2016 Toyota Prius problems
Owners have filed 215 complaints about the 2016 Toyota Prius with NHTSA. Visibility/wiper accounts for 18.6% of them — the clear leader, ahead of electrical system at 9.3%.
Complaints215
Crashes10
Fires0
Injuries6
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Visibility/wiper 18.6% · 40
Unknown or other 14.0% · 30
Electrical system 9.3% · 20
Service brakes 8.4% · 18
Engine 7.9% · 17
Power train 6.5% · 14
Vehicle speed control 6.0% · 13
Structure 5.1% · 11
Severity
Of those complaints, 10 describe a crash and 6 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 17 model years of the Toyota Prius in this data, 2016 sits 14th by complaint volume. 2010 draws the most.
Filings have fallen off, 23 in the last three years against 33 in the three before. The issues here may already have been addressed.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 17,800 miles.
In owners' own words
There is something wrong with the windshield design of the car. I had debris or road gravel hitting the windshield twice in last 2 months and got a crack on windshield in 2 occasions. I was driving car at 65 mph on highway in both instances. I also realize a flaw with wiper design that the wipers do no clear the full wind shield. This reduces visibility specially winter when there is lot of salt and snow on roads. Visibility/wiper · reported at 20,000 miles
Windshield has cracked in drive way for no reason. Now has spider webbed across windshield obstructing my view. Called to repair and found out many people are reporting the same problem. Even after they fix and replace new windshield I=its cracking again. New windshield is $600plus install and re calibration im looking at $1300. Please help us customers because windshield is defective! Visibility/wiper · reported at 30,000 miles
2016 Prius sitting in the driveway during a relatively hot day (~95 f temperature), appears to have a big crack. I looked it up and apparently Toyota is undergoing a class action lawsuit over the same issue. No outside damage to the windshield, the driver side window was down for the reason of the heat. Shame that this happened. Hopefully someone from the authority can help with this. Visibility/wiper · reported at 44,000 miles
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
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