Safety Score
62
Average
Recalls
2
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (2)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-06-01 | 11V304000 |
STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | 52,377 | — | Details |
| 2006-07-19 | 06V266000 |
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | 34,771 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-02 | STEERING | No | 0 | I was driving on the 91 freeway west exit ramp to merge into the 57 freeway in Orange County ca. when suddenly I lost a… |
| 2021-07-21 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | Anti-lock brake failure. Failing to pressurize. |
| 2020-09-22 | STEERING | No | 0 | DRIVING UP AND DOWN A SLIGHT INCLINE, POWER STEERING SUDDENLY GOES OUT. ONLY HAPPENED TWICE SO FAR BUT I DON'T KNOW WHA… |
| 2020-09-03 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | DRIVING SPEED LESS THAN 25MPH ON FAMILIAR SURFACE STREET WITH NEED TO STOP FOR A CAR ABOUT 75 FEET (ESTIMATE) IN FRONT;… |
| 2020-02-02 | STEERING | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND FELT A JERKING AT MY STEERING WHEEL A FEW MONTHS BACK, I THOUGHT OK MAYBE THE STEERING… |
| 2020-01-23 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | THE HEADLIGHT LENSES COVERS REPEATEDLY CLOUDS OVER TO THE POINT I CAN HARDLY SEE THE ROADWAY AT NIGHT. DEALER HAVE CLE… |
| 2019-11-15 | STEERING | No | 1 | MY STEERING WHEEL STARTS SHAKING VIOLENTLY WHEN DRIVING UNDER 32 DEGREES OUTSIDE AND LOCKS UP THE ABILITY TO STEER WHIC… |
| 2019-05-12 | STEERING | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO OSCILLATE BACK AND FORTH IT SUBSIDED … |
| 2019-05-10 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. A… |
| 2019-04-13 | STEERING | No | 0 | WHEN MAKING A TURN AT SLOW SPEEDS THERE IS VIOLENT BACK AND FORTH UNCONTROLLABLE MOVEMENT IN THE STEERING WHEEL. YOU HA… |
| 2018-09-28 | STEERING | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING LOST OF STEERING MOMENTARILY FOR SEVERAL MONTHS BUT THOUGHT IT WAS BELT SLIPPAGE. TODAY (9/28/ 2018) TOT… |
| 2017-12-25 | STEERING | No | 0 | VEHICLE'S STEERING WHEEL BEGINS TO VIBRATE OUT OF CONTROL WHEN ATTEMPTING TURNS. THIS VIOLENT SHAKING POSES SERIOUS DAN… |
| 2016-10-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | HYBRID CIRCULATION PUMP FAILED. THREE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. |
| 2016-09-26 | STEERING | No | 0 | I HAVE TOYOTA PRIUS 2002 I WAS DRIVING YESTERDAY THE STEERING HAD BEEN MAKING LIKE A RUBBER-SQUEAK NOISE WHEN TURNED TO… |
| 2016-02-17 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA PRIUS. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY AND THE POWE… |
| 2015-12-18 | STEERING | Yes | 0 | ON DEC 18, 2015, DRIVING AT ABOUT 20 MPH ON A NEIGHBORHOOD STREET WHICH CURVED LEFT, THE STEERING WHEEL ON MY 2002 PRIU… |
| 2015-11-16 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK IN VERY COLD WEATHER, BUT OP… |
| 2015-03-30 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN MAKING TURNS OR REVERSING AT A SLOW SPEED, THE S… |
| 2015-03-09 | STEERING:RACK AND PINION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA PRIUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH AND MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL… |
| 2015-03-05 | STEERING | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING ONTO THE FREEWAY, TURNING RIGHT ONTO THE RAMP THAT CIRCLED INTO THE SOUTHBOUND INTERSTATE WHEN THE A RED … |
| 2015-01-02 | STEERING | No | 0 | WHEN IN COLD TEMPERATURE THE STEERING WHEEL WILL VIOLENTLY SHAKE WHEN MAKING A TURN AT SLOW SPEEDS. *TR |
| 2014-09-18 | STEERING | No | 0 | MADE A LEFT TURN OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AFTER STARTING VEHICLE. STEERING BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SHUDDER AND SHAKE, CAUSING TEMP… |
| 2014-01-22 | STEERING | No | 0 | TURNED ON CAR IN COLD WEATHER (UNDER 10DEGF). STARTED UP AND TRIED TO TURN RIGHT. STEERING WHEEL SHOOK VERY HARD, FAS… |
| 2014-01-14 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WITHOUT WARNING, THE STEERING SHOOK VIOLENTLY WHEN MA… |
