2006 Toyota Prius Complaint Log

BOTH HEADLIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY GO OUT. EACH WILL TURN ON, BUT THEN ONE OR BOTH WILL GO OFF WHILE DRIVING. THEY WILL GO BACK ON WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE COMPLETELY SWITCHED OFF AND THEN SWITCHED ON. SOMETIMES IT WILL OCCUR WITH JUST ONE HEADLIGHT. OTHER TIMES, IT WILL HAPPEN TO BOTH. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICES DEPT. TOLD ME THAT THE PROBLEM IS COMMON WITH THIS MODEL. IT COST ME ALMOST $900 TO REPAIR. I ALSO GOT WARNING TICKET FROM POLICE WHEN ONE LIGHT WENT OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING. *TR

HID PASSENGER HEADLIGHT INTERMITTENTLY GO OFF. TURNING THE HEADLIGHTS COMPLETELY OFF AND ON AGAIN WILL MAKE THE HEADLIGHTS TURN BACK ON. WILL WORK FOR A DAY, SOMETIMES AND THEN IT HAPPENS AGAIN. HAS BEEN REPORTED 220+ TIMES AT NHTSA SITE. *TR

PURCHASED CAR IN 5/2006. 11/2008 AT AROUND 45,000 MILES NOTICED FRONT LEFT HEADLIGHTS WOULD TURN OFF INTERMITTENTLY. TURNING HEADLIGHTS OFF AND ON WOULD TURN LEFT HEADLIGHT BACK ON. OFF AGAIN. CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT TRIGGERS IT. HIGH BEAMS WORK. *TR

I OWN A 2006 PRIUS WITH HID HEADLIGHTS. AFTER 50,000 MILES, THE PASSENGER SIDE BULB WILL GO OUT AFTER BEING ON FOR 20 MINUTES OR SO. IF I TURN THE LIGHTS OFF AND BACK ON, THE BULB LIGHTS UP RIGHT AWAY AND THEN BLINKS OFF APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES LATER. IF I WAS GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT NIGHT, THIS WOULD BE A SAFELY HAZARD. I CALLED TOYOTA CORPORATE. THEY SAID THIS IS A KNOW ISSUE, BUT NO RECALL HAS BEEN DOWN YET. THEY STATED THAT AS OF 1/2008, THE BULBS HAVE BEEN REDESIGNED TO NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM. THEY SAID SINCE MY CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY THAT THEY WOULD PAY FOR THE BULB (APPROXIMATELY $150), AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR LABOR. LABOR, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU GET THE REPAIR DONE, COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM $50 TO $300, JUST FOR ONE HEADLIGHT REPLACEMENT. SINCE I DIDN'T BUY THE EXTENDED WARRANTY THIS ISSUE WAS NOT COVERED. I AGREED THAT TOYOTA WOULD PAY FOR THE BULB. I HAD THE BULB REPLACED. I PAID FOR THE LABOR AND THEY PAID FOR THE BULB. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THE OLD BULBS! *TR

NO SPECIFIC EVENTS IDENTIFIABLE. WITH THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH IN THE ON POSITION, EACH OF THE FRONT HEADLIGHTS WILL RANDOMLY SHUT OFF INDEPENDENTLY OF THE OTHER WHEN DRIVING. THE LIGHT (OR LIGHTS) WILL TURN BACK ON AFTER TURNING THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH OFF AND BACK ON. TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM, I HAD TO REPLACE BOTH EOM BULBS FOR $550. MANY OTHERS WITH TOYOTAS WHICH HAVE THESE BULBS APPEAR TO BE HAVING THIS PROBLEM AS WELL. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN. *TR

BOTH HEADLIGHTS TURN OFF, SEPARATELY AND INTERMITTENTLY. MUST TURN THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH OFF AND ON TO TURN LIGHT(S) BACK ON WHILE DRIVING. INCREASING IN FREQUENCY. *TR

2006 TOYOTA PRIUS HID HEADLIGHTS WILL FLICKER AND EVENTUALLY SHUT OFF AFTER MINUTES OF DRIVING, I CAN TURN THEM BACK ON BY FLICKING THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH OFF THEN BACK ON AGAIN BUT THEY RANDOMLY SHUT OFF CAUSING A SAFETY CONCERN WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT. *TR

THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT ON MY 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS TURNS ON AND OFF. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC TO GET IT FIXED AND HE TOLD ME THE LIGHT WAS FINE AND THERE WAS NO LOOSE CONNECTION. HE WITNESSED IT TURN OFF AND TOLD ME IT IS PROBABLY SOME ISSUE WITH THE COMPUTER AND HE CAN'T FIX IT. HE TOLD ME TO TAKE IT BACK TO TOYOTA. ADDITIONALLY, MY RADIO VOLUME GOES UP BY ITSELF WHEN THE CAR IS HOT. THE LIGHT SEEMS TO TURN OFF MORE WHEN IT IS HOT. IT PRETTY MUCH ALWAYS TURNS OFF AFTER 15 MINUTES OF DRIVING IN THE SUMMER WEATHER. IT IS UNSAFE WHEN IT TURNS OFF. I WILL TAKE IT BACK TO TOYOTA TO GET IT FIXED. I HAVE HEARD THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THE 2006 PRIUS. FROM THE ONLINE BLOGS I FOUND, I HEARD THE COSTS WILL BE BETWEEN $1500 - $2800 TO FIX. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON WITH MY CAR FOR ABOUT 8 MONTHS THAT I AM AWARE OF. IT IS OFTEN HARD TO TELL IF THE LIGHT GOES OFF. IF IT GOES OUT, I CAN TURN THE LIGHTS ON AND OFF AND ON AGAIN AND IT WILL WORK FOR ANOTHER 20 MINUTES. *TR

ABOUT A YEAR A GO MY PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT STARTED TURNING ON AND OFF RANDOMLY ON MY 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. I TOOK MY CAR TO TOYOTA OF BERKELEY I-80 JUNCTION SERVICE CENTER TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THAT TOYOTA WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO A FULL DIAGNOSTIC ON MY CAR AT THE COST OF $125 TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS BUT SINCE MY LIGHT WAS ON AT THAT TIME THEY DID NOT THINK THEY COULD DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. MY PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT HAD BEEN RANDOMLY TURNING OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND IN ORDER TO GET MY LIGHT TO TURN BACK ON I WOULD HAVE TO STOP MY CAR, TURN MY LIGHTS OFF, THEN TURN THEM BACK ON, AND OCCASIONALLY THIS WOULD CORRECT THE PROBLEM. RECENTLY MY HEADLIGHT WENT OUT COMPLETELY AND I TOOK MY CAR TO TOYOTA OF DUBLIN SERVICE CENTER TO HAVE ONE OF MY HEADLIGHTS REPLACED. I WAS THEN SHOCKED TO LEARN THAT MY CAR HAD HID LIGHTS THAT COST $400 PER BULB PLUS LABOR TO REPLACE. MY FRONT BUMPER NEEDED TO BE REMOVED IN ORDER TO GET TO THE LIGHTS THEREFORE IT WAS NOT A SIMPLE JOB AND WOULD TAKE A FEW HOURS TO COMPLETE. HEARING THIS APPALLED ME! WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR AND THE EXTENDED WARRANTY I WAS NEVER TOLD ANYTHING ABOUT REPLACING THE LIGHTS AND HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST. THIS IS A RIDICULOUS CHARGE FOR LIGHTS THAT DO NOT LAST THREE YEARS. I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS MORE WRONG WITH THIS CAR THAN JUST A LIGHT THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I FEEL THAT THE FAULTY LIGHTS IN THE 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS ARE A SAFETY HAZARD AND NEED TO BE RECALLED. I AM A SINGLE MOTHER WITH TWO YOUNG CHILDREN. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING MY CAR WITH MY CHILDREN, NOR DO I FEEL GOOD ABOUT SELLING MY CAR TO AN UNKNOWING BUYER, AND I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO KEEP PAYING REPAIR BILLS IN THE AMOUNT OF $1000 OR MORE TO REPLACE HEADLIGHTS! I AM ASKING FOR AN IMMEDIATE RECALL OF THE 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS SO THIS SAFETY HAZARD CAN BE CORRECTED. *TR

THE HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS RANDOMLY AND INTERMITTENTLY TURN OFF AND/OR DIM SIGNIFICANTLY. DRIVING AT NIGHT ALL OF THE SUDDEN WITHOUT ANY WARNING BOTH HEADLIGHTS TURN OFF. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME I DRIVE AT NIGHT (I AM SURE IT HAPPENS IN THE DAY TIME BUT I CAN NOT SEE IT) AND UNDER NORMAL DRIVING SITUATIONS. *TR

THE HEADLIGHTS ON OUR TOYOTA PRIUS BEGAN MALFUNCTIONING AT 55000. THEY WOULD FLICKER, FADE AND THEN FAIL. I HAD TO FLICK THE SWITCH OFF THEN ON AND THEY WOULD STAY ON A FEW MINUTES BEFORE FADING AWAY. I NOTICED THERE ARE QUITE A FEW COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ON SOME PRIUS DISCUSSION BOARDS. THE COST TO FIX THIS IS MORE THAN $400/LIGHT AS THE WHOLE ASSEMBLY HAS TO BE REPLACED. *TR

I AM AN OWNER OF A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC DATE SINCE THIS TYPE OF FAILURE HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES. I CONSTRUED THIS TO BE A PART OF THE PRIUS AND DID NOT THINK OF LODGING A COMPLAINT. BUT BASED ON TODAY'S (2/3/10) REPORT ON PRIUS' BRAKE ISSUES FROM JAPAN, I FEEL COMPELLED TO POINT OUT THAT: THERE HAS BEEN A TYPICALLY RECURRING PROBLEM OF THE TIRES SKIDDING AS THE BRAKES LOOSE THEIR GRIP WHEN I HAVE HIT THE BRAKE AS I AM CROSSING A POTHOLE OR A ROAD EXPANSION JOINT OR MINOR BUMP (NOT SPEED BUMPS) OR JUST A WET SPOT. THIS CONDITION HAS BEEN NOTED REGARDLESS OF THE CONDITION OF THE TIRES - MEANING EVEN ON BRAND NEW TIRES. THE VSC LIGHTS COMES ON WHEN THE CAR GLIDES/SKIDS OVER AND MOVES PAST THE POINT WHERE I HAD WANTED TO SLOW DOWN. I AM NOT SURE OF THE TYPE OF BRAKE IN THIS VEHICLE SO I WILL BE CHECKING OFF ALL 3 KINDS. *TR

MY HID HEADLAMPS CUT IN AND OUT. MY TAIL LIGHTS CUT IN AND OUT. I'VE GOT A TOYOTA EXTENDED CARE WARRANTY. I'VE ALREADY HAD SEVERAL TAIL LIGHTS REPLACED BY THE DEALER. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND A DEFECT. TOYOTA SHOULD HAVE A RECALL BECAUSE OF THE DEFECTIVE LIGHTING SYSTEMS IN THEIR HID EQUIPPED CARS. *TR

INTERMITTENT FAILURE OF HID HEADLIGHTS. *TR

PREMATURE FAILURE OF HID HEADLIGHT BULB IN TOYOTA PRIUS. NOT THREE YEARS OLD AND 45K MILES. REPLACEMENT COST IS EXORBITANT AND THERE ARE MANY FAILURES GOING ON. *TR

INTERMITTENT HID (HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGE) HEADLIGHT ON A 2006 PRIUS. APPEARS TO BE A COMMON COMPLAINT, THE DEALER SAID THEY NEED TO REPLACE THE XENON HEADLIGHT ($300) AND THE HEADLIGHT COMPUTER ($500) TO CORRECT THIS. BUT THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT, SOMETIMES THE HEADLIGHT WORKS AND OTHER TIMES IT DOESN'T - SEEMS LIKE A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

2006 TOYOTA PRIUS WITH HID HEADLIGHTS. ONE OR BOTH HEADLIGHTS FAIL REPEATEDLY. DEALERSHIP CLAIMS "UNABLE TO DUPLICATE CONCERN," AND ADDS "WORKING AS DESIGNED." AN INVESTIGATION INTO THIS MATTER WAS PRECIPITOUSLY CLOSED BEFORE THE COMPANY HAD EVEN FULLY ANSWERED THE COMPLAINT, ON THE GROUNDS THAT ONLY ONE HEADLIGHT WAS FAILING WHICH WOULD ALLOW CUSTOMERS TO REACH A SERVICE FACILITY. BOTH HEADLIGHTS REGULARLY FAIL, OFTEN CONCURRENTLY, AND OTHERS OBVIOUSLY HAVE THIS PROBLEM AS WELL. CLEARLY HAD THIS INFORMATION BEEN AVAILABLE TO INVESTIGATORS, THE INVESTIGATION WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CLOSED FOR THIS REASON. TOYOTA HAS LOWERED THE PRICE ON REPLACEMENT, BUT TOOK THE POSITION WITH INVESTIGATORS THAT THIS WAS AN ITEM THAT WOULD REQUIRE REGULAR REPLACEMENT. THE LITERATURE ON THE PRODUCT HOWEVER, INDICATES THAT THESE PRODUCTS SHOULD LAST FOR THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH CONSIDERING THAT PORTIONS ARE WARRANTIED FOR 100,000 MILES, IS A MILESTONE WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY NOT REACHED. THIS PROBLEM IS CONTINUING, SO THE DATE AND MILEAGE ARE TAKEN FROM THE INVOICE WHEN THE HEADLIGHT PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO ROYAL PALM TOYOTA, ROYAL PALM BEACH, FL. I PRAY THE NHTSA WILL REOPEN ITS INVESTIGATION IN LIGHT OF NEW EVIDENCE. *TR

I OWN A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS, PURCHASED NEW. THE CAR NOW HAS 44,000 MILES. BEGINNING AT ABOUT 35,000 MILES AND EVER SINCE, THE DRIVER SIDE HID HEADLAMP WILL FLICKER AND THEN GO OUT. THIS USUALLY HAPPENS WITHIN THE FIRST 10 MINUTES OF DRIVING. BY TURNING THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH "OFF", THEN BACK TO "ON", I CAN GET THE BULB TO COME BACK ON. THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. I REALIZE THAT THIS CAN SEEM LIKE A SIMPLE "REPLACE THE LAMP" SITUATION. HOWEVER, I HAVE FRIENDS WITH PRIUSES, AND ALL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM, ONE, OR SOMETIMES BOTH HEADLIGHTS SUDDENLY GOING OUT. THIS CAN BE A REAL SAFETY ISSUE. I DID NOT TAKE MY CAR TO TOYOTA FOR A REPLACEMENT AS IT IS NOW OUT OF WARRANTY AND REPLACEMENT COSTS FOR THIS CAN EASILY RUN TO OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS. I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT HUNDREDS OF OTHER PRIUS OWNERS ARE HAVING THE EXACT SAME TROUBLE WITH THEIR CARS. MOST OF THESE ARE 2006 OR 2007 MODELS. SOME HAVE HAD THE ENTIRE HID SYSTEM REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY ONLY TO HAVE THE PROBLEM RETURN. IT IS SCARY DRIVING A CAR WHOSE HEADLIGHTS ARE PRONE TO SUDDENLY GOING OUT. TOYOTA HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS ISSUE FOR QUITE SOME TIME. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A RECALL TO ADDRESS THIS SITUATION AS IT IS OBVIOUSLY A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

2006 TOYOTA PRIUS HID HEADLIGHT(S) ARE UNEXPECTEDLY SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING. LIGHTS COME BACK ON WHEN LIGHTS ARE TURNED OFF AND BACK ON OR IF CAR IS TURNED OFF AND BACK ON. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER 400 TIMES TO NHTSA ALREADY ACCORDING TO THE TOYOTA PRIUS CHAT FORUM. PROBLEM HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR OVER A YEAR NOW. *TR

AUTO HEADLIGHT GOES OUT ON MY 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS AND MY HEADLIGHTS GO OUT RANDOMLY,QUITE OFTEN WHILE DRIVING. WHILE DRIVING YOU CAN START OFF WITH ALL LIGHTS ON AND THEN WHILE IN LOW BEAM THE HEADLIGHTS WILL GO OFF LEAVING YOU WITH FOG LIGHTS AND WHILE IN HIGH BEAM ALL OF THE LIGHTS GO OUT. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO A TOYOTA DEALER WHO SAID "TOYOTA KNOWS THIS IS A PROBLEM" BUT WE STILL HAVE TO PAY. I HAVE CHILDREN AND WHEN MY LIGHTS WENT TOTALLY OUT I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH NOT TO HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE READ OTHERS COMPLAINTS ON AN INTERNET BLOG SITE AND THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL OTHER OWNER'S WITH THIS PROBLEM. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO HAVE A RECALL ON THESE VEHICLES AND HAVE TOYOTA HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR FAULTY EQUIPMENT BEFORE AN ACCIDENT HAPPENS AND PEOPLE ARE INJURED DUE TO THIS. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 PRIUS. THE DRIVER SIDE HEAD LIGHT GOES OUT NOW AND THEN AS I AM DRIVING. IT IS UNPREDICTABLE. IF I TURN THE LIGHTS OFF AND THEN BACK ON, THE LIGHT WORKS AGAIN. IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 2 MONTHS. NOW THE OTHER LIGHT IS DOING THE SAME THING. *TR

RIGHT SIDE HEADLAMP WENT OUT ON MY 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS PRIOR TO 36,000 MILE WARRANTY, HEADLIGHT REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. AT OR ABOUT 39,000 MILES LEFT HEADLIGHT GOES OUT INTERMITTENTLY, DESERT TOYOTA WANTS 399.00 TO REPLACE HEADLIGHT. DID NOT COMPLETE REPAIRS. HEADLIGHT CONSISTENTLY GOES OUT EVERY FEW MINUTES WHEN ON. *TR

THE HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2006 PRIUS GO OUT FREQUENTLY, BUT INTERMITTENTLY. I HAVE HAD THE DEALER CHECK THEM AT THE LAST TWO MAINTENANCE CHECKS, BUT THEY SAID THEY COULD SEE NO PROBLEM. TODAY, I WAS DRIVING EARLY IN THE MORNING IN THE DARK AND BOTH LIGHTS WENT OUT. I SHUT THEM OFF AND TURNED THEM BACK ON AND BOTH CAME BACK ON. *TR

AFTER ABOUT 7 MONTHS, I STARTED HAVING THE PASSENGER FRONT LIGHT OF MY CAR INTERMITTENTLY GO OFF AND ON. IF I RESTARTED THE CAR, IT WOULD GO ON TO BEGIN WITH, AND THEN GO OFF SOMETIME WHILE I WAS DRIVING. WHEN I WOULD TAKE IT IN TO THE SHOP, USUALLY I HAD TO WAIT A WHILE AND THE CAR WOULD BE TURNED OFF AND WHEN THE SERVICE AGENT WOULD COME OVER THE LIGHT WOULD BE ON AND THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING. AFTER THREE FIX IT TICKETS FROM THE POLICE, THEY FINALLY FIXED IT UNDER WARRANTY. BUT NOT LONG AFTER THEY FIXED IT, THE DRIVERS SIDE STARTED DOING THE SAME THING. I WENT TO THE DEALER AND SAID THAT THERE MUST BE SOME PROBLEM WITH THE LIGHTS AND ASKED IF THIS WAS A KNOWN ISSUE AND THEY SAID NO. THEY SAID THEY WOULDN'T COVER IT UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. WHEN I GOT HOME I LOOKED ON THE INTERNET AND SAW IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE. I CALLED THEM BACK AND THEY SAID THEY WEREN'T ALLOWED TO TELL ME IT WAS A PROBLEM AND THEY DIDN'T TELL ME THAT I SHOULD CALL THE NATIONAL TOYOTA CUSTOMER CARE. THEN A WEEK LATER I GOT ANOTHER FIX IT TICKET FROM THE POLICE. THE PROBLEM PERSISTS TILL TODAY. I AM VERY NERVOUS AT NIGHT TO DRIVE WITH ONLY ONE HEADLIGHT. THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP IN MARINA DEL REY DID NOTHING . *TR

HID HEADLIGHT DEFECTS ON TOYOTA PRIUS 2006. REPLACED BOTH LIGHT ON 2007 AFTER ONE YEAR I HAVE TO REPLACED AGAIN ON 2008. THE LIGHT DID NOT DIE JUST GOES OUT. I HAVE TO TURN THE HEADLIGHTS ON/OFF AND THE WORK AGAIN FOR FEW HOURS OR FEW DAY THEN HAPPEN AGAIN. *TR

2006 TOYOTA PRIUS, HID HEADLIGHT FAILURE. BLINKING AND THEN COMPLETE FAILURE OF LIGHT AFTER ONLY 40K MILES. DEALERSHIP CHARGES $320+ FOR JUST THE BULB. ONLINE CHAT FORUMS SHOW THAT THIS FAILURE IS VERY FREQUENT AND COSTLY TO CONSUMERS AND THE DEALERSHIPS CONTROL THE ACCESS TO THE BULBS. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS W/ 59K MILES. WE STARTED EXPERIENCING ISSUES W/ THE HEADLIGHTS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. WE'D TURN THE LIGHTS ON AND RANDOMLY WOULD EITHER GET 1 LIGHT, 2 LIGHTS, OR NO LIGHTS. FLICKING THE SWITCH AGAIN WOULD USUALLY RESET THE LIGHTS, BUT NOT FOR LONG. I JUST TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS SHOCKED WHEN THEY TOLD ME IT WOULD COST $872 TO FIX. AFTER I HEARD THE QUOTE, WHICH IS NOT COVERED UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY, I WAS SO MAD THAT I TOLD THEM TO JUST LEAVE THE BULBS IN. I'M NOT SURE WHAT I'M GOING TO DO YET. I THINK THIS IS ACTUALLY EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IN FACT, SO DANGEROUS THAT SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT OR KILLED, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE UNKNOWINGLY DRIVING WITH ONE LIGHT OR WORSE, NONE. *TR

LOW TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR GOES OFF EVERY CHANGE OF THE SEASON IN THE FALL WHEN HUMIDITY IS HIGH AND TEMPERATURE IS LOW. TOYOTA KNOWS ABOUT THIS AS IT IS ONE OF DEFAULT SELECTIONS IN THE ON-LINE REQUEST FOR SERVICE. *TR

ABOUT SIX MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING MY 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS THE HEADLIGHTS STARTING GOING OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE BULB. THEY HAD SAID THAT THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS BEFORE. THE LIGHTS WORKED FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS THEN OCCASIONALLY WOULD GO OUT AGAIN. NOW THAT MY WARRANTY HAS RUN OUT THEY ARE GOING OUT EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE CAR. THIS IS A REAL SAFETY ISSUE. WHEN YOU TURN THE SWITCH OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN THEY COME ON FOR AWHILE THEN TURN OFF AGAIN. THEY HAVE NEVER NOT COME ON, BUT DRIVERS IN FRONT OF YOU GET A BIT UPSET WHEN YOU START FLASHING YOUR HEADLIGHTS BEHIND THEM! I'VE NOTICED ON LINE THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE ON THE PRIUS. I HOPE THAT YOU CAN FORCE TOYOTA TO RECALL AND REPAIR THIS ISSUE. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS THAT KEEPS GOING DEAD. IT FIRST HAPPENED IN OCTOBER 2006 WHEN I DROVE TO WORK OUT AT CURVES. AFTER BEING IN THE BUILDING FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES I CAME OUT AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START. CALLED DEALER. DEALER SAID THAT THE PRIUS WAS A COMPLICATED CAR AND I PROBABLY WAS CONFUSING THE COMPUTER BY THE WAY I WAS SEQUENCING THE START OF THE ENGINE. IN ANY CASE I LET THE CAR SIT FOR A HALF HOUR AND TRIED AGAIN AND IT STARTED UP. SINCE THEN THE PRIUS HAS GONE DEAD AT LEAST A DOZEN TIMES. SOMETIMES I COULD WAIT AND IT WOULD START UP. OTHER TIMES I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE IT JUMPED. I HAVE HAD IT TOWED TO JACK TAYLOR TOYOTA THREE TIMES. EACH TIME THEY INSISTED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR (ALTHOUGH THEY DID REPLACE THE AUX BATTERY). THEY INSISTED THAT IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING IN THE WAY I DRIVE THE CAR AND SUGGESTED OVER AND OVER THAT I DO NOT DRIVE THE CAR ENOUGH MILES. HOWEVER, I DRIVE THE PRIUS, WHEN IT IS NOT DEAD, 250 TO 300 MILES A WEEK AND IT TYPICALLY GOES DEAD AFTER I HAVE DRIVEN IT SOMEWHERE. THE LAST TIME I TOOK THE PRIUS TO THE DEALER WAS SPRING OF 2008, THEY AGAIN INSISTED NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR. I REFUSED TO TAKE IT BACK. WE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH TOYOTA NORTH AMERICA. THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE REP TALKED TO THE HEAD MECHANIC AT JACK TAYLOR AND CLOSED THE CASE SAYING IT WAS MY FAULT THAT HE CAR WAS GOING DEAD. SHE THEN THREATENED ME BY SAYING THAT I WOULD BE CHARGED FOR THE LOANER UNLESS I PICKED UP THE PRIUS. THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REP AT JACK TAYLOR ARRANGED FOR US TO USE ONE OF THE DEALER CARS AND SAID HE WOULD TRY TO WORK THINGS OUT. ON SEPT 30 WE HAD TO RETURN THE LOANER AND PICK UP THE PRIUS. THE PRIUS WENT DEAD AGAIN ON OCTOBER 3RD AT 2:00 PM. I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A PRIUS RECALL FOR 2004 AND 2005 MODELS FOR A SIMILAR PROBLEM. THE MECHANIC INSISTS THAT SOFTWARE PROBLEM WAS FIXED AND IT IS "IMPOSSIBLE" THAT THE 2006 COULD HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I WOULD LIKE SOME FEED BACK FROM NHTSA. *TR

2006 TOYOTA PRIUS BOTH HEADLIGHTS OCCASIONALLY GO OUT WHILE DRIVING. *TR

ONE OR SOMETIMES BOTH HID HEADLAMPS GO OUT WITHOUT WARNING, AND CAN BE RE-LIT BY TURNING OFF AND TURNING ON THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH. THIS AFFECTS BOTH LOW AND HIGH BEAMS. I'VE NEARLY RUN OFF THE ROAD WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT ABRUPTLY ON A NARROW MOUNTAIN ROAD. I HAVE HAD TO TURN ON MY FOG/DRIVING LIGHTS ROUTINELY AS A BACKUP. *TR

TO DATE WE HAVE NOT HAD AN INCIDENT, HOWEVER I BELIEVE THE FAILURE OF OUR HEADLIGHT AND THE LACK OF TOYOTA TO CORRECTLY IDENTIFY AND CORRECT THIS PROBLEM IS UNACCEPTABLE. THE FAILURE OCCURS EVERYDAY WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. WE WERE TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP TO REPLACE THE BULB. THE COST OF THE REPAIR IS OVER $500.00. AFTER READING MANY COMPLAINTS, THE WIRING OR CONNECTION SEEMS TO BE THE PROBLEM, NOT THE BULB. *TR

'06 PRIUS. HAD IT'S HID HEADLIGHTS CHANGED A YEAR PRIOR DUE TO THE LIGHTS JUST 'TURNING OFF' WHILE DRIVING. FLICKING THEM OFF/ON WOULD TURN THEM BACK ON FOR A BIT. THEY WOULD TURN OFF RANDOMLY AND OFTEN WHILE DRIVING, OFTEN WITH BOTH LIGHTS TURNING OFF COMPLETELY. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN, CONSIDERING THEY WERE REPLACED AND CONTINUED TO FAIL FOLLOWING THAT REPLACEMENT. *TR

THE HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS RANDOMLY TURN OFF, LUCKILY ONLY ONE AT A TIME SO FAR, THEN TURN BACK ON WHEN I SWITCH THE LIGHTS ON AND OFF, OR AFTER I RESTART THE CAR. THE CAR IS 2.5 YEARS OLD WITH ABOUT 55,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

INTERMITTENT FAILURE OF DRIVER SIDE HID LAMP IN 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. WHEN THE HEADLAMPS ARE TURNED OFF AND THEN TURNED BACK ON IT STARTS BACK UP. I HAVE 60K MILES ON MY CAR AND HAVE A TOYOTA EXTENDED WARRANTY AND AM TOLD THAT EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE IT IS NOT COVERED. *TR

WE HAVE A 2006 PRIUS AND HAVE HAD SEVERAL TIMES THAT THE BRAKES FEEL THAT THEY GIVE OUT WHEN A BUMP IS HIT. OUR DEALER SAYS THAT TOYOTA SAYS TO PUSH HARDER ON THE PEDAL. THIS HAS HAPPEN ABOUT 8 OR 10 TIMES IN THE LAST YEAR. THE CAR DOES STOP BUT YOUR AREN'T SURE IT WILL. *TR

TOYOTA PRIUS FLOOR MAT AND SUSTAINED ACCELERATION

MY 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE DRIVER'S SIDE HID HEADLIGHT INTERMITTENTLY GOING OUT WHILE DRIVING. THE LIGHT SIMPLY GOES OUT ON ITS OWN. TO GET IT TOO COME BACK ON, I HAVE TO COMPLETELY TURN OFF THE HEADLIGHTS & TURN THEM BACK ON. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT. I HAVE HAD THIS CAR ONLY 2 YEARS BUT, SINCE IT HAS 50,000 MILES ON IT, THE DEALER WILL NOT FIX IT UNDER WARRANTY. THEY WANT TO CHARGE $1300 FOR A NEW COMPUTER CIRCUIT BOARD, HEADLIGHT & HEADLIGHT HOUSING. ACCORDING TO OTHER PRIUS OWNERS ON THE DISCUSSION FORUM AT WWW.PRIUSCHAT.COM, THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH THE 2006 MODEL PRIUS. SO FAR, TOYOTA HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL. AS THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO DEFECTIVE PARTS / MANUFACTURING, THEY SHOULD DO SO IMMEDIATELY. *TR

HEAD LIGHTS & TAIL LIGHTS TURN OFF INTERMITTENTLY IN 2006 PRIUS. PROCEDURE: START CAR TURN ON HEADLIGHTS WAIT ONE OR BOTH LIGHTS GO OFF TURN OFF LIGHTS TURN ON LIGHTS LIGHTS ARE BACK ON. REPEAT ABOVE... *TR

MY 2006 PRIUS HEADLIGHTS HAVE STARTED FLICKING OFF WHILE I'M DRIVING, ONE OR THE OTHER, OR BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. THEY WILL COME BACK ON IF THE LIGHTS ARE TURNED OFF, THEN BACK ON, ALTHOUGH THEY MAY GO BACK OUT AGAIN IN 1-2 SECONDS, OR LATER. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED BY OTHER PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET (SEE WIKI.ANSWERS.COM). IT'S DANGEROUS BECAUSE THE LIGHTS GO OFF WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALERSHIPS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. *TR

PRIUS HEADLIGHTS STARTED GOING OFF SPORADICALLY. SOMETIMES RIGHT SOMETIMES LEFT SOMETIMES BOTH. HARD TO TELL WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN. SOMETIMES TURNING LIGHT SWITCH OFF AND ON SOLVES THE PROBLEM. FIRST NOTICED THIS LAST WEEKEND (TODAY IS SEPT 24TH 08). DO NOT KNOW YET HOW TO REPRODUCE INTENTIONALLY, BUT IT HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST THREE TIMES THIS WEEK. *TR

CPSC#I1230059. 2006 TOYOTA PRUIS COMPUTER ASSEMBLY. CONSUMER STATED THE HID HEAD LAMPS AND ASSOCIATED CONTROLLER COMPUTER USED ON THE TOYOTA PRUIS HAVE A DESIGN FLAW THAT MAKES THEM ITERMITTENTLY, AND WITHOUT WARNING, QUIT WORKING. *LN THE CONSUMER STATED HE EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE THREE TIMES WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT

BOUGHT THE THE 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS NEW. THE HID HEADLIGHT BULBS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND THEY NEED REPLACED AGAIN. TOYOTA HELPED WITH THE FIRST REPLACEMENT. EACH BULB STARTED OUT AT $300.00 A PIECE, TOYOTA HAS SINCE LOWERED THE COST TO $150.00 EACH PLUS LABOR. THE DESIGN REQUIRES THE FRONT BUMPER TO BE REMOVED TO INSTALL THE LAMPS. TO DO THIS IS AT LEAST ANOTHER $100.00 LABOR. LOOKING AT THE INTERNET, I AM ONE OF THE THOUSANDS WHO HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM. A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO HAPPEN. *TR

MY DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT OCCASIONALLY TURNS OFF. I HAVE A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS WITH HID HEADLIGHTS. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 06 AND NEWER PRIUS AND IS AFFECTING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. SOME HAVE HAD BOTH LIGHTS FAIL LEAVING THEM WITH NO HEADLIGHTS. IF YOU TURN THE LIGHTS OFF AND THEN BACK ON THE LIGHT OR LIGHTS WILL TURN BACK FOR A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THIS IS CLEARLY A SAFETY ISSUE AND INSTEAD OF FIXING THE PROBLEM FOR FREE, TOYOTA IS CHARGING AN ABSURD AMOUNT TO FIX THE PROBLEM WHICH COULD BE TEMPORARY. MANY HAVE HAD THE HEADLIGHTS FAIL AGAIN. THIS PROBLEM IS VERY COMMON AND CAN BE EASILY FOUND ON CHAT ROOMS AND FORUMS ONLINE. *TR

HEADLIGHTS GO OUT WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. I BOUGHT THE CAR TONIGHT, DROVE OFF THE LOT, THOUGHT THE HEADLIGHTS SEEM HORRIBLE BUT DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT. I WENT DOWN THE ROAD AND NOTICED I SAW MORE FROM THE CARS AROUND ME. I HAD THE DRIVING LIGHTS ON, BUT THEY ONLY SHOW A VERY SHORT DISTANCE IN FRONT OF THE CAR. I TURNED ONTO THE MAIN ROAD (4 LANE, DIVIDED HIGHWAY) AND HIT THE HIGH BEAMS - THE LIGHTS WENT COMPLETELY OUT AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH ON A ROAD I WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, I HAD TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY AND TURN ON THE FLASHERS TO TRY TO SEE TO GET OFF THE ROAD. THIS IS A TOYOTA "CERTIFIED" AND VIRGINIA STATE INSPECTED A FEW WEEK AGO "SUPPOSEDLY" CAR THAT WAS DRIVEN FROM THE SHOWROOM FLOOR TO THE HIGHWAY BEFORE THE LIGHTS WENT OUT. I DON'T BELIEVE THIS COULD HAVE BEEN TESTED FOR EITHER THE VA INSPECTION NOR THE TOYOTA CERTIFIED INSPECTION AND NOW WONDER IF ANYTHING ON THE TOYOTA CERTIFIED INSPECTION WAS REALLY DONE. THE MARKER LIGHT (PROPER NAME? YELLOW LIGHTS) ON THE DRIVERS SIDE ALSO DOES NOT WORK WHICH WOULD FAIL BOTH THESE INSPECTIONS IF PROPERLY DONE. *TR

MY CAR IS EQUIPPED WITH HID-TYPE HEADLIGHTS. THE PASSENGER-SIDE HEADLIGHT WILL OCCASIONALLY EXTINGUISH AT RANDOM TIMES. THIS HID LAMP FAILURE DOES NOT SEEM TO CORRESPOND WITH ANY SPECIFIC DRIVING CONDITIONS, I.E. BUMPY ROAD, EXTREME TEMPERATURES, DRIVING IN A TURN, ETC... IT JUST HAPPENS RANDOMLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. THIS HAS BECOME A PROBLEM SINCE I CANNOT ALWAYS DETECT WHEN THE LAMP HAS OR WILL FAIL; AND MY STATE REQUIRES THAT MY CAR HAS TWO WORKING HEADLIGHTS TO BE CONSIDERED "SAFE." TURNING THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH OFF, AND THEN BACK ON, WILL GENERALLY FIX THE FAILURE, BUT ONLY IF I IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM AND ONLY THEN TEMPORARILY. THIS DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A SIMPLE LOOSE CONNECTION PROBLEM OR A BURNT-OUT BULB. *TR

HID HEADLIGHT OPERATION IS INTERMITTENT. DEALER REPLACED COMPONENT, HOWEVER IT IS DOING IT AGAIN. TECHNICIAN STATES IT IS DUE TO THE COMPONENT OVERHEATING. FIRST REPLACEMENT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. NOW THEY WANT ABOUT $500 TO FIX. THEY SHOULD HAVE CORRECTED THE COMPONENT OVERHEATING DESIGN DEFECT WITH AN UPDATED COMPONENT THE FIRST TIME. *TR

MY 2006 PRIUS' FRONT LEFT HEADLIGHT HAS BEEN SHUTTING OFF RANDOMLY AND WILL RE-LIGHT ONLY WHEN I TURN THE LIGHTS COMPLETELY OFF AND TURN THEM BACK ON. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS THE ONLY WAY I CAN TELL WHEN MY LEFT FRONT HEADLIGHT IS OUT IS WHEN I SEE MY REFLECTION IN A CAR BEHIND ME. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY CAR. HOWEVER, UPON FURTHER RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND OUT THIS IS HAPPENING TO NUMEROUS PRIUS OWNERS. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THIS FAILURE BECAUSE I CAN NOT GET THE LIGHT TO "SHUT OFF ON COMMAND". THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME I TURN ON MY CAR - BOTH LIGHTS WILL BE OPERABLE FOR APPROX. 5 - 15 MINUTES (NEVER KNOW EXACTLY WHEN IT TURNS OFF) THEN THE LEFT BULB WILL GO OUT. I KNOW IT IS ILLEGAL TO DRIVE WITH A HEADLIGHT OUT AND VERY DANGEROUS, BUT DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX THIS PROBLEM! *TR