Major Problems with 2012 Toyota Prius Derived from Complaints & Recalls

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Worst 3 complaints of 2012 Toyota Prius

2012 Toyota Prius BODY Victims: 5 Mileage: 40063 miles

2012 Toyota Prius SEAT BELTS Victims: 2 Mileage: 46500 miles

2012 Toyota Prius SERVICE BRAKES Victims: 2 Mileage: 20000 miles

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Problems with SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM and EXTERIOR LIGHTING are the most frequent issues recorded by the NHTSA from Toyota Prius owners.

Problem Category	Number of Problems
SERVICE BRAKES as i was approaching a turn i began to brake and the brakes failed. i tried pressing the brake pedal...	51 ~ 63116 miles
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM tl* the contact owns a 2012 toyota prius. the contact stated that the vehicle was equipped with a hands-free phone...	31 ~ 29699 miles
EXTERIOR LIGHTING while driving at night all lights especially red in color which are viewed from front windshield appear as three distinct...	28 ~ 67779 miles
VISIBILITY/WIPER my 2012 prius v has a serious reflection in the point of veiw of the side view mirrors when the...	25 ~ 28430 miles
AIR BAGS the vehicle was involved in a multi vehicle accident where the car was hit twice on the drivers side the...	25 ~ 26011 miles
BODY > STRUCTURE tl* the contact owns a 2012 toyota prius. the contact stated that as his vehicle was parked a vehicle crashed...	19 ~ 25048 miles
UNKNOWN OR OTHER my passenger side sun visor just completely fell out while driving down the road. it has rarely been used (my...	17 ~ 71882 miles
ENGINE hybrid engine suddenly shut down without warning while vehicle was traveling 65 mph on a busy freeway causing vehicle to...	17 ~ 60441 miles
POWER TRAIN car becomes immobile - will not shift into reverse or drive. computer keeps sending the message to put it in...	17 ~ 40200 miles
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL tl* the contact owns a 2012 toyota prius. the contact stated that as she was entering a parking space at...	11 ~ 17071 miles
SEAT BELTS the latch system design on the seats on the new prius v is flawed. instead of having four latch points...	10 ~ 36758 miles
STEERING vehicle is parked outside and during morning cold start the vehicle produces a moaning/wooing sound for approx. 50-75 yards with...	7 ~ 31554 miles
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL i went to start my prius v. after it was started a number of the warning lights came on including...	5 ~ 98813 miles
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM fuel indicator on the dash showed 3 bars for remaining fuel. vehicle ran out of fuel despite showing 3 bars....	5 ~ 31061 miles
SUSPENSION repeating several-second groaning or grinding noise heard from rear wheel area upon startup motion. the noise is severe and sounds...	5 ~ 2743 miles
SEATS the drivers seat does not raise far enough to allow shorter drivers to see over the dash board base of...	5 ~ 19636 miles
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER when driving dashboard "hybrid system not working. pull over..." this was 7/3/2012. it had run out of gas even though...	4 ~ 10914 miles
EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY upon starting the engine and engaging the air conditioning of my 2012 toyota prius with 10 000 miles a strong...	3 ~ 20117 miles
STRUCTURE my 2012 prius v has a serious reflection in the point of veiw of the side view mirrors when the...	3 ~ 12667 miles
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC sunday dec. 11th: pulling out of chicago garage car makes odd rotational noise. the sound seems to go away after...	3 ~ 54200 miles
INVERTER > HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM my husband was driving the car preparing to turn to enter the freeway when the prius lost all driving power...	2 ~ 74250 miles
HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM tl* the contact owned a 2012 toyota prius. while driving 60 mph the engine stalled. various warning lights illuminated and...	2 ~ 22500 miles
WHEELS vehicle is parked outside and during morning cold start the vehicle produces a moaning/wooing sound for approx. 50-75 yards with...	2 ~ 5150 miles
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION > POWER TRAIN tl* the contact owns a 2012 toyota prius. the contact stated that after the vehicle was parked in a residential...	1 ~ 23900 miles
GLASS, SIDE/REAR > VISIBILITY 2012 toyota prius. consumer writes in regards to vehicle window exploded. *smd while driving 35-40 mph on a paved road...	1
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING upon starting the engine and engaging the air conditioning of my 2012 toyota prius with 10 000 miles a strong...	1 ~ 9851 miles
EQUIPMENT navagation screen when sun hits the screen from right direction the screen can act like a very bright mirror and	1 ~ 4000 miles
FRONT > SEAT BELTS 2012 toyota prius. consumer writes in regards to malfunction of vehicle seat belt and airbags. *smd the consumer's wife was...	1
HEAD RESTRAINT > FRONT ASSEMBLY > SEATS head restraint (head rest) on driver seat does not stay in place. after i adjust it it rises very slowly....	1 ~ 100 miles
WINDSHIELD > VISIBILITY tl* the contact owns a 2012 toyota prius. the contact stated that she noticed that when the lights were viewed...	1

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