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2006 Toyota Prius

Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars

Recalls (0)

No recalls found for the 2006 Toyota Prius.

Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)

Date Component Crash Injuries Summary
2026-02-25 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 I am looking to receive a little bit more assistance regarding my daughter's first car that she worked very hard for. I…
2025-09-07 AIR BAGS Yes 1 The contact owned a 2006 Toyota Prius. The contact stated that while slowly driving into an intersection and turning le…
2024-12-06 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 The light up display for the odometer, fuel gauge, and speedometer does not always light up. When it is not lit, the cr…
2024-12-02 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 The following describes a near total failure of the brake system that accompanies and is triggered by routine aging of…
2024-08-28 EXTERIOR LIGHTING No 0 The right or left headlight will rabdomly turn off, and tyrn back there 8s no ryme or readon to it,and while driving at…
2024-06-01 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 The actuator failed. The car is no longer safe to drive. This is a known issue. The company refused to fix the issue or…
2023-07-01 EXTERIOR LIGHTING No 0 One afternoon, in the Summer of 23, I entered my Toyota Prius to run some errands. Once I proceeded to power on the car…
2023-06-15 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 The ABS Sensor on the brakes failed while driving on the highway. This could have caused an accident. These modules s…
2023-06-03 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 I was Driving down the main road at night time in my 2006 prius and the headlights both went out and all most caused a …
2023-05-01 STEERING Yes 1 The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Prius. The contact stated that while driving approximately 35 MPH, the steering wheel er…
2023-03-09 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 my 2006 prius has 170000 miles, recently has abs brake actuator making sounds everytime when turn off.
2023-02-28 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 Brake actuator is not working properly and will eventually get us in an accident. We bought the car brand new. There is…
2022-10-05 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION Yes 0 The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Prius. The contact stated while she was sitting in the vehicle that was parked in the ga…
2022-09-06 ENGINE No 0 The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Prius. The contact stated while his wife was attempting to stop the engine and turn off…
2022-08-13 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 Randomly the instrument panel (dashboard) does not turn on with the vehicle.
2022-04-01 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 The abs actuator is bad. Cant stop nor use the rechargeable braking. Very dangerous.
2022-01-10 SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:ABS WARNING LIGHT No 0 The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Prius. The contact stated while getting into the vehicle, there was a loud buzzing sound…
2021-09-07 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 In June of 2018 My brake actuator failed on my 2006 Prius. At that time I had 169,689 miles on the vehicle. I had the p…
2021-08-18 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 Vehicle, upon turning on ignition/starting and putting in either drive or reverse gear, on level surface with brakes st…
2021-07-24 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING No 0 The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Prius. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle lost p…
2021-06-03 SUSPENSION No 0 The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Prius. While receiving an oil change by an independent mechanic, the contact was informe…
2021-06-03 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 Hi, After being parked for about 1.5 hrs my back seat on the drivers side caught on fire. I understand this is where a…
2021-05-31 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 The contact owns a 2006 Toyota Prius. The contact stated that the vehicle intermittently failed to shut-off as needed w…
2021-05-13 SEATS Yes 2 THE TOYOTA PRIUS 2006 WAS HIT FROM BEHIND (REAR ENDED) ON 05/13/2021 AND DRIVER'S SEAT COLLAPSED BACKWARDS, CAUSING A H…
