2008 Toyota Prius defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2008 Toyota Prius. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Pedestrian alert sounds
  Defect Petition DP22005 · opened Jan 27, 2023 · closed Aug 7, 2023 · led to recall 22V063000

  NHTSA received a petition on or about July 18, 2022, requesting that Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 141 be applied to all electric and hybrid vehicles operating in the United States. The petition can be reviewed at NHTSA.gov under ODI Number 11486072. FMVSS 141 establishes performance requirements for pe…

• Intermediate Steering Shaft Separation
  Defect Petition DP13001 · opened Feb 21, 2013 · closed Apr 8, 2020

  The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) received a January 2013 defect petition requesting that it open an investigation on Model Year (MY) 2004-2009 Toyota Prius vehicles to address a possible manufacturing safety defect related to the steering column intermediate shaft.During the defect petition evaluation, ODI: 1.…