NHTSA Safety Recalls
2019 Toyota Prius Recalls
The 2019 Toyota Prius has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 11, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2019 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
- 30
- Crashes reported
- 7
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2019 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 2019 Toyota Prius
Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel
- Campaign
- 19V876000
- Reported
- December 11, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,751
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 101, controls and displays
- Same campaign
- only the 2019 Toyota Prius
Electronic stability control (esc)
- Campaign
- 19V544000
- Reported
- July 24, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 6,925
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 126, electronic stability control
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 19V244000
- Reported
- March 27, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,634
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 14 other models
2019 Toyota Prius complaints by year
NHTSA has received 30 owner complaints about the 2019 Toyota Prius, the newest on August 26, 2026. Of these, 7 describe a crash (23%); owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2019 Toyota Prius, the component group named most often is the service brakes (30%), followed by the engine (20%) and the air bags (13%).
None of the 2019 Toyota Prius's 3 recalls concerns the service brakes.
Where 2019 Toyota Prius owners gave the mileage (11 complaints), the median was 5,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes9
- Unknown Or Other8
- Engine6
- Air Bags4
- Electrical System4
- Forward Collision Avoidance4
Complaints received, by year
| 2019 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 7 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 5 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2019 Toyota Prius peaked in 2023, when NHTSA received 7. 37% arrived between 2018 and 2022, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2019 vehicles, the 2019 Toyota Prius drew 0.1× the complaints of the median Toyota Prius year in the same window: 21st highest of the 21 ranked years.
That makes 2019 one of the three best-measured Toyota Prius years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 30 complaints about the 2019 Toyota Prius are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Toyota Prius by model year
Other 2019 Toyota models
Newest record on this page: August 26, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted