Toyota Prius 2010–2012 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin T-SB-0248-12 · NHTSA communication 10133947 · issued Dec 21, 2012
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Service Brakes
component
2010–2012
model years
4
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some 2010 ? 2012 model year Prius and 2012 model year Prius PHV vehicles may exhibit uneven brake pad wear on the rear brake pads. The vehicle may also exhibit a grinding or scraping noise due to the uneven brake pad wear. An updated rear pad kit has been developed to address this condition.
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.