2021-03-03 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 Discovered through failures repeated to dealers that certain items (Brakes, dashboard, et. al.) were recalled by Toyote…
2021-01-27 EXTERIOR LIGHTING No 0 Headlights Malfunctioning. Red triangle light has been present since the week after purchase. 2006 Prius was inspected …
2020-08-21 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 THE BRAKE BOOSTER IS MAKING LOTS OF CHIRPING NOISE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED. WHILE I AM NOT GETTING ANY VISUA…
2020-07-20 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET, AND ALSO UPON BACK ROADS, THE BRAKES IN MY 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS SEEMED TO GR…
2020-07-14 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 KNOWN PROBLEM WITH COMBINATION METER - FOUND IT SEARCHING ONLINE ONCE I REALIZED THIS WAS THE PROBLEM. I BOUGHT MY CAR …
2020-02-28 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 ABS WARNING LIGHT ARE NOW ON. FEEL CAR IS LOSING BREAK CAPABILITY. NO ACCIDENT BUT DO NOT FEEL CONFIDENT WITH THE BRAK…
2020-02-24 ENGINE No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 64 MPH, THE VEHICLE ST…
2020-02-01 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 HEADLIGHTS CONSTANTLY GO OUT. RESEARCH ONLINE PROVES PRIUS VEHICLES WITH HID BULB SYSTEMS HAVE BALLAST ISSUES CAUSING C…
2020-01-29 EXTERIOR LIGHTING No 0 WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON SIDE STREET TRAFFIC AT MAXIMUM 40 MPH THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT TURNED OFF AND I WAS PULLE…
2019-12-09 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 ACCORDING TO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP WHERE I HAVE MY CAR MAINTAINED, MY 2006 PRIUS IS IN NEED OF A NEW MOTHERBOARD. APPAR…
2019-12-06 STEERING No 0 LOSS OF VEHICLE STEERING CONTROL WHILE DRIVING. LUCKILY THE VEHICLE WAS JUST GOING DOWN THE DRIVEWAY AT LOW SPEED SO NO…
2019-11-27 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 BREAKS, IBS AND OTHER LIGHTS CAME ON DURING A ROAD TRIP. BREAKS SIENGSGED AND I HAD TO PRESS HARDER AND 'PUMP' IN ORDE…
2019-11-07 EXTERIOR LIGHTING No 0 THE RIGHT SIDE HEAD LIGHT ON MY 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS WILL TURN OFF ON ITS OWN. IT WILL WORK AGAIN IF I SHUT ALL THE LIGHTS…
2019-11-05 EXTERIOR LIGHTING No 0 THE HID HEADLIGHTS ARE BOTH OUT, AFTER BEING ON MAYBE 5 MINUTES. FROM EVERYTHING I HAVE READ ONLINE AND FROM MY MECHANI…
2019-11-01 ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) No 0 THE WATER PUMP WENT OUT CAUSING THE HYBRID BATTERY TO DIE. PRESSING THE BREAK IS SUPPOSED TO RECHARGE THE BATTERY BUT T…
2019-10-19 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY 95 SOUTH, ALMOST TO DELAWARE, AT NIGHT IN THE RAIN, AFTER 4 HOURS ON THE ROAD, EVERYTHING ST…
2019-10-05 ENGINE No 0 POA93 CODE . CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE I WAS DRIVING
2019-09-30 EXTERIOR LIGHTING No 0 HEAD LIGHTS RANDOMLY GO OUT WITHOUT WARNING. TURN SWITCH OF THEN ON AND THEY GO BACK ON FOR AWHILE. SOMETIMES ONE HEAD…
2019-09-18 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 BOTH OF MY HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT AT THE SAME TIME THE OTHER DAY NOW THE FACT THAT BOTH OF THEM WENT OUT AT THE EXACT SAME…
2019-08-25 SERVICE BRAKES Yes 0 WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY CRUISING AT HIGHWAY SPEED I SUDDENLY RECEIVED A LOUD CONTINUOUS BEEP AND MY ABS , BR…
2019-08-12 EXTERIOR LIGHTING No 0 RIGHT FRONT HEADLIGHT OCCASIONALLY GOES OUT. SOMETIMES IT WORKS WHEN I SWITCH THE LIGHTS ON AND OFF AND ON AGAIN BUT MO…
2019-08-06 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 ABS ACTUATOR FAILURE. THERE WAS A RECALL THAT WAS GOOD UNTIL 2017 AND 150K MILES. MY VEHICLE HAS 192K MILES. I WAS BACK…
2019-07-17 ENGINE No 0 MY CAR OVERHEATED SUDDENLY, SHOWED MULTIPLE WARNING LIGHTS, AND WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A FAILURE OF THE ELECTRIC WATER…
2019-06-26 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 ON MOVING CAT, I KEEP GETTING INTERMITTENT BREAK ALARM WITH PUSH BACK OF BREAK PEDEL AND INABILITY TO APPLY BREAK. IT'S…
2019-06-25 EXTERIOR LIGHTING No 0 DRIVING AT NIGHT ALL LIGHTS GO OUT AND THE DRIVER CANNOT SEE ANYTHING. VERY DANGERIOUS! THIS HAPPENED TRAVELING 60 MILE…
2019-06-12 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 WHEN DRIVING MY 2006 PRIUS I AM UNABLE TO STOP PROPERLY. THE BRAKES GO ALL THE WAY DOWN BUT IT HESITATES TO STOP I GET …