2006 Toyota Prius Complaint Log

LEFT HEADLIGHT SUDDENLY GOES OUT, NECESSARY TO TURN LIGHTS OFF AND THEN BACK ON TO REACTIVATE. QUITE DANGEROUS ON MOUNTAIN ROADS, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR AWHILE, ASKED DEALER AND THEY WERE EVASIVE ABOUT PROBLEM. *TR

HEADLAMP GO ON AND OFF RANDOMLY ON MY 2006 PRIUS. *TR

I HAVE 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW. WHEN IT WAS ABOUT 2 YEARS OLD, ONE TAILLIGHT WENT OUT. WHEN YOU TAPPED ON THE LIGHT, IT WOULD COME BACK ON. WHEN IT CAME BACK ON IT STAYED ON UNTIL I WAS TRAVELING TO CHICAGO AT NIGHT AND I NOTICED THAT PEOPLE WERE PASSING ME AND POINTING TO THE BACK OF MY CAR. I PULLED OFF THE NEXT EXIT, AND BOTH OF MY TAILLIGHTS WERE OUT. MY SON REPLACED BOTH OF THEM WHEN I GOT TO CHICAGO AND THEY HAVE NOT GONE OUT TO DATE. THEN, WHEN THE CAR WAS ABOUT 3 YEARS OLD, SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT I HAD A HEADLIGHT OUT. I REPLACED THE HEADLIGHT. THREE MONTHS LATER. I GOT IN MY CAR ONE EVENING IN TOWN AND DID NOT NOTICE (BECAUSE THE STREET LIGHTS WERE BRIGHT) THAT I HAD NO HEADLIGHTS. I HAVE SINCE FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH MANY PRIUS AND AVALON MODELS. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD. I AM THANKFUL THAT I WAS NOT 2 HOURS OUT OF CHICAGO AT NIGHT THIS TIME! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. WHENEVER THE CONTACT WOULD DRIVE THE VEHICLE SHE NOTICED THAT THE LEFT AND RIGHT HEADLIGHTS SUDDENLY SHUT OFF INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 53000. UPDATED 12/22/09. *LJ THE CONSUMER PAID $425 TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER THE CONSUMER WAS REIMBURSED. UPDATED 12/29/09. *JB

HID HEADLIGHT IN 06 PRIUS BEHAVING BADLY. *TR

PRIUS HEADLAMP(S) INTERMITTENTLY GO OUT WHILE DRIVING MUCH BEFORE THE LIFESPAN OF THE BULB. THIS APPEARS TO BE A WIDESPREAD ISSUE. HTTP://WWW.HYBRIDCARS.COM/FORUMS/REPLACING-HEADLIGHT-BULB-T910.HTML. *TR

ISSUE: 2006 PRIUS WITH HID HEADLIGHTS WORK INTERMITTENTLY 1. EVENTS: NO SPECIFIC EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE EVENT OTHER THAN REGULAR DRIVING AND USAGE OF THE HEADLIGHTS 2. FAILURE: THE PASSENGER-SIDE HEADLIGHT GOES OUT EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE CAR NOW AND REDUCES NIGHT TIME VISIBILITY. 3. CORRECTIVE ACTION: I REPLACED THE LIGHT BULB, BUT THE ISSUE STILL REMAINS THE SAME. FROM RESEARCH ONLINE, IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH PRIUS MODELS BETWEEN THE YEARS 2004-2007 AND IS LINKED TO DEFECTS IN THE CONTROL UNITS. *TR

THE HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2006 PRIUS GOES OFF WHILE DRIVING. SOMETIMES ONE LIGHT GOES OFF AND THE OTHER STAYS ON. SOMETIMES THE INTENSITY OF THE LIGHTS VARY. TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM I HAVE TO TURN MY LIGHTS ON AND OFF. ALSO MY BRAKE LIGHT WILL GO ON AND OFF. I HAVE BEEN PULLED OVER NUMEROUS TIMES BY THE POLICE BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. *TR

MY DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT AUTOMATICALLY TURNS OFF RANDOMLY. AND IT IS GETTING MORE FREQUENT. BOTH HEADLIGHTS TURNED OFF WHEN I WAS DRIVING ON A FREEWAY THE OTHER NIGHT. IF I TURN OFF THE HEADLIGHT ON AND OFF, IT WILL WORK NORMALLY FOR A WHILE. *TR

2006 PRIUS WITH HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGE HEADLIGHT. HEADLIGHT HAS BEEN FAILING OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS. *TR

I OWN A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS AND THE HID HEADLIGHT DEFECT FAILURE HAPPENED TO US DURING NIGHT TIME DRIVING ALMOST CAUSING A SEVERE ACCIDENT. THIS IS A HAZARD AND THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS. SOME ONE WILL DIE IF THIS IS NOT RECALLED AND CORRECTED. THESE HEADLIGHTS ARE ADVERTISED TO HAVE TWICE THE LIFETIME OF A REGULAR HEADLIGHT AND GO OUT RANDOMLY. IT IS VERY SCARY AND IS A DANGER TO ANYONE DRIVING THESE CARS. WE HAD THE HEADLIGHTS REPLACED ON 11/4/09 FOR A TOTAL COST OF $590.32. *TR

MOMENTARY BRAKE SLIPPAGE AT SLOW SPEEDS WHEN WE HIT SOMETHING SLIPPERY LIKE A WET MANHOLE--MUCH AS HAS BEEN DESCRIBED ELSEWHERE. IT HAS *NOT* YET BEEN A MAJOR PROBLEM. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS WITH 61,000 MILES ON IT. AT ABOUT 48,000 MILES, THE FRONT HEADLIGHTS STARTED GOING OUT UNEXPECTEDLY. AT FIRST, BY TURNING THE SWITCH FOR THE LIGHTS OFF AND BACK ON WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM AND THE DARK HEADLIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE AGAIN. A FEW WEEKS AGO, BOTH HEADLIGHTS AND THE TAILLIGHT ALL UNEXPECTEDLY AND SUDDENLY WENT OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL PULLED ME OVER ON THE FREEWAY TO FIND OUT WHY I WAS DRIVING WITHOUT ANY LIGHTS ON. NOW, THE LIGHTS COME ON WHEN I START DRIVING AND EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE CAR AT NIGHT, ALL OF THE LIGHTS (BOTH HEADLIGHTS AND BOTH TAILLIGHTS) SUDDENLY & UNEXPECTEDLY GO DARK ALL AT ONCE. I WAS DRIVING WITH MY 10 YEAR OLD NIECE IN THE CAR WHEN THIS HAPPENED LAST WEEK. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DEFECT. I HAVE BEEN READING THAT THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT WITH TOYOTA PRIUS VEHICLES - I AM AMAZED THAT THE NHTSA HAS NOT REQUIRED TOYOTA TO RECALL THE VEHICLES FOR THIS VERY DANGEROUS SAFETY DEFECT. I HAVE TRIED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE TOYOTA DEALER FOR REPAIR, BUT THEY TOLD ME THEY DIDN'T HAVE A WAY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG AND THEY SENT ME AWAY WITHOUT ANY REPAIRS. TODAY I CALLED THE TOYOTA NATIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER AND THEY OPENED A CASE. I WILL BE TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AGAIN TODAY AND INSISTING ON REPAIRS SINCE IT IS COMPLETELY UNSAFE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. *TR

PURCHASED A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS IN 2007 AND I HAVE HAD CONTINUOUS PROBLEMS WITH MY HEADLIGHTS GOING OUT. I FIRST NOTICED THEM GOING OUT INTERMITTENTLY. TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. AND BECAUSE THEY HAD TO ISOLATE THE PROBLEM, I HAD TO LEAVE MY CAR WITH THE DEALERSHIP FOR ABOUT 2 DAYS. THREE HEADLIGHTS LATER, NOW NEEDING A 4TH. ONE AND THE CARS WARRANTY IS UP. THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP WANTS APPROX. $270.00 PLUS SALES TAX TO REPLACE IT. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT MY SAFETY I AM WONDERING IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR USED I AM WONDERING IF THE DEALERSHIP NEW ABOUT THIS BECAUSE ONE OF THERE SHOP PEOPLE HAD OWNED IT PREVIOUSLY. THIS CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP ON 8/07-12/07- 3/09 AND NOW AT THIS DATE (11/02 I SPOKE WITH THE DEALER SHIP ABOUT THIS ISSUE) AND THEY NEVER MENTIONED THAT THIS CAR HAS HAD PROBLEMS IN THIS AREA. THEY JUST WANTED 270 PLUS TAX TO FIX IT. PLEASE HELP! *TR

WE PURCHASED A NEW 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. IN MARCH OF 2008 BOTH HEADLIGHT BULBS WERE REPLACED BY MAITA TOYOTA IN SACRAMENTO CA, BECAUSE THE HEAD LIGHTS WOULD TURN OFF WITHOUT NOTICE. THE DEALER PAID FOR THE SERVICE, AS THE PARTS WERE NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY, HOWEVER THE NEARLY $1000 REPAIR BILL WAS WHAT PROMPTED ME TO REQUEST THE DEALER TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. TODAY I PAID $280 TO MAITA TOYOTA TO REPLACE THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT BULB AGAIN, THIS IS 18 MONTHS AFTER THE LAST TIME IT WAS REPLACED. TOYOTA CLAIMS THESE HID BULBS WILL LAST 3 TIMES LONGER THAN STANDARD BULBS, YET I'VE HAD 3 REPLACED IN THE PAST 18 MONTHS. I HAVE OLD BULB FROM TODAYS REPAIR. I CONSIDER THIS A SAFETY ISSUE AS IT AFFECTS THE HEADLIGHTS, AND RESULTS IN THE HEADLIGHTS GOING OUT WITHOUT NOTICE. AT NIGHT THIS COULD BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. *TR

THE HEADLIGHTS AND TAIL LIGHTS ON MY 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS HAVE BEEN UNEXPECTEDLY SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING OVER THE PAST 4 MONTHS. IT STARTED WITH THE DRIVERS SIDE ONLY AND THEN MOVED TO BOTH LIGHTS AND NOW I'VE BEEN TOLD MY TAIL LIGHT FLICKERS ALSO. I CAN CORRECT THE PROBLEM TEMPORARILY BY TURNING THE LIGHTS SWITCH OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN, BUT IF I MAKE ANY TURNS THEY FAIL AGAIN. THIS PAST SATURDAY NIGHT (10/24/09) AT 10 PM WHILE ON A WINDING COUNTRY ROAD I WAS VEERING RIGHT AT ABOUT 35 MILES PER HOUR WHEN MY LIGHTS SHUT OFF COMPLETELY AND I HEARD A SMACK ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY VEHICLE. I FLIPPED MY LIGHTS BACK ON IMMEDIATELY AND STOPPED AT THE SAME TIME. I GOT OUT OF MY VEHICLE AND FOUND A WOMAN STANDING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. SHE SAID SHE WAS FINE, BUT MY PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR HIT HER ELBOW/ARM. SHE SAID SHE WAS NOT REALLY INJURED AND DIDN'T WANT TO CALL AUTHORITIES OR CONTACT MY INSURANCE COMPANY. SHE ASKED WHY I TURNED MY LIGHTS OFF WHEN I ROUNDED THE CORNER. I TOLD HER I DIDN'T, I HAD A SHORT IN MY LIGHTING SYSTEM. SHE SAID I WON'T PRESS CHARGES, BUT YOU NEED TO GET THOSE LIGHTS FIXED. *TR

MY HEADLIGHTS CONTINUE TO FAIL, INCREASING NUMBER OF TIMES, I REPORTED IT WHEN THE CAR WAS UNDER WARRANTY THEY COULD NOT FIX IT. 20 TIMES WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM THE ER WITH MY GRANDCHILD AT NIGHT LAST NIGHT BOTH LIGHTS WENT OUT. HOW IS THIS NOT A RECALLABLE SAFETY ISSUE? THE DEALERS JUST CHARGE YOU TO REPLACE LIGHT BULBS WHICH DOES NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM, SO THEN IT IS NOT LISTED AS A COMPLAINT TO THEM. THIS PROBLEM IS GETTING WORST. ARE YOU TELLING POLICE IN MY AREA NOT TO STOP PRIUSES BECAUSE IT IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE WHEN THEY SEE US DRIVING WITHOUT A LIGHT OR NO HEADLIGHTS. CAN I SEND THIS COMPLAINT TO ANYONE ELSE ABOVE YOUR AGENCY? YOUR FORM DOES NOT ACCEPT MY VIN NUMBER . *TR

RIGHT HEADLIGHT INTERMITTENTLY INOPERATIVE. TURNING HEADLIGHTS OFF AND BACK ON IS TEMPORARY SOLUTION. TOYOTA DEALER REPLACED BULB, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE BULB IS NOT THE PROBLEM SINCE IT'S NOT BURNED OUT. *TR

REGARDING THE PROBLEM WITH TOYOTAS. I BOUGHT A 2006 PRIUS EARLIER THIS YEAR. WHAT I HAVE NOTICED PERIODICALLY IS THAT WHEN I STEP ON THE BRAKE IF I HAVE HAD CRUISE CONTROL ON, THE CAR SURGES FORWARD FOR A SECOND. MY HEART ALWAYS SKIPS A BEAT, BUT THEN THE CAR RETURNS TO NORMAL. I'M WONDERING IF THE CRUISE CONTROL MIGHT BE PART OF THE PROBLEM THAT TOYOTA IS SUPPOSEDLY LOOKING IN TO. *TR

I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN YOUR DECISION NOT TO RECALL THE TOYOTA PRIUS HEADLIGHT PROBLEM. TO START WITH BOTH LIGHTS ON MY VEHICLE GO OUT AND ALSO ONE LIGHT GOES OUT JUST DRIVING FOR NO REASON. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY CHANGED THE HEADLIGHT WHICH DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM , SO I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER DEALER WHO SAID IT UNFIX-ABLE EVEN THOUGH MY CAR WAS UNDER WARRANTY. SO BASICALLY YOU HAVE GIVEN THEM PERMISSION TO HAVE A CAR THAT LIGHTS DO NOT REMAIN ON AND CANNOT BE FIXED. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM SINCE I GOT THE CAR. HAS TOYOTA PAID OFF SOMEONE? THERE ARE OTHER SAFETY ISSUES ALSO IN THE DESIGN OF THIS CAR AND TOYOTA HAS NO MOTIVATION TO FIX THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE ALLOWED TO LIE ABOUT GAS MILEAGE, NOT TELL YOU ABOUT IF YOU HAVE A KEY BREAK THAT YOUR CAR HAS TO BE SPECIAL TOWED, SO IF YOUR PARKED WHERE A FLATBED CANNOT GET YOU YOUR IN TROUBLE. ALSO ALL THEY HAD TO DO WAS KEEP THE CODE ON FILE LIKE WITH REGULAR KEYS BUT THEY REFUSE TO KEEP THE CODE OR EVEN GIVE IT TO THE OWNER SO A KEY CAN BE MADE. THUS IT COST A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO GET A NEW KEY. THE DATE OF THE HEADLIGHT PROBLEM IS ONGOING ABOUT ONCE A WEEK LATELY. RECENT TIME IS NOTED BELOW. I ENTERED VIN IT WOULD NOT TAKE IT. *TR

WHEN CLOSING THE REAR HATCH ON MY 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS, THE INSIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR CAME CRASHING DOWN, TAKING A CHUNK OF THE WINDSHIELD WITH IT. MY CAR NOW IS MISSING A PIECE OF WINDSHIELD AND THE MIRROR. CONTACTED TOYOTA--THEY SAID SINCE THE CAR HAD TOO MANY MILES ON IT AND WAS OFF WARRANTY, THEY WOULDN'T FIX IT, ALTHOUGH THEY AGREED IT SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED. TO ME, IT SEEMS TO BE A MANUFACTURING/MATERIALS DEFECT THAT TOYOTA IS NOT WILLING TO ADMIT. THE MILEAGE IS IRRELEVANT FOR THIS TYPE OF DEFECT--IT CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND IT WAS RAINING AND ONE OF MY HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT. I ALMOST HIT A ROAD RAIL BECAUSE IT WAS REAL DARK AND RAINING. THAT WAS THE FIRST INCIDENT. THE NEXT DAY I WAS DRIVING AND ONE WENT OUT AND THEN THE SECOND ONE WENT OUT TEN MINUTES LATER. I CALLED TOYOTA AND BROUGHT THE CAR IN DURING THE DAYLIGHT. THEY SAID THE HID BULBS GET HOT AND BURN OUT OVER TIME. IT COST ME 281 DOLLARS. A WEEK LATER SAME PROBLEM WITH THE RIGHT LIGHT. HOWEVER THIS TIME I ALMOST KILLED MY WIFE AND I AS A CAR WAS JUST BEGINNING TO PASS ME AND I LOST VISION ON THE RIGHT SIDE. GUYS THIS IS SERIOUS STUFF. I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR AT NIGHT. I AM TAKING IT IN TOMORROW DURING THE DAY TO HAVE THE SECOND LIGHT REPLACED. THE SERVICE REP WAS VERY NONCHALANT WHEN I ASKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT TWO LIGHTS BLEW OUT WITHIN A WEEK, THEY ARE HIDING SOMETHING. YOU COULD TELL BY HIS NON-ACTION. I ASKED HIM IF THIS HAPPENS OFTEN AND HE SAID NO. WELL I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT IS NOT TRUE AND IT HAPPENS OFTEN. DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO BE KILLED TO GET THE GOVERNMENT TO LOOK INTO THIS. I INTEND TO WRITE MY CONGRESSMAN AND SENATOR ABOUT THIS AND SEND THEM INFORMATION I HAVE GATHERED. PLEASE HELP US BEFORE WE GET KILLED IN THIS CAR. *TR

FRONT DRIVERS SIDE HEADLIGHT IN 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS INTERMITTENTLY GOES OUT. TURNING OFF BOTH HEADLIGHTS AND THEN BACK ON AGAIN BRINGS IT BACK TO LIFE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. AT LEAST ONCE BOTH HEADLIGHTS FAILED AT THE SAME TIME. TURNING THEM OFF/ON CAUSED THEM TO RELIGHT. THERE ARE MANY PRIUS OWNERS DISCUSSING THE DEFECT AT A 600+ COMMENT FORUM POSTING LISTED HERE: HTTP://PRIUSCHAT.COM/FORUMS/GEN-II-PRIUS-CARE-MAINTENANCE-TROUBLESHOOTING/34584-HEADLIGHT-PROBLEM.HTML USERS HAVE REPORTED THAT REPLACING THE BULBS DOES NOT WORK AND THAT OFTEN THE REPLACEMENT OF THE WIRING OR HEADLIGHT COMPUTER IS NEEDED. I HAVE REPLACED THE BULBS MYSELF AND VERIFIED THAT THIS ACTION ALONE DOES NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *TR

HID HEADLAMPS SELF-EXTINGUISH WHILE DRIVING, REQUIRING POWER SWITCH TO BE CYCLED ON AND OFF TO RESTART. THE CONSEQUENCES ARE REDUCED VISIBILITY AND THE POSSIBILITY OF DRIVING WITH NO HEADLIGHTS AT NIGHT. HID HEADLAMPS ARE WELL UNDER THEIR DESIGN LIFE EXPECTANCY AND SHOULD NOT BE FAILING. REPLACEMENT IS EXPENSIVE AND TIME-CONSUMING AND ACCORDING TO OTHER OWNERS, THE FIX IS ONLY TEMPORARY. BEEN PULLED OVER SEVERAL TIMES DUE TO DEFECTIVE HEADLIGHTS. *TR

I OWN A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS AND I AM HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE HEADLIGHTS GOING OFF AT RANDOM TIMES AND YOU MUST TURN THEM OFF AND THEN BACK ON AND IT HAPPENS MANY TIMES BOTH HEADLIGHTS. I M TOLD BY THE TOYOTA DEALER IN SILSBEE TEXAS THAT I MUST REPLACE BOTH HEADLIGHTS AT A COST OF ABOUT $1700 EVEN THOUGH I HAVE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY IT IS NOT COVERED AND I HAVE BEEN GIVEN A WARNING FOR THIS PROBLEM FROM THE JAPER TX POLICE AND IT IS DEFINITELY CONSIDERED A SAFETY HAZARD THIS FIRST OCCURRED AT ABOUT 44,000 AND IM FINALLY GETTING IT REPLACED AT ABOUT 88,000 MILES. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS WITH ONLY 39000 MILES ON IT. THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT KEEPS GOING OUT AND I NEED TO KEEP SWITCHING THE HEADLIGHTS OFF AND ON TO GET IT WORKING. IT'S A HID HEADLIGHT AND THEY SAID IT WOULD COST ME $375 TO CHANGE THE BULB. A BULB THAT EXPENSIVE SHOULD LAST MORE THAT JUST 39,000 MILES. IT'S DANGEROUS. *TR

