Toyota Prius Engine And Engine Cooling Problems
- 173
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
- 12
- Years with records
- 2001–2012
- Stored years
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 173 stored complaint records:
- 7 indicate a crash
- 5 indicate injury
- 3 indicate fire
Complaints by year
What appears in the records
- warning lights · 17 records
- check engine · 15 records
- warning light · 12 records
- engine light · 11 records
- water pump · 11 records
- failure mileage · 10 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 88 |
| 30–60k mi | 22 |
| 60–100k mi | 19 |
| 100–150k mi | 14 |
| 150–400k mi | 4 |
Complaint evidence
Latest stored owner-submitted records. Open a year for the full list.
Electrical System · Engine And Engine Cooling · Fuel/Propulsion System
There is no thermostat gauge in a 2003 toyota prius , the car over heats and you don't know until your in the middle of traffic nearly getting killed. Toyota was contacted, but say not a recall and they don't honestly car cause car is old . That's not right , anything you still use from cars or even medicine have later come back to hurt or killed people. There is no hot to cold gauge in the car , 2003 only . I have…
1 injury
ODI 11011713
Engine And Engine Cooling
2007 toyota prius. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle oil consumption issues. *smd the consumer stated the vehicle used a quart of oil a week. *jb
ODI 10874078
Engine And Engine Cooling
After taking my son to school which is 2.2 miles away, came back home and parked the vehicle on the driveway and noticed smoke from the engine bay. Before the vehicle was shut off, car gave off "heater smell" and the heater was turned off. My wife came up and got me up, i went down maybe 2 minutes away and found the car fully engulfed in fire. Fire spread to the portion of the garage before it was put of by fire…
Fire reported
ODI 10660478
Engine And Engine Cooling
I was driving about 55 mph with heat on and all a sudden check engine light came on and the all lights in dash board came one with check hybrid system sign and engine lost power and came to complete stop i pulled over and waited few minutes after it was fine but when ever i turn heat or ac on it does the same i did my research it look like inverter issue or they have some code in there software because we bought 2…
ODI 10651793
Engine And Engine Cooling
On june 17, 2014 longo toyota service consultant stated the inverter water pump part #04000-32528 needed to be replaced at a part cost of $146. This same inverter water pump was replaced at longo on march 6, 2011. *tr
ODI 10598993
Engine And Engine Cooling
After long drive up mountains, vehicle lost power when going uphill, pressing on the gas pedal resulted in jerky movement of a few feet. Vehicle stopped. Checked battery and it was low but had two blue bars. No warning signs were lit on the dashboard. Managed to turn vehicle around and it coasted downhill with no subsequent problems. The loss of power occurred on a road with a blind curve. Turning back was a…
ODI 10596135
Engine And Engine Cooling
Failure of engine throttle controls: sudden rapid acceleration, un-commanded, which terminated quickly after applying the brakes.
ODI 10567319
Engine And Engine Cooling
Around 4pm on thu jan 2nd 2014, we were driving eastbound on bel-red rd just about to come to the intersection of ne 116th st when i noticed the abs lit up, along with that a whole bunch of other lights lit up on the dashboard and i lost power to the car (no accelerator/brake/steering). All electricals seemed to work. I tried to power down and restart the car. I called toyota of kirkland and checked if they had a…
ODI 10558377