Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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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 … |