NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Toyota Prius Recalls
The 2001 Toyota Prius has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 1, 2011.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Toyota Prius. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 165
- Crashes reported
- 13
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2001 Toyota Prius, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2001 Toyota Prius
Steering: electric power assist system
- Campaign
- 11V304000
- Reported
- June 1, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 52,377
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2003 Prius
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 06V266000
- Reported
- July 19, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 34,771
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002 Prius, 1 other model
Steering: gear box (other than rack and pinion)
- Campaign
- 00V285000
- Reported
- September 21, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,772
- Same campaign
- only the 2001 Toyota Prius
2001 Toyota Prius complaints by year
NHTSA has received 165 owner complaints about the 2001 Toyota Prius, the newest on December 12, 2019. Of these, 13 describe a crash (8%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2001 Toyota Prius, the component group named most often is the steering (27%), followed by the electrical system (16%) and the tires (16%).
2 of the 2001 Toyota Prius's 3 recalls also concern the steering.
Where 2001 Toyota Prius owners gave the mileage (106 complaints), the median was 60,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering45
- Electrical System27
- Tires27
- Vehicle Speed Control25
- Engine And Engine Cooling18
- Fuel System, Gasoline9
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 10 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 15 | |
| 2003 | 20 | |
| 2004 | 8 | |
| 2005 | 26 | |
| 2006 | 15 | |
| 2007 | 10 | |
| 2008 | 7 | |
| 2009 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 27 | |
| 2011 | 6 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2001 Toyota Prius peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 27. 32% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2001 vehicles, the 2001 Toyota Prius drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Toyota Prius year in the same window: 14th highest of the 21 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 3/5
The 165 complaints about the 2001 Toyota Prius are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Prius by model year
Other 2001 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: December 12, 2019. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted