18V579000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
An electrical short can increase the risk of a fire.
2016 TOYOTA PRIUS
5 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 215 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns5
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints215
Complaints citing a crash10
Complaints citing a fire0
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 5 of 5
18V085000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
If the air bags fail to deploy in a crash, it can increase the risk of injury.
17V658000
HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM: INVERTER
If the capacitor was not properly secured, vibrations from driving the vehicle may damage the capacitor, shutting down the hybrid system, causing a loss of motive power and increasing the risk of a crash.
16V741000
PARKING BRAKE
If the parking brake cable disengages from the mechanism and the transmission is left in a gear other than 'Park' while the ignition is on and the driver leaves the vehicle, the vehicle may roll unexpectedly, increasing the risk of a crash.
16V672000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
A front passenger air bag that unintentionally inflates can increase the risk of a crash or injury.
What owners report most
- 40VISIBILITY/WIPER
- 30UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 18SERVICE BRAKES
- 17ENGINE
- 17ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 14POWER TRAIN
- 12VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 10STRUCTURE:BODY
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2016 TOYOTA PRIUSs 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.