2008 Toyota Prius fuel system problems
56 complaints about fuel system have been filed for the 2008 Toyota Prius, which is 3% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 56 3% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 56,000 miles 49 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 8 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 4 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When fuel system problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 14 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 7 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 8 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 5 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 4 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 4 |
What the data shows
Of the 49 fuel system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 56,000 miles, and 59% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 8 crashes, 4 injuries.
What owners wrote
I was in an automobile accident in feb of 2015 I hot another vehicle going approximately 15MPH no air bags were deployed and the police officer and body shop both were surprised no air bags deployed. I'm curious if this was due to a fault you airbag and luckly I wasn't seriously injured. My dash computer sensor went out in 2015, causing me to not be able to read an odometer, speedometer, etc.
Toyota prius, 2008, involved in accident , august 13, 2009 when it accelerated rapidly out of control after being at a stop sign for 4 minutes stopped in a line of traffic, hitting car in front and being very difficult to bring to a stop. Went from 0 to 45 MPH very quickly and hard to stop .toyota has not responded to complaint or my insistence that it be fixed. Was deemed by judge who heard the appeal of ticket to be a mechanical failure. First accident for me in 48.5 years of driving.
Other problems reported for the 2008 Toyota Prius
- Lighting 587 complaints
- Brakes 400 complaints
- Electrical system 236 complaints
- Cruise control 156 complaints
- Body & structure 69 complaints
- Engine 62 complaints
- Stability control 43 complaints
- Air bags 42 complaints