AutoUtility currently tracks 8 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2022 Toyota Prius Prime. Driver Assistance & Safety Tech issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 3 complaints (37.5% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 3 filings cite a crash.
- • Total NHTSA Complaints: 8 reports
- • #1 Reported Problem Area: Driver Assistance & Safety Tech (3 reports • 37.5% of submitted complaints)
- • Secondary Problem Areas: Fuel & Propulsion System (2), Steering System (1)
- • Crash-Citing Complaints: 3 filings
- • Fire-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
- • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 0 injury filings • 0 fatality filings
Most Reported Problems for 2022 Toyota Prius Prime
Top automotive subsystem defect categories ranked by unique owner complaint volume in federal records
Driver Assistance & Safety Tech
Fuel & Propulsion System
Steering System
Electrical System
Brakes & Traction Control
Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2022 Toyota Prius Prime
Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
"The contact owns a 2022 Toyota Prius Prime. The contact stated while depressing the accelerator pedal, the vehicle failed to accelerate as intended. The contact stated multiple unknown warning lights had been temporarily illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer however, the cause of the..."
"The contact owns a 2022 Toyota Prius Prime. The contact stated while driving at approximately 25 MPH, the vehicle suddenly experienced unintended acceleration, and the vehicle accelerated to 50 MPH before the contact was able to stop the vehicle by depressing the brake pedal. The contact stated..."
"I don't feel safe to drive my vehicle on the highway because the steering wheel ( the front end) very weak so when I drive the car it pull me to the left and to the right i went to the dealership where I purchased the car to check the vehicle, the technician told me that the steering wheel very..."
"When adaptive cruise control is engaged and a car cuts in front of you the car will accelerate rapidly at first nearly hitting the car before it slows."
"Prior to making a turn into a residential driveway, the vehicle throttled up and there was no response from the vehicle when the brakes were applied. The vehicle would not stop in motion. Based on my experience of this event, it is my firm belief that the vehicle shut down completely as a result to..."
Complaint History for Toyota Prius Prime
Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2017–2024)
| Model Year | NHTSA Complaints | Crash Reports | Safety Recalls | Detailed Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Toyota Prius Prime | 143 | 20 | 0 | View 2017 Problems → |
| 2018 Toyota Prius Prime | 15 | 4 | 0 | View 2018 Problems → |
| 2019 Toyota Prius Prime | 8 | 0 | 1 | View 2019 Problems → |
| 2020 Toyota Prius Prime | 16 | 5 | 1 | View 2020 Problems → |
| 2021 Toyota Prius Prime | 10 | 4 | 0 | View 2021 Problems → |
| 2022 Toyota Prius Prime Current Page | 8 | 3 | 1 | Current |
| 2023 Toyota Prius Prime | 5 | 0 | 4 | View 2023 Problems → |
| 2024 Toyota Prius Prime | 11 | 1 | 4 | View 2024 Problems → |
Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2022 Toyota Prius Prime
Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 8 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications
| Vehicle Component / System | Total Complaints | Crash Reports | Fire Reports | Reported Injury Entries | Reported Fatality Entries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forward Collision Avoidance NHTSA category: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Service Brakes NHTSA category: SERVICE BRAKES | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steering NHTSA category: STEERING | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vehicle Speed Control NHTSA category: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Official NHTSA Defect Investigations (1)
Formal safety defect inquiries and engineering analyses opened by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI)
Pedestrian alert sounds
NHTSA received a petition on or about July 18, 2022, requesting that Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 141 be applied to all electric and hybrid vehicles operating in the United States. The petition can be reviewed at NHTSA.gov under ODI Number 11486072. FMVSS 141 establishes performance requirements for pedestrian alert sounds for motor vehicles. The standard applies to hybrid and electric vehicles that have a gross vehicle weight ra...
The complaint records on this page are retrieved directly from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) public database.
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