2017 Toyota Prius problems
Owners have filed 127 complaints with NHTSA about the 2017 Toyota Prius. Wipers, windshield & visibility is the most reported problem area, at 13% of complaints. After that come brakes (11%) and engine (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 127 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 13% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 20 and 6
- Injuries and deaths
- 13 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 14,000 miles 94 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 64 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 19 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 3 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 3 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Among the 94 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 14,000 miles. For wipers, windshield & visibility specifically, the median reported mileage is about 10,000 miles (15 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 20 complaints mention a crash; 6 complaints mention a fire; 13 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 87% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2017 ranks 14th most-complained-about out of 23 model years of the Toyota Prius with enough data (107 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
We purchased a 2017 toyota prius on january 29th 2017 and on march 22nd 2017 the car caught on fire out of no where. The car was parked and off when smoke began to come out from the around the shift changer and the touch screen area. After a few seconds the car was completely on fire.
In moderate to heavy rain with the toyota dynamic cruise control engaged on the highway between 55 and 70 MPH, the prius has dangerously accelerated itself towards a car immediately in front of my car and would have created a front-to-rear collision if I was not extremely vigilant and manually braked and canceled the adaptive cruise system within 10-20 feet of the car in front of me.
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 toyota prius. While the vehicle was parked in the driveway, the engine automatically started. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 5,000.