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HEADLIGHTS FOR 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS HYBRID 4DR KEEP GOING OUT; THE DEALERS ARE CHARGING UP TO $800 TO CHANGE THE BAD HEADLIGHTS. I HAVE REPLACED THREE DRIVERS SIDE HEADLIGHTS AND NOW THE PASSENGER SIDE GO OUT. THIS IS SAFETY CONCERNS AS WASHINGTON STATE POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH RAIN AND SEASONAL SNOW, EARLY NIGHT FALL. *TR

BOTH 2007 PRIUS HEADLIGHTS FAIL AT ONCE LEAVING ME IN DARK WHILE DRIVING. MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS FROM PRIUS OWNERS. GO BACK ON WHEN SWITCHED OFF THEN ON. INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL DEFECT. NOT QUALIFY FOR. CLASS ACTION. 60,000 MI. REQUESTING REOPEN INVESTIGATION. FOR RECALL. URGENT SAFETY MATTER. *TR

HEADLAMPS FOR MY 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS FAIL AT NIGHT. BULBS ARE NOT BURNT OUT, BUT THE POWER TO THEM WILL JUST SHUT OFF. THEY WILL WORK AGAIN FOR A SHORT TIME IF YOU SHUT THEM OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN. HAPPENS ON BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE. VERY DANGEROUS, BOTH LIGHTS HAVE GONE OUT AT TEH SAME TIME. MANUFACTURER SAYS COST OF REPAIR IS $300. *TR

INTERMITTENT HEADLIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT FAILURE. IF I TURN CAR OFF AND ON AGAIN, LIGHTS WORK. WAS PULLED OVER BY A POLICE OFFICER IN JANUARY. I HAVE HEADLIGHT FAILURE ABOUT ONCE A WEEK, AND I LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO GET PULLED OVER AND CITED. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY ARE UNABLE TO FIND A PROBLEM.

2007 TOYOTA PRIUS - REPEATED HID HEADLIGHT FAILURE. PARTS REPLACED 1/2010, ISSUE RECURS SAME HEADLIGHT 2/2011. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS WITH ABOUT 85,000 MILES AND THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT ONLY WORKS PERIODICALLY. SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T COME ON AND SOMETIMES IT WORKS FOR THE ENTIRE TRIP. I DO NOT KNOW WHEN IT IS WORKING AND NOT SINCE THERE IS NO ALARM OR LIGHT INDICATING THAT I HAVE A PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP WANTS ME TO REPLACE BOTH HID LIGHTBULBS FOR $300. I AM NOT SURE THAT THIS WILL FIX THE PROBLEM SINCE SOMETIMES IT DOES WORK AND STAYS ON FOR A LONG PERIOD. THIS COULD BE A MAJOR PROBLEM, ESPECIALLY IF BOTH HEADLIGHTS START HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AT THE SAME TIME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT FAILED. THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT WOULD FAIL INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS OR REPAIRS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE BOTH HIGH INTENSITY HEADLIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED THEY WOULD SHUT ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER REPLACED BOTH HEADLIGHTS, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED WITHIN 10,000 MILES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

CARLOS COLLADO, ET. AL. ON BEHALF OF THEMSELVES AND ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED VS. TOYOTA MOTOR SALES, U.S.A.. INC..A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION: CASE# CV10-3113-R & #CV-10-3124-R. *TGW THE CONSUMER OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CASE INVOLVED 2006-2009 TOYOTA PRIUS VEHICLE OWNERS LOSING ONE OR BOTH HEADLAMPS WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. *JB

RIGHT SIDE HEADLIGHT TURNS OFF WHEN LIGHTS ARE ON. WILL TURN BACK ON WHEN LIGHTS ARE TURN OFF AND BACK ON. REPLACED LIGHT WITH NEW BULB BUT DID NOT SOLVE PROBLEM. *TR

TOYOTA PRIUS HEADLIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY WORKING. *TT

INTERMITTENT HID HEADLIGHT FAILURE. DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT WILL RANDOMLY NOT TURN ON. DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT WILL ALSO RANDOMLY TURN OFF WHILE DRIVING AFTER HAVING BEEN LIT FOR SOME TIME. HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE FOR SOME TIME (AT LEAST 6 WEEKS). REPLACED HID BULB ON 3/5/2011. SAME PROBLEM WITH NEW BULB. MANY REPORTS ON INTERNET OF THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM.

DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT IS INTERMITTENT. IF YOU TURN THE SWITCH OFF, THEN BACK ON, THE HEADLIGHT COMES BACK ON.

TOYOTA MOTORS SENT ME A LETTER SAYING THEY INSTALLED FAULTY HEADLIGHT BULBS IN THE 2007 PRIUS AND THEY WOULD ONLY CHARGE ME 389.65 TO REPLACE THEM AND YOU CAN'T REPLACE 1 BULB, YOU HAVE TO REPLACE BOTH. THIS IS A SAFETY ITEM THAT THEY ADMIT WAS THEIR PROBLEM AND I HAVE TO PAY TO FIX IT? TALKING TO OTHER OWNERS AND ALL OF HAVE TRAFFIC TICKETS THAT TOYOTA COULD PAY FOR ALSO. *TR

I AM EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT HEADLIGHT PROBLEMS. THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD TAKE TURNS GOING OUT. THIS WOULD HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING. FIRST, THE PASSENGER SIDE, THEN THE DRIVER SIDE, AND SOMETIMES BOTH. IF I TURNED THE LIGHT SWITCH OFF & BACK ON, THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD COME BACK ON. THE PROBLEM WAS VERY INTERMITTENT AT FIRST (STARTING AT 41000 MILES) BUT BECAME A REAL NUISANCE AT 49000 MILES. I TOOK THE CAR INTO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AT AROUND 52000 MILES. THEY SAID THAT IT WAS THE BULBS. I HAVE REPLACED BOTH BULBS AND THE PROBLEM STILL CONTINUES. *TR

DRIVING LATE AT NIGHT ON THE INTERSTATE AND BOTH HEADLIGHTS FAILED. COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING. QUICKLY TURNED HEADLIGHT SWITCH OFF AND THEN BACK ON AND THE LIGHTS CAME BACK ON. FAILED AGAIN EVERY FEW MINUTES. IF FLIPPING THE SWITCH ON/OFF DIDN'T WORK WE MOST LIKELY WOULD HAVE ALL BEEN DEAD AS IT WAS SO DARK OUT YOU COULDN'T SEE THE ROAD OR ANYTHING ELSE TO STOP SAFELY. HAD TO PULL OVER FOR THE NIGHT AND STAYED AT A HOTEL. REPLACED THE LIGHTS AT THE DEALERSHIP. TO AFRAID TO DRIVE AT NIGHT SO DON'T KNOW IF THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. SO DON'T KNOW FOR SURE IF IT WAS THE HEADLIGHTS OR AN ELECTRICAL SWITCH MALFUNCTION. *TR

MY 2007 PRIUS HAS HAD THE PROBLEM OF HAVING IT'S HID LIGHTS TURN OFF AT RANDOM SINCE APPROXIMATELY 55,000 MILES. EITHER THE PASSENGER OR DRIVERS SIDE CAN TURN OFF AT WILL. AT LEAST ONE LIGHT WILL STAY ON AT ALL TIMES. AS WELL, THERE ARE DIMMING ISSUES WHEN THEY DO STAY ON. I HAVE REPLACED THE BULBS, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED. THE PROBLEM CONTINUED UNABATED. SINCE I AM OUTSIDE 50,000 MILES, TOYOTA STATES THEY CAN DO NOTHING. THERE WAS A SETTLEMENT IN THIS REGARD. JUST DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, ONE CAN OTHER SECOND GENERATION PRIUS OWNERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. VISITS TO PRIUSCHAT FORUMS REVEAL THOUSANDS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. MOST OWNERS ARE OUT OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD WHEN THIS PROBLEM SURFACES. DEALERSHIPS QUOTE VERY HIGH AMOUNTS TO FIX A PROBLEM THAT IS CLEARLY PART OF TOYOTA'S FAULTY DESIGN. BULBS GO OUT ALL THE TIME ON ALL VEHICLES, BUT AN OWNER SHOULD NOT BE EXPECTED TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE LIGHTING SYSTEM AFTER 50,000 MILES. THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW THAT SHOULD WARRANT A RECALL. *TR

2007 TOYOTA PRIUS IS EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT HID HEADLIGHT FAILURE. RIGHT HEADLIGHT WAS REPLACED IN 2009 AND NOW LEFT HEADLIGHT IS EXPERIENCING SAME PROBLEM. PROBLEM WITH LEFT HEADLIGHT BEGAN ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO AND NOW LIGHT STAYS OFF FOR MUCH LONGER AND IS QUICKER TO OCCUR. CAR IS AT 52K SO WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER THIS REPLACEMENT. *TR

THE HID HEADLIGHTS GOING OFF WHILE DRIVING WITH NO WARNING, BUT IF THE SWITCH IS TURNED FROM ON TO OFF THE LIGHT WORK AGAIN MOMENTARILY UNTIL THEY GO OUT AGAIN. VERY UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS, COULD LEAD TO INJURIES. *TR

ON 10/16/2010 MY HUSBAND AND I ATTENDED A WEDDING RECEPTION AT A LODGE IN THE SIERRA MOUNTAINS NORTHEAST OF LAKE TAHOE. THE LODGE WAS REACHED BY DRIVING OUR 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS FROM OUR HOTEL AT LAKE TAHOE NORTHEAST ON NEVADA STATE HIGHWAY 431, A STEEP, WINDING TWO-LANE ROAD OVER THE SUMMIT OF MT. ROSE AT AN ALTITUDE OF 7,100 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL. AFTER THE RECEPTION WAS OVER WE LEFT TO RETURN TO OUR HOTEL. WHEN WE LEFT THE LODGE IT WAS EARLY EVENING AND THE SUN HAD SET, SO WE DROVE WITH OUR HEADLIGHTS TURNED ON. APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE DOWN THE ROAD BOTH HEADLIGHTS SUDDENLY WENT OUT, PLUNGING US INTO COMPLETE DARKNESS. SINCE WE COULD NOT SEE THE ROAD, WHICH HAD NO SHOULDER, A HILLSIDE ON THE RIGHT AND A STEEP DROP-OFF ON THE LEFT WE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. AT THIS POINT WE FEARED THAT WE MIGHT FALL VICTIM TO A VEHICLE RAMMING US FROM BEHIND SINCE WE HAD NO LIGHTS ON OUR CAR. I DESPERATELY TURNED THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH ON AND OFF TRYING BOTH THE REGULAR AND HIGH-BEAM SETTINGS AND, FINALLY, TURNING THE CAR OFF AND ON. THIS SEEMED TO WORK AND THE HEADLIGHTS CAME BACK ON. BUT AFTER DRIVING ABOUT ANOTHER MILE THE HEADLIGHTS AGAIN WENT OUT. AGAIN, BY MANIPULATING THE SWITCH AND TURNING THE ENGINE OFF AND THEN ON, WE MANAGED TO TURN THE LIGHTS BACK ON. WE THEN PROCEEDED SAFELY TO OUR HOTEL WITHOUT ANY FURTHER INCIDENTS. WE EXPERIENCED NO ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS UNTIL DECEMBER, 2010, WHEN WE NOTICED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS SEEMED TO BE DIMMER THAN THEY SHOULD BE. THEN IN JANUARY, 2011, ONE OF THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT PERMANENTLY AND WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A TOYOTA DEALER FOR SERVICE. I WISH TO POINT OUT THAT WE HAD NO PRIOR INDICATION THAT THE HID HEADLIGHTS WERE DIMMING OR OTHERWISE MALFUNCTIONING. NEITHER HAD WE RECEIVED ANY COMMUNICATION FROM TOYOTA THAT THERE COULD BE A PROBLEM WITH THE HEADLIGHTS OR WITH THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT. OUR EXPERIENCE ON OCTOBER 16, 2010, WAS A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A MAJOR TRAGEDY. *TR

BOTH HEADLIGHTS FAILED WHILE DRIVING. ON MY WAY TO AN EVENT, I NOTICED THAT I COULD NOT SEE IN FRONT OF MY VEHICLE. I TURNED ON AND OFF THE HIGH BEAMS, WHICH CAUSED THE NORMAL BEAM HEADLIGHTS TO WORK. AS I DROPPED OFF MY CAR AT VALET PARKING, THE VALET TOLD ME THAT BOTH MY HEADLIGHTS WERE OFF. I TURNED THEM OFF AND ON AND THEY STARTED WORKING. SINCE MY VEHICLE HAS 59,000 MILES, IT DOES NOT APPLY FOR THE CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT TOYOTA NEGOTIATED A FEW MONTHS AGO. HOWEVER, I BELIEVE MANY 07 TOYOTA PRIUS VEHICLES THAT HAVE MORE MILES THAN THE EXTENDED WARRANTY ALLOWS ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE REVIEWED THE DATABASE AND NOTICED SEVERAL RECENT COMPLAINTS THAT STATE BOTH HEADLIGHTS HAVE GONE OFF, WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM THE HID VEHICLE ISSUES IN THE PE09019. BECAUSE OF THAT, I BELIEVE THIS IS A MORE SERIOUS PROBLEM AND DEFECT AND ODI SHOULD INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM. *TR

DRIVER'S SIDE HID LIGHT BULB TURNS OFF INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. TURNS BACK ON WHEN HEADLIGHTS ARE SHUT OFF AND TURNED BACK ON, BUT IS SIGNIFICANTLY DIMMER. *TR

FRONT LEFT HID HEADLIGHT FAILED COMPLETELY, RESULTING IN UNSAFE DRIVING SITUATION. PLEASE URGE TOYOTA TO RECALL THE HEADLIGHTS ON THIS VEHICLE. THANK YOU. *TR

I PURCHASED A USED 2007 PRIUS IN MARCH 2010 FROM A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP. MY RIGHT HEADLIGHT DOES NOT WORK SOMETIMES. MY FIRST HEADLIGHT FAILURE OCCURRED LAST FALL. MY RIGHT HEAD LIGHT WAS NOT WORKING WHILE DRIVING HOME (1 HOUR) AT NIGHT FROM WORK. I CALLED THE TOYOTA DEALER THE NEXT DAY WHERE I BOUGHT THE PRIUS. THEY TOLD ME IT IS AN EXPENSIVE FIX ( AROUND $250.00) AND SAID TO TRY TURNING THE POWER ON AND OFF SWITCH A COUPLE OF TIMES. THAT WORKED. THE HEADLIGHT FAILURE HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES SINCE LAST FALL. I HAVE ASKED STRANGERS WHILE LEAVING WORK IF BOTH MY HEADLIGHTS ARE ON, GOTTEN OUT OF THE CAR TO CHECK BEFORE DRIVING AT NIGHT, AS WELL AS CHECK TO SEE IF BOTH MY HEADLIGHTS ARE REFLECTED ON THE BACK OF A CAR IN FRONT OF ME WHEN AT A STOP LIGHT. I AM AWARE OF 3 OTHER TIMES THAT THE HEADLIGHT WAS NOT WORKING. I HAVE NOT HAD THE DEALERSHIP REPAIR THE HEADLIGHT YET. *TR

COMPLAINT INVOLVES FAILURE OF THE HID HEADLIGHT SYSTEM ON 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS. I HAVE HAD BOTH HID HEADLIGHT BULBS AND ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNITS REPLACED BEFORE 36,000 MILES AND THE HEADLIGHT SYSTEM HAS FAILED AGAIN BEFORE 60,000 MILES. FIXING THE PROBLEM REQUIRES REPLACEMENT OF HID HEADLIGHT SYSTEM BY TOYOTA, COSTING $2,000 AND SEEMS TO LAST LESS THAN 30,000 MILES BEFORE SYSTEM FAILS AGAIN. SYMPTOMS INVOLVE INTERMITTENT FLICKERING OR FAILURE OF ONE OR BOTH HEADLIGHTS. LIGHT RETURNS BRIEFLY IF LIGHT SWITCH IS CYCLED OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN. IF TOYOTA IS UNABLE TO SOLVE THIS OBVIOUS DESIGN FLAW, THEN THEY SHOULD BE FORCED TO REPLACE THESE ITEMS INDEFINITELY AT NO COST TO THE OWNER. *TR