PROBLEM WITH HEADLIGHTS IN A 2006 PRIUS - FIRST THE DIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT WHEN OUT INTERMITTENTLY AND AFTER THAT WAS REPLACED THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT NOW GOES OUT INTERMITTENTLY. *TR

HID HEADLIGHTS ON 2006 PRIUS FAIL AT RANDOM. AUTO PURCHASED IN MAY 2006. FIRST FAILURE IN NOVEMBER 2007 AT 29,015 MILES; RIGHT HEADLIGHT. BULB REPLACED BY DEALER AT NO CHARGE. SECOND FAILURE IN AUGUST 2008 AT 42,930 MILES; LEFT HEADLIGHT. COMPUTER SUB-ASSEMBLY REPLACED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY, BULB REPLACED AT COST OF $375 BY CONSUMER. THIRD FAILURE IN OCTOBER 2009 AT 67,183 MILES; LEFT HEADLIGHT. NOT REPAIRED AT THIS TIME. SUB-ASSEMBLY WILL STILL BE COVERED BY EXTENDED WARRANTY BUT BULB WILL NOT. THIS IS SAME LIGHT THAT FAILED A YEAR AGO. I BELIEVE THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. HEADLIGHTS FAILING AT NIGHT ARE NOT A GOOD THING. *TR

I CURRENTLY DRIVE A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS AND HAVE HAD NUMEROUS INSTANCES OF BRAKE SLIPPAGE WHEN GOING OVER A BUMP/POTHOLE DURING DECELERATION OR ACCELERATION. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH AT PRIUSCHAT.COM, AN ONLINE COMMUNITY OF PRIUS OWNERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS ADVISED THAT THIS WAS "BY DESIGN" SINCE THE VEHICLE'S COMPUTER THOUGHT THAT LOSS OF TRACTION WHEN GOING OVER AN OBSTACLE WAS CONSIDERED AS A STABILITY ISSUE HENCE DIS-ENGAGING THE BRAKES (ABS). I HAVE HAD SEVERAL FENDER BENDERS WITHOUT THE AIR-BAG DEPLOYING THOUGH. *TR

THE ABS HAS CAUSED THE BRAKES ON MY CAR TO DISENGAGE WHEN THEY SHOULD BE ENGAGED. I NOTIFIED THE TOYOTA DEALER A NUMBER OF TIMES OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS AND THEY ADVISED ME THAT IT WAS NOT A PROBLEM. IN LIGHT OF RECENT INFORMATION THAT HAS COME TO THE PUBLIC AWARENESS, I THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO LOOK FURTHER BACK INTO THE ORIGIN OF THIS PROBLEM. *TR

I RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM TOYOTA SOME MONTHS AGO OF A FLOORMAT/ACCELERATOR PROBLEM INDICATING THEY WOULD CONTACT ME WHEN A SOLUTION WAS AVAILABLE. IT HAS NOW BEEN MONTHS WITH NO WORD. RECENTLY, I CONTACTED THEM ONLY TO GET A RESPONSE CONCERNING A 2010 PRIUS BRAKING PROBLEM. MY VEHICLE IS A 2006 PRIUS. *TR

THIS IS ABOUT A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS WITH 37,000 MILES ON IT. THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT GOES ON AND OFF. IT HAPPENS FREQUENTLY, PERHAPS EVERY DAY, AND IT HAS BEEN LIKE THIS FOR 4 MONTHS NOW. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND I KNOW FROM THEM THAT REPLACING THE BULB WILL NOT FIX IT.

1. THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE: MANY PEOPLE TOLD ME THAT ONE OF THE HEADLIGHTS ON MY PRIUS 2006 WAS OUT - WHEN I CHECKED EVERYTHING WAS WORKING. 2. THE FAILURE, HOW OFTEN IT OCCURS, ITS CONSEQUENCES: I WAS DRIVING ON A POORLY LIGHTED ROAD LAST NIGHT (10/13/09) AND ALMOST GOT INTO ACCIDENT BECAUSE BOTH OF MY HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT AT THE SAME TIME. THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS AND SCARY WITH MY WHOLE FAMILY AND CHILDREN INSIDE THE CAR. I STARTED TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE REFLECTIONS OF MY HEADLIGHTS ON THE BACKS OF OTHER CARS AND NOTICED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS GO OUT QUITE FREQUENTLY - ONE OR BOTH AT A TIME. 3. WHAT WAS DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE; I.E, PARTS REPAIRED OR REPLACED (AND IF OLD PART IS AVAILABLE): I BROUGHT THE CAR TO A LOCAL DEALER AND THEY RECOMMENDED REPLACEMENT OF BOTH HID BULBS. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE BULBS THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY WORK FINE BUT SOME DEFECT CAUSES THEM TO SWITCH OFF. I CALLED TOYOTA MAIN CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER AND THEY AGREED TO OPEN A CASE #0910122928 AND TOLD ME THAT A CASE MANAGER WILL CONTACT ME SOMETIME AT THE END OF THIS WEEK. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE BECAUSE I ONLY HAVE ONE CAR AND HAVE TO DRIVE TO WORK AND TAKE MY CHILDREN TO AND FROM AFTERCARE AFTER DARK. TOYOTA EXPLAINED THAT THEY HAVE SUCH A LONG WAITING TIME BECAUSE THEY GET MANY COMPLAINTS LIKE THIS. SO, INSTEAD OF HIRING MORE CASE MANAGERS AND INVESTIGATING THE ISSUE THEY JUST TELL PEOPLE TO WAIT FOR THE NEXT ACCIDENT! *TR

