2008 Toyota Prius Exterior Lighting

ELECTRICAL ISSUE WITH HEADLIGHT - DRIVERS SIDE FRONT HEADLIGHT TURNS OFF WITHIN 2-3 MINUTES. I'VE REPLACED THE BULB AND THE ISSUE PERSISTS, AND MANY PRIUS OWNERS HAVE FACED A SIMILAR IF NOT IDENTICAL ISSUE. IF YOU TURN THE LIGHTS OFF AND ON AGAIN, IT TURNS BACK ON BUT ONLY FOR A FEW MINUTES. SEEMS LIKE A WIRING ISSUE AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL.

STARTING ABOUT A YEAR AGO, OUR PRIUS HEADLIGHTS HAVE BEGUN TO FAIL WHILE DRIVING CAR. IT FIRST STARTED WITH THE LEFT HEADLIGHT GOING OUT OCCASIONALLY WHILE DRIVING, AND NOW IT IS HAPPENING TO BOTH HEADLIGHTS WHILE DRIVING. AT FIRST I THOUGHT I HADN'T TURN HEADLIGHTS ON OR I HAD A BURNED OUT BULB. NOW IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN ALL THE TIME. IF I TURN HEADLIGHTS OFF AND BACK ON TENDS TO TEMPORARILY RESOLVE ISSUE. HOWEVER, PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE AS TIME GOES BY.

WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT, HEADLIGHTS WILL GO OUT ON THEIR OWN, LEFT, RIGHT, OR BOTH AT SAME TIME. HAVE TO TURN LIGHT SWITCH OFF AND ON TILL THEY COME BACK ON. DRIVING ON ROAD OR HIGHWAY. SMOOTH ROAD. SO NOW I CAN'T DRIVE AFTER DARK.

BOTH HEADLIGHTS IN THE FRONT OF MY CAR HAVE BURNT OUT MULTIPLE TIMES AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN TODAY. ONE FIRST WENT OUT IN 2010 WHEN THE CAR HAD 35K MILES ON IT AND EACH LIGHT HAS BEEN REPLACED AT LEAST TWICE SINCE THEN EACH TIME COSTING $300-400. MOST RECENTLY THE REPLACEMENT LIGHTS HAVE NOT EVEN LASTED SIX MONTHS. THIS IS NOT ONLY EXPENSIVE AND A MAJOR ANNOYANCE BUT ALSO A SAFETY HAZARD WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT. I FEEL THAT TOYOTA SHOULD PROVIDE A PROPER FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM AND COMPENSATE ME FOR THE MULTIPLE TIMES I HAVE NEEDED TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS.

DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT RANDOMLY SHUTS OFF WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. HAVE REPLACED THE BULB AND FUSES, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTS.

DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT GOES OFF AFTER DRIVING A FEW MINUTES. TURNING OFF THE LIGHTS AND TURNING THEM BACK ON RESETS THE HEADLIGHT BACK ON, FOR A SHORT TIME, AND THEN GOES OFF AGAIN. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD AND TOYOTA SHOULD FESS UP TO THE DESIGN FLAW AND RECALL ALL THE AFFECTED CARS AND FIX THE PROBLEM.

MY HEADLIGHTS ARE CONSTANTLY GOING OUT USUALLY THE DRIVER SIDE BUT I'M REPLACING HEADLIGHTS EVERY SIX MONTHS ABOUT. AFTER THE SECOND TIME REPLACING THE HEADLIGHTS I'VE BEEN VERY CAREFUL ONLY USING AT NIGHT. THE LIGHTS AT NOT LAST BUT A FRACTION OF THE TIME THEY SHOULD BE LAST I G AND I'VE BEEN BUYING THE BEST ON THE MARKET INSUING I GET A QUALITY PRODUCT WITH THE BEST VISIBILITY. I FEEL THERE'S SOME FAULTY WIRING OR SOMETHING CAUSING A SURGE PROMPTING THE HEADLIGHTS TO FAIL PREMATURELY. I'VE SEEN SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT HEADLIGHTS LETTING ME KNOW THIS IS NOT A ONE OFF ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA PRIUS. WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED TO OPERATE. KALISPELL TOYOTA (2845 U.S. 93 S, KALISPELL, MT 59901, (406) 755-6060) REPLACED THE BULBS, WHICH COST OVER $600. THE CONTACT FOUND A WARRANTY THAT EXPIRED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2018 AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS BOUGHT USED ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2018. THE DEALER DID NOT ADDRESS THE MAIN ISSUE OF A POSSIBLE COMPUTER BOARD MALFUNCTION IN THE VEHICLE THAT MAY HAVE TO BE REPLACED AT AN ADDITIONAL COST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,000.

BOTH HEADLAMPS WILL INTERMITTENTLY SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. FIRST STARTED WITH THE RIGHT SIDE HEADLAMP TURNING OFF THEN PROGRESSIVELY BOTH ARE NOW TURNING OFF WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT CREATING AN UNSAFE DRIVING SITUATION.

HEADLIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY GO OUT WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION ON AN INTERSTATE OR EVEN A 2 WAY HIGHWAY. I AM ABLE TO USE LIGHT SWITCH TO TURN OFF AND TURN ON AGAIN, BUT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN WHILE DRIVING. HAVE NOT REPAIRED AS OF YET, BUT HAVE READ ABOUT SEVERAL ISSUES OF THIS SORT WITH THIS MODEL. HAVE STOPPED DRIVING AT NIGHT BECAUSE OF THESE ISSUES. THIS HAS BEEN GETTING WORSE EVERY TIME I DRIVE THIS VEHICLE. STARTED WITH 1 HEADLIGHT, NOW IT IS BOTH.

FOR OVER A YEAR NOW WE HAVE HAD MAJOR ISSUES WITH OUR PRIUS HEADLIGHTS GOING OUT WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT ON FREEWAY, LOCAL STREETS AND SITTING PARKED. YOU CAN TURN THE LIGHTS OFF AND BACK ON AND THE LIGHTS WILL WORK AGAIN. THE LIGHTS AT THIS POINT WILL GO OUT ABOUT EVERY OTHER MINUTE OR TWO. THIS IS A SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BY TOYOTA.

THE PASSENGER HEADLIGHT TURNED OFF AND REFUSED TO GO ON SO I REMOVED IT AND PUT IT BACK. IT WORKED FOR A MONTH LONGER, THEN BLEW UP. I JUST PUT IN A BRAND NEW BULB WHICH TURNS ON, THEN IMMEDIATELY GOES OUT. AFTER CHECKING ONLINE, THIS APPEARS TO BE AN ONGOING ISSUE WHICH TOYOTA HASN'T ADDRESSED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

REPLACED THE HEADLIGHT, AFTER A FEW MONTHS THE NEW HEADLIGHT SHUTS ITSELF OFF. HAVE TO TURN THE HEADLIGHTS OFF AND BACK ON TO GET THE HEADLIGHT TO COME BACK ON. THIS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THE LIGHT SHUTS IT'S SELF OFF.

I HAD THE DEALER CHECK DRIVER SIDE LIGHT, SAID IT WAS GOOD. AFTER VERY RECENTLY PURCHASING MY PRE-OWNED PRIUS I DID A NIGHT TEST DRIVE. THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT WOULD DIM THEN GO OUT. DURING A NIGHTTIME EMERGENCY, ALL THE LIGHTS WENT OUT WHILE TRAVELING A BACK COUNTRY ROAD, I FLIPPED THE SWITCH AND THEY CAME BACK ON, ONLY TO GO OFF AGAIN WHILE TRAVELING THE HIGHWAY, FLIPPED SWITCH AGAIN TO TURN ON AGAIN. UPON INVESTIGATING THE PROBLEM, I FOUND THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM. WHY IS THERE NO RECALL??????? THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND SCARY!!!!!!!! THIS IS HAPPENING EVERY TIME HEADLIGHTS ARE ON AND IN MOTION!!!!!!!! RECALL NOW!!!!!!!

THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKER ALL THE TIME - THEN BOTH WILL AUTOMATICALLY, RANDOMLY TURN OFF DURING NIGHT DRIVING...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS

I HAVE REPLACED MY HEADLIGHTS TWICE AND THEY STILL WILL GO OUT. THEY SWITCH FROM PASSENGER TO DRIVERS SIDE HEADLIGHTS GOING OUT. THEY GO OUT WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHICH IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. I HAVE SPENT OVER $400 TRYING TO FIX THIS SAFETY PROBLEM WITH NO SOLUTION SO FAR.

I HAD A HEADLIGHT FAILURE A FEW WEEKS AGO. IT CAME BACK ON AFTER A FEW DAYS. NOW THE OTHER ONE IS OUT! THIS IS DANGEROUS.

EACH HEADLITE GOES OUT EVERYTIME YOUDRIVE NOW BOTH HEADLITES GO OUT BEEN DOING IT SOMETIME DEALER SAYS 3200.00 TO FIX REALLY THE CAR ONLY WORTH 4,000

HAD A BLOWN RIGHT SIDE HEADLIGHT. I HAD IT REPLACED AND NOW HEADLIGHT COMES ON AND TURNS OFF AND SOMETIMES STAYS OFF. ONLY ONE DOSE IT.

HEADLIGHTS FLICKER AND TURN OFF AND ON. HAVE HAD HEADLIGHTS REPLACED 3 TIMES AND PROBLEM REOCCURS. LIGHTS ARE ON WHEN I START DRIVING THEN TURN OFF AND SOMETIMES TURN BACK ON.

RIGHT FRONT LIGHT BEGAN FAILING SOMETIMES RECENTLY, APPARENT AT NIGHT, OCCASIONAL. LEFT FRONT LIGHT QUIT FOR AWHILE YESTERDAY, THEN RELIT AND WORKED FOR AWHILE. BOTH ARE UNRELIABLE AND REPLACEMENT IS COMPLICATED, EXPENSIVE, AND DOES NOT WORK OFTEN IT APPEARS. WE WILL TRY REPLACEMENT OF BULBS, IT IS UNRELIABLE AND HEADLIGHTS ARE REQUIRED AT NIGHT TO WORK, ALWAYS! PURE SCAM IT SEEMS, BY TOYOTA AND US GOVERNANCE, BOTH FOR SALE, SO SAD. LET US BUYERS BEWARE.

CAR IN MOTION, RIGHT HEADLIGHT GOES OUT. CITY POLICE PULL ME OVER. I TURN THE LIGHTS OFF THEN BACK ON. THE LIGHT WORKS UNTIL NEXT TIME IT GOES OUT. MY WIFE DRIVING SAME CAR AND POLICE PULL HER OVER FOR LEFT HEADLIGHT OUT. SHE TURNED LIGHTS OFF THEN ON AND THE LIGHT WORKS AGAIN. CAR IN MOTION BOTH TIMES AND ALL OTHER TIMES. STREETS & HIGHWAYS.

THE HEADLIGHTS BOTH FLICKER AND GO OUT EVEN AFTER REPLACING WITH BRAND NEW BULBS. THIS IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE AS THE HEADLAMPS MAY TURN OFF DURING ADVERSE WEATHER OR DARK CONDITIONS. I HAVE WASTED A LOT OF MONEY REPLACING HEAD LIGHT BULBS WHEN THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE WITH THE COMPUTERS IN THE HEADLAMP FIXTURES. THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL AND IT IS A VERY COSTLY REPAIR FOR SOMETHING THAT NEVER SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED IN THE FIRST PLACE.

THE PASSENGER LIGHT KEEPS FAILING WHEN IT IS ON AT NIGHT WHEN I AM DRIVING. IT HAS STARTED TO HAPPEN MORE AND MORE. IT IS DEFINITELY DANGEROUS. I HAVE ALREADY BEEN PULLED OVER ONCE FOR THE HEADLIGHT BEING OUT.

THE DRIVERS SIDE HEADLIGHT WILL GO OUT WHILE DRIVING THE CAR. THIS HAPPENS WITHOUT WARNING AND WITH NO APPARENT RESAON. TOYOTA FIXED THE PROBLEM UNDER WARRANTY IN 2009, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM IS STILL HAPPENING. THIS IS A TRUE SAFETY DEFECT WITH THIS CAR!! TOYOTA KNOWS ABOUT IT BUT HAS NOT OFFERED TO FIXED THE PROBLEM BEYOND THEIR WARRANTY EXTENSION OF FIVE YEARS AND 60K MILES. I MUST SAY IT'S QUITE UNCOMFORTABLE TO BE DRIVING AT NIGHT ON THER HIGHWAY AND OTHER UN-LIT ROADS AND HAVE ONE OF YOUR HEADLIGHTS GO OUT. THIS SAFETY DEFECT IS EXPENSIVE TO FIX. $800.00 TO $2400.00. DEPENDING ON HOW MAY DEFECTIVE PARTS NEED TO BE REPLACED!! I CONTACTED THE LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER AND THE NATIONAL TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER. I OPENED A CASE WITH THEM (171-0041862). HOWEVER TOYOTA DID NOT OFFERE TO FIX THE SAFETY DEFECT ON MY CAR.