MODELYEARINDEX

Toyota Prius C

99 complaints across 5 scored model years and 1 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Toyota Prius C Full report
D
Grade 2012–2016
2012 vs model median 2.4×
Model median3× median
Brakes 8
Airbags & Restraints 6
Body & Interior 3
Avoid

2012

Best

2015 · 2016

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2012
2.37× 30 D
2013
1.39× 18 C
2014
1.00× 14 B
2015
0.86× 18 B
2016
0.42× 11 A

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG50
City / Highway53 / 46
Engine1.5L, 4 cyl
DriveFront-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$1,250

Recalls

1 campaign on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
15V514000 TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS 2015 949

Others in Subcompact Cars

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Chevrolet Aveo
none flagged
B
Chevrolet Sonic
20122013
C
Chevrolet Spark
20132014
B
Fiat 500
20122014
C
Fiat 500L
2014
C
Ford Fiesta
20112013
C
Honda FIT
20132015
C
Hyundai Accent
20122013
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2012 Prius C
Complaints in window
30
Severity-weighted
61.5
Model median (weighted)
26
vs model median
2.37×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
0
Open investigations
0
Score 40.9 D