THE HID HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2006 PRIUS INTERMITTENTLY GO OUT. THIS HAPPENS WITHOUT ANY PATTERN. THE CAR CANBE SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY WITH THE LIGHTS ON AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES THE ONE HEADLIGHT WILL GO OUT COMPLETELY (BOTH LOW AND HIGH BEAMS) THE ONLY WAY TO GET IT TO COME BACK ON IS BY TURNING THE LIGHTS COMPLETELY OFF AND BACK ON. MOST RECENTLY I WAS DRIVING WITH LOW BEAMS ON, WHEN I TRIED TO TURN ON THE HIGH BEAMS ALL LIGHTS WENT OUT - VERY DANGEROUS. UPON RETURNING TO LOW BEAMS ONLY ONE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. TURNING THE LIGHTS COMPLETELY OFF AND BACK ON DID RESET THE LIGHTS TO WORK BUT NOT ENJOYABLE WHILE DRIVING! THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY PATTERN TO THESE EVENTS. THERE HAS BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS ON-LINE REPORTING SIMILAR ISSUES WITH PRIUS HID HEADLIGHTS. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING ON-AND-FF SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR IN JANUARY OF 2008. *TR

I OWN A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. MY DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT GOES OFF UNEXPECTEDLY. WHEN I TURN THE LIGHTS OFF AND THEN BACK ON THE LIGHT COMES BACK ON, BUT I NEVER KNOW HOW LONG IT WILL REMAIN LIT. THIS IS DANGEROUS. THE LIGHTS HAVE SOME TYPE OF PROBLEM THAT NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW HOW TO SOLVE. I DRIVE DARK COUNTRY ROADS AND NEED RELIABLE LIGHTS. *TR

OVER THE PAST 1 1/2 YEARS I'VE TAKEN MY PRIUS TO THE TOYOTA SERVICE WITH CONCERN OVER MY BRAKING SYSTEM THREE TIMES. TWICE THE HEAD OF SERVICE MECHANICS HAS DRIVEN WITH ME SEEING NOTHING UNUSUAL, THE THIRD TIME THE SERVICE MANAGER TOOK THE CAR OUT WITH ME. THEY ALL VOWED NOTHING WAS WRONG. THE REASON I'VE BEEN SO CONCERNED WAS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE BRAKING SYSTEM DIDN'T RESPOND FAST ENOUGH AND MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, WITH WET PAVEMENT OR RAINING, PRESSING THE BRAKES WITH AUTHORITY, THE CAR WILL GO INTO A SLIGHT SKID WITH THE DASH SKID LIGHT COMING ON. THIS ENTIRE SENARIO HAS CAUSED ME TO BE OVERLY CAUTIOUS WHEN BRAKING ANYTIME AND IN ANY SITUATION. IF A QUICK ACTION IS NEEDED FOR SPEEDY BRAKING I QUESTION WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. IT APPEARS THE PEOPLE AT TOYOTA HAVE JUST TRIED TO APPEASE ME NOT BELIEVING NOR UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S BEEN IN ERROR. I DON'T FEEL SO INADEQUATE NOW THAT ALL THE CURRENT INFORMATION HAS COME TO LIGHT. WAS BEGINNING TO THINK I WAS THE COMPLAINER WITHOUT CAUSE. I LOVE MY CAR - BUT AM NOW EVEN MORE HESITANT ABOUT IT'S SAFETY. MUST ADMIT, I'M FAR MORE CAREFUL THAN EVER, BEING ON THE LOOKOUT FOR POSSIBLE BRAKING SITUATIONS IN ADVANCE. *CN

BOTH PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHTS FLICKER AND GO OUT INTERMITTENTLY, CREATING SAFETY SITUATION. TOYOTA DEALER ASKING $400+ TO FIX FOR A PRODUCT DEFECT THAT HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY REPORTED. TOYOTA HEAD OFFICE GAVE SHORT SHRIFT. PROBLEM BEGAN CA. 45K MILES. *TR

PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT FAILS. BEGAN AT ABOUT 55,000 MILES. MINUTES, SOMETIMES SECONDS, AFTER STARTING CAR, HEADLAMP BEGINS TO FADE, THEN GOES OUT. IF I FLICK THE LIGHTS ON AND OFF, IT COMES BACK ON BRIEFLY, THEN OUT AGAIN. WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED, AND INFORMATION FROM OTHER OWNERS IS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM, EXPENSIVE TO FIX, RECURRENT (AND UNRELIABLE) AND A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN FOR PRIUSES. SEE OTHER COMPLAINTS AT: HTTP://WWW.HYBRIDCARS.COM/FORUMS/REPLACING-HEADLIGHT-BULB-T910.HTML. *TR

HEADLIGHT REGULARLY GOES OUT. TURNING LIGHTS OFF AND ON IT COMES BACK ON. *TR

HID HEADLIGHT SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING IN THE DARK. FLICKING THE SWITCH OFF, THEN ON TURNS IT BACK ON BUT LATER SHUTS OFF AGAIN. *TR

THE LEFT HEADLIGHT ON MY 2006 PRIUS GOES OUT, BUT WILL COME BACK ON IF I TURN THE LIGHTS OFF AND BACK ON. THIS OCCURS RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING, OFTEN BEING UNDETECTABLE UNTIL A REFLECTIVE SITUATION COMES UP AND THE LIGHT IS NOTICED. *TR

HEADLIGHTS CUT OUT. *TR

I OWN A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT HAS BEEN GOING OUT INTERMITTENTLY FOR ABOUT A YEAR. IT COMES ON JUST FINE, BUT AFTER DRIVING A SHORT WHILE, IT SOMETIMES (NOT ALWAYS) GOES DARK ON ITS OWN. TURNING THE LIGHT SWITCH ON & OFF COMPLETELY USUALLY GETS IT BACK ON. RECENTLY, BOTH HEADLIGHTS WENT DARK ALL ON THEIR OWN AFTER I HAD BEEN DRIVING A SHORT TIME. THE POLICE NOTICED & PULLED ME OVER - VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. I TURNED THE LIGHTS OFF & ON AND THEY BOTH CAME BACK ON, SO THE POLICE LET ME GO. THIS HAPPENS ALMOST EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE CAR AT NIGHT. I DON'T ALWAYS NOTICE WHEN THEY'VE GONE OUT - THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. I'VE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY CANNOT FIGURE OUT WHAT IS CAUSING IT. THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD REPLACE THE BULB, BUT THAT MIGHT NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. I HAVE READ ABOUT THIS HAPPENING IN MANY OTHER TOYOTA PRIUSES YEAR 2006-2008. *TR

IT WAS RAINING HEAVILY WITH POOR VISIBILITY. I DROVE ABOUT 15 MILE MPH ON A ONE-LANE ROAD WITH NO TRAFFIC LIGHTS OR SIGNALS. I SAW A CAR AHEAD OF ME AND SLOW DOWN EVEN MORE TO ABOUT 10 MILES MPG AND KEPT DISTANCE. WHEN THE CAR STOPPED SUDDENLY ABOUT 30 FEET AWAY, I ENGAGED THE BRAKE. HOWEVER TO MY DISMAY, THE CAR KEPT ROLLING. WHEN I REALIZED THAT I SHOUT IN PANIC "PLEASE STOP, STOP!" FOR ABOUT 8 SECOND I HOPELESSLY WATCHED MY CAR SLOWLY RAN INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AT A SPEED ABOUT 5 MILES MPH. BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A SLOW SPEED, MY CAR'S FRONT BUMPER WAS ALMOST INTACT BUT MY HOOD WAS DAMAGED BY THE REAR BUMPER OF THE SUV. I HAD AN ESTIMATED DAMAGE ABOUT $1100. I THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE SLIPPERY ROAD. AFTER SEARCHING INTERNET, I REALIZED THAT THE SLOW SPEED BRAKE FAILURES ARE WELL-DOCUMENTED BY MANY DRIVERS. OTHER PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCE WERE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT I EXPERIENCED. THEREFORE I WOULD LIKE TO REGISTER MY COMPLAINT. *TR

I DRIVE A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. I HAVE EXPERIENCED ODD SKID-LIKE BEHAVIOR WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES ON BUMPY ROADS OR LOOSE GRAVEL. MOST NOTABLY THIS HAPPENS AT LOW AND DECELERATING VELOCITIES (MAYBE 15 MPH?) WHEN THE VEHICLE ENCOUNTERS BROKEN PAVEMENT OR LOOSE GRAVEL. IT IS OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRIUS' 'SLIPPERY SURFACE' ICON ON THE DASH BEING LIT. WHEN THIS OCCURS IT FEELS LIKE THE BRAKES DO NOT FUNCTION FOR A BRIEF PERIOD. I HAVE NOT HAD AN ACCIDENT AS A RESULT, BUT THE EXPERIENCE HAS OCCURRED AT LEAST 4-5 TIMES OVER THE YEAR I'VE OWNED IT. MOST OF THE TIMES THAT IT HAS HAPPENED HAVE BEEN AT THE SAME INTERSECTION. *TR

