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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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NHTSA publishes the first 11 characters of the VIN with every complaint — that identifies the plant, model year, body and engine. So these are reports from cars built exactly like this one, not an average across the whole model.
JTDKARFU2H3••••••2017 Toyota PRIUS
That is about average for the 2017 Toyota PRIUS — 3 complaints per build across 33 builds.
4on this build
85on the model
33builds in total
1involved a crash
Most reportedVisibility/wiper 2Service Brakes 1Structure 1Vehicle Speed Control 1
What owners of this build wrote
StructurecrashJan 2019
We were stopped at a traffic signal going north. When the light turned green, the car in front of us started to go and all of the sudden, our car went into rapid acceleration. We could not stop the car. It crashed into the car in front of us. We tried jamming on the breaks and…
Visibility/wiperSep 2019
The contact owns a 2017 toyota prius. While driving on the highway, the wiper blade on the driver's side detached from the vehicle in the middle of a rain storm. The contact pulled over, exited the highway, and purchased a new wiper blade. The manufacturer stated that the…
Service BrakesJan 2018
The contact owns a 2017 toyota prius. While driving approximately 65 mph, the brake pedal was depressed and the vehicle spun out of control. The brake warning indicator illuminated. The failure recurred twice. The vehicle was taken to toyota of poway (13631 poway rd, poway, ca…
Visibility/wiperJul 2019
Car was parked in parking lot in 100 degree temperature. Windshield had no damage whatsoever. Returned to car 4 hours later. Two and one-half foot crack, originating in bottom driver's side corner of windshield, appeared. No chips were present. Due to the crack, visibility…
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN JTDKARFU2H3540884 · decoded Sep 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.