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Model years to avoid

Toyota Prius

What it says about you

Opinion

You did this before it was easy and took some remarks for it. You know your lifetime average consumption to one decimal place and will produce it on request.

Not measured, not from the data, and offered in fun. Everything below this is not.

23 model years on record, 11,762 complaints filed.

The years to look at closely: 2012 , 2011 , 2010 (bump), 2009 , 2008 , 2007 (hatch), 2006 (hid), 2005 . Everything else drew a normal number of complaints for this model.

Every year

  1. 2027 nothing on record 0 complaints
  2. 2026 1 recall 5 complaints
  3. 2025 2 recalls 15 complaints
  4. 2024 4 recalls 22 complaints
  5. 2023 4 recalls 18 complaints
  6. 2022 1 recall 24 complaints
  7. 2021 0 recalls 6 complaints
  8. 2020 0 recalls 14 complaints
  9. 2019 3 recalls 29 complaints
  10. 2018 1 recall 35 complaints
  11. 2017 3 recalls 101 complaints
  12. 2016 5 recalls 179 complaints
  13. 2015 1 recall 162 complaints
  14. 2014 3 recalls 235 complaints
  15. 2013 3 recalls 403 complaints
  16. 2012 6 recalls 684 complaints
  17. 2011 6 recalls 518 complaints
  18. 2010 bump 2,820 complaints
  19. 2009 6 recalls 502 complaints
  20. 2008 4 recalls 1,497 complaints
  21. 2007 hatch 2,003 complaints
  22. 2006 hid 1,439 complaints
  23. 2005 6 recalls 1,051 complaints

What does a Toyota Prius say about you?

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Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints — compared against itself rather than against other cars, so popularity and age do not decide the answer.