Other speed control problem on the 2016 Toyota Prius
3 crashes 3 of the 10 reports for this failure mention a crash, a fire, an injury or a death. Those are the owner's words on the complaint form, not a verified finding, and one report can mention more than one.
When other speed control problem gets reported
Owners of the 2016 Toyota Prius report other speed control problem at a median of 10,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 1,200 miles and a quarter after 20,000 miles, from 8 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 78,000 miles. It is the 7th most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 200 miles at the tenth percentile to 45,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 42,705 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
Reports bunched into a band this tight usually mean the component has a life of its own: it goes at roughly the same mileage regardless of who owns it.
75% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 155 miles | 1,170 miles | 9,850 miles | 21,468 miles | 42,860 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Of these reports, 3 a crash is mentioned. Owners write their own complaints and the agency does not verify them, so read this as what the reports say happened rather than as a confirmed count.
Putting it right typically runs $250–$2,000 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
This mode is classified as critical, which means a failure can leave the car unable to stop, steer, or stay out of the way of traffic. It is weighted accordingly in the risk score.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 19 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2019, at a median of 1,500 miles, and latest on the 2001 at 60,000 miles.
By volume the 2010 carries the most reports, with 221; the 2016 has 10. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
The 2016 prius 4 doesn't come with the ability to change miles to kilometers unless you are aware that it is an option you have to buy which neither salesmen or toyota technical assistance is aware of. I have not been able to find anyone who can tell me whether this option can be added but so far it appears that it is.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 toyota prius. The contact stated that the speedometer gauge did not allow the ability to switch from miles per hour to kilometers. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but was unable to be diagnosed or repaired due to n manufacturer default. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 1,500. ....updated 02/06/17 *bf *cn
I purchased a new 2016 prius four on february 16, 2016. The literature on the toyota factory website says my prius is equipped to switch from english to metric units. Unfortunately, toyota failed to disclose that any prius manufactured in january and february and delivered to the united states did not have this feature working correctly. Without the ability to switch to metric units, by government mandate, my prius does not meet canadian motor vehicle safety regulations. Apparently some 2016 prius vehicles sold in canada also cannot switch to english units when driving in the united states presenting a potential safety hazard. Toyota has apparently failed to reveal a material fact that the prius sold to me does not meet the canadian motor vehicle safety regulations. There was no disclosure on the vehicle monroney sticker that this prius has a disabled or deleted english to metric unit speedometer display. After 10 months from my date of purchase, the only remedy toyota offers is for me to purchase a new prius to replace my new prius at my expense. When I purchased my new 2016 toyota prius, I did not know I was purchasing a vehicle…
Also reported on the 2016 Toyota Prius
Other visibility problem
Other electrical problem
Other engine problem
Other body or interior problem
Parking brake failure
Other brake problem
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 10 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other speed control problem happen on the 2016 Toyota Prius?
Across 8 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 10,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 1,200 miles and a quarter after 20,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other speed control problem on the 2016 Toyota Prius?
10 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.2 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed