2018 Model Year

Toyota Prius

NHTSA Complaints & Reliability Data

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Complaints
33
Recalls
1
Crashes
5
Severe
7

Active Recalls

Manufacturer safety recalls

18V579000 Sep 2018

Other

No consequence data available

Recent Complaints

Latest owner reports

Electrical System
Aug 2025

Driver door lock actuator not working. This seems to be a common problem for Toyota over the last decade, but they yet to put more vehicles to their r...

Visibility
Apr 2025

Was driving around 35 mph and my right side mirror blew up. The back blew off and the mirror was shattered and hanging. Nothing hit it. Contacted Toyo...

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,ENGINE
Mar 2025

The contact owns a 2018 Toyota Prius. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicl...

Latches/Locks
Feb 2025

The contact owns a 2018 Toyota Prius. The contact stated the trunk opened at a slow speed and failed to remain open. The dealer was contacted and info...

SERVICE BRAKES, AIR,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE Crash
May 2024

The contact owns a 2018 Toyota Prius. The contact stated that while in bumper-to-bumper traffic, the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The brake pedal was...

Air Bags
Feb 2024

The Airbag lights were lit, the person sitting with seatbelt on (flashing) and the person sitting with an inflated airbag in front of them. I ran an...

Air Bags
Dec 2023

AIRBAG LIGHT ON

Seats Crash
Oct 2023

Someone rear-ended my Prius and they were driving a Ford 250 truck pulling a large flatbed truck that had a huge box on it. My seat went forward and...

Exterior Lighting
Oct 2023

The automatic high beams will occasionally fail to operate and are stuck in low beams until about 2 minutes have passed, or until the automatic high b...

FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Jun 2022

UNKNOWN My car started stalling when it comes to a full stop. I.e. if I stop at a red light or stop sign, and I then press the gas, it stalls. It migh...

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Data updated: March 4, 2026

Summary

The 2018 Toyota Prius has 33 complaints and 1 recalls on record. The most commonly reported issue is VISIBILITY/WIPER. 5 crash-related incidents have been reported.

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