Selling a junk Toyota Prius V
Any Prius V sells for scrap or parts, running or not. Below: what owners report most often for each model year, the recalls on file, and which of those change the offer. Enter your ZIP for a buyer near you.
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What owners report about the Toyota Prius V
NHTSA has 657 owner complaints on file for the Toyota Prius V, model years 2011 to 2018, the 358th-most of the 423 models in our data. The most-reported components are brakes (259, 39%), engine (68, 10%), electrical system (62, 9%). 67 complaints involved a crash, 16 a fire, and 47 say the vehicle had to be towed. The median mileage when the problem was reported is 75,500 miles. The 2012 model year has the most complaints (292). Data as of 2026-10-12.
When the top complaint is brakes, the question for a seller is whether a buyer will resell the car, pull the parts or scrap it. Read our guide to deciding whether to repair or junk: it explains which offers assume the part works and how to describe the car so the price holds at pickup.
Toyota Prius V by model year
| Year | Complaints | Most reported | Crash | Fire | Recalls | Median miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1 | Lights | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 292 | Brakes | 32 | 2 | 4 | 84,000 |
| 2013 | 168 | Brakes | 12 | 1 | 3 | 78,000 |
| 2014 | 123 | Brakes | 5 | 10 | 4 | 93,000 |
| 2015 | 32 | Brakes | 5 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 2016 | 24 | Speed control | 10 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 2017 | 14 | Lights | 3 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 2018 | 3 | Body and structure | 0 | 3 | 0 | — |
Complaints are owner reports to NHTSA, not confirmed defects. Median miles is the odometer reading owners gave when they reported a problem, shown only where 20 or more reports include it.
Toyota Prius V recalls
NHTSA lists 6 recall campaigns across these model years, most often for hybrid system (3), air bags (2), lights (1). Recall repairs are free at a franchised dealer. Before you sell, check your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls; a buyer who plans to resell the car will.
- 2014 model year, hybrid system (campaign 20V369000, Jun 2020): Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2013-2015 Prius and 2014-2017 Prius V vehicles not included in recall 18V-684. Excessive voltage in the Intelligent Power Module (IPM) within the inv…
- 2012 model year, hybrid system (campaign 18V684000, Oct 2018): Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2010-2014 Toyota Prius and 2012-2014 Toyota Prius V vehicles. Excessive voltage in the Intelligent Power Module (IPM) within the inverter may cause t…
- 2012 model year, hybrid system (campaign 15V449000, Jul 2015): Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2012-2014 Prius V vehicles manufactured August 22, 2011, to June 30, 2014. A component within the hybrid inverter assembly may overheat, c…
- 2014 model year, air bags (campaign 15V013000, Jan 2015): Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 Toyota Prius V vehicles manufactured November 7, 2013, to January 7, 2015. The occupant classification system (OCS) that activat…
- 2012 model year, lights (campaign 13E070000, Dec 2013): Genera Corporation (Genera) is recalling certain aftermarket replacement tail lights, model 11-6468-00 (driver-side), and model 11-6467-00 (passenger-side), sold for use on 2012-2013 Toyota Prius V vehicles. The brake li…
What a Toyota Prius V is worth as a junk car
Buyers price a junk Prius V on four things: its weight at today's scrap steel price (the floor), the parts still on it that can be resold, whether it starts and drives, and how far they have to tow it. None of those come from a complaint database, so use this page to describe the car accurately and our junk car value guide to work out a ceiling for the metal. Then get more than one offer.
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Questions people ask
- What is a junk Toyota Prius V worth?
- What a yard can recover: the car's weight at the current scrap steel price, plus parts it can resell (the catalytic converter, engine, transmission and wheels if they're good), minus towing and processing. The same Prius V gets different offers from different buyers, so compare at least two. Our value guide shows the public benchmark.
- Will a junkyard buy a Toyota Prius V that doesn't run?
- Yes. Junkyards and junk car buyers take cars that don't start, and most arrange the tow. Tell them honestly whether it starts, whether the engine and transmission are still in it, and whether the catalytic converter is on; those are what change the price.
- Should I fix an open recall before selling a Toyota Prius V?
- Recall repairs are free at a franchised dealer for as long as the car exists. If the car is going for scrap, the repair won't change the scrap price. If a buyer might resell it or pull parts, a completed recall can help. Check your VIN at NHTSA's recall lookup first.
- Where do these Toyota Prius V numbers come from?
- From the complaint and recall data NHTSA publishes for every make and model, counted by model year on 2026-10-12. A complaint is an owner's report, not a confirmed defect, and the count rises with how many of the model were sold.