Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2016-2018 Toyota Prius vehicles. A portion of the engine wire harness connected to the hybrid Power Control Unit (PCU), could contact the cover at this connection and wear, causing an electrical short circuit.
Safety risk
An electrical short can increase the risk of a fire.
Manufacturer remedy
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the engine wire harness assembly and replace it if damage is found. A protective sleeve or protective tape will be included to prevent any future damage. These repairs will be performed free of charge. The recall began October 30, 2018. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-270-9371. Toyota's number for this recall is J0T.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2016 Toyota Prius and Lexus RX 350, RX 350 F Sport, RX 450h F Sport and RX 450h vehicles and 2015-2016 Lexus NX 200T, NX Turbo and NX 300h vehicles. The air bag pressure sensors and/or the acceleration sensors may fail causing the side/curtain shield air bags and/or the front air bags to not deploy in the event of a crash.
Safety risk
If the air bags fail to deploy in a crash, it can increase the risk of injury.
Manufacturer remedy
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the sensors as necessary based on their serial numbers, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin March 12, 2018. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's numbers for this recall are JLA, J0F.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2016 Prius vehicles. A capacitor within the hybrid system may not have been properly bolted to the inverter housing.
Safety risk
If the capacitor was not properly secured, vibrations from driving the vehicle may damage the capacitor, shutting down the hybrid system, causing a loss of motive power and increasing the risk of a crash.
Manufacturer remedy
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the inverter, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin by early December 2017. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's number for this recall is H0U.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2016-2017 Prius vehicles manufactured August 6, 2015, to October 3, 2016. The affected vehicles are equipped with a foot-operated parking brake system that has a parking brake cable that may disengage.
Safety risk
If the parking brake cable disengages from the mechanism and the transmission is left in a gear other than 'Park' while the ignition is on and the driver leaves the vehicle, the vehicle may roll unexpectedly, increasing the risk of a crash.
Manufacturer remedy
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will install a clip at the parking brake cable end to prevent the cable from disengaging, free of charge. The recall began November 10, 2016. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-270-9371. Toyota's number for this recall is G01.
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
Manufacturer
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing
Vehicles affected
7,817
Reported to NHTSA
2016-09-16
Owners notified
2016-11-10
Defect description
Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2016 Toyota Prius vehicles manufactured November 30, 2015, to June 14, 2016. An air bag inflator manufacturing error may result in the inadvertent partial inflation of the front passenger air bag.
Safety risk
A front passenger air bag that unintentionally inflates can increase the risk of a crash or injury.
Manufacturer remedy
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger air bag assembly, free of charge. The recall began November 10, 2016. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's number for this recall is G0W.
Owner complaints
A complaint is one person's report to a federal agency. It is not a finding.
Component
Complaints
Median mileage
Visibility/wiper
40
17,800 mi
Unknown or other
31
6,000 mi
Engine
20
40,100 mi
Service brakes
19
5,986 mi
Electrical system
17
17,200 mi
Power train
15
24,000 mi
Vehicle speed control
12
14,500 mi
Structure: body
10
17,658 mi
Air bags
7
4,100 mi
Fuel/propulsion system
7
40,100 mi
Tires
6
20,000 mi
Suspension
5
5,986 mi
Exterior lighting
4
31,200 mi
Wheels
4
3,000 mi
Seats
3
50 mi
Steering
3
—
Electrical system: 12V/24V/48V battery
2
20,000 mi
Electronic stability control (ESC)
2
3,510 mi
Seat belts
2
25,000 mi
Service brakes, hydraulic
2
100,028 mi
Traction control system
2
100,028 mi
Air bags: frontal: driver clockspring/spiral cassette
1
—
Back over prevention: warnings
1
31,200 mi
Electrical system: wiring: fuses and circuit breakers
1
223,601 mi
Engine and engine cooling: cooling system: pump
1
223,601 mi
Equipment
1
3,875 mi
Forward collision avoidance
1
70,000 mi
Forward collision avoidance: warnings
1
31,200 mi
Hybrid propulsion system
1
159,141 mi
Parking brake
1
—
Structure
1
—
Tires: pressure monitoring and regulating systems
1
3,000 mi
Vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal
1
7,700 mi
Visibility: rearview mirrors/devices: interior
1
6,300 mi
Visibility: windshield
1
—
The 2015 model has about half as many complaints as this one. The 2017 model has about 1.5 times as many complaints as this one. These figures reflect raw complaint counts, not failure rates. Higher-selling model years naturally receive more complaints.
Safety recall repairs are provided free of charge by franchised dealers, regardless of vehicle age or mileage. This page displays aggregated data for the model year. To check recall status for a specific vehicle, search its VIN at nhtsa.gov.