Every Prius model year from 2004 to 2025, scored on reported failures weighted against how many were sold — and ranked against every other Compact Passenger Car of the same year.
Across 22 scored model years the Prius needs fixing more often than its class, but when it does, repairs cost about what you would expect. The spread between years is what matters: 2023 is its strongest, 2004 its weakest.
Longer bar is better. Rank is against every Compact Passenger Car sold that same model year.
| Year | Relative standing | Class rank | Pctl | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | #29 /29 | 0th | Avoid | |
| 2005 | #29 /31 | 7th | ||
| 2006 | #27 /31 | 13th | ||
| 2007 | #29 /33 | 13th | ||
| 2008 | #32 /36 | 11th | ||
| 2009 | #16 /32 | 52th | ||
| 2010 | #29 /30 | 3th | ||
| 2011 | #21 /32 | 35th | ||
| 2012 | #17 /41 | 60th | ||
| 2013 | #20 /43 | 55th | ||
| 2014 | #19 /41 | 55th | ||
| 2015 | #14 /39 | 66th | ||
| 2016 | #9 /38 | 78th | ||
| 2017 | #25 /41 | 40th | ||
| 2018 | #8 /35 | 79th | ||
| 2019 | #5 /34 | 88th | ||
| 2020 | #11 /27 | 62th | ||
| 2021 | #12 /25 | 54th | ||
| 2022 | #10 /29 | 68th | ||
| 2023 | #6 /22 | 76th | Best year | |
| 2024 | #16 /22 | 29th | ||
| 2025 | #15 /18 | 18th |
The line has moved around across 22 model years, with its weakest stretch in 2004–2011. Recent years have been slipping. This 2025 car falls in a weak stretch.
All 12 systems, measured against the class average for each model year.
Every Prius model year is scored across 12 separate systems — engine, transmission, brakes, electrical, steering and suspension, structure, interior, and five more. Each system is compared against how often that same system fails on the average Compact Passenger Car of the same year, so a common failure is judged against how common it is everywhere else.
Across the last three model years (2023–2025), the trouble concentrates in one place: interior & safety. That system draws issue reports more often than the same system on the average Compact Passenger Car of its year — which changes what you should be inspecting before you buy.
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Your Prius is plotted against 18 rivals from 2025.
Look up your Prius →Your Prius is scored the same way, for every model year.
Look up your Prius →2023 is the strongest Prius model year on record, ranking #6 of 22 Compact Passenger Cars that year.
2004 is the weakest year in the model's history, ranking #29 of 29.
The 2025 Prius ranks #15 of 18 Compact Passenger Cars — the lower half of its class.
Failure reports filed with NHTSA — submitted by vehicle owners and repair shops alike — weighted against US sales volumes so a high-volume model is not penalised for selling well, then benchmarked within segment and model year.
All 12 systems scored, the whole class plotted, and a downloadable Full Model Report for any year — 6,000+ vehicles in the dashboard.
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