NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 Toyota Prius Recalls
The 2017 Toyota Prius has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 5, 2018.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 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
- 91
- Crashes reported
- 12
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2017 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 2017 Toyota Prius
Electrical system: wiring
- Campaign
- 18V579000
- Reported
- September 5, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 192,347
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2016, 2018 Prius
Tires: temporary/emergency spare tire
- Campaign
- 17V295000
- Reported
- May 2, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 409
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 12 other models
Parking brake
- Campaign
- 16V741000
- Reported
- October 14, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 91,585
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2016 Prius
2017 Toyota Prius complaints by year
NHTSA has received 91 owner complaints about the 2017 Toyota Prius, the newest on May 19, 2026. Of these, 12 describe a crash (13%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 7 injuries.
In complaints about the 2017 Toyota Prius, the component group named most often is the visibility/wiper (19%), followed by the service brakes (15%) and the vehicle speed control (14%).
None of the 2017 Toyota Prius's 3 recalls concerns the visibility/wiper.
Where 2017 Toyota Prius owners gave the mileage (66 complaints), the median was 14,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Visibility/Wiper17
- Service Brakes14
- Vehicle Speed Control13
- Engine12
- Fuel/Propulsion System12
- Electrical System11
Complaints received, by year
| 2017 | 22 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 23 | |
| 2019 | 19 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 4 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2017 Toyota Prius peaked in 2018, when NHTSA received 23. 75% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2017 vehicles, the 2017 Toyota Prius drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Toyota Prius year in the same window: 12th highest of the 21 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 91 complaints about the 2017 Toyota Prius are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Prius by model year
Other 2017 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: May 19, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted