10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
2 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
1 / 0
Average Mileage:
3,643 miles

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problem #7

Mar 202025

Prius

  • miles
I was driving from Las Vegas to my home in Los Angeles. An alarming message began flashing on the dashboard telling me to pull over. The vehicle became hard to control. I somehow managed to get it off an exit. I was "lucky" enough to get it towed to a nearby Toyota dealership where I was told the inverter had failed and that that inverter and associated parts had to be replaced. On my 2015 Prius with only 50,000 miles on it. I SPECIFICALLY asked if there had been a recall on the electrical system of any 2015 Priuses, and they flatly said no. I also CALLED TOYOTA, and they also said there were no recalls involving the electrical system or inverters. The Barstow Toyota dealership said it would cost over $5,000 to repair AND that they wouldn't have the parts they needed for a WEEK. As it was, I had been stranded in the desert at a hotel for two days. I then had to pay $1,100 to be towed back to LA and took it to a hybrid mechanic I trust and paid them to do the work. But this cost me THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS. In a month where a friend of mine died (which was the reason I was driving from city to city). To have to replace this on a car with only 50,000 miles is preposterous. To NOW find out there actually IS a recall on the 2015 Prius FOR the electrical system involving the inverter is so far beyond frustrating, I don't have the correct word for it.

- Los Angeles, CA, USA

problem #6

Mar 222023

Prius

  • miles
I want to sale

- Glendale, CA, USA

problem #5

Aug 042023

Prius

  • miles
Driving making slight turn car locked up steering wheel, brakes and gas all locked up ran in to a wall. The vehicle just failed with no prior warning.

- Santan Valley, AZ, USA

problem #4

Aug 032021

Prius

  • miles
While attempting to accelerate from a stop light, the Prius stalled. It would not accelerate although the engine revved. I restarted the car by powering completely off and back on. I tried to accelerate again multiple times until it slowly came up to speed the third attempt. The car was in drive and has never happened before. This is a safety concern for multiple reasons but the main being it can cause harm to those in the vehicle as well as other drivers on the road when the car stalls unexpectedly. There were no warning signals on the dash. Toyota dealer looked at it right away, ran diagnostics, and could not find an issue. Nothing was -??fixed-?? or updated.

- Bismarck, ND, USA

problem #3

Dec 242015

Prius

  • 2,000 miles
Anytime I change elevations the engine seems to rev when it is idling on cruise control. On the downhill, the car will accellerate to ignore the speed on cruisecontrol to dangerous high velocity. I reported this to Toyota of North hollywood three times... it was never addressed.

- Los Angeles, CA, USA

problem #2

Mar 082017

Prius

  • 13,500 miles
Stalls at stop on city streets

- Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

problem #1

Apr 222016

Prius

  • 10,000 miles
While accelerating from a stop, and turning onto a highway to merge into moving traffic, the engine briefly stalled for a few seconds after I had already entered the traffic lane and was attempting to accelerate to traffic speed..

- Oro Valley, AZ, USA