2007 Toyota Prius Exterior Lighting

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS. HER PASSENGER SIDE HD HEADLIGHTS FAILED, WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY REDUCED HER VISIBILITY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND A TECHNICIAN CONCLUDED THAT BOTH HEAD-LIGHTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT AN EXPENSE OF $400.00. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED, BECAUSE SHE BELIEVES THAT THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 57000. UPDATED12/11/09 *BF UPDATED 12/11/09. *JB

I OWN A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS AND THE HID HEADLIGHTS WILL UNEXPECTEDLY SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. *TR

2007 TOYOTA PRIUS HEADLAMPS CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. FIRST THE PASSENGER SIDE. NOW RECENTLY BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER HEADLAMPS CUT OFF. TURNING LIGHT OFF THEN BACK ON MAKES HEADLAMPS WORK FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. CUTS OFF ABOUT 5-10 MINUTES INTO RUNNING THE CAR. *TR

FOR SOME TIME THE HEADLIGHTS ON OUR 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS HAVE BEEN BEHAVING STRANGELY, WITH ONE OR THE OTHER GOING OUT INTERMITTENTLY, THEN LATER COMING BACK ON. LAST WEEKEND WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT ON DARK, NARROW, TWISTY MOUNTAIN ROADS, THEY BOTH SUDDENLY WENT OUT. THE CAR CAN NOT BE DRIVEN AT NIGHT DUE TO THE RISK OF HEADLAMP FAILURE AND CRASH. TOYOTA DEALERS QUOTE $1000-PLUS COST TO REPAIR AN OBVIOUS DESIGN FLAW WITH SERIOUS SAFETY IMPLICATIONS. *TR

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS I HAVE TAKEN MY 2007 BACK TO THE DEALER FOR INTERMITTENT HEADLIGHT FAILURE, WHILE DRIVING! ONE LIGHT WOULD GO OUT, OR BOTH WOULD GO TO WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE CREATING A POTENTIAL LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THE DEALER COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM, THEN ON OCTOBER 23 2009, THEY WERE FINALLY ABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND SAID I NEEDED TWO NEW HEADLIGHT UNITS AT THE COST OF $400 EACH (PARTS AND LABOR). I DECIDED TO DOCUMENT THIS POTENTIAL LIFE THREATENING PROBLEM TO THE NHTSA, SO YOU COULD ADD MY COMPLAINT TO THE COMPLAINTS THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED IN ORDER TO PRESSURE TOYOTA MOTORS TO TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION. *TR

HEADLIGHTS RANDOMLY FAIL WHILE DRIVING. THE ISSUE IS NOT THE BULB AS THE HEADLIGHTS WILL TURN BACK ON IF YOU FLICK THE LIGHTS OFF AND ON AGAIN. TOYOTA DEALERSHIP CLAIMS IT'S JUST THE BULB, WANTS $800 TO REPAIR. THIS IS CLEARLY A SAFETY DEFECT SINCE HID BULBS ARE SUPPOSED TO LAST SIGNIFICANTLY LONGER THAN REGULAR BULBS AND SINCE THE BULBS CAN FAIL AT RANDOM TIMES, YET WORK FINE AT RANDOM TIMES AS WELL. *TR

WHEN DRIVING WITH THE HEADLAMPS ON, ONE HEADLAMP (USUALLY THE DRIVER'S SIDE BUT IT HAS OCCURRED WHICH THE PASSENGER SIDE AS WELL) WILL GO OUT. IF I TURN THE LIGHTS OFF AND TURN THEM BACK ON THE BOTH LIGHTS WILL WORK AGAIN. THIS IS INTERMITTENT AND I CAN'T MAKE IT HAPPEN. AT MY LAST SERVICE THEY COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM AND LOOKED AT ME LIKE I WAS NUTS. I LIVE IN THE COUNTRY AND DO A LOT OF NIGHT DRIVING. I AM BEGINNING TO NOTICE THIS HAPPENING ON A WEEKLY BASIS. *TR

TOYOTA PRIUS HD HEADLIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY GO OUT AND THEN BACK ON. WHEN HEADLIGHTS GO OUT, TURNING OFF AND ON WILL RESET FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. DRIVING AT NIGHT MAKES THE HEADLIGHT PROBLEM DANGEROUS. LIGHTBULBS ARE NEW, PROBLEM CONTINUES. *TR

TOYOTA PRIUS HEADLAMPS ARE INTERMITTENT. TOYOTA DEALER REPLACED THE BULB BUT IT'S STILL INTERMITTENT. *TR

HEADLIGHTS GO OUT INTERMITTENTLY AND OUT REMAIN UNLIT. THIS HAS OCCURRED FOUR TIMES IN A YEAR AND A HALF. AT ONE POINT IN TIME BOTH LAMPS WENT OUT AT THE SAME TIME. THE DEALER MAINTAINS THAT THIS IS NOT AN ON GOING ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE. EACH TIME I HAVE GONE IN FOR REPAIR THE DEALER MAINTAINS THAT THE PROBLEM IS EITHER THAT THE BULB IS, LOOSE, BURNT, OR DEFECTIVE. THESE BULBS ARE IN EXCESS OF $150.00 EACH. *TR

HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS SEVERAL MONTHS. DIFFERENT TIMES NEIGHBORS AND OTHER DRIVERS POINTING OUT HEADLIGHT THAT WAS OUT. TURNED THEM BACK ON AND THINKING NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH MY HEADLIGHTS WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND LOOKED BUT NOTICED THEY HAD BEEN DIMMING TROUGH TIME. COULD NOT TELL WHICH LIGHTS WERE OUT BECAUSE THEN THEY WOULD WORK. 2 NEAR MISSES WHEN OTHER DRIVER NOTICED MY HEADLIGHTS WERE OUT BUT DUE TO HEAVY TRAFFIC WAS ABLE TO DRIVE DUE TO OTHER DRIVERS LIGHTING. DRIVING THE OTHER NIGHT WITH FAMILY IN CAR AND LIGHTS WENT OUT COMPLETELY. PANICKED AND TURNED THEM BACK ON AND THEY CAME ON BUT STILL DIMMER. COMING HOME FROM WORK THE OTHER DAY AND THEN STOPPED BY POLICE IN WHICH I EXPLAINED MY HEADLIGHT PROBLEMS AND INFORMED THEM THAT MY PLANS WERE TO TAKE PRIUS TO DEALERSHIP. AFTER THIS INCIDENT AND DRIVING AT NIGHT WITH MY FAMILY IN CAR THIS WAS MY FINAL STEP. TOOK 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS 10/20/09 TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WOULD COST ME REPLACING THE HEADLIGHT. OF COURSE AT MY COST. THEY PERFORMED DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS OTHER THAN THE HEADLIGHTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 TOYOTA 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

HID HEADLIGHT ON DRIVER'S SIDE WENT OUT. *TR

THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT WENT OUT ON MY 2007 PRIUS THAT HAS 40K MILES ON IT. I DIDN'T KNOW THE HEADLIGHT WAS OUT. IT WAS POINTED OUT TO ME AT THE TIME OF ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG I'VE BEEN DRIVING WITHOUT A HEADLIGHT. THERE'S NO WARNING SIGNAL IN THE CAR TO ALERT ME TO THE PROBLEM. I HAD THE BULB REPLACED AND IT IS WORKING NOW, BUT I HAVE SINCE LEARNED THAT THIS PROBLEM IS NOT UNCOMMON AND IS LIKELY TO RECUR SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IT. *TR

2007 TOYOTA PRIUS INTERMITANT HEADLAMP ISSUE. *TR

I AM THE OWNER OF A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS. I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH BOTH HEADLIGHTS. MY HEADLIGHTS WILL TURN OFF EVERY TIME I DRIVE. MOST OF THE TIME JUST ONE WILL GO OUT. I CAN TURN THE SWITCH OFF, THEN BACK ON AND THE HEADLIGHT WILL WORK FOR A SHORT TIME AND GO OUT AGAIN. ONLY A FEW TIMES HAVE THEY GONE OUT AT THE SAME TIME, VERY SCARY SITUATIONS. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH ONLINE AND AM NOT THE ONLY PRIUS OWNER WITH THIS PROBLEM. *TR

HID HEADLAMPS FAILURE. DRIVER SIDE HEADLAMP WAS GOING OUT RANDOMLY IN AUGUST 2009. VEHICLE IS IN WARRANTY (20K MILES) AND DEALER REPLACED BULB AT NO CHARGE. IN OCTOBER THE SAME PROBLEM BEGAN TO OCCUR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. AGAIN, THE DEALER REPLACED BULB AT NO CHARGE. THESE BULBS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE AND DIFFICULT TO REPLACE AND SHOULD LAST LONGER THAN 20K MILES. *TR

HEAD LIGHTS FAILED TO WORK WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. *TR

2007 PRIUS HEADLIGHTS - BOTH GO OUT, INTERMITTENTLY. *TR

2007 PRIUS STARTED DRIVING WITH HEADLIGHTS ON. DROVE FROM A WELL LIT AREA WITH MANY STREET LIGHTS INTO AN WITHOUT ANY OVERHEAD LIGHTING. REALIZED THAT THE LIGHTS WERE NOT OPERATING, WHILE I WAS TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS, LOOKING AT THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH, I VEERED INTO AN ADJOINING LANE, LUCKILY THERE WERE NO VEHICLES IN THAT LANE. EVENTUALLY I TURNED THE LIGHTS OFF AND THEN BACK ON AGAIN AND THEY WORKED PROPERLY. NOW THE LIGHTS RANDOMLY TURN OFF, PASSENGER OR DRIVER SIDE, WHILE DRIVING. I CONTINUALLY CHECK THE LIGHTS AND TURN THEM OFF AND ON TO RESTART THE LIGHTS. I HAVE NOT HAD THE LIGHTS FIXED, I AM WAITING FOR TOYOTA TO ISSUE A SAFETY CAMPAIGN AND TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY ON THIS ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE HID HEADLIGHTS CONTINUALLY FAIL. HE HAS TO REPEATEDLY TURN THE LIGHTS ON AND THEN OFF FOR OPERATION. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 70,000.

FRONT PASSENGER HEADLIGHT INTERMITTENTLY GOES ON AND OFF WITH NO REASON. IF THE OTHER HEADLIGHT WOULD BURN OUT, I WOULD BE LEFT IN THE DARK. REPLACED HEADLIGHT AND COMPUTER SUB ASSEMBLY $514.00 OLD PART NOT AVAILABLE THE DAY AFTER THIS WAS REPAIRED, THE OTHER HEADLIGHT STARTED DOING THE SAME THING! SUSPICIOUS? *TR

HEAD LIGHTS ON 2007 PRIUS WITH 59987 MILES KEEP GOING OUT AND YOU HAVE TO TURN THEM OFF TO GET THEM TO COME BACK ON. DEALERSHIP SAYS IT IS GOING TO COST 826.00 PLUS TAX TO FIX THE PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH I HAVE THE PLATINUM EXTENDED WARRANTY. *TR

THE HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS HAVE STARTED TO RANDOMLY TURN OFF. SOMETIMES IT'S JUST ONE LIGHT, SOMETIMES IT'S ALL OF THEM. I LIVE ON A WINDY COUNTY ROAD WITH NO LIGHTING. LAST NIGHT I COMPLETED MY DRIVE HOME AT 25 MPH, WITH THE TURN INDICATOR LIGHTING MY WAY. THIS WAS ONE MY WAY HOME FROM THE TOYOTA DEALER, WHERE THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I'VE SINCE LEARNED THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED EVENT, BUT IS HAPPENING TO PRIUS RATHER COMMONLY. NO ONE HAS BEEN HURT. YET. *TR

2007 TOYOTA PRIUS-HEADLIGHTS CONSTANTLY GO OUT WHILE DRIVING. WILL COME BACK ON WHEN TURNED OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN, BUT WILL KEEP GOING OUT SHORTLY AFTER TURNED BACK ON. -THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER A YEAR. TOYOTA KEEPS TELLING US THE BULB IS BURNED OUT AND TO REPLACE THE BULB AT OUR OWN EXPENSE. *TR