Dodge Dart vs Toyota Prius c: which is more reliable?
The Toyota Prius c is clearly ahead of the Dodge Dart on the federal record: 82/100 against 71/100 across every model year we score.
The record, side by side
Dodge Dart
- 4 model years scored
- 2,315 owner complaints on record
- about 48 complaints per year on the road
- 16 recall campaigns, 3 safety-critical
- best year 2016 (84/100) · worst 2013 (47/100)
Toyota Prius c
- 5 model years scored
- 743 owner complaints on record
- about 12 complaints per year on the road
- 4 recall campaigns, 0 safety-critical
- best year 2018 (93/100) · worst 2013 (56/100)
Mean score is the average across model years from 2013 on, where both records are comparable. How the score works.
Year by year: Dart against Prius c
The comparison that decides the purchase. A nameplate is not one car — a redesign can move the record sixty points inside two years, and the two nameplates rarely move together.
What owners actually complain about
Dodge Dart
- Power Train — 907 complaints
- Engine — 483 complaints
- Service Brakes — 446 complaints
Toyota Prius c
- Service Brakes — 327 complaints
- Electrical System — 133 complaints
- Unknown Or Other — 101 complaints
They do not fail the same way: the Dart's complaints concentrate in Power Train, the Prius c's in Service Brakes. That difference matters more to a buyer than the score gap, because it says which repair bill you are taking on.
Years to avoid on each
Dodge Dart — avoid: 2013.
Toyota Prius c: no model year scores below 45; the strongest are 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019.
A year scores below 45 on complaints per year of exposure and recall campaigns. Every car’s years to avoid.
What each costs today
A recent used Dodge Dart prices at about $10,800 and a Toyota Prius c at about $14,300 — the Dodge Dart is roughly $3,500 less, and they return 30.0 against 46.0 MPG combined.
Class-level estimates re-priced to your country, not a valuation of one car. Method.
FAQ
Is the Dodge Dart or the Toyota Prius c more reliable?
On the NHTSA record the Toyota Prius c scores 82/100 against the Dodge Dart's 71/100, averaged across every model year we hold. The Toyota Prius c carries about 12 complaints per year on the road against 48 for the Dodge Dart.
Which Dodge Dart and Toyota Prius c years should I avoid?
Dodge Dart: 2013. Toyota Prius c: no year scores below 45. Each of those scores under 45 out of 100 on complaints per year of exposure and recall campaigns.
What goes wrong on the Dodge Dart and the Toyota Prius c?
The largest complaint group on the Dodge Dart is Power Train (907 complaints); on the Toyota Prius c it is Service Brakes (327).
Is the Dodge Dart or the Toyota Prius c cheaper to own?
A recent used Dodge Dart prices at about $10,800 and a Toyota Prius c at about $14,300, before insurance and the maintenance band. Both pages carry the five-year running-cost figure.