| 2014-01-06 | STEERING | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING ALONG THE INTERSTATE I-75 RETURNING FROM EAST RIDGE, TN, AND THE POWER STEERING LIGHT AND WARNING LIT-UP… |
| 2013-11-25 | STEERING | No | 0 | VIOLENT SHAKING IN STEERING WHEEL UPON IGNITION; SPORADIC JERKY STEERING; REPEATED LOSS OF POWER STEERING AT VARIOUS SP… |
| 2013-08-28 | STEERING | No | 0 | I WAS EXITING OFF (TURNING) THE HIGHWAY IN EXIT 10 .270 MD, WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME REALLY HARD AND A WARNING P… |
| 2013-08-04 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKING, THE VEHICLE INDECENTLY ACCELERATED TO … |
| 2013-07-12 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING A RIGHT TURN, THE POWER STEERING ASS… |
| 2013-04-02 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE POWER STEERING ASSI… |
| 2013-01-08 | STEERING | No | 0 | IN A MODEL 2002 TOYOTA PRIUS WITH LESS THAN 60000 MILES, WHILE STARTING OUT FROM PARK GOING INTO REVERSE THE ELECTRIC … |
| 2012-12-04 | STEERING | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE VIBRATE THE STEERING WHEEL AT LOW SPEED. *TR |
| 2012-12-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THIS VEHICLE HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE HYBRID BATTERY CAUSES A LOT OF PROBLEM IN MANY OF THE SYSTEMS, ENGINE, COMPUTER ETC… |
| 2012-10-27 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING SHAKE VIOLENTLY WHILE TURNING, REVERSING… |
| 2012-01-05 | STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IMMEDIATELY AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE STEERING … |
| 2011-11-11 | STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A MALFUNCTION IN THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM… |
| 2011-08-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | Yes | 0 | I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE UNDER SPEED LIMIT WHEN MY STEERING WHEEL BECAME STIFF. I WAS DRIVING WHEN MY STEERING WHEEL B… |
| 2011-08-05 | STEERING | No | 0 | TOYOTA ISSUED A RECALL IN AUGUST 2011 ON GEN. 1 PRIUS FOR A STEERING ISSUE. WE TOOK THE PRIUS INTO LOCAL DEALER AND TH… |
| 2011-02-04 | STEERING | No | 0 | DAY LEADING UP TO INCIDENT, STEERING WHEEL WOULD PULL TO RIGHT VERY EASILY OR WHILE ROLLING, BUT COULD BE PULLED BACK T… |
| 2011-01-19 | STEERING | No | 0 | I HAVE A 2002 TOYOTA PRIUS WITH 140K MILES ON IT. THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY LAST FALL WHEN I PUT TH… |
| 2010-12-29 | STEERING | No | 0 | I WAS TURNING LEFT INTO A PARKING SPOT WHEN THE STEERING SOUNDED AND ACTED ODD. THE PS LIGHT CAME ON. I BROUGHT IT … |
| 2010-12-23 | SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC | No | 0 | APPLIED BRAKES WHILE CAR WAS MOVING SLOWLY, LESS THAN 10 MPH, AND HEARD LOUD GRINDING SOUND COMING FROM LEFT FRONT AS C… |
| 2010-12-20 | STEERING | No | 0 | STEERING WHEEL, UNCONTROLLABLE SHUDDER, WILL LITERALLY RIP ITSELF OUT OF YOUR HAND OR GRIP. USUALLY HAPPENS DURING TH… |
| 2010-12-06 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH WHEN THE POWER STEERING WARNING … |
| 2010-12-05 | STEERING | No | 0 | REPEATED PROBLEMS WITH STEERING, INCLUDING UNCONTROLLABLE VIBRATION OF STEERING WHEEL AND LOSS OF POWER STEERING. CAR … |
| 2010-10-10 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | Yes | 4 | 2002 TOYOTA PRIUS. CONSUMER WRITES REGARDING A FATAL COLLISION INVOLVING A TOYOTA VEHICLE *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE… |
| 2010-10-04 | STEERING | No | 0 | STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY FOR A FEW SECONDS THEN STOPS. UP UNTIL YESTERDAY IT DID THIS SPORADICALLY WHILE BACKIN… |
| 2010-08-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING IN TRAFFIC HYBRID BATTERY COMPLETELY DISCHARGES CAUSING CAR TO LURCH WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE. ONCE THE … |
| 2010-07-25 | STEERING | No | 0 | 2002 TOYOTA PRIUS STEERING RACK FAILURE. APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS AGO THE STEERING IN MY PRIUS BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN… |
| 2010-07-20 | STEERING | No | 0 | 1. RECENTLY, THE STEERING STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY PERIODICALLY UPON TURNING 2. THE STEERING PERIODICALLY SHAKES VIOL… |