Other complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2016 Toyota Prius has 30 NHTSA other complaints and 1 other-related recall.
30
Complaints
1
Recalls
0
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 10, 2026
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HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM: INVERTER
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2016 Prius vehicles. A capacitor within the hybrid system may not have been pr...
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2025 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | Found coolant leak from heat exchanger into exhaust pipe. Looks like, T-SB-0135-19. |
| Oct 5, 2024 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | Driving on the freeway the car stalled and was unable to accelerate. The issue seems identical to th... |
| Feb 4, 2024 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | Coolant is leaking. There were no indicator that coolant is low. Suddenly while trying to get on the... |
| Mar 1, 2022 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | Our car has approximately 65K miles on it. THREE of the door lock actuators have failed already. Thi... |
| Feb 13, 2022 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | The active grille shutter system failed due to debris. There is a bulletin already that references e... |
| Mar 4, 2021 | BACK OVER PREVENTION,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | THIS ISSUE HAPPENS RANDOMLY. WHEN POWERING THE CAR ON, AND WHILE THE CAR IS DOING ITS ROUTINE DASHBO... |
| Nov 16, 2020 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | OUR VEHICLE IS COMPLETELY INOPERABLE. THE BATTERY WORKS BUT THE VEHICLE FLASHES ALL KINDS OF WARNIN... |
| Aug 20, 2020 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | I WAS DRIVING UPHILL THEN I HAD TO MADE MAKE A STOP SIGN, CAR WOULDN'T MOVE WHEN ACCELERATING, KEPT ... |
| Jun 17, 2020 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | SOMETIMES WHEN IT IS HOT MY PRIUS DOES NOT ACCELERATE FROM A STOP WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS PRESSED FO... |
| Jan 23, 2020 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | ON 1/23/2020 WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY I60 IN AZ AROUND 9 AM THE SUNROOF OF THE CAR EXPLOITED. NO OBJ... |
| Mar 30, 2019 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | THE CAR'S AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM CONTINUALLY SETS ITSELF TO THE AUTO POSITION AND DISABLES ITSELF W... |
| Jul 29, 2018 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | PAINT PEELING FROM TRIM. |
| Dec 13, 2017 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | SINCE PURCHASE OF THE CAR, THE VEHICLE HAS SHIFTED FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL UPON BRAKING HARD. THIS HA... |
| Dec 1, 2017 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | UPON START UP THIS TOYOTA PRIUS VEHICLE EMITS FOUL SMELLING CHEMICAL AIR INTO THE CABIN OF THE VEHIC... |
| Sep 7, 2017 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | WITH THE AUXILIARY BATTERY WELL CHARGED THE GAS ENGINE WILL TURN OFF WHEN VEHICLE COMES TO A STOP. ... |
| Jun 22, 2017 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | I HAVE OWNED 3 TOYOTA PRIUS AND SINCE I PURCHASED THIS 2016 PRIUS IN 09/2016. I HAVE HAD TO REPLAC... |
| Jun 12, 2017 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER,VISIBILITY/WIPER | I HAD A VERY SMALL PEBBLE HIT MY WINDSHIELD WHILE DRIVING SLOWLY ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET. THE INITIA... |
| Jun 3, 2017 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | MY WINDSHIELD IS CONSTANTLY GETTING HIT WITH PEBBLES AND NOW HAVE TWO LARGE CRACKS IN MY WINDSHIELD.... |
| May 26, 2017 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | CRACKED WINDSHIELD. NEW MODEL VEHICLE W 10000 MILES WINDSHIELD CRACKED FROM AN IMPACT OF A SMALL... |
| May 9, 2017 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | THE OEM WINDSHIELDS THAT ARE INSTALLED ON NEW 2016 PRIUS 2 MODELS ARE CLEARLY NOT TO STANDARD. I HAV... |