{"source":"nhtsa","country":"us","campaign":"17V658000","date":"2017-10-18","owner_notified":"2017-12-15","manufacturer":"Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing","component":"HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM: INVERTER","summary":"Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2016 Prius vehicles.  A capacitor within the hybrid system may not have been properly bolted to the inverter housing.","consequence":"If the capacitor was not properly secured, vibrations from driving the vehicle may damage the capacitor, shutting down the hybrid system, causing a loss of motive power and increasing the risk of a crash.","remedy":"Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the inverter, free of charge.  The recall is expected to begin by early December 2017.  Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331.  Toyota's number for this recall is H0U.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.","mfr_campaign":"H0U","part_number":null,"units":6,"completion":{"kind":"quarterly","report_number":6,"period_from":"2019-1","period_to":"2019-1","submitted":"2019-04-24","involved":6,"remedied":6,"unreachable":0,"removed":0,"remedied_percent":100,"as_of":"2026-10-19"},"do_not_drive":false,"park_outside":false,"notification":null,"french":null,"vehicles":[{"year":2016,"make":"TOYOTA","model":"PRIUS","vehicle_id":"2016_toyota_prius","match":"exact","built_from":"2015-12-09","built_to":"2016-06-08"}],"may_apply":true,"as_of":"2026-10-19","lookup":{"nhtsa":"https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls","tc":"https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng","maker":null},"attribution":[],"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/nhtsa/17V658000"}