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.
I was in stop and go traffic. We got into a crash and my vehicle was totalled. I-€™ve never been in an accident before. It felt like the break system just broke down.
Blizzard Pearl White paint started peeling off the car's body around the top areas of the 4 side doors (passenger & driver sides). There seems to be an active recall on this from Toyota for the same paint color and type, but the Prius model is not included in the active recall for this same condition. It has become a hazard such that such paint chips can be ingested by children. I took it to the Santa Monica, CA Toyota dealership and it was verified by the dealership representative there that this was a condition caused by a defect in the original paint with exposure to sunlight.
While being detailed, puddle light was seen smoking on drivers side door. It melted the body of door and had to be removed. I also have video of it smoking and melting door.
The blizzard pearl paint began splitting and flaking off my passenger side doos. The location on both doors is the area right below the windows. This started several months ago and now large chunks are coming off despite having used a 3 paint touch up process. Now the pattern is repeating on my driver's side.
On a winter day my car slid down a steep road and would not stop while breaking, both front fender flares broke off causing the car to act like it was on a sled. The car eventually stopped after I placed it in neutral and then slid again and then it finally stopped. I almost killed myself.
- Caledonia, MI, USA
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While parked, the struts that hold open the rear lift hatch failed suddenly, causing the hatch to fall on the head of person loading the car. The hatch was caught by a second person, preventing serious injury. On inspection, the struts were leaking oil.
Other car driver jump red light and T-zone hit my car from front passenger side, everything from passenger side was broken and whole interior was broken till driver seat. Later on the car was declared total loss. In this big crash also none of the air bag was deployed to support driver.......updated 12/10/15
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- Harlingen, TX, USA