{"id":"2016_toyota_prius","make":"Toyota","make_slug":"toyota","model":"Prius","model_slug":"prius","year":2016,"url":"/toyota/prius/2016/","pts":["hev"],"configs":[{"id":37164,"model":"Prius Eco","pt":"hev","drive":"Front-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic (variable gear ratios)","cyl":4,"displ":1.8,"eng":"","turbo":false,"super":false,"start_stop":true,"city":58,"hwy":53,"comb":56,"cityA":0,"hwyA":0,"combA":0,"kwh100":null,"range":null,"range_city":null,"range_hwy":null,"erange":null,"phev_comb":null,"charge240":null,"charge240b":null,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"207V Li-Ion","fuel":"Regular","vclass":"Midsize Cars","co2":158,"fe_score":10,"ghg_score":10,"fuel_cost":1100,"save_spend":5750,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"TYX","modified":"Mon Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2016"},{"id":37163,"model":"Prius","pt":"hev","drive":"Front-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic (variable gear ratios)","cyl":4,"displ":1.8,"eng":"","turbo":false,"super":false,"start_stop":true,"city":54,"hwy":50,"comb":52,"cityA":0,"hwyA":0,"combA":0,"kwh100":null,"range":null,"range_city":null,"range_hwy":null,"erange":null,"phev_comb":null,"charge240":null,"charge240b":null,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"202V Ni-MH","fuel":"Regular","vclass":"Midsize Cars","co2":170,"fe_score":10,"ghg_score":10,"fuel_cost":1200,"save_spend":5250,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"TYX","modified":"Mon Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2016"}],"vclass":"Midsize Cars","segment":"Midsize car","epa_certified":true,"recalls":[{"campaign":"18V579000","component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING","mfr":"Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing","reported":"2018-09-05","owner_notified":"2018-10-30","units":192347,"summary":"Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2016-2018 Toyota Prius vehicles.  A portion of the engine wire harness connected to the hybrid Power Control Unit (PCU), could contact the cover at this connection and wear, causing an electrical short circuit.","consequence":"An electrical short can increase the risk of a fire.","remedy":"Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the engine wire harness assembly and replace it if damage is found.  A protective sleeve or protective tape will be included to prevent any future damage.  These repairs will be performed free of charge.  The recall began October 30, 2018.  Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-270-9371.  Toyota's number for this recall is J0T.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"J0T","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"critical"},{"campaign":"18V085000","component":"AIR BAGS:FRONTAL","mfr":"Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing","reported":"2018-01-31","owner_notified":"2018-03-30","units":48672,"summary":"Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2016 Toyota Prius and Lexus RX 350, RX 350 F Sport, RX 450h F Sport and RX 450h vehicles and 2015-2016 Lexus NX 200T, NX Turbo and NX 300h vehicles.  The air bag pressure sensors and/or the acceleration sensors may fail causing the side/curtain shield air bags and/or the front air bags to not deploy in the event of a crash.","consequence":"If the air bags fail to deploy in a crash, it can increase the risk of injury.","remedy":"Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the sensors as necessary based on their serial numbers, free of charge.  The recall is expected to begin March 12, 2018.  Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331.  Toyota's numbers for this recall are JLA, J0F.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"JLA, J0F","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"high"},{"campaign":"17V658000","component":"HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM: INVERTER","mfr":"Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing","reported":"2017-10-18","owner_notified":"2017-12-15","units":6,"summary":"Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2016 Prius vehicles.  A capacitor within the hybrid system may not have been properly bolted to the inverter housing.","consequence":"If the capacitor was not properly secured, vibrations from driving the vehicle may damage the capacitor, shutting down the hybrid system, causing a loss of motive power and increasing the risk of a crash.","remedy":"Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the inverter, free of charge.  The recall is expected to begin by early December 2017.  Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331.  Toyota's number for this recall is H0U.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"H0U","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"high"},{"campaign":"16V741000","component":"PARKING BRAKE","mfr":"Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing","reported":"2016-10-14","owner_notified":"2016-11-10","units":91585,"summary":"Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2016-2017 Prius vehicles manufactured August 6, 2015, to October 3, 2016.  The affected vehicles are equipped with a foot-operated parking brake system that has a parking brake cable that may disengage.","consequence":"If the parking brake cable disengages from the mechanism and the transmission is left in a gear other than 'Park' while the ignition is on and the driver leaves the vehicle, the vehicle may roll unexpectedly, increasing the risk of a crash.","remedy":"Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will install a clip at the parking brake cable end to prevent the cable from disengaging, free of charge.  The recall began November 10, 2016.  Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-888-270-9371.  Toyota's number for this recall is G01.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"G01","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"high"},{"campaign":"16V672000","component":"AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE","mfr":"Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing","reported":"2016-09-16","owner_notified":"2016-11-10","units":7817,"summary":"Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2016 Toyota Prius vehicles manufactured November 30, 2015, to June 14, 2016.  An air bag inflator manufacturing error may result in the inadvertent partial inflation of the front passenger air bag.","consequence":"A front passenger air bag that unintentionally inflates can increase the risk of a crash or injury.","remedy":"Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger air bag assembly, free of charge.  The recall began November 10, 2016.  Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331.  Toyota's number for this recall is G0W.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"G0W","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"high"}],"recall_count":5,"critical_count":1,"park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"score":53,"grade":"F","complaints":{"count":154,"crash":8,"fire":0,"injured":6,"deaths":0,"comps":[["Visibility/Wiper",40],["Unspecified",30],["Electrical System",20],["Service Brakes",18],["Engine",17],["Power Train",14]],"by_year":{"2016":24,"2017":40,"2018":29,"2019":9,"2020":17,"2021":9,"2022":7,"2023":4,"2024":7,"2025":5,"2026":3},"excerpts":[["2024-06-05","Structure","Paint is starting to peel around trunk, clear coat has peeled off of black triangle areas by rear passenger windows on both sides of vehicle. Other 2016 Prius have had a paint recall. My vehicle needs to be included in the recall."],["2024-05-01","Structure","Starting in about 2019, the exterior black panel behind the rear right mirror began peeling. Soon, the blue exterior paint on the car began to show damaged spots, lining up with the parts of the car most exposed to the sun: the roof most of all, but the top panel behind the rear window and the top of the trunk showing \u2026"],["2024-04-24","Service Brakes","While driving vehicle on the freeway it stated braking power low, stop in a safe place, antilock brake system malfunction, pre-collision system malfunction, lane departure alert malfunction. I was almost in a major scary accident."]]},"investigations":[{"action":"DP22005","component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM","opened":"2023-01-27","closed":"2023-08-07","campaign":"22V063000","subject":"Pedestrian alert sounds","summary":"NHTSA received a petition on or about July 18, 2022, requesting that Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 141 be applied to all electric and hybrid vehicles operating in the United States. The petition can be reviewed at NHTSA.gov under ODI Number 11486072. FMVSS 141 establishes performance requirements for pedestrian alert sounds for motor vehicles. The standard applies to hybrid and electric vehicles that have a gross vehicle weight rating of 4,536 KG or less or are defined as low-speed vehicles. The standard became fully applicable to all such vehicles manufactured on or after March 1, 2021.On January 27, 2023, NHTSA opened Defect Petition (DP) 22-005 to evaluate the subject matt"}],"ncap":[{"desc":"5 HB FWD","overall":5,"frontal":4,"side":5,"rollover":4,"rollover_risk":0.107,"seats":5,"fcw":"Optional","ldw":"No","aeb":"No","esc":"","backup_cam":"","variant":null}],"popularity":135,"headline":{"range":null,"mpg":56,"ncap":5,"complaints":154},"presskit_trims":[],"generated_at":"2026-09-11 06:27 UTC","sources":["EPA fueleconomy.gov","NHTSA recalls","NHTSA complaints","NHTSA NCAP","NHTSA investigations"]}