2013 Toyota Prius brakes problems
243 complaints about brakes have been filed for the 2013 Toyota Prius, which is 44% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 243 44% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 93,000 miles 56 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 18 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 10 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When brakes problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 10 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 9 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 4 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 8 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 9 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 6 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 5 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 56 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 92,000 miles, and 36% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 18 crashes, 10 injuries.
What owners wrote
On monday jan, 27, 2020, I was involved in the accident with my 2013 toyota prius I was driving on a freeway with regular traffic. The car in front of me suddenly came to a stop. I immediately slammed on my brakes very hard. I had plenty of safe distance between two cars. I ended up running into the rear end of front car without any noticeable slowdown. The brakes did not come on. There was not any feeling of grabbing or tire making any screeching noise. Also I did not see any tire marks on road.
Unusual loud clicking and screeching sound as well as vibration feeling under the brake pedal while pressing the brake pedal and brakes don't feel powerful enough despite just getting new brake pads at the dealership and there is much longer distance needed for braking and bringing to a full stop. This has progressively increased since last noticed about 11-12 months ago when the odometer was arount 95000 miles. It started spontaneaously on its own. There was no accident or impact of any kind.
Other problems reported for the 2013 Toyota Prius
- Electrical system 52 complaints
- Engine 37 complaints
- Cruise control 22 complaints
- Air bags 18 complaints
- Fuel system 16 complaints