Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

2003 Toyota Prius

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

1
Open recalls
99
NHTSA complaints
1
Defect investigations
133
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

Overall
Not rated
Frontal
Not rated
Side
Not rated
Rollover
Not rated

Consumer complaints

99 filed
5
Crashes
0
Fires
5
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Steering
    32
  • Electrical System
    12
  • Tires
    8
  • Service BRAKES, Hydraulic
    6
  • Engine AND Engine Cooling
    5
  • STEERING:ELECTRIC Power Assist System
    5
  • Service Brakes
    5
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    4

Recalls

1 campaign
11V304000·STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM2011-06-01

TOYOTA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2001 THROUGH 2003 PRIUS PASSENGER CARS MANUFACTURED FROM JANUARY 28, 2000, THROUGH MAY 30, 2003. THE STEERING LINKAGE MAY LOOSEN, RESULTING IN REDUCED ELECTRIC STEERING ASSISTANCE WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN.

RiskLOSS OF POWER STEERING, PARTICULARLY WHEN AN OPERATOR IS ACTIVELY INTENDING TO STEER THE VEHICLE, MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH.

FixTOYOTA WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE NUTS IN THE STEERING LINKAGE FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JULY 8, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT TOYOTA AT 1-800-331-4331.

NHTSA investigations

1 action
DP22005·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM2023-01-27 → 2023-08-07

Pedestrian alert sounds

Led to recall22V063000

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