NHTSA Safety Recalls
2007 Toyota Prius Recalls
The 2007 Toyota Prius has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 14, 2012.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2007 Toyota Prius. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 2,003
- Crashes reported
- 124
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
9 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2007 Toyota Prius, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2007 Toyota Prius
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 12V536000
- Reported
- November 14, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 350,662
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2006, 2008–2009 Prius
Steering
- Campaign
- 12V537000
- Reported
- November 14, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 669,705
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2006, 2008–2009 Prius
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 10V036000
- Reported
- February 3, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 153,418
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2006, 2008–2010 Prius, 17 other models
Vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal
- Campaign
- 09V388000
- Reported
- October 5, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,445,056
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2006, 2008–2009 Prius, 6 other models
2007 Toyota Prius complaints by year
NHTSA has received 2,003 owner complaints about the 2007 Toyota Prius, the newest on January 15, 2026. Of these, 124 describe a crash (6%) and 9 a fire; owners reported 70 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2007 Toyota Prius, the component group named most often is the exterior lighting (53%), followed by the electrical system (12%) and the structure (9%).
None of the 2007 Toyota Prius's 4 recalls concerns the exterior lighting.
Where 2007 Toyota Prius owners gave the mileage (1,720 complaints), the median was 50,400 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Exterior Lighting1,060
- Electrical System248
- Structure184
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic145
- Service Brakes127
- Vehicle Speed Control124
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 27 | |
| 2008 | 96 | |
| 2009 | 385 | |
| 2010 | 517 | |
| 2011 | 138 | |
| 2012 | 98 | |
| 2013 | 133 | |
| 2014 | 150 | |
| 2015 | 116 | |
| 2016 | 83 | |
| 2017 | 61 | |
| 2018 | 72 | |
| 2019 | 48 | |
| 2020 | 29 | |
| 2021 | 15 | |
| 2022 | 10 | |
| 2023 | 11 | |
| 2024 | 10 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2007 Toyota Prius peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 517. 51% arrived between 2006 and 2010, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2007 vehicles, the 2007 Toyota Prius drew 13× the complaints of the median Toyota Prius year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 21 ranked years.
That makes 2007 one of the Toyota Prius years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
The 2,003 complaints about the 2007 Toyota Prius are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Prius by model year
Other 2007 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: January 15, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted