Owner-reported complaints naming the electrical system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the electrical system — wiring, battery, charging, control modules, infotainment and electrical accessories. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2017 Toyota Prius Prime submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
I have a 2017 Toyota Prius Prime advanced. It has the large infotaiment screen that is where I have to access many items. Often, seemingly randomly, the screen shuts down and reboots itself. During the time it is rebooting I do not have any access to the controls. It gives no warning when it is going to reboot. I have seen other Toyota recalls for a similar problem on the RAV4 vehicles and I wonder if it is related.
The dealer sold original Toyota Truestart H4, 12 Volt battery failed after 2 years and 9 months. The battery is warranted for 84 months/7 years.
Jbl touchscreen 11.6 on Prius prime plugin 2017 has capacitive buttons like FM AM SPEAKER/Audio, and resistive buttons like Volume and Sufio not registering a finger touch or pressure. All other icons on touchscreen work and respond. Bluetooth works but no sound when a text message is read from my iPhone. Started when heat index was 107 on June 23. With climate change I am concerned that EV and PHEV touchscreens may need to be recalled to prevent this kind of failure. Mechanic said it WAS NOT FUSES OR BATTERY, and AICHATGBT proffered a software glitch or a neede update
Each time I use the USB port behind the cup holders, my vehicle's electrical system goes through a power-down cycle. This has happened several times over the years while I was driving. I no longer use that particular USB port for safety reasons. I reported this to my Toyota dealer, but they could not replicate the problem while I was there, so nothing was ever done. My younger son was driving the car and nearly had a wreck when the electrical system power-cycled while he was driving. He has been instructed to not use the USB ports.
Approximately July 19th 2021 at 4 a.m. in the morning on 2021 going Southbound on 210 going towards San Bernardino we will see the flat tire at the very end since the flat tire the hybrid system says offline not available car stalled pulled over tire was blown out. This is the second time that the hybrid system has been reported offline or malfunction. Upon further review the records of the vehicle I have noticed that on January 18th 2021 the previous owner had a similar incident but the dealership in Hemet California failed attempt to repair it or document it correctly and falsified records
When driving on the interstate, the car lost power steering and power brakes, making the vehicle very difficult to maneuver. Fortunately, there were no cars immediately nearby, otherwise this could have been a very different description. The car was towed to a dealership. They reported that they believe this is due to a faulty cell in the vehicle's auxiliary (12V) battery. There was no warning or symptom of this prior to the loss of power steering and power brakes.
LARGE SCREEN SOMETIMES GOES BLANK AND REBOOTS, AS IF THE CAR WAS JUST RESTARTED. VEHICLE IS TRAVELING WHEN THIS OCCURS. TYPICALLY HAPPENS AT CRUISING SPEEDS.
THE BLUETOOTH PHONE SYSTEM CREATES A VERY DANGEROUS DISTRACTED DRIVING CONDITION BECAUSE BLUETOOTH PHONE CALLS DO NOT REPEAT DO NOT OVERRIDE THE NAVIGATION SYSTEM AS THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO AND LIKE THEY DO IN MY 2006 PRIUS (VIN#: [XXX]). THIS ISSUE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FIXED IN THE 2017 MODEL YEAR BUT TOYOTA STILL HAS NOT CORRECTED IT. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN NOTED MULTIPLE TIMES WITH TOYOTA AND WITH THE NHTSA. MY WIFE'S 2013 LEXUS RX 450H (VIN#[XXX]) HAS BEEN REGISTERED BEFORE AND WE RARELY USE THE BUILT IN NAVIGATION NOW FOR SAFETY CONCERNS. MY COMPANY'S 2016 PRIUS (VIN# [XXX]) WAS TOTALED IN LATE 2016 AND THIS ISSUE WAS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO MY EMPLOYEE REAR ENDING HIS PARENTS AND TOTALING THE CAR. THE REPLACEMENT 2016 PRIUS (VIN# [XXX]) WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ALTHOUGH NOT TOTALED AND AGAIN THIS DISTRACTED DRIVING ISSUE WAS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR, I BELIEVE. I PURCHASED MY NEW PRIUS PRIME (VIN# [XXX]) EXPECTING TO HAVE THIS ISSUE RESOLVED AND WAS TOLD BY TOYOTA IT WAS NOW "SELECTABLE" BUT IT IS NOT!!!! WITH ALL THE DISTRACTED DRIVING ISSUES PREVALENT ON THE ROADS TO WHY TOYOTA WOULD INTENTIONALLY DESIGN A SYSTEM TO CAUSE DISTRACTED DRIVING IS BEYOND ME. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE CORRECT IMMEDIATELY. I BELIEVE THIS IS A PURE SOFTWARE ISSUE AND THAT IS WHY I WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE FIXED FOR THE 2017 MODEL YEAR. IT NEEDS TO BE!!!! THANK YOU, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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