NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 Toyota Prius Recalls
The 2009 Toyota Prius has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 16, 2013.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2009 Toyota Prius. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 502
- Crashes reported
- 64
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2009 Toyota Prius, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2009 Toyota Prius
Air bags: frontal: sensor/control module-inactive
- Campaign
- 13V014000
- Reported
- January 16, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,235
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2012 Prius, 15 other models
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 12V536000
- Reported
- November 14, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 350,662
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2008 Prius
Steering
- Campaign
- 12V537000
- Reported
- November 14, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 669,705
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2008 Prius
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 10V035000
- Reported
- February 3, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 271,417
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 2010 Prius, 18 other models
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 2005–2008, 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 2004–2008 Prius, 6 other models
2009 Toyota Prius complaints by year
NHTSA has received 502 owner complaints about the 2009 Toyota Prius, the newest on June 17, 2026. Of these, 64 describe a crash (13%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 27 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2009 Toyota Prius, the component group named most often is the exterior lighting (22%), followed by the service brakes, hydraulic (18%) and the vehicle speed control (14%).
1 of the 2009 Toyota Prius's 6 recalls also concerns the vehicle speed control.
Where 2009 Toyota Prius owners gave the mileage (402 complaints), the median was 30,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Exterior Lighting111
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic91
- Vehicle Speed Control71
- Service Brakes63
- Electrical System60
- Service Brakes, Electric44
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 31 | |
| 2010 | 198 | |
| 2011 | 15 | |
| 2012 | 8 | |
| 2013 | 34 | |
| 2014 | 36 | |
| 2015 | 32 | |
| 2016 | 18 | |
| 2017 | 22 | |
| 2018 | 34 | |
| 2019 | 21 | |
| 2020 | 11 | |
| 2021 | 10 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 7 | |
| 2024 | 9 | |
| 2025 | 5 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2009 Toyota Prius peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 198. 51% arrived between 2008 and 2012, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2009 vehicles, the 2009 Toyota Prius drew 5.7× the complaints of the median Toyota Prius year in the same window: 5th highest of the 21 ranked years.
That makes 2009 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 502 complaints about the 2009 Toyota Prius are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Prius by model year
Other 2009 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: June 17, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted