This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
Toyota Prius (2008) hatch release rubber cover piece detached and tore apart. Note that my RX300 selection of make/part number is bogus, as I have no way of knowing who made this rubber component.
2008 Prius hid headlights failing. Starting at around 48,000 miles. Can't they make a headlight for about $20 instead of even the $150 that they want just for the bulb. Toyota should at least offer free labor to replace the bulb. Can't believe they can't make a cheaper bulb that should last about the lifetime of the car.
This pertains to any hybrid vehicle. While walking past one in a mall parking lot, the driver started to back out. Since the engine does not engage at this speed, there is no audible warning to pedestrians and if the driver is not paying enough attention, the pedestrian could be injured.
After having driven my Prius nearly 15,000 miles in all types of weather (except snow) and on residential roads as well as interstate highways with no steering problems, on a single day on residential streets at 20 to 25 mph and gentle rain, it hydroplaned twice with damages each time to the car and to a fire hydrant once. Each event was while going around a gentle left curve at reasonable speed. The first time, I was able to correct and spin out 360 degrees with the left quarter-panel hitting a roadside garbage container. The second time, the car did not respond to any steering maneuvers nor the brakes when applied. The car stopped only after colliding with the fire hydrant. Significant damage was sustained in each collision. I have traveled this street several times daily, often on rainy days, and never before had any steering problems. It was as though something had changed in the steering control on this day. I was sober and unimpaired.
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- Canton, GA, USA