{"id":"2022_toyota_prius_prime","make":"Toyota","make_slug":"toyota","model":"Prius Prime","model_slug":"prius-prime","year":2022,"url":"/toyota/prius-prime/2022/","pts":["phev"],"configs":[{"id":44362,"model":"Prius Prime","pt":"phev","drive":"Front-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic (variable gear ratios)","cyl":4,"displ":1.8,"eng":"PHEV","turbo":false,"super":false,"start_stop":true,"city":55,"hwy":53,"comb":54,"cityA":145,"hwyA":121,"combA":133,"kwh100":25.0,"range":null,"range_city":null,"range_hwy":null,"erange":25.0,"phev_comb":78,"charge240":2.0,"charge240b":0.0,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"22 and 53 kW AC Induction","fuel":"Regular Gas and Electricity","vclass":"Midsize Cars","co2":78,"fe_score":10,"ghg_score":10,"fuel_cost":1150,"save_spend":7000,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"TYX","modified":"Wed May 17 00:00:00 EDT 2023"}],"vclass":"Midsize Cars","segment":"Midsize car","recalls":[{"campaign":"21V734000","component":"HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM","mfr":"Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing","reported":"2021-09-22","owner_notified":"2021-11-18","units":8411,"summary":"Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2022 Prius and Prius Prime vehicles.  The Engine Control Unit (ECU) software may falsely detect an error and shut down the hybrid system, causing a loss of drive power.","consequence":"A loss of drive power increases the risk of a crash.","remedy":"Dealers will update the ECU software, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed November 18, 2021.  Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331.  Toyota's number for this recall is 21TB07/21TA07.","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.nhtsa.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"21TB07 / 21TA07","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"high"}],"recall_count":1,"critical_count":0,"park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"score":92,"grade":"A","complaints":{"count":8,"crash":3,"fire":0,"injured":0,"deaths":0,"comps":[["Forward Collision Avoidance",2],["Vehicle Speed Control",2],["Unspecified",1],["Service Brakes",1],["Fuel/Propulsion System",1],["Electrical System",1]],"by_year":{"2021":1,"2022":4,"2023":2,"2024":1},"excerpts":[["2024-06-25","Engine And Engine Cooling","The contact owns a 2022 Toyota Prius Prime. The contact stated while depressing the accelerator pedal, the vehicle failed to accelerate as intended. The contact stated multiple unknown warning lights had been temporarily illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer however, the cause of the failure could not be\u2026"],["2023-09-12","Vehicle Speed Control","The contact owns a 2022 Toyota Prius Prime. The contact stated while driving at approximately 25 MPH, the vehicle suddenly experienced unintended acceleration, and the vehicle accelerated to 50 MPH before the contact was able to stop the vehicle by depressing the brake pedal. The contact stated that the failure reoccur\u2026"],["2023-01-14","Steering","I don't feel safe to drive my vehicle on the highway because the steering wheel ( the front end) very weak so when I drive the car it pull me to the left and to the right i went to the dealership where I purchased the car to check the vehicle, the technician told me that the steering wheel very sensitive and they canno\u2026"]]},"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":"Standard","ldw":"Standard","aeb":"Standard","esc":"","backup_cam":"","variant":null}],"popularity":135,"headline":{"range":null,"mpg":54,"ncap":5,"complaints":8},"presskit_trims":[],"generated_at":"2026-09-11 05:01 UTC","sources":["EPA fueleconomy.gov","NHTSA recalls","NHTSA complaints","NHTSA NCAP","NHTSA investigations"]}