints citing a crash32
Complaints citing a fire2
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 3 of 3
15V449000
HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM: INVERTER
The vehicle may enter a fail-safe/limp-home mode that limits the drivability of the vehicle. The hybrid system could also shut down completely resulting in a vehicle stall, increasing the risk of a crash.
13V014000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE-INACTIVE
If the front passenger seat occupant sensing system is out of calibration, the front passenger airbags may not deploy or they may deploy inappropriately for the passenger's size and position. This could increase the risk of personal injury during the event of a vehicle crash necessitating airbag deployment.
What owners report most
- 123SERVICE BRAKES
- 36ENGINE
- 22ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 15VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 15UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 11STEERING
- 8AIR BAGS
- 7ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2012 TOYOTA PRIUS Vs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.