Toyota Prius Reliability Comparisons

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This is the most up-to-date car reliability information available anywhere for the Toyota Prius. TrueDelta's Car Reliability Survey results are promptly updated every three months. Others can be over a year behind. What you'll also find only here: actual repair rates (the average number of trips to the repair shop each year), and not just dots, for a clearer idea of how much competing cars truly differ in reliability.

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Toyota Prius Reliability
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Car Reliability Survey (CRS) Results: year ending June 30, 2010
Successful Repair Trips per Year (per 100 vehicles) Column definitions
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Year	Make	Model	Trips / Year per 100	TS	Δ	Cars Mon/Car Av Odo
2010	Toyota	Prius	12 Fewest         Most Very reliable for a complex car in its first model year.		--	152 7.0 7400
2009	Toyota	Prius	4 Fewest         Most		--	35 9.5 14200
2008	Toyota	Prius	27 Fewest         Most		--	88 9.1 30500
2007	Toyota	Prius	28 Fewest         Most		--	86 8.6 44700
2006	Toyota	Prius	24 Fewest         Most		--	65 9.1 55400
2005	Toyota	Prius	25 Fewest         Most		--	69 8.3 73100
2004	Toyota	Prius	42 Fewest         Most		--	36 7.2 96900
2002	Toyota	Prius*	join to view			15 5.5 151500
2001	Toyota	Prius*	join to view			18 5.6 115400
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Competing Car Model Reliability

Car Reliability Survey (CRS) Results: year ending June 30, 2010
Successful Repair Trips per Year (per 100 vehicles) Column definitions
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Year	Make	Model	Trips / Year per 100	TS	Δ	Cars Mon/Car Av Odo
2010	Ford	Fusion	39 Fewest         Most		+27	85 6.5 7800
2009	Ford	Fusion	29 Fewest         Most		+25	34 9.9 12500
2008	Ford	Fusion	24 Fewest         Most		-3	56 9.8 22400
2007	Ford	Fusion	21 Fewest         Most		-7	61 8.4 44400
2006	Ford	Fusion	38 Fewest         Most		+14	57 7.8 49200
2010	Honda	Civic*	join to view			19 3.6 4200
2009	Honda	Civic	29 Fewest         Most		+25	46 9.0 11400
2008	Honda	Civic	23 Fewest         Most		-4	89 7.5 25400
2007	Honda	Civic	33 Fewest         Most		+5	79 7.7 39700
2006	Honda	Civic	55 Fewest         Most First year of redesigned model.		+31	70 6.9 54200
2005	Honda	Civic	12 Fewest         Most		-13	28 7.0 64800
Year	Make	Model	Trips / Year per 100	TS	Δ	Cars Mon/Car Av Odo
2004	Honda	Civic	33 Fewest         Most		-9	26 5.7 79200
2003	Honda	Civic Si*	join to view			11 9.6 94300
2003	Honda	Civic*	join to view			21 6.4 91500
2002	Honda	Civic	42 Fewest         Most			32 6.3 86500
2001	Honda	Civic	67 Fewest         Most			28 8.3 115800
2000	Honda	Civic	38 Fewest         Most			32 7.9 115100
1999	Honda	Civic	52 Fewest         Most			29 5.6 130500
1998	Honda	Civic	60 Fewest         Most			27 5.2 124600
2010	Honda	Insight	16 Fewest         Most Like the redesigned Prius, a very low repair frequency in its first model year.		+4	66 6.7 7600
2010	Toyota	Camry*	join to view			22 6.0 7200
2009	Toyota	Camry	29 Fewest         Most		+25	28 8.8 19800
Year	Make	Model	Trips / Year per 100	TS	Δ	Cars Mon/Car Av Odo
2008	Toyota	Camry	16 Fewest         Most		-11	29 7.8 28200
2007	Toyota	Camry Hybrid	18 Fewest         Most		-10	43 9.4 47700
2007	Toyota	Camry V6*	join to view			20 10.5 35500
2007	Toyota	Camry 4	6 Fewest         Most		-22	48 8.0 41100
2005	Toyota	Camry	14 Fewest         Most		-11	32 8.1 57100
2004	Toyota	Camry	31 Fewest         Most		-11	26 7.4 79300
2003	Toyota	Camry*	join to view			18 5.1 82800
2002	Toyota	Camry	53 Fewest         Most			27 7.5 103800
2001	Toyota	Camry*	join to view			16 6.9 111800
2000	Toyota	Camry	98 Fewest         Most			31 5.9 141200
1999	Toyota	Camry	72 Fewest         Most			29 7.5 138600
Year	Make	Model	Trips / Year per 100	TS	Δ	Cars Mon/Car Av Odo
1998	Toyota	Camry	120 Fewest         Most			28 6.4 142000
1997	Toyota	Camry*	join to view			14 5.9 171500
1996	Toyota	Camry*	join to view			10 9.0 162700
2010	Volkswagen	Jetta sedan diesel*	join to view			11 6.8 8800
2010	Volkswagen	GTI	72 Fewest         Most Higher repair frequency for 2010 TDI due to common problem with O2 sensor. Also note higher average odometer reading. Wind noise is a common problem area with the MkVI Golf and GTI.		+60	56 3.9 4700
2010	Volkswagen	Golf / Jetta wagon diesel	91 Fewest         Most Higher repair frequency for 2010 TDI due to common problem with O2 sensor. Also note higher average odometer reading. Wind noise is a common problem area with the MkVI Golf and GTI.		+79	45 4.1 5500
2009	Volkswagen	Jetta diesel	54 Fewest         Most		+50	56 9.6 16600
2009	Volkswagen	GTI / Jetta 2.0T	34 Fewest         Most		+30	31 9.2 13600
2009	Volkswagen	Jetta / Rabbit 2.5	51 Fewest         Most		+47	29 8.1 11500
2008	Volkswagen	R32*	join to view			18 7.5 24500
2008	Volkswagen	GTI / Jetta 2.0T	44 Fewest         Most		+17	54 8.1 22200
Year	Make	Model	Trips / Year per 100	TS	Δ	Cars Mon/Car Av Odo
2008	Volkswagen	Jetta / Rabbit 2.5	40 Fewest         Most		+13	42 7.9 23400
2007	Volkswagen	GTI / Jetta 2.0T	75 Fewest         Most Includes the 2006.5 Rabbit and GTI.		+47	50 9.3 45700
2007	Volkswagen	Jetta / Rabbit 2.5	56 Fewest         Most Includes the 2006.5 Rabbit and GTI.		+28	27 8.7 40200
2006	Volkswagen	Jetta 2.5*	join to view			21 6.7 48300
2006	Volkswagen	Jetta 2.0T*	join to view			16 9.3 53200
2006	Volkswagen	Jetta diesel	37 Fewest         Most Includes 2005.5 Jetta.		+13	27 8.3 65700
2005	Volkswagen	Jetta / Golf diesel*	join to view			13 9.2 101000
2004	Volkswagen	Jetta / Golf / GTI*	join to view			17 7.9 70400
2003	Volkswagen	Jetta / Golf diesel*	join to view			21 7.9 147000
2003	Volkswagen	Jetta / Golf / GTI	134 Fewest         Most Note high average odometer for the TDI.			31 6.4 89900
2002	Volkswagen	Jetta / Golf diesel*	join to view			21 8.0 147700
Year	Make	Model	Trips / Year per 100	TS	Δ	Cars Mon/Car Av Odo
2002	Volkswagen	Jetta / Golf / GTI*	join to view			22 5.1 81000
2001	Volkswagen	Jetta / Golf / GTI	146 Fewest         Most Note high average odometer for the TDI.			32 6.7 111300
2001	Volkswagen	Jetta / Golf diesel*	join to view			14 8.4 163500
2000	Volkswagen	Jetta / Golf / GTI	180 Fewest         Most Note high average odometer for the TDI. Small sample size for the TDI, and the actual repair frequency is probably much higher.			36 6.3 102300
2000	Volkswagen	Jetta / Golf diesel*	join to view			14 8.1 183000
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Definitions

• Trips / Year per 100 (CRS Score) -- average number of successful repair trips per year per 100 cars; routine maintenance such as oil and filter changes does not count as a repair
• Graph -- pointer shows how the model compares to others from the same model year
• Traffic Signal (TS) -- same as the graph, but with three simple, easier-to-read alternatives; green = better than average, yellow = about average, red = worse than average
• Delta (Δ) -- how much the CRS Score differs from the same year Toyota Prius; negative = fewer repairs = better; +100 = one extra repair trip per year, on average
• Cars -- number of cars for which owners provided data
• Months / Car -- average number of months of data per car
• Odometer -- average odometer reading, in miles; under 9,000 per year in green, over 15,000 per year in red

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General Notes

How do we select "competing car models"? Users of TrueDelta's car price comparison tool most often compare these cars to the Toyota Prius.

Models and statistics marked with an asterisk* have very low sample sizes. These results, visible only to logged-in members, provide only a rough estimate of car reliability.

Ultra-low repair rates: Any result under 20 repair trips per 100 cars is likely a result of the small sample size, and should be expected to increase to 20 or so in future updates.

New models often start out with high repair rates, and then improve as the manufacturer identifies and addresses common problems.

Full set of Car Reliability Survey results in one huge table.

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Methodology

Description of the research process.

Only successfully completed repairs are currently included in the analysis. Routine maintenance, most wear items, recalls, and problems fixed with just a reflash or warning light reset are not included.

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Toyota Prius Forums (TrueDelta partners)

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Toyoland.com -- Toyota Prius forum

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