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2010 Toyota Prius electrical system problems

Owners reported electrical system problems in 194 complaints for the 2010 Toyota Prius, 6% of the complaints on file. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
194 6% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
65,000 miles 147 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
5 and 6
Injuries and deaths
5 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2010 Toyota Prius Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 65,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 34 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 16 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 17 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 18 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 17 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 14 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 12 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 3 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 4 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 6 complaints 200k+ miles: 6 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 65,000 miles
Based on 147 complaints that include mileage. 46% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles34
20k to 40k miles16
40k to 60k miles17
60k to 80k miles18
80k to 100k miles17
100k to 120k miles14
120k to 140k miles12
140k to 160k miles3
160k to 180k miles4
180k to 200k miles6
200k+ miles6

What the data shows

Of the 147 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 65,000 miles, and 46% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 5 crashes, 6 fires, 5 injuries.

What owners wrote

On 05/25/2016 at about 9am, while in motion at a rate of speed approx 25 MPH on a street during construction (don't know if the bumpy road had anything to do with it), the change oil soon light appeared and seconds later all the lights on the dash came on with the message to check the "check hybrid system" . I tried to stop the vehicle and it kept accelerating. I pressed on the breaks really hard and the traction control light kept flashing on and off like crazy but it barely had any impact.

Reported at 85,000 miles, May 2016 CrashInjury

My prior prius was repurchased by toyota 09/09 with severe electrical issues which only escalated. I believe the man in ca because that happened to us on the highway, and our car behaved as if it were 'possessed'. Now my 2010 is having intermittent issues, including an anti-skid/ braking light that we'd thought was remedied by resetting an ABS actuator friday-it was on since test driving the car-but I was told many excuses, and eventually they were aware but did not know how to correct this.

Reported at 5 miles, March 2010

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