2007 Toyota Prius Complaint Log

APPROXIMATELY 7 MONTHS AGO MY 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS BEGAN ACCELERATING DURING USE OF THE CRUISE CONTROL. I REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO SAID THEY HAVE NO FIX FOR IT. I CAN'T USE THE CRUISE CONTROL IN MY CAR FOR FEAR THE CAR WILL NOT STOP ACCELERATING. *TR

2007 PRIUS WITH 45K MILES. HEADLIGHTS HAVE STARTED TO INTERMITTENTLY GO ON AND OFF . CAN TURN THE LIGHTS COMPLETELY OFF THEN BACK ON AND THE HEADLIGHT WILL COME BACK ON. SO FAR, JUST THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT. I NOTICE THE HEADLIGHT FLICKERS AND FADES IN INTENSITY AS WELL. *TR

2007 TOYOTA PRIUS - HEAD LIGHTS SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. *TR

HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS GO ON AND OFF RANDOMLY. BOTH WENT OFF AT SAME TIME ALMOST CAUSING ME TO WRECK. STARTED AT 40K MILES. OUT OF WARRANTY AND DEALER WANTS TO REPLACE BULBS FOR $568.00. THIS IS A RIP OFF AND A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

I WAS "T-BONED" ON MY DRIVERS' SIDE ON JULY 3, 2009 IN MY 2007 PRIUS. THE CAR HAD EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AND THE ELECTRIC MOTOR WAS DISMANTLED AND REPLACED (SAME ONE) AS PART OF THE REPAIR. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT IT WAS FINE AND I AVERAGED ABOUT 48-52 MPG. IT WAS IN THE TOYOTA REPAIR SHOP FROM JULY 7TH THROUGH LATE AUGUST AND WASN'T RETURNED UNTIL MID-SEPTEMBER. I HAVE NOT BEEN DRIVING IT SINCE I LAST PICKED IT UP BECAUSE I DID NOT FEEL SAFE IT . THE PROBLEM WAS NEVER FOUND AND I WAS TOLD "...IF WE CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM, WE CAN'T FIX IT...IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN, BRING IT BACK, IT'S UNDER WARRANTY." YESTERDAY (NOVEMBER 4, 2009) I HAD TO DRIVE IT TO WORK (DOWNTOWN) BECAUSE MY HUSBAND HAD OUR VAN AND I FOUND THAT IT IS STILL ACCELERATING IN ODD WAYS LIKE IT DID WHEN WE GOT IT BACK IN SEPTEMBER. WHILE IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC AT A LOW SPEED WHEN I WENT TO ACCELERATE TO A HIGHER SPEED (APPX. 50 MPH) IT WASN'T ACCELERATING PROPERLY, THEN SUDDENLY "KICKED INTO" ACCELERATION THEN I HAD TO SLOW IT DOWN WITH THE BRAKES. THE TOYOTA HYBRID ENGINE DISMANTLING MANUAL (I FOUND ONLINE WHEN I WAS TOLD TOYOTA COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM) ON PAGE 1 #1-5 SHOWS HOW THE VEHICLE SHOULD BE OPERATING. AS I'VE DESCRIBED SINCE AUGUST, THE DAY I FIRST PICKED IT UP, THIS IS NOT HOW IT'S FUNCTIONING. IN LIGHT OF THE NEWS YESTERDAY, THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION FOUND NO DEFECT EXISTS IN VEHICLES WITH PROPERLY INSTALLED FLOOR MATS. AND IN FACT, THE NHTSA SAID, TOYOTA VEHICLES HAVE A VERY SERIOUS DEFECT. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT TOYOTA CAN DO NOW TO GET MY PRIUS WORKING PROPERLY (OR CONSIDER IT TOTALED) BEFORE I (OR MY FAMILY) ARE IN A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT LIKE THE 16 PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY DIED OR THE 200+ WHO HAVE HAD SERIOUS ACCIDENTS AS A RESULT OF THIS ISSUE! BY THE WAY, THERE ARE NO CAR MATS IN IT, BUT THERE WERE BEFORE THE ACCIDENT AND THIS ISSUE NEVER OCCURRED BEFORE TOYOTA'S "REPAIRS" TO IT! *TR UPDATED 11/13/09

I HAVE A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS. IN JULY 2009 ONE HID HEADLIGHT BEGAN FLICKERING. THE DEALER TOLD ME HE WOULD HAVE TO REMOVE THE BUMPER TO REPLACE THE HEADLIGHT AND RECOMMENDED I REPLACE BOTH HEADLIGHTS AT THE SAME TIME. I DID AND THE TOTAL COST $545. THE VEHICLE HAD 44,000 MILES AT THE TIME AND ONLY 2 YEARS OLD. I WROTE A LETTER TO TOYOTA COMPLAINING ABOUT THE FAILURE OF THE BULB SO SOON, THE POOR DESIGN THAT REQUIRED THE BUMPER TO BE REMOVED, AND THE TOTAL COST...I NEVER RECEIVED A RESPONSE. THIS YEAR I WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE "2006-2009 MODEL YEAR PRIUS HID HEADLIGHT CUSTOMER SUPPORT PROGRAM". I SENT IN ALL OF THE REQUIRED INFORMATION AND WAS RECENTLY TOLD I WOULD RECEIVE $51 FROM THE PROGRAM. THAT IS A FAR CRY FROM THE $545 I SPENT. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 PRIUS AND THE HEADLIGHTS ARE BLINKING OUT. THE DEALERSHIP WANTED 500+ DOLLARS FOR THE REPAIR, SAYING THEY HAD TO TAKE THE BUMPER OFF. I HAVE SINCE FOUND OUT ITS JUST THE BUMPER COVER, NOT THE BUMPER. THE PROBLEM IS IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A PREVALENT PROBLEM WITH THE PRIUSES. *TR

ON MY 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS, I AM HAVING INTERMITTENT FRONT HEADLIGHT (HID) FAILURE. I HAVE LESS THAN 30K MILES ON THE CAR AND HAVE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE HID WORKS AND THEN DOESN'T WORK, THEN COMES BACK ON. I HAVE NOT GONE INTO THE DEALERSHIP YET, BUT I HAVE READ HUNDREDS OF FORUM POSTINGS AT HTTP://WWW.HYBRIDCARS.COM/FORUMS/REPLACING-HEADLIGHT-BULB-T910.HTML THAT ALL HAVE HAD THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM WITH NO RESOLUTION FROM TOYOTA. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD!!! *TR

I OWN A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS. AT SOME TIME IN JULY OF 2009, AFTER ABOUT 34,00 MILES, THE DRIVER SIDE HID HEADLAMP BEGAN TO INTERMITTENTLY DIM OR FAIL, BUT WHEN THE HEADLAMP SWITCH WAS TURNED OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN IT WOULD TEMPORARILY RESOLVE. THIS TYPE OF FAILURE - EITHER DIMMING OR GOING DARK - WOULD THEN HAPPEN AGAIN SOMETIME IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES TO 24 HOURS. I FIND THIS DANGEROUS SINCE ONE NEVER KNOWS WHEN ONE IS DRIVING WITH ONE HEADLAMP OUT UNLESS ONE KEEPS CHECKING. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TODAY BUT DO NOT YET KNOW WHETHER IT IS UNDER WARRANTY OR NOT. IN ANY EVENT, BASED ON OTHER COMPLAINTS I HAVE SEEN IN THE NHTSA DATABASE, I BELIEVE THIS MAY BE A GENERIC PROBLEM WITH THE HID HEADLAMPS OR OTHER ELECTRICAL PARTS IN PRIUS OF THE 2006 AND 2007 YEARS, SO I THOUGHT I SHOULD REPORT MY EXPERIENCE. IF THIS PROBLEM PERSISTS OR RE-APPEARS AFTER PUTATIVE REPAIR, I WILL FILE ANOTHER COMPLAINT OR WILL AMEND THIS COMPLAINT (NOT SURE WHETHER I CAN DO THE LATTER). *TR

I HAD NO WARNING LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE WITH MY HEADLIGHTS. THE FAILURE INVOLVES BOTH HEADLIGHTS GOING OFF WHILE DRIVING. THIS FAILURE STARTED IN JULY 2009 AND CONTINUES WHENEVER THE HEADLIGHTS ARE ON. THE RESULT IS TOTAL DARKNESS AT NIGHT WHILE DRIVING CREATING A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. THE FIRST TIME IT OCCURRED WAS ON AN UNLIT ROAD WITH MANY CURVES NEARLY CAUSING ME TO GO OFF THE ROAD. I WAS ABLE TO STOP WITHOUT CRASHING AND TURNED THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN; THE HEADLIGHTS CAME BACK ON, I CONTINUED DRIVING AND AFTER A FEW SECONDS IT HAPPENED AGAIN. IN HAS NOW BECOME A PROCESS OF TURNING THE HEADLIGHTS OFF AND ON CONSTANTLY WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. WE DRIVE THE CAR AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE AFTER DARK. I HAVE CONTACTED THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED AND WAS TOLD THE HEADLIGHT BULBS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THE COST PER LIGHT BULB WAS OVER $350 EACH PLUS LABOR WHICH IS ALSO VERY EXPENSIVE DUE TO THE NEED TO REMOVE THE FRONT BUMPER IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE BULBS. I AM LOOKING AT LEAST $1000 JUST TO REPLACE TWO LIGHT BULBS!!!! I WAS GIVEN NO OTHER OPTIONS AND THE TECHNICIAN TOLD ME I WOULD STILL HAVE TO REPLACE THESE EVERY ONE OR TWO YEARS. I SEARCHED ONLINE FOR OTHERS HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM AND FOUND THAT IT IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE AND MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM. I CALLED THE DEALER AGAIN TO ASK ABOUT REPLACING THE HIGH INTENSITY LIGHTS WITH THE CONVENTIONAL HEADLIGHTS USED ON MODELS WITHOUT HIGH INTENSITY HEADLIGHTS. ALTHOUGH THE CONVENTIONAL LIGHTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE PRIUS THEY WILL NOT INTERCHANGE WITH THE HIGH INTENSITY BULBS WITHOUT MAJOR WIRING HARNESS CHANGES. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT EVEN THE PRIUS WITH THE CONVENTIONAL BULBS NEEDED FRONT BUMPER REMOVAL TO CHANGE. *TR

MY 2007 PRIUS HIGH INTENSITY DISPLAY (HID) HEADLIGHTS FAIL INTERMITTENTLY. THE DRIVER'S SIDE BEGAN FAILING IN SPRING 2009, AND BY WINTER, THE PASSENGER SIDE LIGHT WAS ALSO FAILING. THERE IS A TOYOTA SERVICE BULLETIN ON THE PROBLEM, BUT I AM HAVING TROUBLE GETTING THE PROBLEM FIXED. TOYOTA CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE HOTLINE GAVE ME A CASE NUMBER AND SAID THEY WOULD REIMBURSE ME THE COST OF REPLACEMENT (PARTS AND LABOR), BUT THE DEALER SAID THE REIMBURSEMENT WILL ONLY COVER THE LIGHTS (WHICH ARE DEFECTIVE AND WILL FAIL AGAIN UNTIL TOYOTA RECALLS THE LIGHTS ON THE MARKET AND REPLACES THEM ALL). ALSO, TOYOTA CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE WOULD NOT COMMIT TO REIMBURSING THE COST OF REPAIR UNTIL THE PROBLEM HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER, WHICH IS PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE THE LIGHTS ALWAYS WORK WHEN THEY ARE INITIALLY TURNED ON AND WHEN THEY ARE RE-STARTED. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS, OBVIOUSLY. *TR

THE HEADLIGHT ON MY 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS TOURING HAS STARTED TO RANDOMLY TURN OFF. IF I SHUT THEM OFF AND TURN THEM BACK ON BOTH HEADLIGHTS COME ON. STOPPED BY STATE COPS FOR ONLY ONE HEADLIGHT BUT WHEN HE HAD ME TURN THEM ON BOTH WERE THERE. $228.00 TO REPLACE ONE BULB. WAITING TO SEE IF IT IS FIXED. 37000+ MILES ON CAR. *TR

THE HATCH RELEASE ON THE HATCHBACK MELTED MAKING THE HATCHBACK NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO OPEN. AS SAFETY EQUIPMENT SUCH AS FLARES, SPARE TIRES, AND FLAGS ARE KEPT IN THE HATCH UNDER THE FLOORING, NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THEM IN AN EMERGENCY IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

HEADLIGHTS ON 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS INTERMITTENTLY FLICKER ON AND OFF. CURRENTLY, MANUALLY TURNING THE LIGHTS ON AND OFF TEMPORARILY FIXES THE PROBLEM, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL REMAINS. I WAS TOLD BY THE TOYOTA DEALER, WHERE WE BOUGHT THE CAR, THAT I NEED TO REPLACE THE BALLAST AND BOTH BULBS, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE ~$1400. I'VE READ THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THE PRIUS (2004-2008) THAT IS USUALLY NOTICED AT AROUND 40,000-45,000 MILES; MY PRIUS HAS ~40,000 MILES. MY PRIUS IS CURRENTLY NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, BUT WAS TOLD THAT THE REQUIRED PARTS ARE NOT UNDER WARRANTY ANYWAY. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 PRIUS THAT HAS INTERMITTENT HEADLIGHT PROBLEMS. THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT WILL SPORADICALLY GO OFF AND ON. IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER TWICE WITH THE LAST TIME THE DEALER BLAMING IT ON LOW BATTERY CHARGE. WELL THE BATTERY IS CHARGED AND IT STILL REFUSES TO WORK. AT THIS POINT IT IS UNPREDICTABLE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT IT WILL BE WORKING AT ANY SPECIFIC TIME. *TR

I OWN A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS WITH 62,000 MILES. AT 45,000 MILES I NOTICED THE HID HEADLIGHT WOULD GO OUT A SHORT TIME AFTER THEY WERE TURNED ON. IF THE LIGHT WERE TURNED OFF AND BACK ON THE HEADLIGHT WOULD STAY ON FOR A SHORT TIME AND THEN GO OUT AGAIN. TOYOTA SAID I COULD TRY CHANGING THE BULBS. I HAD BULBS REPLACED AT 60,000 MILES WITH THE APPROPRIATE HID BULBS. THE HEADLIGHT ON THE DRIVER SIDE STILL GOES OUT A MINUTE OR TWO AFTER TUNING THE LIGHTS ON AND WILL LIGHT UP AGAIN IF THE LIGHTS ARE TURNED ON AND OFF; HOWEVER, THE HEADLIGHT GOES OUT AFTER A MINUTE OR TWO. THROUGH THE INTERNET I HAVE LEARNED THAT THIS HAS BEEN A CHRONIC PROBLEM THAT MANY OTHER TOYOTA PRIUS OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A FAMILIAR ROAD WHEN MY HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT. MY CAR IS A 2007 PRIUS. IN TALKING TO A REPAIRMAN AT THE SHOP I DISCOVERED THAT HIGH INTENSITY (AND HIGH HEAT) BULBS WOULD STOP WORKING WITHOUT ANY WARNING IF THE BULBS BECAME TOO HOT. IF THEY WERE TURNED OFF FOR A FEW SECONDS THEY WOULD COOL OFF AND WORK AGAIN. AS A RESULT I HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING WHEN THE BULBS ARE GOING TO GO OFF. I TOOK THE CAR INTO THE TOYOTA DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT ALTHOUGH BOTH BULBS APPEARED TO BE WORKING, THE FACT THAT THEY HAD BOTH STOPPED WORKING INDICATED THAT THEY MUST HAVE AN INTERNAL SHORT AND SHOULD BE REPLACED BY THE SAME TYPE OF BULB, WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AT A COST OF $807.00. THE ONLY REASON I AM ALIVE TO REPORT THIS INCIDENT IS BECAUSE I WAS ON A STRAIGHT STRETCH OF A FAMILIAR ROAD, AND THERE WERE OTHER CARS AROUND. I TURNED MY LIGHTS FOR 30 SECONDS AND THEN TURNED THEM BACK ON. AT LEAST ONE OF THE HEADLIGHTS CAME BACK ON SO I COULD CONTINUE HOME. I REQUESTED HEADLIGHTS THAT WOULD NOT GO OFF AND ON WITHOUT WARNING HOWEVER SO FAR TOYOTA HAS ONLY OFFERED TO REPLACE THE HEADLIGHTS WITH THE SAME UNRELIABLE HEADLIGHTS. *TR

VEHICLE HAS 70,000 MILES, 2007 PRIUS. BOTH HEADLIGHTS GO OFF AT RANDOM. TURNING THEM OFF AND BACK ON WILL CORRECT THE PROBLEM TEMPORARILY UNTIL THEY GO OUT AGAIN. DEALER SAYS ITS THE BULB SHORTING OUT $600 WILL CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I'M WAITING TO GET THE CAR HOME TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON WHILE AT A STAND STILL TO DISPROVE THEORY OF BUMPS IN THE ROAD CAUSING SHORT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THIS TIME. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 40,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

WHILE DRIVING ACROSS COUNTRY BOSTON TO SEATTLE IN JUNE, THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT ON MY 2007 PRIUS FLICKERED AND WENT OUT. THE NEXT DAY IT WAS WORKING OK, BUT THE FOLLOWING DAY I NOTICED IT WENT OUT AGAIN, DURING THE DAY. I STOPPED IN DULUTH TO GET AN OIL CHANGE, (KOLAR TODAYOTA INVOICE 210740) AND ASKED THEM TO CHECK THE HEADLIGHTS. THEY REPORTED "HEADLIGHTS ARE WORKING AT THE TIME." THEREAFTER THE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT SEVERAL TIMES INTERMITTENTLY. CYCLING THE POWER WOULD SOMETIMES BRING IT BACK ON. WHEN I GOT BACK TO SEATTLE, I TOOK THE CAR IN AND HAD THE HEADLIGHT REPLACED AT A COST OF $288 (TOYOTA OF BELIEVE INVOICE OCS561092) AT 48,260 MILES. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE LEFT HEADLIGHT STARTED ACTING UP IN THE SAME MANNER, AND I WAS RECENTLY PULLED OVER BY THE POLICE FOR DRIVING WITH ONE HEADLIGHT OUT. *TR

PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT DURING ROAD TRIP AND OUT FOR ABOUT 3 DAYS, BUT THEN CAME BACK ON AGAIN SUDDENLY (I DID NOT REALIZE IT--SOMEONE ELSE SAW IT FROM OUTSIDE AND TOLD ME). SOME OTHER PRIUS OWNERS HAVE ALSO COMPLAINED OF HEADLIGHTS SUDDENLY GOING OUT AND THEN SOME TIME LATER COMING BACK ON AGAIN AND REPLACING LAMP OR OTHER THINGS DOES NOT HELP. THIS IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE DRIVERS CANNOT TELL WHILE DRIVING THAT THE LIGHT HAS GONE OUT AND PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS ON POORLY LIT ROADS AT NIGHT. PLEASE INVESTIGATE. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS AND I HAVE EXPERIENCED A BRAKE PROBLEM. MY BRAKES WILL BECOME UNRESPONSIVE IF I HIT A SERIES (2 OR 3 IN A ROW) OF SHARP BUMPS MY BRAKES WILL NOT WORK TO THE POINT THAT I HAVE TO REAPPLY THE BRAKES. IF I HAD BEEN CLOSER TO THE CARS IN FRONT OF ME I WOULD HAVE CRASHED INTO THEM. NOW THAT I AM AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM I JUST ALLOW EXTRA SPACE IN CASE I HIT BUMPS. THE PROBLEM CAN BE DUPLICATED AT A PARTICULAR PLACE IN THE ROAD THAT I TRAVEL. *TR

MULTIPLE TIMES MY 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS AIRBAG SYSTEM HAS FAILED DUE TO A PASSENGER WEIGHING OVER 250 POUNDS SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO HAPPEN WHEN THE PASSENGER WIGGLES WHEN GETTING IN OR HAVING A WALLET IN HIS BACK POCKET. AFTER HE GETS IN THE RED AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT COMES ON AND IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE AIRBAG IS THEN DISABLED. THE AIRBAG LIGHT WILL REMAIN ON UNTIL THE DEALER SERVICES THE CAR. THE DEALER?S HAND DIAGNOSTIC TOOL ONCE REPORTED THAT THE CODE WAS ACCIDENT DETECTED, BUT I CHALLENGED THIS AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE CODE ACTUALLY MEANS OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FAIL. UNHOOKING THE 12V BATTERY WILL CLEAR THE SYSTEM AND SUPPOSEDLY MAKE THE AIRBAG WORK PROPERLY AGAIN. THE PROBLEM WILL REOCCUR WHEN THE SAME PASSENGER GETS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY TO THE VEHICLE WAS RADIOACTIVE. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY RISK BECAUSE HE WORE A PACEMAKER. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS NO NEED FOR CONCERN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 56,000. THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS INVOLVED IN TWO ACCIDENTS AND WAS INJURED. HE DIDN'T GIVE ANY OTHER SPECIFICS. UPDATED 07/22/10*JB

PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT NOT FUNCTIONING. TURNED HEADLIGHTS OFF AND THEN BACK ON AGAIN, THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY. *TR

2007 TOYOTA PRIUS HEADLIGHT/LAMP FAILURE RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE. DEALER REPLACED RIGHT HEADLIGHT AFTER WE NOTICED THE LIGHT WOULD GO OUT (SOMETIMES TURNING LIGHTS OFF AND BACK ON CAUSES IT TO COME BACK ON, BUT THEN THE LIGHT WOULD GO OUT INTERMITTENTLY DRIVING). THE NEXT DAY, WE EXPERIENCED THE LEFT SIDE HEADLIGHT DOING EXACTLY THE SAME THING. DID A SEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT PE09-019 HAD BEEN OPENED FOR THIS EXACT ISSUE. *TR

2007 TOYOTA PRIUS - DIVER SIDE HEADLAMP GOES OUT INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. IF THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH IS TURNED OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN THEN THE LIGHTS GO ON AGAIN. FAILURE REPEATS ITSELF. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS, VIN AND THE DRIVERS SIDE HEADLIGHT KEEPS GOING OFF WHEN WE ARE DRIVING. IT COMES BACK ON IF YOU TURN THE LIGHTS OFF COMPLETELY BUT WHEN YOU ON THE HIGHWAY IT IS HARD TO TELL IF THE LIGHT IS ON OR OFF. *TR THANKS, ROBERT HARTMAN

I HAVE A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE LEFT HEADLAMP REPEATEDLY FAILS WITHOUT WARNING. RECENTLY, BOTH HEADLAMPS BLINK AND GO OUT. *TR

SUBJ: 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS HEADLIGHTS. BODY: AFTER SPEAKING WITH TOYOTA CORP. THEY HAVE INFORMED ME THAT I WILL HAVE TO TAKE MY CAR TO A TOYOTA DEALER AND HAVE THE HEADLIGHTS REPLACED. THESE LIGHTS ARE DEFECTIVE AND TOYOTA IS CHARGING BETWEEN 750.00 TO 1000.00 DOLLARS TO REPLACE LIGHT BULBS. THIS IS A WIDESPREAD SAFETY CONCERN FROM THE FORUMS I'VE BEEN TO. MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WAS DRIVING DOWN A DARK ROAD AND THE LIGHTS SUDDENLY WENT OUT. I WAS SCARED BUT WAS ABLE TO MAKE THEM COME BACK ON BY TURNING THEM OFF AND ON AGAIN. THIS MUST BE THE SCAM OF THE CENTURY BECAUSE THEY ARE ONLY GUARANTEED FOR 36,000 MILES. I'LL END UP SPENDING ALMOST 1000.00 DOLLARS ANNUALLY FOR LIGHT BULBS? THESE BULBS AREN'T DO IT YOURSELF EITHER. YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE BUMPER OFF TO GET TO THEM AND THE BULBS CAN COST 700.00 DOLLARS A PAIR BEFORE LABOR. I ALSO PAID EXTRA TO HAVE THIS CAR CERTIFIED FOR THE 10YR BUMPER TO BUMPER BUT DOESN'T COVER BULBS THEY CLAIM. I DON'T EVEN KNOW FOR SURE IF IT'S BULBS SO THIS COULD BE EVEN MORE COSTLY. IF SO MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THEIR LIGHTS GO OUT WHILE THEY ARE DRIVING WHY IS THIS NOT A RECALL YET? VERY SCARY. JUST GO TO SOME ONLINE FORUMS AND YOU WILL SEE THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH TOYOTA'S HID'S FOR PRIUS AND THEY WILL NOT ADMIT TO IT. I HAVE SMALL CHILDREN AND DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE ANYMORE. THIS CAR IS GOING TO GET SOMEBODY KILLED ONE DAY AND NOTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN UNTIL THAT DAY COMES. VERY VERY SAD. *TR

TOYOTA PRIUS 2007, 34000 MILES: INTERMITTENT HEADLIGHT FAILURE. HID TYPE HEADLIGHTS. THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT GOES OUT INTERMITTENTLY, AND CAN BE TURNED BACK ON BY TURNING LIGHTS ALL THE WAY OFF AND ON AGAIN. IT HAPPENS OFTEN. THE BRIGHTS ON THAT SIDE ALSO GO OUT. I WILL CONTACT MY DEALER AND TOYOTA TOMORROW FOR A REPAIR. SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM AMONGST PRIUS OWNERS WITH THIS TYPE OF HEADLIGHTS, AS NOTED WITH A INTERNET SEARCH. *TR

I AM AWARE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES ON THE TOYOTA PRIUS. NEWS REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE PROBLEM IS CONFINED TO THE 2010 MODEL, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT A BRAKE FAILURE INCIDENT WITH OUR 2007 MODEL PRIUS. IN JUNE OF 2009 MY WIFE AND I WERE DRIVING OUR PRIUS DOWN A HILL APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT. IT HAD BEEN RAINING AND THE PAVEMENT WAS WET, BUT THERE WAS NO STANDING WATER ON THE ROAD SURFACE. THE LIGHT TURNED YELLOW AS WE APPROACHED THE INTERSECTION AT A SPEED OF ABOUT 35 MPH. I APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT THE CAR CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD DOWN THE HILL WITH NO BRAKING ACTION AND NO DECELERATION. I HAD NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO SPEED UP TO TRY GET THROUGH THE INTERSECTION BEFORE THE LIGHT TURNED RED. THE LIGHT DID TURN RED JUST BEFORE WE ENTERED THE INTERSECTION, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH BEFORE ANY OPPOSING TRAFFIC ENTERED THE INTERSECTION. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT DURING THIS INCIDENT THE CAR SHOWED NO EVIDENCE OF BEING IN A SKID - - IT SIMPLY MOVED FORWARD WITHOUT ANY SWERVING. FURTHERMORE, THERE WAS NO VIBRATION IN THE BRAKE PEDAL NOR ANY SOUNDS THAT MIGHT BE ASSOCIATED WITH ANTI-LOCK BRAKE ACTION. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE TOYOTA DEALER AND ASKED THE SERVICE MANAGER IF THERE COULD BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE ANTI-LOCK SYSTEM. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAD NO WAY TO CHECK THAT. WE HAVE HAD NO FURTHER PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES, BUT I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS BEHAVIOR MAY RECUR BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT BRAKING ISSUE. *TR

HID HEADLAMPS ON 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS KEEP GOING OUT. DEALER REPLACED BOTH BULBS IN AUGUST 2008. PASSENGER SIDE BULB WENT OUT IN JUN 2009, LESS THAN A YEAR LATER. DEALER WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. BOTH INSTANCES WERE FOLLOWING A LONG TRIP OF 1,000 MILES EACH WAY. THERE IS EXTENSIVE ACTIVITY ONLINE REGARDING THIS PROBLEM/DEFECT WITH HID HEADLIGHTS, NOT EXCLUSIVE TO THE PRIUS MODEL. GIVEN THAT REPLACEMENT BULBS ARE $300 EACH AT THE DEALERSHIP, THE BULBS SHOULD LAST LONGER THAN 10 MONTHS AT A TIME UNDER ANY DRIVING CONDITIONS. *TR

NOTICED THE PASSENGER HEADLIGHT ON MY 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS WAS OUT. I TURNED THE LIGHTS OFF AND BACK ON AND THEY CAME ON. NOW IT FREQUENTLY GOES OFF, BUT WILL COME BACK ON WHEN I TURN THEM OFF AND ON. WE PRICED A NEW BULB, WHICH IS IN EXCESS OF $150. BUT NOW WE ARE CONCERNED THAT WILL BE A WASTE OF MONEY. IF WE REPLACE THE BULB AND THE PROBLEM IS SOMETHING ELSE LIKE WIRING, ETC...THEN WHAT?!? *TR

THE HEAD LIGHTS FAILED AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE INCIDENT RECURS OFTEN AND IT IMPACTS ON OUR SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF OTHER DRIVERS. *TR

2007 TOYOTA PRIUS 42,000 MILES. PASSENGER HEADLIGHT GOES OUT AFTER A FEW MINUTES AND SOMETIME RANDOMLY. EITHER THE BULB IS FAILING,WIRING IS FAILING, OR THE COMPUTER IS FAILING. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE IF IT HAPPENS AT NIGHT. *TR

2007 TOYOTA PRIUS WITH 47K MILES. IT LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE CAR BARELY MADE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFTER A LITTLE WHILE, IT RESTARTED. THE WARNING LIGHTS INDICATED THERE WAS NO GAS BUT THE TANK WAS FULL. THE SCREEN ALSO SHOWED THAT THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED. THE DEALER SAYS THE CAR CHECKS OUT. *TR

PRIUS 07. THE HEADLIGHTS GO OFF. DEPENDS ON HOW BUMPY THE ROAD IS. YOU HAVE TO TURN THE LIGHTS OFF AND THEN BACK ON FOR THEM TO COME ON AGAIN, ONLY TO GO RIGHT OUT. IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. I WAS TOLD IT WOULD COST AROUND $400.00 A LIGHT BULB, AND AS LONG AS IT WAS NOT DANGEROUS, THEY WERE NOT PLANNING ON DOING A RECALL. *TR

INTERMITTENT HID HEADLIGHT FAILURE ON MY 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS. FIRST NOTICED WHEN PULLED OVER BY POLICE - RIGHT HEADLIGHT OUT, BUT CAME BACK ON WHEN TURNED LIGHTS OFF THEN ON. LEFT HEADLIGHT HAS SINCE PERIODICALLY FAILED TOO. *TR

BOUGHT 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS NEW IN 2007 AND HAD APPROXIMATELY 25K MILES ON IT WHEN DRIVERVSIDE HID HEADLIGHT BEGAN HAVING INTERMITTENT FAILURES. THE HEADLIGHT ALWAYS TURNS ON INITIALLY BUT WILL TURN OFF SOMETIME LATER WITH NO WARNING. IF I FLICK MY LIGHTS ALL THE WAY OFF AND THEN IMMEDIATELY BACK ON, ALL HEADLIGHTS TURN BACK ON, BUT MAY NOT STAY ON. BECAUSE THERE ARE 4 TOTAL LIGHTS (2 HEADLIGHTS AND 2 LOWER ROAD LIGHTS) HAVING JUST ONE THAT OCCASIONALLY TURNED OFF WAS NOT ENOUGH OF AN INCONVENIENCE TO GET IT FIXED. THE OTHER DAY I WAS DRIVING AND BOTH HEADLIGHTS TURNED OFF LEAVING ME WITH JUST THE 2 LOWER ROAD LIGHTS. I QUICKLY FLIPPED THE LIGHTS COMPLETELY OFF AND BACK ON AND BOTH TURNED BACK ON, BUT IT SEEMS THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I AM TAKING IT TO DEALERSHIP FOR FIXING TOMORROW. CAR NOW HAS 40K+ MILES. PROBLEM HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS SEEMING TO INDICATE THE BULB IS NOT THE PROBLEM (OTHERWISE IT SHOULD HAVE DIED COMPLETELY BY NOW...). *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER SHE WAS DRIVING THE HEADLIGHTS CAME ON AND SHUT OFF INTERMITTENTLY. OCCASIONALLY, THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD NOT COME BACK ON FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES AFTER THEY SHUT OFF. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ALSO BEGAN STICKING TO THE FLOOR; HOWEVER, THERE WERE NO FLOOR MATS IN HER VEHICLE. THE DEALER INFORMED HER THAT FOR $400 THEY WOULD REPLACE THE BULBS IN THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO RELATED RECALLS. THE VIN NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,850.

HEADLAMPS INTERMITTENTLY SHUT OFF. THEY SEEM TO COME BACK ON ONCE THE LIGHT SWITCH IS TURNED OFF AND ON AGAIN. CREATES UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS. *TR

2007 PRIUS HEADLIGHTS TURN OFF UNEXPECTEDLY. PASSENGER SIDE ABOUT EVERY 10 MINUTES, BUT NOT ALWAYS NOTICED, AND IF THE DRIVER SIDE THEN CUTS OUT, YOU ARE DRIVING IN THE DARK! NOT GREAT FOR COUNTRY ROADS! THE PROBLEM STARTED ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO AND IS SLOWLY GETTING WORSE. TURNING THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH OFF AND ON AGAIN CLEARS THE PROBLEM. TOYOTA SERVICE SAYS REPAIR WILL BE $88432 FOR PARTS, AND ABOUT $200 MORE FOR LABOR. PROBLEM REPORTED TO TOYOTA USA. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS WITH HID HEADLIGHTS. ONE OF THE HEADLIGHTS RANDOMLY TURNS OFF AND TURNS BACK ON. AGAIN THIS OCCURS RANDOMLY BUT WHEN THE LEFT HEADLIGHT IS OFF IT CAN STAY OFF FOR SEVERAL MINUTES BEFORE TURNING ITSELF BACK ON. I FIGURED THAT IT WAS A BAD FUSE, HOWEVER AFTER REPLACING THE FUSE THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. I HAVE READ AN ONLINE FORUM OF PRIUS OWNERS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM, SO I KNOW THAT THIS IS MORE THAN WHAT WOULD NORMALLY BE EXPECTED. *TR

2007 TOYOTA PRIUS DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT GOES OFF WITHOUT WARNING ALTHOUGH BULB IS NOT "BURNED OUT" LIGHT RELIGHTS AFTER TURNING HEADLIGHTS OFF THEN ON AGAIN. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. BASED ON OTHER COMPLAINTS IT IS NOT AS SIMPLE AS JUST REPLACING A BULB. THEREFORE THE PROBLEM MAY PERSIST FOR DAYS AND LONGER ESPECIALLY AT THE PRICES QUOTED BY DEALERS TO "MAYBE FIX THE PROBLEM" YOU BETTER TAKE ACTION AND FORCE THE RECALL. *TR

HEADLIGHTS WILL GO OFF AND ON. WHEN THEY GO OUT, YOU CAN TURN OFF THE LIGHTS (WITH INTERIOR SWITCH) AND THEN BACK ON AND THEY WILL WORK. THE LIGHT GOES OUT PERIODICALLY. WHEN IT DOES, IT GOES OFF/ON FOR SEVERAL DAYS IN A ROW, THEN IT WILL REMAIN ON FOR SEVERAL DAYS. *TR

MY 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS HAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH ONE OF THE FRONT HEADLIGHTS. THE LIGHT WILL GO DIM OR COMPLETELY OUT ON OCCASION. ONCE TURNED OFF AND ON IT RETURNS TO NORMAL. I HAVE SEEN ONLINE THAT MANY OTHERS WITH THIS CAR HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM AS WELL. WHEN I TOOK MY CAR INTO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP THEY SAID THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE LIGHTS (IT APPARENTLY DIDN'T HAPPEN WHEN THEY HAD THE CAR). THEY SAID THAT THEY DID REPLACE A BULB UNDER WARRANTY. I HAVE NOT NOTICED THIS PROBLEM SINCE I TOOK IT IN BUT I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE IT INTERMITTENT. I HATE TO CONSIDER WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IF I AM NEGOTIATING A DARK, SINUOUS ROAD SOME NIGHT AND BOTH OF MY HEAD LIGHTS GO OUT SUDDENLY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM MADE A SUDDEN STOP; HOWEVER, AFTER ENGAGING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM. THE VEHICLE HE CRASHED INTO ALSO CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE CONTACTS INSURANCE RATE WILL DOUBLE DUE TO THE CRASH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 31,500. UPDATED 12/7/09 *CN UPDATED 12/08/09.*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH AT NIGHT, AND OBSERVED THAT BOTH HEADLIGHTS FUNCTIONED ONE AT A TIME INTERMITTENTLY. THE FAILURE RESULTED TO LIMITED VISIBILITY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON SEVERAL SEPARATE OCCASIONS FOR THE IDENTICAL FAILURE. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE BULBS REQUIRED REPLACEMENT WHICH INVOLVED THE REMOVAL OF THE FRONT BUMPER TO INSTALL THE BULBS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THIS TIME. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 59,000.

REAR HATCH DOOR LATCH FAILURE, STARTING WITH SOFTENING AND DEFORMATION OF THE RUBBER-LIKE COVER AND PROGRESSING TO LATCH NOT OPENING, ESPECIALLY IN COLD WEATHER. *TR