FaultScore

Worst years for a Toyota Prius C

Owners have filed 283 complaints about the Toyota Prius C with NHTSA across model years 2012 to 2018. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

2012 Toyota Prius C

88 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly brakes.

Cleanest on record

2016 Toyota Prius C

16 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Toyota Prius C year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2018 9 3 0 10,233 Other & Unspecified
2017 3 3 0 Airbags
2016 B 16 0 0 4,475 Other & Unspecified
2015 D 26 3 0 10,650 Other & Unspecified
2014 D 53 7 0 63,769 Brakes
2013 F 88 18 0 67,300 Electrical System
2012 F 88 15 2 36,500 Brakes

What breaks on a Toyota Prius C

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Brakes 58 20.5%

Worst in 2012

Worst in 2013

Worst in 2012

Engine & Cooling 23 8.1%

Worst in 2013

Airbags 17 6.0%

Worst in 2012

Fuel & Propulsion 14 4.9%

Worst in 2013

Acceleration & Cruise Control 13 4.6%

Worst in 2014

Lights 12 4.2%

Worst in 2013

Transmission & Drivetrain 9 3.2%

Worst in 2012

Steering 8 2.8%

Worst in 2013

Body & Structure 8 2.8%

Worst in 2013

Stability & Traction Control 7 2.5%

Worst in 2012

Wheels 6 2.1%

Worst in 2014

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 5 1.8%

Worst in 2012

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Toyota Prius C, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Apr 2013 peak 8 Jul 2026

Compare the Toyota Prius C

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.