WHILE UNDER WARRANTY, LESS THAN 30K MILES, LEFT HEADLIGHT OF 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS FAILED WHILE DRIVING. THEN A MONTH OR SO LATER THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT FAILED. THEN BOTH. WHEN LIGHTS WERE TURNED OFF AND THEN TURNED BACK ON, THEY USUALLY ILLUMINATED AGAIN AT LEAST FOR A SHORT TIME AND THEN FAILED AGAIN WITHOUT WARNING OR PATTERN WHILE DRIVING. DEALER REPLACED BOTH HEADLIGHTS AT 30K. AT 45K, PATTERN BEGAN EXACTLY THE SAME. AT 50K SERVICE, DEALERSHIP WAS MADE AWARE OF PROBLEM, DID NOTHING BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM IN SHOP. AT 55K, DEALER WAS AGAIN MADE AWARE OF PROBLEM, WAS ABLE TO REPRODUCE IT IN ONE HEADLIGHT AND OFFERED TO SELL THE ONE NEW HEADLIGHT FOR $400 PLUS LABOR. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. EVEN IF THE HEADLIGHT IS REPLACED AT GREAT EXPENSE, PATTERN WILL BEGIN AGAIN. TOYOTA KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIPS KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THEY ARE NOT FIXING IT BECAUSE IT IS EXPENSIVE FOR THEM AND IT MAKES SENSE FOR THEM TO PROFIT BY SELLING EXPENSIVE HID HEADLIGHTS, WHICH THEY DO NOT COVER UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. IF THERE HAS NOT BEEN ALREADY, THERE IS GOING TO BE AN ACCIDENT AND A LAWSUIT ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. LAST NIGHT AFTER DUSK I REALIZED MY LIGHTS WERE OUT ONLY WHEN AN ONCOMING CAR SWERVED TO AVOID ME. *TR

THE HEADLIGHT (ON THE PASSENGER SIDE) INTERMITTENTLY GOES OUT. I CAN TURN THE LIGHTS OFF FOR A SECOND AND THEN BACK ON AND IT COMES BACK ON. SOMETIMES IT WILL STAY ON FOR HOURS, SOMETIMES IT WILL ONLY STAY ON FOR MINUTES. I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM PREVIOUSLY WITH THE SAME CAR AND TOYOTA REPLACED THE BULB, BALLAST AND HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY BEFORE IT STOPPED HAVING THE ISSUE. NOW ABOUT 20 MONTHS HAVE PASSED AND I AM SEEING THE SAME THING AGAIN. *TR

MY 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS WITH HID HEADLIGHTS HAS HAD A PROBLEM SINCE ABOUT 25,000 MILES WHERE THE LEFT HEADLIGHT WILL PERIODICALLY GO OUT. I CAN GET THE LIGHT TO COME BACK ON BY TURNING THE LIGHTS OFF AND THEY COME BACK ON. LAST WEEK I WAS DRIVING ON A DARK COUNTRY ROAD WITH MY BRIGHT HEADLIGHTS ON AND THEY BOTH WENT OUT. IT WAS COMPLETELY DARK AND I APPLIED THE BRAKES WHILE TRYING TO HOLD THE CAR STRAIGHT SO I DID NOT STRIKE A TREE OR POLE AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I FUMBLED WITH THE SWITCH AND WAS ABLE TO TURN THE LIGHTS ON BY TURNING THE SWITCH COMPLETELY OFF AND THEN BACK ON. I HAD TO TURN THE LIGHTS OFF AND BACK ON EVERY COUPLE MINUTES TO KEEP THEM WORKING. IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS AND FRIGHTENING. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR INVESTIGATION INTO OTHER COMPLAINTS ENDED WITHOUT A RECALL BECAUSE BOTH LIGHTS DID NOT GO OUT WITH SOME OF THOSE SURVEYED. I WILL TELL YOU THAT BOTH OF MY LIGHTS WENT OUT COMPLETELY WITH NO FOREWARNING. *TR

INTERMITTENT FRONT HEADLIGHT LOSS ON MY 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. LOSS OCCURS SOON AFTER DRIVE BEGINS. HEADLIGHT CAN OFTEN BE REGAINED BY TUNING LIGHTS OFF THEN BACK ON. *TR

THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT SIMPLY GOES OUT. THIS STARTED AFTER APPROXIMATELY 37,000 MILES. THE HEADLIGHT WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY ONCE AND NOW IT IS HAPPENING AGAIN. ONCE WHILE ON VACATION IN NEW MEXICO ON A TWO LANE ROAD AT NIGHT IT HAPPENED AND WHEN I TURNED OFF AND ON THE HEADLIGHTS, BOTH LIGHTS REMAINED OUT. I STOPPED AND WAS VERY CLOSE TO THE EDGE OF THE ROAD AND SWITCHED THE HEADLIGHTS ON AND OFF AGAIN AND THEY CAME BACK ON. THIS WAS A VERY SCARY INCIDENT. I'M TIRED OF GOING TO THE DEALERSHIP AND HAVING THEM PROPOSE SOLUTIONS THAT COST FROM HUNDREDS TO OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO RESOLVE. WITHIN THE PAST MONTH, I HAVE BEEN STOPPED BY A STATE TROOPER BECAUSE OF THE HEADLIGHT BEING OUT. WHEN I EXPLAINED THE SITUATION, CYCLED THE HEADLIGHTS OFF THEN ON, HE SAW THAT BOTH HEADLIGHTS CAME ON AND GAVE ME A VERBAL WARNING INSTEAD OF A CITATION. THIS IS A HAZARD THAT IS WELL KNOWN, BUT TOYOTA CHOOSES NOT TO DEAL WITH IT. THAT ATTITUDE AND SITUATION NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED BEFORE PEOPLE GET HURT. BELOW, I'M PROVIDING TODAY?S DATE BECAUSE IT IS CONSTANT AND ONGOING. *TR