Toyota · NHTSA safety record

2026 Toyota Prius

Every safety complaint, recall and defect investigation the US government holds on this vehicle.

Owners have filed 5 safety complaints about the 2026 Toyota Prius with the US government. Of those, 1 describes a crash and no death is recorded. One recall campaign is open against it, covering the electrical system.

The most complained-about system is the electrical system, named in 2 complaints, 40% of the total.

Compiled from NHTSA's complaint, recall and investigation files · Covers October 2025 to June 2026 · How this is counted

What is on file

5 complaints on file

Complaints

Describe a crash

Mention fire

People injured

Deaths

A complaint is an unverified account by the person who filed it, not a finding of fault. One complaint is one ODI number, which is how NHTSA counts them.

A recall is the manufacturer conceding a defect, and the repair is free. Whether one covers your particular car is a question only its VIN can answer, because a campaign covers a production range rather than a model year.

Which system owners named

Complaints naming each system

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 2 · 40% 2 40%

EXTERIOR LIGHTING 2 · 40% 2 40%

VISIBILITY/WIPER 1 · 20% 1 20%

0 4 8

Red marks a system with a recall campaign against it. One complaint can name several systems, so these add up to more than 5.

When the complaints arrived

By the year NHTSA received them

By the year NHTSA received them, which is not the year the failures happened. They peaked in 2026 at 3.

4 3 2 1

25 2025 26 2026

This is the year the complaint was filed, not the year the failure happened. The range runs from 2025 to 2026 , the last of them a part year, which is why its column is drawn faint.

Crash test ratings

NHTSA New Car Assessment Program

NHTSA has not crash tested the 2026 Toyota Prius. Its New Car Assessment Program tests a selection of each year's vehicles and does not reach motorcycles, heavy trucks, motorhomes or most low-volume models, so an absence here says nothing about how the vehicle would perform. It is not a low score.

What owners have reported about this vehicle is below, and it is a different question: a crash test measures what happens to the people inside in a controlled impact, while a complaint records what broke during ordinary use.

Recall campaigns

1 on file

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:SWITCHES/KNOBS/BUTTONS

26V049000 · January 28, 2026

The defect: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2023-2024 Prius Prime, 2023-2026 Prius, and 2025-2026 Prius Plug-in Hybrid vehicles. Water may enter the rear door switch and cause a short circuit, allowing an unlocked rear door to open unexpectedly.
The risk: A door that unexpectedly opens while the vehicle is moving increases the risk of injury.
The remedy: Dealers will modify the rear door switch circuits, free of charge. Owner letters were mailed July 13, 2026. Owners may contact Toyota's customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's numbers for this recall are 26TB03 and 26TA03. This recall expands and replaces NHTSA recall number 24V274. Vehicles repaired under the previous recall will need to have the new remedy performed.

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing · up to 141,286 vehicles across all model years covered

Compare

Other years of the Toyota Prius

Model year	Complaints	Recalls	Deaths
2025	16	2	—
2024	23	4	—
2023	19	4	1
2022	24	1	—
2020	14	0	—
2019	30	3	—
2018	36	1	—
2017	91	3	—
2016	154	5	—
2015	163	1	3
2014	205	3	—
2013	408	3	—
2012	422	6	—
2011	517	6	—
2010	2,821	10	2

Other 2026 Toyota models

Camry Hybrid 117 Grand Highlander 26 Tundra 23 RAV4 Hybrid 18 BZ 16 Corolla 15 4Runner 7 C-HR 7

Complaints on file, same model year.

Every Toyota on this site — 279 vehicles, 372 recall campaigns and 4 open investigation s.

If this is your car and a dealer keeps failing to fix it, your state's lemon law may require the manufacturer to replace it or buy it back. How many repair attempts it takes, and how long you have to file, is set by the state you bought in and by nothing on this page.

Where these numbers come from

Complaints: NHTSA's ODI complaint file , published September 1, 2026. One complaint is one ODI number, which is how NHTSA counts them.
Recalls: NHTSA's recall campaign API , most recent campaign filed September 14, 2026.
Investigations: NHTSA's ODI investigation file , published 2026-09-01.

A complaint is one owner's account and has not been verified by NHTSA or by us. A vehicle with more complaints is not necessarily worse: models that sold in larger numbers collect more of them. How this is counted.

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