Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2008 Toyota Prius.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-27 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | 2008 Toyota Prius gen2 with 139k miles. ABS, Brake, parking brake, and Traction Control lights all illuminated while d… |
| 2026-01-30 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | Brake pedal became hard and vehicle was difficult to stop. ABS warning light appeared on dashboard. This is a problem t… |
| 2025-08-13 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | ABS failed and mechanic tells me my actuator needs replacement which is a known issue with my generation of Prius. |
| 2025-08-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:INSTRUMENT PANEL:SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER | No | 0 | Odometer Fraud. The contact purchased a 2008 Toyota Prius. The contact discovered that there was a mileage discrepancy.… |
| 2025-07-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | The ABS brake booster/accumulator is going out and this has been a known issue with Toyota for years. Mine was purchase… |
| 2025-06-30 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | My name is [XXX] ,i am filing this report on behalf of My daughter [XXX] the driver of the vehicle that involved wit… |
| 2025-06-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I recently took my vehicle to the dealership because all the hazard lights on the dash came on. They diagnosed it as an… |
| 2025-03-07 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | Brake actuator fails. Subject to prior recalls, but they're continuing to be an issue. This vehicle, and thousands … |
| 2025-03-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | Incident Summary: While relocating from northern to southern Alabama, I experienced a sudden and concerning failure in … |
| 2025-02-11 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | The error lights related to the ABS, VSC braking system can suddenly come on, the antilock brakes stop working, and bre… |
| 2025-01-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Prius. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the instrument panel fai… |
| 2025-01-03 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | brake actuator assembly failed |
| 2025-01-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | The dashboard of the car fades in and out randomly. Sometimes the dashboard doesn't come on at all. And when it does co… |
| 2024-10-21 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Prius. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the instrument panel went bla… |
| 2024-10-08 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | Brake actuator failing just like everybody else |
| 2024-10-04 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | Loud grinding noise coming from engine compartment accompanied by a loud shrill alert. When attempting to pull over to … |
| 2024-09-12 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I have a 2008 Toyota Prius (172k miles). From the sounds coming from the ABS Brake actuator and soft breaks, it is cle… |
| 2024-07-19 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | About 3 years ago we started getting the red triangle of death with 2 amber lights on display the vsc and the round cir… |
| 2024-07-08 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | Brake ABS and front brakes have completely failed because a software error where the and cannot be calibrated and termi… |
| 2024-07-07 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | In temperatures above 95 degrees the vehicle shifts into neutral while driving, and you need to physically hold the shi… |
| 2024-06-27 | STEERING | No | 0 | - Steering column components are loose. They make the steering unpredictable. The vehicle moves dangerously from side t… |
| 2024-05-31 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | Brake failure while driving. No warnings prior to failure. ABS Module 4450047141 |
| 2024-05-02 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | The ABS Actuator failed. It can be inspected. This is dangerous as this has the possibility of causing a brake failure… |
| 2024-05-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | My abs actuator has failed at 104k miles |
| 2024-03-15 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | Brake Actuator Failure |
| 2024-03-13 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | The electronic brake actuator failed while driving causing the loss of brakes. Didn't cause accident but still very dan… |
| 2024-01-22 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | The combination meter is faulty and this makes the dash not show. You don’t know how fast you’re going, how much gas yo… |
| 2023-12-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Hello. My 2008 Toyota Prius had a malfunction with the "combination meter" which caused the vehicle dashboard to turn … |
| 2023-11-04 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I was shocked to find out that Toyota appears to be falsifying data in order to get out of paying to repair safety prob… |
| 2023-09-20 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | Yes it is available for inspection upon request. My brakes failed going down the road due to a flaw in brake actuator… |
| 2023-08-31 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Prius. The contact stated while driving at approximately 65 MPH, the messages for the pa… |
| 2023-08-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | While driving, the gear lever doesn’t stay in drive or reverse and pops back into neutral. It’s not engaging in drive o… |
| 2023-08-04 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Prius. The contact stated while driving approximately 65 MPH, she heard a beeping sound,… |
| 2023-06-06 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 1 | The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Prius. The contact stated that while driving approximately 15 MPH, the brakes failed whe… |
| 2023-06-01 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | On June 1st yesterday this issue happened again but it was the taillights. The uploaded document is from the most rec… |
| 2023-02-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The vehicle we own is no longer covered by an extended warranty offered to Toyota owners of 2004-2009 Prius. The warra… |
| 2022-12-19 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I am currently having this issue with Combination Meter, which means the Prius dash board will not show any speed, fuel… |
| 2022-08-18 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | Brake actuator is going bad, they had a recall on it and are refusing to fix it. Brakes are a lot harder to press. |
| 2022-08-17 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | The inverter water pump failed while I was driving 50mph, it caused the car to stop working and the brakes malfunctione… |
| 2022-08-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | Trunk lock will not unlock or allow opening, back latch malfunctions, when car battery dies or car looses power《• you … |
| 2022-06-20 | STEERING | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Prius. The contact had received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 12V537000 (Steeri… |
| 2022-05-19 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The electric dashboard (warning lights, speedometer, fuel gauge, etc.) is sometimes off when starting the car. The back… |
| 2022-04-25 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | I had purchased this 2008 Prius touring model used on 4/8/22. The first time I drove it at night I was on the freeway t… |
| 2022-04-24 | HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Prius. The contact stated that she was unable to start the vehicle. The contact stated t… |
| 2022-03-31 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | The catalytic converter was stolen off of the car and yes it is available for inspection upon request. I’m not sure of … |
| 2022-03-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The instrument cluster goes completely blank (no fuel gauge, no speedometer, no odometer) and the car cannot be shut do… |
| 2022-02-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | DASHBOARD SPEEDOMETER, FUEL GAUGE, HEADLIGHT INDICATORS, TRANSMISSION STATUS, CRUISE CONTROL DO NOT SHOW, ARE NOT LIT U… |
| 2021-12-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Enroute to Maryland, dashboard lights failed - no speedometer, no gas tank info, no mileage. Safety issue. |
| 2021-11-19 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Prius. The contact stated that the instrument cluster intermittently failed to operate a… |
| 2021-11-02 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I was driving at a speed of 30mph on a road with a slight incline. As I descended that slight incline, I began my desce… |