NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Toyota Prius Recalls
The 2016 Toyota Prius has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 5, 2018.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Toyota Prius. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 155
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Toyota Prius, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2016 Toyota Prius
Electrical system: wiring
- Campaign
- 18V579000
- Reported
- September 5, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 192,347
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2017–2018 Prius
Air bags: side/window
- Campaign
- 18V085000
- Reported
- January 31, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 48,672
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Hybrid propulsion system: inverter
- Campaign
- 17V658000
- Reported
- October 18, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 6
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2016 Toyota Prius
Parking brake
- Campaign
- 16V741000
- Reported
- October 14, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 91,585
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2017 Prius
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V672000
- Reported
- September 16, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 7,817
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2016 Toyota Prius
2016 Toyota Prius complaints by year
NHTSA has received 155 owner complaints about the 2016 Toyota Prius, the newest on October 6, 2026. Of these, 8 describe a crash (5%); owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Toyota Prius, the component group named most often is the visibility/wiper (26%), followed by the electrical system (13%) and the service brakes (12%).
1 of the 2016 Toyota Prius's 5 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2016 Toyota Prius owners gave the mileage (100 complaints), the median was 19,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Visibility/Wiper40
- Unknown Or Other30
- Electrical System20
- Service Brakes18
- Engine17
- Power Train15
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 24 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 40 | |
| 2018 | 29 | |
| 2019 | 9 | |
| 2020 | 17 | |
| 2021 | 9 | |
| 2022 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 7 | |
| 2025 | 5 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2016 Toyota Prius peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 40. 66% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Toyota Prius drew 1.3× the complaints of the median Toyota Prius year in the same window: 10th highest of the 21 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 155 complaints about the 2016 Toyota Prius are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Prius by model year
Other 2016 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: October 6, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted