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2012 Toyota PRIUS C Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1628272
Internal NHTSA #	11290164
Manufacurer	Toyota Motor Corporation
Brand	TOYOTA
Model	PRIUS C
Model Year	2012
File date	19/12/19
Component	POWER TRAIN
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Transaxle is failing after 100k miles of normal driving and maintenance. Spoke with both a toyota dealer and transmission shop who said the cvt failure on this model year and the following several is an extremely common occurrence. This is a $5000+ repair fairly early in the life of the vehicle. The transmission shop said this was due to poor initial design.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	DALLAS, TX
VIN pattern	JTDKDTB35C1XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons
No. of fatalities
Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Date of manufacture
Type of child seat code
Type of restraint
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2012 Toyota PRIUS C Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2012 Toyota PRIUS C Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

What is Recall?

What is Failure?

What is Defect?