2017 TOYOTA PRIUS PLUG-IN HYBRID Problems & Recalls

HEAD RESTRAINT (HEAD REST). PUSHES HEAD FORWARD. CAUSES NECK/BACK DISCOMFORT. HEAD STRIKING HEAD RESTRAINT ON ROUGH ROAD FEELS LIKE A CONCUSSION! LONG DRIVES ARE MISERABLE. SEAT ADJUSTMENTS FAIL TO OVERCOME THE ISSUE. 5'3" WOMAN. I HAD A PRIUS 2006 AND IT WAS JUST FINE. THIS PRIUS SEAT IS SO UNC...

Mileage: 1,000

HEAD RESTRAINT (HEAD REST). PUSHES HEAD FORWARD. CAUSES NECK/BACK DISCOMFORT. HEAD STRIKING HEAD RESTRAINT ON ROUGH ROAD FEELS LIKE A CONCUSSION! LONG DRIVES ARE MISERABLE. SEAT ADJUSTMENTS FAIL TO OVERCOME THE ISSUE. 5'3" WOMAN. I HAD A PRIUS 2006 AND IT WAS JUST FINE. THIS PRIUS SEAT IS SO UNC...

Mileage: 1,000

SUMMARY: HAVE OWNED MY PRIUS PRIME FOR EIGHT MONTHS AND HAVE NEEDED TO REPAIR ONE WINDSHIELD CHIP, REPLACE MY WINDSHIELD ONCE, AND CURRENTLY HAVE ANOTHER CRACK THAT CANNOT BE REPAIRED. DETAILS: PURCHASED MY PRIUS PRIME DEC 10, 2017. ON DEC 20, 2017, GOT A CHIP IN MY WINDSHIELD WHILE DRIVING TO W...

Mileage: 7,000

CAR HAS LOUD CONTINUOUS CREAKING/SQUEAKING NOISE FROM LEFT REAR OF THE CAR. SOUNDS LIKE IT IS COMING FROM THE SUSPENSION OR BODY FLEXING WHEN DRIVING. IT OCCURS WHEN TURNING AND REVERSING OUT OF PARKING SPACES. ALSO HAPPENS WHEN CAR IS GOING UPHILL AND DOWNHILL AND ON WINDING ROADS. DRIVER SEAT ALSO...

Mileage: 2,500

CAR HAS LOUD CONTINUOUS CREAKING/SQUEAKING NOISE FROM LEFT REAR OF THE CAR. SOUNDS LIKE IT IS COMING FROM THE SUSPENSION OR BODY FLEXING WHEN DRIVING. IT OCCURS WHEN TURNING AND REVERSING OUT OF PARKING SPACES. ALSO HAPPENS WHEN CAR IS GOING UPHILL AND DOWNHILL AND ON WINDING ROADS. DRIVER SEAT ALSO...

Mileage: 2,500

CAR HAS LOUD CONTINUOUS CREAKING/SQUEAKING NOISE FROM LEFT REAR OF THE CAR. SOUNDS LIKE IT IS COMING FROM THE SUSPENSION OR BODY FLEXING WHEN DRIVING. IT OCCURS WHEN TURNING AND REVERSING OUT OF PARKING SPACES. ALSO HAPPENS WHEN CAR IS GOING UPHILL AND DOWNHILL AND ON WINDING ROADS. DRIVER SEAT ALSO...

Mileage: 2,500

I HAVE 9150 MILES ON MY CAR. GOING 80MPH ON THE HIGHWAY MY RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. THE TIRES ARE TOYO NANOENERGY A29. THE TIRE BLEW OUT ON THE SIDE OF THE TIRE FACING THE CAR. I DID NOT HIT ANYTHING. TOYOTA REFUSED TO PAY FOR THE TIRE EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THEY EVEN CHARGED ME...

Mileage: 9,150

THE WINDSHIELD OF OUR 2017 PRIUS PRIME SUSTAINED DAMAGE WHILE TRAVELING ON A HIGHWAY. THE STONE WAS PEA SIZED AND SHOULD NOT HAVE CRACKED THE WINDSHIELD AT THE SPEED OF 50MPH.

Mileage: 1,500

TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, A SMALL ROCK THROWN UP BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC HIT THE LOWER LEFT EDGE OF THE WINDSHIELD, A LARGE CRACK EXTENDING MORE THAN HALFWAY ACROSS THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDSHIELD APPEARED. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH NEWER TOYOTA HYBRIDS. TOYOTA DEALERSHIP HAS QUOTED ...

Mileage: 10,000

BRIGHT LED HEADLIGHTS ISN'T THE ISSUE JUST WITH MY PRIUS PRIME BUT WITH ALMOST ALL NEW VEHICLES ON THE ROAD THAT I PRESUME HAVE LED LIGHTS. THE LIGHTS ARE SO BRIGHT THAT IT BOTHERS THE DRIVER OF THE ONCOMING VEHICLE OR TRAFFIC. I FACE THAT ISSUE WHILE DRIVING AND CAN IMAGINE THE SAME WITH THE DRIVER...

Mileage: 2

NOTICED TWO SMALL CRACKS IN THE WINDSHIELD, CENTER AREA CLOSE TO BOTTOM OF WINDSHIELD. DID NOT NOTICE SOUND OR SIGHT OF AN IMPACT, BUT TWO DAYS LATER, CRACKS HAD SPREAD LEFT AND RIGHT ABOUT 14 INCHES EITHER SIDE OF ORIGINAL SITE OF CRACKS.

Mileage: 6,500

THE AIR CONDITIONER EMITS A FOUL SMELL WHEN STARTING AND WHILE DRIVING. HAVE MANY NEW CARS AND NEVER HAD THIS CHRONIC PROBLEM. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS A RECURRING PROBLEMS WITH TOYOTA. TRADED IN 2015 PRIUS WITH 36000 MILES FOR THE PRIUS PRIME AND NEVER HAD A AIR CONDITI...

TOYOTA SAFETY CONNECT COMMUNICATION MODULE HAS CEASED FUNCTIONING. VEHICLE TELEMATICS INOPERATIVE. SOS BUTTON INOPERATIVE. COLLISION NOTIFICATION INOPERATIVE. DEALER UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE.

Mileage: 4,800