NHTSA Safety Recalls
2018 Toyota Prius Recalls
The 2018 Toyota Prius has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on September 5, 2018.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2018 Toyota Prius. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 37
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2018 Toyota Prius, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2018 Toyota Prius
Electrical system: wiring
- Campaign
- 18V579000
- Reported
- September 5, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 192,347
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2016–2017 Prius
2018 Toyota Prius complaints by year
NHTSA has received 37 owner complaints about the 2018 Toyota Prius, the newest on October 2, 2026. Of these, 5 describe a crash (14%); owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2018 Toyota Prius, the component group named most often is the exterior lighting (14%), followed by the visibility/wiper (14%) and the vehicle speed control (11%).
The 2018 Toyota Prius's only recall does not concern the exterior lighting.
Where 2018 Toyota Prius owners gave the mileage (25 complaints), the median was 10,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Unknown Or Other6
- Exterior Lighting5
- Visibility/Wiper5
- Vehicle Speed Control4
- Air Bags3
- Engine3
Complaints received, by year
| 2018 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 9 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 4 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2018 Toyota Prius peaked in 2018, when NHTSA received 9. 59% arrived between 2017 and 2021, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2018 vehicles, the 2018 Toyota Prius drew 0.3× the complaints of the median Toyota Prius year in the same window: 18th highest of the 21 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 37 complaints about the 2018 Toyota Prius are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Prius by model year
Other 2018 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: October 2, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted