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2016 Toyota Prius wipers, windshield & visibility problems

42 complaints about wipers, windshield & visibility have been filed for the 2016 Toyota Prius, which is 19% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
42 19% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
18,000 miles 35 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When wipers, windshield & visibility problems show up

Wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by mileage, 2016 Toyota Prius Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 18,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 20 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 12 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 0 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 18,000 miles
Based on 35 complaints that include mileage. 97% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
View the numbers
MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles20
20k to 40k miles12
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles0
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 35 wipers, windshield & visibility complaints that report mileage, the median is about 18,000 miles, and 97% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the wipers, windshield & visibility complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

My windshield randomly cracked and looking on-line this seems to be a common occurrence on the prius 4th generation vehicles.

Reported at 5,000 miles, September 2016

While driving approximately 60 MPH on the freeway, a very small rock hit my windshield and created a crack that was about 1 inch by 1 inch in size. Merely two days later, I woke up to find the crack had extended 3/4 of the way across my entire windshield and completely up and down the entire height of the windshield - just out of the blue, overnight. It's now difficult to properly see out of the windshield as one of the cracks runs right in my line of vision with the road.

Reported at 10,000 miles, June 2017

Other problems reported for the 2016 Toyota Prius

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