FaultScore

Worst years for a Toyota Prius V

Owners have filed 649 complaints about the Toyota Prius V with NHTSA across model years 2011 to 2018. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

2012 Toyota Prius V

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

Cleanest on record

2015 Toyota Prius V

31 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Toyota Prius V 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 3 0 3 Electrical System
2017 C 14 3 0 14,500 Lights
2016 C 24 10 0 17,801 Electrical System
2015 C 31 5 0 59,100 Brakes
2014 D 122 5 10 91,500 Brakes
2013 D 165 12 1 70,000 Brakes
2012 F 289 32 2 69,347 Brakes
2011 1 0 0 Lights

What breaks on a Toyota Prius V

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

Brakes 257 39.6%

Worst in 2012

Engine & Cooling 71 10.9%

Worst in 2012

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Worst in 2013

Transmission & Drivetrain 22 3.4%

Worst in 2012

Airbags 20 3.1%

Worst in 2012

Lights 16 2.5%

Worst in 2013

Body & Structure 15 2.3%

Worst in 2012

Steering 14 2.2%

Worst in 2012

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 14 2.2%

Worst in 2012

Stability & Traction Control 13 2.0%

Worst in 2012

Suspension 6 0.9%

Worst in 2013

Complaints filed over time

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

Feb 2013 peak 13 Jul 2026

Toyota Prius V problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Toyota Prius V

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