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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2022 Toyota Prius Recalls

The 2022 Toyota Prius has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on September 22, 2021.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2022 Toyota Prius. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
1

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
24

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
4

in complaints

NHTSA crash test
★★★★★

overall, 5 stars max

On a 2022 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 2022 Toyota Prius

Engine and engine cooling: engine: engine control module (ecu/ecm): software

Campaign
21V734000
Reported
September 22, 2021
Vehicles affected
up to 8,411
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 1 other model

21V734000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2022 Toyota Prius complaints by year

NHTSA has received 24 owner complaints about the 2022 Toyota Prius, the newest on July 9, 2026. Of these, 4 describe a crash (17%); owners reported 4 injuries.

In complaints about the 2022 Toyota Prius, the component group named most often is the electrical system (25%), followed by the service brakes (17%) and the air bags (13%).

The 2022 Toyota Prius's only recall does not concern the electrical system.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Electrical System6
  • Unknown Or Other5
  • Service Brakes4
  • Air Bags3
  • Engine2
  • Visibility/Wiper2

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2022 Toyota Prius received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20214
20223
20237
20255
20265

Complaints about the 2022 Toyota Prius peaked in 2023, when NHTSA received 7. 79% arrived between 2021 and 2025, the model year's first years on the road.

Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2022 vehicles, the 2022 Toyota Prius drew 0.2× the complaints of the median Toyota Prius year in the same window: 19th highest of the 21 ranked years.

That makes 2022 one of the three best-measured Toyota Prius years.

Toyota Prius years to avoid →

NHTSA crash-test stars

  • Overall: ★★★★★
  • Frontal: 4/5
  • Side: 5/5
  • Rollover: 4/5

The 24 complaints about the 2022 Toyota Prius are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Toyota Prius by model year

Other 2022 Toyota models

Newest record on this page: July 9, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted