Toyota Prius HID Headlight Complaints - From the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Website ( - March 2, 2009

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1 PROBEM COMPAINT FIED COMPAINT TOYOTA PRIUS CARY I JTDKB20U T*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA PRIUS. WHIE DRIVING IN ANY TYPE OF WEATHER, ONE HEADIGHT WOUD DIM FOOWED BY THE OTHER. HOWEVER, BOTH HEADIGHTS COUD DIM SIMUTANEOUSY. THE FAIURE OCCURS INTERMITTENTY. THE VEHICE'S SPEED WAS NOT A FACTOR. DURING THE FAIURE, A OF THE OTHER IGHTS WERE OPERATIONA. THE CONTACT HAS HAD THE IGHTS REPAIRED DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS. THE CURRENT MIEAGE IS 90,000 AND FAIURE MIEAGE WAS 70, TOYOTA PRIUS YONS KS JTDKB20U I HAVE ONY HAD THE 2007 PRIUS SINCE SO ESS THEN A MONTH OD WHEN I PUED INTO GARAGE AFTER DRIVING WITH HEADIGHTS ON AND NOTICED THE DRIVERS SIDE HEADIGHT WAS OUT. PASSENGERS WORKS FINE. I TURNED SWITCH OFF THEN ON AND IT CAME BACK ON. TOOK IT TO DEAERS THEY SAID THEY TESTED IT AND NO PROBEMS FOUND. 3 DAYS ATER I PUED UP IN FRONT OF A REFECTIVE WINDOW AND OW AND BEHOD MY DRIVERS SIDE HEADIGHT WAS OUT AGAIN. I GO IN WED, TO HAVE IT OOKED AT, I TOD THEM I WANT THE WHOE SOCKET REPACED. NO INJURY OR TICKET FROM POICE YET... BUT I IVE IN DEAR COUNTRY AND I NEED GOOD IUMINATION TO SEE WHERE I AM GOING SO PEASE POST THERE MAY NEED A RECA ON THIS PART. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS HAZEHURST WI JTDKB20U T*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADIGHTS WOUD NOT IUMINATE. SHE TURNED THE IGHTS OFF AND THEN ON AND THE IGHTS IUMINATED. THE FAIURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTY. SHE ASO STATED THAT WHIE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE HIGH BEAM IGHTS DIMMED. THE DEAER WAS UNABE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF FAIURE. THE POWERTRAIN AND FUE SYSTEM WERE UNKNOWN. THE FAIURE MIEAGE WAS 35,000 AND CURRENT MIEAGE WAS 37,800. Page 1

2 PROBEM COMPAINT FIED COMPAINT TOYOTA PRIUS APPE VAEY CA JTDKB20U TOYOTA PRIUS HID AMP BURN OUT. REPACE OF AMP IS APPROX. $ EACH TOYOTA PRIUS HASTINGS NE JTDKB20U TOYOTA PRIUS ONY HIGH BEAM HEADIGHTS WORKED. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE SWITCH WORKS AND THE IGHT ON THE DASHBOARD FOR THE HIGH BEAMS WORK BUT THE HEADIGHTS WI NOT SWITCH FROM HIGH TO OW. *KB THE DEAER STATED THE FUSE BOX NEEDED TO BE REPACED. *JB TOYOTA PRIUS AKEWOOD CO JTDKB20UX DRIVER SIDE HID HEADIGHT WAS IGHTED BUT FAIED DURING DRIVING. DRIVER SIDE HID HEADIGHT WOUD RE-IGNITE AFTER TURNING HEADIGHT SWITCH OFF THEN ON. *JB Page 2

3 PROBEM COMPAINT FIED COMPAINT TOYOTA PRIUS PISCATAWAY NJ JTDKB20U INTERMITTENT HEADIGHT FAIURE. CAN BE EITHER HEADAMP. TYPICAY ONE HEADAMP GOES OUT BUT SOMETIMES BOTH. THEY COME BACK ON IF I SHUT OFF AND TURN BACK ON. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS EMMETT ID JTDKB20U PRIUS, 84,00 MIES. INTERMITTENT HEADIGHT FAIURE, BOTH RIGHT AND EFT. HEADIGHT(S) WOUD GO OUT WHIE DRIVING AT NIGHT. DEAER SAID IT WAS HID COMPUTER AND THE REPAIR BI IS $1140!!!! RESEARCHING ON INTERNET REVEAS THIS IS A COMMON PROBEM. IT IS DEFINITEY SAFETY REAYED AND I FEE TOYOTA SHOUD MAKE THE REPAIR AT NO CHARGE. I'M NOT EXCITED ABOUT REPACING THE COMPUTER NOT ONY BECAUSE OF THE COST, BUT CAN I EXPECT THE PROBEM TO REPEAT IN A FEW YEARS? *TR TOYOTA PRIUS NEWARK DE JTDKB20U PROBEM STARTED IN AUGUST 07 WITH DRIVER'S SIDE HEADIGHT INTERMITTENTY SHUTTING OFF. NO HIGH OR OW BEAM, OFTEN VERY DIM. HEADIGHT BUB REPACED DUE TO SHORT CIRCUIT. REPACED DRIVER SIDE HEADIGHT ASSEMBY. MODUE HAS ASO BEEN REPACED. DEAER CURRENTY SUGGESTS THAT IT CANNOT BE FIXED IF PROBEM CANNOT BE DUPICATED. DEAER SAID THEY HAVE SPOKEN WITH TOYOTA AND THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF OTHER PEOPE HAVING THIS PROBEM. DEAER DOES NOT CONSIDER THIS PROBEM A SAFETY ISSUE. PROBEM HAS YET TO BE RESOVED AND THE CAR WI AGAIN BE GOING INTO THE SHOP. *TR Page 3

4 PROBEM COMPAINT FIED COMPAINT TOYOTA PRIUS POTOMAC MD JTDKB20U HID HEADIGHTS ON THIS GO OUT INTERMITTENTY WHIE DRIVING; TURNING THE IGHTS OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN RESTORES THE HEADIGHT. EXACT NUMBER OF FAIURES AND FIRST FAIURE BEOW IS AN ESTIMATE, AS IT IS NEARY IMPOSSIBE UNDER MOST CONDITIONS FOR THE DRIVER OF THE CAR TO KNOW THAT ONE OR BOTH HEADIGHTS ARE OUT--INCREASING THE DANGER OF THIS SITUATION. RAINY OR DUSK CONDITIONS ARE A PARTICUAR PROBEM. TOYOTA IS APPARENTY AWARE OF THIS SITUATION; THE DEAER TO WHOM I TOOK IT FOR REPAIR ACKNOWEDGED THIS AND SAID THAT IT AFFECTS A IMITED RANGE OF VIN NUMBERS IN 2006 S ONY. OCA DEAER HAS REPACED BOTH HEADAMPS AND SAYS THIS WI FIX THE PROBEM. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD ABOUT WHICH DRIVERS MAY BE UNAWARE; DRIVERS SHOUD BE NOTIFIED BY THE MANUFACTURER SINCE TOYOTA AND THE NHTSA ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBEM. I SEE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN AT EAST THREE PREVIOUS COMPAINTS REGARDING THIS PROBEM ON THE ODI WEBSITE. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS MORENO VAEY CA JTDKB20U HEADIGHTS ON 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS INTERMITTENTY SHUT OFF. FIRST RIGHT SIDE, THAN EFT. ONCE IGHTS SHUT OFF, THE SWITCH CAN BE TURNED OFF AND ON AND THEREAFTER IGHTS WI STAY ON FOR A SHORT WHIE THAN SHUT OFF AGAIN. FROM MY READING ON THE WEB, THIS IS NOT AN ISOATED CASE, AS OTHER OWNERS OF THE 2006 ARE HAVING THE SAME IDENTICA PROBEM. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS CARSON CA JTEDP21A CONTINUA PROBEM WITH HEADIGHTS ON MY 2006 PRIUS GOING OUT. I TOOK MY CAR INTO CABE TOYOTA IN ONG BEACH A FEW TIMES AND THEY COUD NOT FIND THE PROBEM OR RECREATE IT. I HAVE BEEN HAVE TROUBE WITH IT FOR 6 MONTHS, FINAY ON MY AS VISTS TOYOTA TECH DEPARTMENTS TOD THEM TO CHECK GROUNDING AND IF NOT AT FAUT JUST TO REPACE THE AMP ASSEMBY NOW THE OTHER HEADIGHT S GOING OUT RANDOMY. REPACING THE HEADIGHT I DO NOT BEIEVE WI SOVE THIS SAFETY REATED ISSUE. I AM STARTING TO HEAR THAT THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD PROBEM WITH THE 2006 PRIUS, TOYOTA IS RATHER SIENT ON THIS ISSUE. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS WINTHROP HARBO I I OWN A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. I AM HAVING PROBEMS AS WE AS MANY OTHER 2006 PRIUS OWNERS WITH THE HEADIGHTS TURNING OFF WHIE DRIVING. THE ISSUE IS RESOVED FOR A SHORT TIME BY TURNING THE IGHTS OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN- UNTI THE IGHTS TURN OFF AGAIN A FEW MINUTES ATER. I HAVE HAD IT IN TO 2 TOYOTA DEAERS AND THEY ARE STATING THAT IT IS BAD IGHTBUBS. IN ORDER TO REPACE THESE IGHTBUBS (2) IT IS $900!! AND MIGHT I ADD THAT THE TOYOTA DEAERS NO NOT CARRY THESE IGHTBUBS IN STOCK. THEREFORE, THIS EADS ME TO BEIEVE THAT THESE IGHTBUBS ON A 2006 NEW PRIUS SHOUD NOT BE GOING OUT WHIE DRIVING IN THE DARK AND ARE NOT A REGUAR REPACEMENT ITEM IF TOYOTA DOES NOT EVEN KEEP THE IGHTBUBS IN STOCK. I CURRENTY CAN NOT DRIVE MY CAR AT NIGHT BECAUSE IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD. MY IGHTS COUD TURN OFF AT ANY SECOND AND I COUD EASIY GET HIT/AND OR KIED IN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO FAIING HEADIGHTS. I AM CURRENTY IN THE PROCESS OF DEAING WITH TOYOTA AND THIS ISSUE. I ASO HAVE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY ON MY CAR WHICH I HAVE SPENT A OT OF MONEY FOR Page 4

5 PROBEM COMPAINT FIED COMPAINT TOYOTA PRIUS EVITTOWN PA JTDKB20U STARTING IN NOVEMBER 2007, ONE OF THE HID HEADIGHTS OCCASIONAY GOES OUT. I THINK IT CAN BE EITHER ONE. THE FIRST COUPE OF TIMES I THOUGHT IT WAS THE PASSENGER'S SIDE BUT I DID NOT STOP TO FIND OUT. THE AST TIME IT WAS THE DRIVER'S SIDE FOR CERTAIN. TURNING THEM OFF AND BACK ON FIXES THE PROBEM. SOMETIMES IT HAPPENED SEVERA TIMES ON ONE TRIP (ESS THAN ONE HOUR). I OOKED ON PRIUS ONINE THEN HERE. WHEN I SAW OTHER INCIDENTS I DECIDED TO MAKE A COMPAINT. I WI TAKE THE CAR TO THE DEAER IN THE NEXT MONTH FOR SERVICE. *TR THE DEAER SERVICE MANAGER CONTACTED TOYOTA BEFORE DOING ANY WORK ON MY VEHICE. THE TOD HIM TO REPACE BOTH HID BUBS, WHICH HE DID. HE WAS TOD THAT THE BUBS OVERHEAT AND CUT OUT. THE PROBEM NOONGER OCCURS, BUT AS OF THIS WRITING IT HAS ONY BEEN A MONTH TOYOTA PRIUS REMSENBURG NY HID HEADIGHTS GO OUT WITHOUT WARNING. SOMETIMES JUST ONE, SOMETIMES BOTH. SHUTTING THE IGHTS OFF AND BACK ON TURNS THEM BACK ON. SOMETIMES THIS HAPPENS FREQUENTY, OTHER TIMES NOT AT A OR INFREQUENTY. CAR IS NO ONGER UNDER WARRANTY. TO HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED AS THOSE WHO HAVE HAD IT CORRECTED ADVISE OF VERY HIGH COSTS (THOUSANDS) AND SOME HAVE HAD SIMIAR FAIURES WITH THE REPACEMENTS. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS TEMECUA CA JTDKB20U HID HEADAMPS FAI INTERMITTENTY WHIE DRIVING. FAIED HEADAMP CAN BE REIGNITED BY CYCING THE HEADAMP SWITCH. /R SIDE FAIURES ARE INDEPENDENT OF EACH OTHER. DEAER ADVISED THAT BOTH ECU AND BUBS MUST BE REPACED AT COST OF $1,000 PER SIDE. OBVIOUS SAFETY ISSUE WITH WIDESPREAD FAIURES AMONG PRIUS OWNERS WITH HID AMPS INDICATING CATASTROPHIC DESIGN AND/OR PARTS ISSUES. *TR Page 5

6 PROBEM COMPAINT FIED COMPAINT TOYOTA PRIUS ATANTA GA JTDKB20UX HEAD IGHTS AND REAR IGHTS SUDDENY WENT OUT WHIE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT NIGHT. A TRACTOR TRAIER AMOST KIED ME AS A RESUT OF THE IGHT FAIURE. I TOOK THE VEHICE TO THE DEAER WHERE THE VEHICE WAS PURCHASED. THEY TOD ME TO CA CORPORATE. " IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY" WAS THE COMMENT MADE. I CAED CORPORATE AND WAS GIVEN A REFERENCE NUMBER I WAS TOD THAT SOMEONE FROM THE DEAER, ATANTA TOYOTA WOUD CONTACT ME AND ASSIST ME WITH THIS PROBEM. NO ONE HAS CAED. THE CORPORATE OFFICE ASO STATED SOMEONE WOUD CA. I AM STI WAITING. I WI HOD TOYOTA IABE IF I AM INJURED AS A RESUT OF IGHT FAIURE WHIE DRIVING AT NIGHT. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOUD BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATEY!!!!. THE DEAERSHIP, ATANTA TOYOTA DOES NOT GIVE A?!@#$% ABOUT MY SAFETY. THEY DID NOT OFFER TO REPAIR THE PROBEM AND RANDY PENAND STATES HE " THOUGHT IT WAS A REAY PROBEM. I ASO FIED A COMPAINT WITH THE CUSTOMER REATIONS MANAGER CAROE NEWCOMB. I TOD THEM EXACTY WHAT I AM TEING YOU. FRANKY THEIR RESPONSE WAS UNACCEPTABE. A THEY WANTED WAS MY MONEY WHEN I PURCHASED IT. NO CUSTOMER SURVIVE AT A. PEASE ET THEM KNOW. NEEDESS TO SAY I WI NOT BE RETURNING TO THAT DEAERSHIP. NEVER. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS ATANTA GA JTDKB20UX HEAD IGHTS AND REAR IGHTS SUDDENY WENT OUT WHIE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT NIGHT. A TRACTOR TRAIER AMOST KIED ME AS A RESUT OF THE IGHT FAIURE. I TOOK THE VEHICE TO THE DEAER WHERE THE VEHICE WAS PURCHASED. THEY TOD ME TO CA CORPORATE. " IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY" WAS THE COMMENT MADE. I CAED CORPORATE AND WAS GIVEN A REFERENCE NUMBER I WAS TOD THAT SOMEONE FROM THE DEAER, ATANTA TOYOTA WOUD CONTACT ME AND ASSIST ME WITH THIS PROBEM. NO ONE HAS CAED. THE CORPORATE OFFICE ASO STATED SOMEONE WOUD CA. I AM STI WAITING. I WI HOD TOYOTA IABE IF I AM INJURED AS A RESUT OF IGHT FAIURE WHIE DRIVING AT NIGHT. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOUD BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATEY!!!!. THE DEAERSHIP, ATANTA TOYOTA DOES NOT GIVE A?!@#$% ABOUT MY SAFETY. THEY DID NOT OFFER TO REPAIR THE PROBEM AND RANDY PENAND STATES HE " THOUGHT IT WAS A REAY PROBEM. I ASO FIED A COMPAINT WITH THE CUSTOMER REATIONS MANAGER CAROE NEWCOMB. I TOD THEM EXACTY WHAT I AM TEING YOU. FRANKY THEIR RESPONSE WAS UNACCEPTABE. A THEY WANTED WAS MY MONEY WHEN I PURCHASED IT. NO CUSTOMER SURVIVE AT A. PEASE ET THEM KNOW. NEEDESS TO SAY I WI NOT BE RETURNING TO THAT DEAERSHIP. NEVER. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS HERTFORD NC JTDKB20U AT APPROXIMATEY 50,000 MIES EFT HEADIGHT STARTED TO BINK OUT AFTER 10 MINUTES TO ONE HOUR OPERATION. IGHT COUD BE RE-IT BY TURNING OUT AND TURNING ON HEADIGHTS AGAIN. COST OF REPACEMENT OF IGHT, AMP HOUSING AND ECU, IN EXCESS OF $ AT 60,000 MIES, RIGHT HEADIGHT SHOWING SAME PROBEM. REPACEMENT COST OF BUB IN EXCESS OF $ OSS OF HEADAMPS ONE AT A TIME OR BOTH AT THE SAME TIME MAKES NIGHT TIME DRIVING HAZARDOUS. UNEXPECTED REPEATED OSS OF IGHTS IS UNACCEPTABE. *TR Page 6

7 PROBEM COMPAINT FIED COMPAINT TOYOTA PRIUS MOORPARK CA JTDKB20U FAIURE OF BOTH HID HEADAMPS WHIE DRIVING OVER A TWO WEEK PERIOD, AND AFTER ONY 2 YEARS AND 75,000 MIES ON THE CAR. NEEDED TO STOP DRIVING AT NIGHT DUE TO THE SAFETY RISK UNTI I COUD GET THEM FIXED. IT TURNED OUT TO BE AN HID COMPUTER MAFUNCTION AND BOTH THE COMPUTER AND HEADAMP NEEDED TO BE REPACED. THE COST WAS ABOUT $750 FOR EACH COMPUTER/HEADAMP COMBINATION; IE, $1,500 TOTA. THE MAKE OF MY CAR IS A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS, PURCHASED IN ATE '05. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS FAIRFIED CA JTDKB20U IN SEPT 2006, MY EFT HEADIGHT BEGAN TO GO OUT INTERMITTENTY. IT CAN BE RESTORED BY CYCING THE IGHT SWITCH OFF AND BACK ON. TOYOTA AT FIRST SAID THAT THEY COUD NOT DUPICATE THE PROBEM. THE FREQUENCY INCREASED, AND FINAY, THEY (1) ASKED ME IF I HAD HAD ANY ACCIDENTS (NO), THEN SUGGESTED THAT THE BUB WAS DEFECTIVE. IT COSTS ~$1, TO REPACE IT. I DIDN'T AT THE TIME, BUT EVENTUAY THE SHERIFF CAUGHT ME AND I HAD TO FIX IT. IT WAS OK FOR A WHIE, BUT NOW THE RIGHT SIDE AMP IS ASO DOING THE SAME THING, AND OCCASIONAY, BOTH AMPS GO OUT AT THE SAME TIME.. I CAN'T AFFORD ANOTHER $1000 IGHT BUB. THIS IS REAY GETTING TO BE A *)#*. AND, IT'S UNSAFE. (I SPEND 5 HOURS A DAY IN THE COMMUTE, AND EVENTUAY IT'S GOING TO GET ME KIED). *TR TOYOTA PRIUS SPRINGFIED VA JTDKB20U PASSENGER HEADIGHT ON 2004 TOYOTA PRIUS GOES OUT INTERMITTENTY. I HAVE NOTICED THIS ABOUT 8 TIMES. ON ONE OCCASION I WAS IN A VEHICE IN FRONT OF THE PRIUS AND THE HEADIGHT WENT OFF AFTER 15 MINUTES OF OPERATION. IT CAME BACK ON AFTER THE VEHICE WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED. I TOOK IT TO THE DEAER TODAY, EXPECTING A DIAGNOSIS AND THEY PUT IN A NEW HID BUB ($324.00). I HAD THEM SAVE THE OD BUB BECAUSE I AM DOUBTFU A NEW BUB WI SOVE WHAT APPEARS TO BE AN EECTRICA SHORT CIRCUIT PROBEM. NOT HAVING BOTH HEADIGHTS OPERATIONA IS A SAFETY PROBEM THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED WITH THE ROOT CAUSE ASCERTAINED AND REPAIRED BY THE MANUFACTURER. *TR Page 7

8 PROBEM COMPAINT FIED COMPAINT TOYOTA PRIUS FIDDETOWN CA STARTING IN NOVEMBER 2007, ONE OF THE HID HEADIGHTS OCCASIONAY GOES OUT. TURNING THEM OFF AND BACK ON FIXES THE PROBEM. SOMETIMES IT HAPPENED SEVERA TIMES ON ONE TRIP (ESS THAN ONE HOUR). I OOKED ON PRIUS ONINE THEN HERE. WHEN I SAW OTHER INCIDENTS I DECIDED TO MAKE A COMPAINT. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEAER. IGHT WAS FIXED. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS HAGERSTOWN MD THE HEAD IGHTS ON MY 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS GO OUT AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME DRIVING. IF YOU TURN THEM OFF AND THEN BACK ON THEY COME BACK ON FOR A WHIE THEN GO OUT AGAIN. I HAVE HAD BOTH THE BUBS AND CONTRO MODUE REPACED ANT THE TUNE OF $500 BUT THE PROBEM STI PERSIST. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS CORVAIS OR JTDKB20U INTERMITTENT PROBEM WITH HID HEAD IGHTS. BOTH RIGHT AND EFT HEAD IGHTS HAVE GONE OUT INDIVIDUAY (NOT AT THE SAME TIME) DURING OPERATION OF THE VEHICE, AND THEN BY TURNING IGHT SWITCH OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN THE HEAD IGHTS WORK. ON A DIFFERENT TRIP, EITHER HEAD IGHT MAY STOP WORKING AGAIN. THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN ON EVERY TRIP, AND IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN DURING OPERATION OF THE HEADIGHTS (I.E., TURN THE IGHTS "ON" AND BOTH HEAD IGHTS WORK, AND THEN AFTER SOME PERIOD OF TIME ONE OF THE HEAD IGHTS STOPS WORKING). THIS HAS HAPPENED MUTIPE TIMES DURING THE AST MONTH. *TR Page 8

9 PROBEM COMPAINT FIED COMPAINT TOYOTA PRIUS AVON IN JTDKB20U MUTIPE INTERMITTENT OUTAGES OF PASSENGER SIDE HID HEADIGHT WHIE DRIVING. SERVICED BY A DEAER TWICE WITH DEAERS NOT ABE TO REPEAT OUTAGE. PUED OVER BY POICE OFFICER FOR OUTAGE. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS ROCKVIE MD JTDKB20U DRIVER SIDE HID HEADIGHT GOES OUT, BUT REIGNITES (MOST OF THE TIME) AFTER HEADIGHT SWITCH IS TURNED OFF AND THEN BACK ON. RECENTY, THE DRIVERS SIDE IGHT WAS OUT (AND WOUD NOT REIGNITES), AND THE PASSENGER SIDE IGHT WENT OUT AS WE, EAVING ME WITHOUT HEADIGHTS. THE PASSENGER SIDE IGHT DID REIGNITES AFTER TURNING THE SWITCH OFF AND BACK ON. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS COVIS CA JTDKB20U I OWN A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS WITH HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGE HEADIGHTS. AFTER ESS THE A YEAR AND A HAF OF OWNERSHIP BOTH HEADIGHTS GO DIM AND THEN GO OUT WHIE DRIVING INDEPENDENT OF EACH OTHER. MANY TIMES BOTH WI GO OUT ONE RIGHT AFTER THE OTHER. THEY DO THIS OFTEN, BUT ON A RANDOM BASIS. WHEN THE SWITCH IS TURNED OFF THEN ON THE COME BACK ON FOR A SHORT PERIOD. THE TOYOTA DEAERSHIPS I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO SAY THEY THINK IT IS THE BUBS, HOWEVER THEY CAN NOT GUARANTY IT. THEY ASO TE ME THAT TOYOTA HAS A ONG BACK ORDER ON THE BUBS. IN READING A FEW HYBRID WEB SITES AND BOGS, I HAVE READ NUMEROUS OTHER OWNERS COMPAINING ABOUT THE EXACT SAME PROBEM. WHEN DRIVING DOWN A DARK HIGHWAY IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AND SCARY TO A OF A SUDDEN HAVE NO HEADIGHTS ON A CAR THAT IS ESS THEN TWO YEARS OD. AND THEN TO BE TOD THAT IT WI BE OVER $750 TO "MAYBE" FIX THE PROBEM. *TR Page 9

10 PROBEM COMPAINT FIED COMPAINT TOYOTA PRIUS GREENDE NJ JTDKB20U BOTH HEADAMPS WOUD GO OUT INTERMITTENTY, TURNING THEM OFF AND BACK ON WOUD WORK FOR A WHIE, BUT EVENTUAY OVER A 2 WEEK PERIOD WOUD NOT COME BACK ON. TOYOTA FIRST DENIED THE PROBEM TEING ME IT WOUD COST 750 EACH BUB PUS ABOR TO FIX. I FOUND ON A TOYOTA WEB SITE THE PROBEM WITH 2006 PRIUS HEADAMPS SHOWED THE DEAER AND CAED AN 800 #. I WAS ASSIGNED A CASE # AND IN A SHORT TIME MY DEAER CAED AND SAID THEY COUD FIX THE PROBEM FOR ABOR COST ONY ABOUT $198. IF THIS PROBEM GOES TO A RECA STATUS THEY WI REIMBURSE MY ABOR COST. I NOW SEE 16 COMPAINTS FOR THE SAME HEADAMP PROBEM ON 2006 PRIUS ON THIS SITE. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS AMHERST MA SINCE AROUND 40,000 MIES I HAVE BEEN HAVING INTERMITTENT HEADIGHT FAIURES IN MY TOYOTA PRIUS. THE HEADIGHTS CONTINUE TO FICKER OUT, BEFORE IT ONY HAPPENED ON MY DRIVER'S SIDE HEADIGHT OR MY PASSENGER'S SIDE HEADIGHT, BUT NOW IT IS BOTH TIMES. THIS HAPPENED RANDOMY AND THERE WERE NO CRASHES OR DAMAGES TO THE CAR INVOVED. I HAVE THE HID HEADIGHT OPTION INSTAED. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO A DEAERSHIP AND THEY REPORTED THAT THERE WERE NO ISSUES. THEY SAID THAT THE PROBEM COUDN'T BE RECREATED AND ONY OFFERED TO REPACE THE PARTS BUT NOT UNDER THE WARRANTY. THE HEADIGHTS CONTINUE TO FICKER OUT. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS RANCHO ST. MARG CA JTDKB20U HID HEADAMPS CUT OUT WHIE DRIVING, CAUSING A POTENTIAY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR Page 10

11 PROBEM COMPAINT FIED COMPAINT TOYOTA PRIUS YONKERS NY JTDKB20U WHEN I TURN MY HEAD IGHTS ON AFTER A FEW MINUTES EFT IGHT GOES OFF I TURN OFF THE IGHTS AND TURN BACK ON AGAIN THE BOTH IGHTS ARE ON FOR FEW MINUTES AND THEN AGAIN EFT IGHT GOES OFF. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS YONKERS NY JTDKB20U WHEN I TURN MY HEAD IGHTS ON AFTER A FEW MINUTES EFT IGHT GOES OFF I TURN OFF THE IGHTS AND TURN BACK ON AGAIN THE BOTH IGHTS ARE ON FOR FEW MINUTES AND THEN AGAIN EFT IGHT GOES OFF. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS FRANKFORT KY JTDKB20UX HID HEADIGHTS ON 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS GO OFF WHENEVER. TURN IGHT SWITCH OFF THEN BACK ON, AMP IGHTS BACK UP. VERY RANDOM ANYTIME ANYPACE ANY SPEED. EFT SIDE IGHT GOES OFF THE MOST BUT THE RIGHT ONE GOES OFF SOMETIME. *TR Page 11

12 PROBEM COMPAINT FIED COMPAINT TOYOTA PRIUS REDONDO BEACH CA JTDKB20U HEADIGHTS TURN OFF RANDOMY. BOTH EFT AND RIGHT HEADIGHT TURN OFF BY ITSEF OR BOTH WI TURN OFF TOGETHER WHIE DRIVING. PAID $385 FOR NEW HID IGHT AS IT IS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY, BUT ISSUE STI OCCURRING. PRIUS IN SHOP FOR THE THIRD TIME AND DEAER SAYS MOST IKEY I WI HAVE TO PAY FOR ANOTHER NEW HID IGHT TO ENSURE THAT IT IS NOT SIMPY A HEADIGHT ISSUE. WE HAVE BEEN PUED OVER THREE TIMES FOR THIS ISSUE AND GIVEN A FIX-IT TICKET ONCE. DEFINITEY A SAFETY ISSUE AS THE HEADIGHTS TURN OFF IN THE MIDDE OF THE NIGHT ON DARK ROADS. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS PEORIA AZ JTDKB20U HID HEADAMP BUBS FAIED WITHIN WEEKS OF EACH OTHER AND WITH ESS THAN ONE YEAR OF SERVICE ON THE VEHICE. IT TOOK AMOST THREE WEEKS TO GET A REPACEMENT BUB AFTER THE FIRST FAIURE. DURING THAT TIME THE SECOND BUB FAIED WHIE I WAS DRIVING AT NIGHT. AFTER THE BUBS WERE REPACED I REAIZED THAT THE HID HEADIGHT "SHUTTERS" IN THE HEADIGHT ASSEMBY SYSTEM INTERMITTENTY FAIED TO PROPERY SHIFT BACK TO OW BEAM FROM HIGH BEAM. THIS PROBEM OCCURS ON THE DRIVERS AND PASSENGER SIDE. THIS CAN RESUT IN BINDING ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND TO AVOID THE PROBEM I CAN ONY DRIVE WITH OW BEAMS. TOYOTA ADVISED THAT BOTH HEADIGHT ASSEMBIES ARE DEFECTIVE AND MUST BE REPACED. TOYOTA HAS NOT ACKNOWEDGED THAT OTHER 2006 PRIUS OWNERS ARE HAVING PROBEMS WITH THEIR HEADIGHTS ATHOUGH MANY CUSTOMERS HAVE POSTED SIMIAR COMPAINTS ON THE INTERNET. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS PEORIA AZ JTDKB20U HID HEADAMP BUBS FAIED WITHIN WEEKS OF EACH OTHER AND WITH ESS THAN ONE YEAR OF SERVICE ON THE VEHICE. IT TOOK AMOST THREE WEEKS TO GET A REPACEMENT BUB AFTER THE FIRST FAIURE. DURING THAT TIME THE SECOND BUB FAIED WHIE I WAS DRIVING AT NIGHT. AFTER THE BUBS WERE REPACED I REAIZED THAT THE HID HEADIGHT "SHUTTERS" IN THE HEADIGHT ASSEMBY SYSTEM INTERMITTENTY FAIED TO PROPERY SHIFT BACK TO OW BEAM FROM HIGH BEAM. THIS PROBEM OCCURS ON THE DRIVERS AND PASSENGER SIDE. THIS CAN RESUT IN BINDING ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND TO AVOID THE PROBEM I CAN ONY DRIVE WITH OW BEAMS. TOYOTA ADVISED THAT BOTH HEADIGHT ASSEMBIES ARE DEFECTIVE AND MUST BE REPACED. TOYOTA HAS NOT ACKNOWEDGED THAT OTHER 2006 PRIUS OWNERS ARE HAVING PROBEMS WITH THEIR HEADIGHTS ATHOUGH MANY CUSTOMERS HAVE POSTED SIMIAR COMPAINTS ON THE INTERNET. *TR Page 12

13 PROBEM COMPAINT FIED COMPAINT TOYOTA PRIUS POMONA CA JTDKB20U WHEN THE IGHTS ARE FIRST TURNED ON, THERE IS A FEW SECONDS OF FU BRIGHTNESS, THEN DIMMING IN THE RIGHT IGHT, AND THEN AFTER A MINUTE OR TWO, IT GOES OUT. IT COMES BACK ON IF YOU TURN OFF THE IGHTS AND THEN BACK ON. I FIRST NOTICED THIS AROUND 40,000 MIES. MANY PEOPE HAVE COMPAINED OF SIMIAR PROBEMS HERE: HEADIGHT-PROBEM.HTM *TR TOYOTA PRIUS PORT ORCHARD WA JTDKB20U WHIE DRIVING THE CAR, OCAY OR ONG DISTANCE, ONE OR THE OTHER OF THE HEADIGHTS WI JUST GO OUT. TURNING THE IGHTS OFF AND ON GETS IT TO WORK AGAIN BUT THIS IS DANGEROUS AT NIGHT WHIE DRIVING OVER A MOUNTAIN PASS WHIE VISIBIITY IS OW DUE TO PRECIPITATION SUCH AS RAIN OR SNOW AND IT CONFUSES OTHER DRIVERS. *CN TOYOTA PRIUS CASTAIC CA JTDKB20U HID HEADAMPS GO OUT RANDOMY AND INDIVIDUAY, BUT CAN BE REIT BY CYCING THE HEADIGHT SWITCH ON AND OFF. DEAER IS REPACING BOTH HID AMP AND CONTROER ASSEMBIES ON BOTH SIDES; SAYS REPACING JUST AMP OR CONTROER WI NOT PERMANENTY SOVE PROBEM. CRASH DANGER DUE TO AMPS GOING OUT WITHOUT WARNING. *CN Page 13

14 PROBEM COMPAINT FIED COMPAINT TOYOTA PRIUS ONG BEACH CA JTDKB20UX THE PASSENGER SIDE HID HEADIGHT ON MY 2005 TOYOTA PRIUS TURNS OFF SPONTANEOUSY AT RANDOM TIMES. IT WI TURN ON AGAIN IF I TURN THE IGHTS OFF AND ON, BUT IT WI INEVITABY TURN OFF AFTER 1 TO 10 MINUTES OF DRIVING. THE CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND HAS 39,000 MIES ON IT. THE DEAER-TRAINED "MASTER MECHANIC" RAN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND CAIMS THAT THE "HID ECU" (HID EECTRONIC CONTRO UNIT, PART NUMBER ) IS MAFUNCTIONING AND MUST BE REPACED. IT COSTS $320 IN ABOR TO ACCESS THE HID ECU UNDER THE DASHBOARD, AND $ FOR THE NEW COMPUTER. THERE ARE DOZENS OF COMPAINTS ABOUT THE HID IGHTS TURNING OFF FOR NO APPARENT REASON ON VARIOUS PRIUS BUETIN BOARDS ON INE, YET TOYOTA'S CUSTOMER SATISFACTION CENTER CAIMS TO HAVE NO RECORDS OF THIS PROBEM, AND CAIMS THERE IS NO RECA OR SERVICE BUETIN. HEADIGHTS FAIING AT RANDOM DUE TO A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT TOYOTA SHOUD ADDRESS. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS AKEWOOD WA JTDKB20UX MY PASSENGER SIDE HID HEADIGHT BEGAN TO GO OUT INTERMITTENTY. FICKING THE IGHT OFF AND ON RESTARTED IT. ON ONE OCCASION BOTH WENT OUT AT ONCE WHIE ON THE FREEWAY IN THE RAIN---VERY SCARY. THE DEAER JUST CHANGED THE BUBS YESTERDAY. THE PASSENGER SIDE WENT OUT WITH IN 10 MINUTES. WHEN I FICKED THE IGHTS ON AND OFF, IT ONY STAYED ON FOR A FEW SECONDS. THEN TODAY, IT WAS DUSK DRIVING HOME, AND THE DIVERS SIDE WENT OUT. I NOW HAVE NO IGHT. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, ESPECIAY SINCE THEY GO OUT SO FAST, ARE HARD TO REPACE AND NOT READIY AVAIABE. I SEE FROM POSTS ON THE INTERNET THAT MANY 2006 PRIUS WITH HID IGHTS ARE HAVING SIMIAR PROBEMS. MY DEAER IS CUEESS ON THE CAUSE. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS CASCO WI JTDKB20U HID HEADIGHTS ON 06 TOYOTA PRIUS DEFECTIVE, GO ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTY, DEAERSHIP UNABE TO CORRECT PROBEM ON REIABE BASIS. MUTIPE OTHER IGHTS (PARKING/TAI ECT.) ASO GOING OUT. *TR Page 14

15 PROBEM COMPAINT FIED COMPAINT TOYOTA PRIUS CASCO WI JTDKB20U HID HEADIGHTS ON 06 TOYOTA PRIUS DEFECTIVE, GO ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTY, DEAERSHIP UNABE TO CORRECT PROBEM ON REIABE BASIS. MUTIPE OTHER IGHTS (PARKING/TAI ECT.) ASO GOING OUT. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS CASCO WI JTDKB20U HID HEADIGHTS ON 06 TOYOTA PRIUS DEFECTIVE, GO ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTY, DEAERSHIP UNABE TO CORRECT PROBEM ON REIABE BASIS. MUTIPE OTHER IGHTS (PARKING/TAI ECT.) ASO GOING OUT. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS ONG VAEY NJ JTDKB20U WHIE DRIVING AT NIGHT IN HEAVY FOG ON A SINGE ANE ROAD, MY RIGHT HID HEAD IGHT WENT OUT. BY VERY QUICKY TURNING THE HEADIGHT SWITCH OFF THEN ON, THE HEADIGHT CAME BACK ON AND STAYED ON FOR THE REST OF MY TRIP. IF THEY DID NOW COME BACK ON, I WOUD UNDOUBTEDY HAD A CRASH. *TR Page 15

16 PROBEM COMPAINT FIED COMPAINT TOYOTA PRIUS SOUTHEASTERN PA JTDKB20U DRIVERS SIDE HID HEADAMP FAIS WHIE DRIVING, CAN BE RESTARTED ONY BY SHUTTING OFF HEADAMPS AND RESTARTING. FAIURE IMPAIRS NIGHTTIME VISION. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS BRECKENRIDGE CO JTDKB20U T*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS. WHIE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, EITHER THE EFT, RIGHT, OR BOTH HEADIGHTS WOUD FAI. THE DEAER STATED THAT THE FAIURE WAS THE CONTACT'S RESPONSIBIITY. THE TOYOTA MANUFACTURER AGREED TO PAY FOR THE PARTS, BUT NOT THE ABOR. THE CURRENT MIEAGE WAS 42,000 AND FAIURE MIEAGE WAS 20, TOYOTA PRIUS CHESTER MA JTDKB20U RANDOM, INTERMITTENT FAIURE OF EITHER HID HEADAMP. STARTED AROUND 48,000 MIES. TURNING THE HEADAMP SWITCH OFF AND ON AGAIN REIGNITES THE FAIED IGHT, UNTI THE NEXT RANDOM FAIURE. THE DEAER IS REPACING THE COMPUTER(S) THAT CONTRO THE IGHTS. THEY WANT TO REPACE THE AMPS, BUT THEY COST $400, AND ARE NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *TR Page 16

17 PROBEM COMPAINT FIED COMPAINT TOYOTA PRIUS GROVEAND CA JTDKB20U I OWN A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS WITH HI-INTENSITY HEADAMPS. ON SEVERA OCCASIONS THE PASSENGER-SIDE AMP HAS GONE OFF WHIE I AM DRIVING. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION (ESPECIAY AT NIGHT). I HAVE JUST RETURNED FROM THE DEAER, WHERE THEY RECOMMENDED REPACING THE BUB AT A COST OF $424.24! I HAVE SINCE DONE SOME WEB SEARCHING AND I HAVE FOUND A 'PATTERN' OF MANY 06 PRIUS OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBEM, OR MORE SEVERE, WITH BOTH IGHTS GOING OUT! FROM THE DIAOG THAT I READ ON SITES SUCH AS PRIUSCHAT.COM, IT HAS BEEN TRACED TO SEVERA COMPONENTS OF THE PRIUS HID IGHT SYSTEM. THERE ASO IS EVIDENCE OF TECHNICA BUETINS BEING GENERATED THROUGH TOYOTA ABOUT THIS PROBEM. THIS IS CEARY AN EMERGING AND DANGEROUS SITUATION OF RECA PROPORTIONS. I URGE YOU TO INVESTIGATE AND ACT ON THIS SITUATION AS SOON AS POSSIBE. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS SANTA ANA CA TOYOTA PRIUS 2007 HEADIGHT WORKS INTERMITTENTY. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS SEATTE WA JTDKB20U MY VEHICE IS A 2005 TOYOTA PRIUS WITH TRIM PACKAGE #9, INCUDING HIGH-INTENSITY DISCHARGE (HID) HEADAMPS - THE ONY ONES AVAIABE IN THE ONY VEHICE AVAIABE TO ME, SO THESE WERE NOT AN OPTIONA PURCHASE. I WAS CONFIDENT IN THE EXPECTED ONG SERVICE IFE OF HID BUBS BUT HAD ONE FAI AT 41,000 MIES IN A PATTERN VERY SIMIAR TO OTHERS DESCRIBED ONINE - INTERMITTENT DIFFICUTY GETTING ONE HEADIGHT TO TURN ON, FOOWED BY DIMMING AND A PINK TINT IN THE IGHT, AND FINAY COMPETE FAIURE. DESPITE THE HISTORY OF PRIUSES HAVING EARY HID FAIURE, THE DEAER WAS ONY ABE TO SUGGEST THAT I PAY FOR A BUB REPACEMENT, FOR ABOUT $350. GIVEN THAT HID IGHTING SYSTEMS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE MUCH ONGER IVED THAN THIS, I MUST SUSPECT THAT THERE IS A FAW IN THE PRIUS'S HID EECTRONICS THAT IS CAUSING BUBS AND/OR OTHER COMPONENTS IN THE HID IGHTING CHAIN TO FAI MUCH SOONER THAN EVER EXPECTED, IF NOT UNEXPECTEDY. *TR Page 17

18 PROBEM COMPAINT FIED COMPAINT TOYOTA PRIUS MIFORD DE JTDKB20U INTERMITTENT HID HEADIGHTS. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS FRIENDSWOOD TX JTDKB20U HID HEADIGHTS WOUD SHUT OFF WHIE DRIVING. HAVE TO TURN THEM OFF AND BACK ON TO GET THEM TO WORK. REPAIR PERFORMED 02/23/2008 WAS TO REPACE BOTH HEADIGHT ECU ASSEMBY. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS AKEAND F JTDKB20U BOTH EFT AND RIGHT HEADIGHTS ON MY 2006 PRIUS INTERMITTENTY FAIED, SOMETIMES AT THE SAME TIME. DEAER REPACED BOTH. NOW, ESS THAN ONE YEAR AFTER REPACEMENT, THE EFT HEADIGHT ASSEMBY IS DOING THE SAME THING. INCIDENT REFERS TO THE ATEST FAIURE. *TR Page 18

19 PROBEM COMPAINT FIED COMPAINT TOYOTA PRIUS VAEJO CA JTDKB20U MY VEHICE, 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS, THE HID IGHTS HAVE BEEN SHUTTING OFF INTERMITTENTY. IT STARTS WITH THE DRIVER SIDE IGHT FIRST, THEN AFTER A FEW MIES OR MINUTES THE PASSENGER IGHT SHUTS OFF ASO. ONCE I TURN THE IGHT SWITCH ON AND OFF, BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER IGHT RESUMES TO NORMA. I REPORTED THE PROBEM TO THE DEAER FOR THE FIRST TIME (9/24/07), THE DEAER TRIED TO REPICATE THE PROBEM BUT I WAS ADVISED THAT THEY ARE NOT ABE TO REPICATE THE PROBEM. I TOOK MY CAR AGAIN BACK TO THE DEAER (2/25/08) SINCE THE HID HEADIGHTS TURNING OFF WHIE DRIVING IS NOW BECOMING UNSAFE FOR ME AND MY FAMIY. I WAS ADVISED BY THE DEAER THAT BOTH BUBS ARE NEEDED TO BE CHANGED BUT I HAVE READ ENOUGH OF THESE CASES ONINE THAT REPACING THE BUBS DOES NOT RESOVE THE PROBEM, ( I HAVE ASO SEEN OTHER PRIUS ON THE ROAD THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBEM IKE OURS, IN FACT, MY WIFE'S SISTER BOUGHT AN 07 PRIUS AND IT ASO SHOWED THE SAME PROBEM. PICTURES OF THE HID IGHTS WHEN INTERMITTENTY OFF IS AVAIABE IF NEEDED. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS WATEROO I JTDKB20U TOYOTA PRIUS RIGHT HID HEADAMP FICKERS AND SOMETIMES TURNS OFF WHIE DRIVING. DEAER WI NOT COVER EXTENSIVE REPAIR COST. FROM INTERNET INFORMATION THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBEM THAT COUD BE VERY DANGEROUS IF BOTH HEADIGHTS QUIT SIMUTANEOUSY. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS AEXANDRIA PA JTDKB20U PERIODICAY THE RIGHT FRONT XENON HEADIGHT GOES OUT ON MY 2006 PRIUS. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERA TIMES OVER THE PAST 3 MONTHS. HAD A DIAGNOSTIC DONE AT THE DEAERSHIP, BUT COUD NOT ISOATE THE PROBEM. *TR Page 19

20 PROBEM COMPAINT FIED COMPAINT TOYOTA PRIUS SAINT THOMAS PA JTDKB20U WHIE DRIVING (OR SITTING IDING) ONE (OR BOTH) OF THE HEADIGHTS WI GO OUT. I HAVE VERIFIED THAT THE IGHT GOES OUT COMPETEY AND DOES NOT JUST DIM. WHEN ONY ONE HEADIGHT GOES OUT, TURNING THE HEADIGHT SWITCH OFF THEN BACK ON WI RE-IGNITE THE HEADIGHT. WHEN BOTH HEADIGHTS GO OUT, THEY WI NOT COME BACK ON BY TURNING THE SWITCH OFF AND ON. IT TAKES 4 OR 5 ATTEMPTS AT SWITCHING OFF/ON BEFORE THEY COME BACK ON. I MUST DRIVE AT NIGHT TIME, AND THIS PROBEM CAUSES ME TO BE PUNGED INTO DARKNESS SUDDENY WHIE DRIVING (A VERY DANGEROUS AND FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE). THE DEAER DID NOT KNOW THE CAUSE OF THE PROBEM, BUT WAS VERY WIING TO SE ME 2 HEADIGHT BUBS FOR $ AND IF THAT DID NOT FIX THE PROBEM, COME BACK AND BUY 2 CONTRO UNITS FOR $ *TR TOYOTA PRIUS STAFFORD VA JTDKB20U THE DRIVERS SIDE (EFT) HEADIGHT WI EXTINGUISH ITSEF AFTER BEING TURNED ON AND RUNNING FOR A VARYING AMOUNT OF TIME. IF, WHEN THIS HAPPENS, I TURN OFF THE HEADIGHT SWITCH AND IMMEDIATEY TURN IT BACK ON THE IGHT COMES ON AS NORMA. THE AMOUNT OF TIME BETWEEN THESE FAIURES VARIES AND DOES NOT SEEM TO CONFORM TO A REGUAR PATTERN HOWEVER IT HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES OVER THE PAST MONTH OR SO. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS HOISTON MA JTDKB20U TOYOTA PRIUS DRIVER SIDE HID HEADIGHT WI INTERMITTENTY GO OUT. MANUAY TURNING BOTH OFF AND ON WI SOMETIMES TURN IT ON AGAIN, BUT SOMETIMES NOT. *TR Page 20

21 PROBEM COMPAINT FIED COMPAINT TOYOTA PRIUS FERNEY NV JTDKB20U DRIVERS SIDE HID HEADIGHT FICKERS THEN GOES OUT. IF YOU TURN OFF THE HEADIGHTS AND TURN THEM BACK ON IT RE-IGNITES. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS APHARETTA GA MY PASSENGER SIDE HEADIGHT ON MY 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS FAIS AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF OPERATION. IT WI BE OPERATIVE AGAIN WHEN I TURN THE CAR BACK ON, ONY TO GO OUT AGAIN. I HAVE READ IN MESSAGE BOARDS ON THE INTERNET THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBEM. I PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT IT DID NOT INCUDE THE BUB, WHICH ASO MUST BE REPACED. THE BUB IS OVER $300! THE EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERED APPROXIMATEY $650-- SO THE TOTA COST IS NEARY $1,000! *TR TOYOTA PRIUS WINNETAK I JTDKB20U DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE HID IGHTS TURN OFF INTERMITTENTY. TO, PERHAPS 20 OR MORE TIMES EACH, AMOST AWAYS SEPARATEY, BUT SIMUTANEOUSY ONCE. FREQUENCY OF FAIURE INCREASING WITH TIME. TURNING IGHTS OFF AND ON RESOVES THE ISSUE TEMPORARIY. *TR Page 21

22 PROBEM COMPAINT FIED COMPAINT TOYOTA PRIUS YORBA INDA CA TOYOTA PRIUS, HEADIGHT FAIURE AFTER 45,000 MIES WITH HID SYSTEM. IGHT BUBS WOUD INTERMITTENTY FAI (EFT BUB, RIGHT BUB, OR BOTH) RANDOMY. POWER OFF AND ON WOUD RETURN THEM, BUT PERIOD BETWEEN TURNING OFF WOUD VARY. FIRST TIME WAS AT 10PM, COUD NOT FIGURE OUT WHY THE ROAD WAS SO DARK ON THE FREEWAY AND THEN REAIZED THE HEADIGHTS WERE OUT. EXTENDED WARRANTY DID NOT WANT TO PAY FU ISSUE, TOYOTA SAYS THE HID IGHTS WERE EXTINGUISHED--ATER THEY SAID THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE CONTROERS, BUT STI DID NOT ADMIT FAUT. CAR WAS 1YR 3MOS OD, WITH ONY 45K MIES. MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE THAT TOYOTA SAYS IS "NORMA" TO OCCUR. EXTENDED WARRANTY PAID FOR HID CONTROER REPACEMENT, TOYOTA REIMBURSED AS "GOODWI" FOR $600 HEADIGHT BUBS. IF THE SYSTEM IS FAUTY, THEY SHOUD FIX IT BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT! I HAVE FOUND MANY PRIUS OWNERS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE, MOST OF THEM 2006 S. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS SIVER SPRING MD TOYOTA 2004 PRIUS - PASSENGER-SIDE HID HEADIGHT WENT OUT. DEAERS WANT ABOUT $650 TO FIX!!! (INCUDES HAVING TO TAKE THE BUMPER OFF.) THE COST IS AN OUTRAGE. I CAN'T AFFORD IT. THESE BUBS HAVE APPARENTY FAIED ON MANY PRIUSES, SO DEAERS ARE CASHING IN. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS WAXHAW NC JTDKB20U PRIUS - HID HEADIGHT PROBEM, BOTH COME ON WHEN TURNED ON THEN AS I'M DRIVING THE DRIVERS SIDE GOES OUT. IF YOU TURN OFF AND BACK ON BOTH HEADIGHTS REIGHT, ONY TO HAVE THIS PROBEM REPEATED. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUES WHICH NEED TO BE RECTIFIED. THIS IS A REPORTED PROBEM BY MANY PRIUS OWNERS AND MANY ARE BEING CHARGED HUNDREDS OF DOARS FOR WHAT IS AN APPARENT DEFECT OFTEN NOT GETTING THE PROBEM SOVED. *TR Page 22

23 PROBEM COMPAINT FIED COMPAINT TOYOTA PRIUS INDIAN TRAI NC JTDKB20U I HAVE A 2006 PRIUS AND IN THE FA OF 2007 THE HEADIGHTS STARTED GOING OUT WHIE I WAS DRIVING. THE PROBEM WAS FIXED BY TURNING THE HEADIGHT SWITCH OFF AND ON. HOWEVER, THE PROBEM PERSISTS. SOMETIMES THE EFT WI GO OUT SOMETIMES THE RIGHT WI GO OUT AND SOMETIMES BOTH AT THE SAME TIME WHICH IS EXTREMEY DANGEROUS. AFTER SEVERA TRIPS TO THE TOYOTA DEAERSHIP MAINTENANCE DEPT. THEY COUD NOT DETERMINE THE PROBEM AND SUGGESTED THAT I PURCHASE NEW HEADIGHTS AT $ EACH NOT INCUDING ABOR. THEY COUDN'T GUARANTEE THAT THE BUBS WERE THE PROBEM BUT THOUGHT IT WAS WORTH A TRY. I DIDN'T IKE THE IDEA. THE HEADIGHTS WERE ESS THAN 2 YEARS OD AND HID IGHTS ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A ONG IFE. I HAVE SEEN WHERE OTHER OWNERS OF THE PRIUS WERE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. WHEN HEADIGHTS GO OFF WHIE DRIVING AT NIGHT AND THE DRIVER CAN'T TE IT IS DANGEROUS TO EVERYONE AROUND. IT IS ASO A DRIVING VIOATION AND WI BE A PROBEM WITH ANNUA INSPECTIONS. TOYOTA SHOUD RECA THE HEADIGHT ASSEMBY UNIT AND REPACE THE FAUTY ONES BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSY HURT. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS ROSSE POINTE PAR MI JTDKB20U DRIVERS SIDE HEADIGHT BURN OUT. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS HISBORO ND JTDKB20U ON OUR 2006 PRIUS, THE HEADIGHTS WI RANDOMY TURN OFF. YOU MUST CYCE TO HEADIGHT SWITCH TO OFF AND THEN BACK AGAIN TO ON TO GET THEM TO WORK AGAIN. IT HAPPENS TO BOTH HEADIGHTS. *TR Page 23

24 PROBEM COMPAINT FIED COMPAINT TOYOTA PRIUS GAINESVIE VA JTDKB20U AS I SEE FROM 43 OTHER COMPAINTS INVOVING 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS S, I'M NOT AONE, AND THAT DOESN'T COUNT THE OWNERS WHO HAVE NOT FIED COMPAINTS ABOUT THE HID (HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGE) HEADIGHTS THAT GO DARK FOR NO APPARENT REASON. IN MY CASE, IT'S USUAY THE EFT AMP THAT GOES OUT, WHICH CAN AWAYS BE RESTORED BY TURNING THE HEADIGHT SWITCH OFF AND ON AGAIN. THE ONY PROBEM IS ON CITY STREETS WITH AMPE AMBIENT IGHT, THE DRIVER DOESN'T AWAYS KNOW THE IGHT HAS SHUT DOWN. SEPARATE FROM THE NUISANCE FACTOR HERE, HOW ONG BEFORE THESE IGHTS STOP WORKING ATOGETHER, PERHAPS ON SOME DARK ROAD AT NIGHT, MIES AWAY FROM THE NEAREST SIGN OF HUMANITY? ON THE PRIUS CHAT BOGS, ONE OWNER SAID HIS HEADIGHTS WERE FIXED WHEN A DEAER INSTAED A NEW HID CONTROER. MY DEAERSHIP WANTS ME TO PUT THIS REPAIR IN UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY, WHICH WI FORCE ME TO OSE ABOUT 1100 DOARS IN REBATE MONEY AT THE END OF THE WARRANTY TERM. (NO CAIMS = A BUT 50 DOARS OF 1150 RETURNED AT END OF COVERED PERIOD). NEEDESS TO SAY, I'M SAVING THAT FOR SOMETHING BIGGER. MORE IMPORTANTY, TOYOTA NEEDS TO FIX THESE HEADIGHTS PROBEMS FOR A OWNERS, ESPECIAY THOSE WHO'VE AREADY BEEN TRICKED INTO PAYING FOR THEM -- THEY ARE SAFETY ISSUES, NOT REGUAR MAINTENANCE ISSUES. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS CHESAPEAKE VA JTDKB20U THE HEADIGHTS GO OUT ON OCCASION WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT. SOMETIMES IT IS 2 OR 3 A NIGHT, SOMETIMES NOT AT A. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS DAEVIE A JTDKB20U I WAS PUED OVER AST NIGHT BY OUR OCA POICE AND RECEIVED A CITATION FOR A HEADIGHT BEING OUT. THE OFFICER INFORMED ME THAT MY PASSENGER SIDE HEADIGHT WAS OUT AND WHEN I TRIED MY HIGHBEAMS, THEY TOO WERE NOT WORKING. THE OFFICER CONTINUED TO INFORM ME THAT I HAD 72 HOURS TO FIX THE PROBEM AND THE CITATION WOUD BE WIPED CEAN. SO THE FOOWING MORNING I PROCEEDED TO FIX THE HEADIGHT WHEN TO MY SURPRISE THE HEADIGHT WAS WORKING JUST FINE WHEN I POWERED THE CAR UP. I WANTED TO FIND ANY RECAS ON THIS MATTER BUT IT SEEMS THAT A THERE ARE IS COMPAINTS. I WAS SHOCKED TO FIND JUST HOW MANY PEOPE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBEM. *TR Page 24

25 PROBEM COMPAINT FIED COMPAINT TOYOTA PRIUS BE AIR MD JTDKB20U TOYOTA PRIUS WITH HID-STYE HEADIGHTS. ON MUTIPE OCCASIONS, A HEADIGHT HAS GONE OUT SPONTANEOUSY. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT EAST 10 TIMES, AND USUAY THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADIGHT IS AFFECTED. THE HEADIGHT COMES BACK ON WHEN THE HEADIGHT SWITCH IS TURNED OFF THEN BACK ON. I HAVE ASO NOTICED OCCASIONA FICKERING OF THE INTENSITY OF A HEADIGHT. THIS PROBEM CREATES A SAFETY RISK. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS JACKSON WI OBNE OR BOTH HIGH INTENSITY HEADIGHTS WI SHUT OFF AT RANDOM AND THEN WHEN THE HEADIGHT SWITCH IS TURNED OFF AND BACK ON BOTH ARE AGAIN WORKING NORMAY. THEN BEGAN TO OCCUR SIGHTY AFTER THE 36,000 MIE WARRANTY IMIT IN MY 2006 TOYOTA PRIIUS BUT WE INSIDE THE 36 MONTH IMIT. DEAER HAS REPACED BOTH ECU UNITS BUT NOW WANTS AMOST $800 TO REPACE BOTH HID HEADIGHTS AS THEY ARE NON WARRANTY ITEMS ATHOUGH HE CANNOT SAY THAT THEY ARE IN FACT THE ISSUE. HAVE SEEN MANY INSTANCES OF THIS IDENTICA ISSUE ON THE SAME MAKE/ OF VEHICE REPORTED AT THE SIMIAR MIEAGE EVE IN VARIOUS OWNER GROUP DISCUSSIONS AND INTERNET ISTINGS. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS SAINT PETERSBURG F JTDKB20U I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT PROBEMS WITH THE HID HEADIGHTS ON MY 2006 PRIUS FOR OVER A YEAR. EACH TIME I TOOK THE CAR IN THE DEAER WAS NOT ABE TO DUPICATE THE PROBEM. NOW THAT BOTH HEADIGHTS ARE INOPERABE, THE DEAER IS TEING THAT I NEED A NEW HEADIGHT ASSEMBY. I WAS TOD THAT THE ASSEMBY AND THE BUB WERE SOD AS A UNIT. WHEN I INVESTIGATED THIS FURTHER ON MY OWN AND WENT BACK TO THE DEAER I WAS INFORMED THAT THE BUBS ARE SOD INDEPENDENTY AND THAT THEY ARE $312 EACH, AND 1.5 HOURS OF ABOR TO INSTA. I HAVE AN EXTENDED SERVICE PACKAGE (PATINUM) THAT DOES NOT COVER IGHT BUBS. I AM APPAED THAT HEADIGHTS THIS EXPENSIVE CAN HAVE CHRONIC ISSUES AFTER 1 AND 1/2 YEARS OF USE AND TOYOTA WI NOT TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE FACT THAT THERE IS A MANUFACTURER PROBEM HERE. *TR Page 25

26 PROBEM COMPAINT FIED COMPAINT TOYOTA PRIUS SEAFORD DE JTDKB20U HEADIGHTS THAT ARBITRARIY SHUT OFF. ONE AT A TIME OR BOTH AT SAME TIME. RECYCING THE HEADIGHT SWITCH RETURNS THE IGHTS TO NORMA. HAPPENS MORE OFTEN IN THE COD. DEAERS REPAIR SHOP QUOTES $850 TO REPACE THE HEADIGHT ASSEMBIES. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS DINUBA CA JTDKB20U AT NIGHT, THE HID HEADIGHTS WI GO OFF. SOMETIMES ITS THE EFT IGHT, OR THE RIGHT IGHT, OR BOTH IGHTS WI JUST GO OUT. IN ORDER FOR ME TO SEE AGAIN, I HAVE TO TURN MY HEADIGHT SWITCH OFF AND THEN BACK ON. THIS WI TURN THE IGHTS BACK ON. THEN THEY WI GO OUT AGAIN. THIS CREATES A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN BOTH THE IGHTS GO OUT AT THE SAME TIME. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS TRABUCO CANYON CA JTDKB20U I OWN A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE FRONT HEADIGHT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE, WHICH IS AN HID AMP, WORKS ONY INTERMITTENTY. THERE IS NO PATTERN AS TO WHEN IT WORKS AND DOESN'T, AND OFTEN I DO NOT KNOW WHEN THE PROBEM IS OCCURRING BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE THE HEADAMP (UNESS I CAN SEE THE REFECTION ON THE BACK OF ANOTHER CAR). OBVIOUSY, THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN. I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE AT MY DEAER AND THEY SAID THAT TOYOTA KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBEM BUT REFUSES TO FIX IT AS A DEFECT IN THE HEADAMP. *TR Page 26

27 PROBEM COMPAINT FIED COMPAINT TOYOTA PRIUS PENFIED NY JTDKB20U HID HEADIGHTS FAI AFTER A VARIABE AMOUNT OF TIME. FAIURE VARIES FROM JUST ONE IGHT (BOTH PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE SHOW SYMPTOM) TO BOTH IGHTS FAIING AT THE SAME TIME. CURRENT SOUTION IS TO TURN IGHTS COMPETEY OFF AND TURN THEM BACK ON. THIS SOVES THE PROBEM TEMPORARIY ATHOUGH THE IGHT(S) WI EVENTUAY GO OUT AGAIN. SO FAR I HAVE NOT CRASHED INTO ANYTHING ONCE MY HEADIGHT(S) FAI BUT THAT IS OBVIOUSY A CONCERN I NOW HAVE WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT. CURRENT REPAIR RECOMMENDATION IS TO REPACE BOTH BUBS AND ECUS FOR ~$1000. THE CAR IS JUST OVER 2 YEARS OD AND HAS 46,000 MIES ON IT. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS STAFFORD VA HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGE HEADIGHTS INTERMITTENTY SHUT OFF. SWITCHING OFF AND BACK ON TEMPORARIY RESOVES THE ISSUE. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS AKEWOOD CA HID HEADIGHTS ON MY 2007 PRIUS - THE RIGHT IGHT WI GO DIM AND EVENTUAY TURN OFF COMPETEY. THE EFT SIDE WI NOTICEABY DIM AS WE. I WI TURN OFF THE IGHTS, THEN TURN THEM BACK ON - AND THE RIGHT SIDE AND EFT SIDE WI RETURN TO "NORMA" BRIGHTNESS FOR A TIME - AND THEN THE SAME THING HAPPENS AGAIN. I CONSIDER THIS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE - I NOTICED THIS PROBEM ON A MAJOR VACATION I JUST HAD AND DIDN'T WANT TO DRIVE ON THE INTERSTATE AT NIGHT BECAUSE OF THIS SAFETY PROBEM. *TR Page 27

28 PROBEM COMPAINT FIED COMPAINT TOYOTA PRIUS ONGVIEW WA JTDKB20U I HAVE HAD TWO TAIIGHTS FAI AND TWO HID HEADAMPS FAI IN THE FIRST 17 MONTHS OF OWNING MY 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS ONGVIEW WA JTDKB20U I HAVE HAD TWO TAIIGHTS FAI AND TWO HID HEADAMPS FAI IN THE FIRST 17 MONTHS OF OWNING MY 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS GRANBURY TX JTDKB20U I HAVE A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS, THE HID HEADIGHT GOES ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTY. I GOT PUED OVER FOR MY RIGHT HEADIGHT BEING OUT AND BY THE TIME HE GOT MY WARNING WRITTEN, IT WAS WORKING AGAIN. I TURNED MY IGHTS ON AND OFF SEVERA TIMES.. THIS SEEMED TO GET THEM WORKING AGAIN. I'VE PUED UP ON CARS AT RED IGHTS TO SEE MY IGHT FICKERING AT TIMES. I ONY HAVE 55K ON MY CAR, HID AMPS ARE SUPPOSED TO WORK 10 TIMES ONGER THAN HAOGEN...THIS SHOUD NOT BE HAPPENING. I'VE READ STORIES OF SOME WHO SIMPY REPACED THE BUB, TO OTHERS WHO HAD TO REPACE THE WHOE ASSEMBY BEFORE THE PROBEM WAS FIXED. THIS IS DISCUSSED EXTENSIVEY AT PRIUSCHAT.COM. *TR Page 28

29 PROBEM COMPAINT FIED COMPAINT TOYOTA PRIUS SAN JOSE CA JTDKB20UX DRIVING NORMAY, MY HEADIGHT INTERMITTENTY GOES OUT. RECYCING THE POWER ON THE IGHTS CORRECTS THE ISSUE BUT AFTER CONTINUING TO DRIVE THE IGHT WI AGAIN GO OUT. THE IGHT GOES OUT APPROXIMATEY EVERY 5 MINUTES. WITHOUT DEPENDABY FUNCTIONING IGHTS, DRIVING VISION IS IMPAIRED AT NIGHT AND I HAVE BEEN ISSUED A FIX-IT TICKET. I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR SERVICE AT THE DEAERSHIP AND WAS TOD THAT THE IGHT BUB WI COST $300+. I WI FIX THE PROBEM MYSEF WITH A REPACEMENT PHIIPS D4R HID BUB HOWEVER, SEVERA REPORTS OF THE SAME ISSUE GIVE ME REASON TO BEIEVE THAT A RECA IS NECESSARY. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS SANTA CARRA UT JTDKB20UX HEADIGHT STARTED TO FAI AROUND 50,000 MIES; RIGHT WOUD TURN OFF. NOT TO ONG AFTER EFT WOUD TURN OFF BUT RIGHT REMAIN ON. TURNING IGHTS OFF, THEN BACK ON WOUD TURN IGHT BACK ON. WAS NOT HAPPENING ENOUGH FOR DEAERSHIP TO TRACK. AROUND 60,000 MIE HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTY. BOTH IGHTS WOUD ASO DIM AND SOMETIMES TURN COMPETEY OFF; TURNING IGHT SWITCH OFF, THEN BACK ON MADE IGHTS RETURN ON. SOMETIMES IF IGHTS TURNED OFF AND YOU ATTEMPTED TO TURN ON BRIGHTS, BRIGHTS WOUD NOT COME ON. DEAER SUGGESTED IT WAS EITHER A HEADIGHT THAT NEEDED TO BE REPACED OR A 'HEADIGHT CONTRO' BUT NEEDED TO CHECK IT FURTHER. 70,000 IGHTS TURNING OFF FREQUENTY; EFT AND RIGHT, SOMETIMES SAME TIME, SOMETIMES INDIVIDUAY. HEADIGHT CONTRO REPACED BY DEAER. CONTINUES TO DO SAME THING; NOT RESOVED. HAVE NOT TAKEN BACK TO DEAER YET. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS PIKEVIE KY JTDKB20U I OWN A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. MY RIGHT HEADIGHT WI RANDOMY SHUT OFF. I AM ABE TO TURN MY IGHTS OFF/ON AND THE IGHT WI RESTART. THERE IS NO INITIATION FACTOR SUCH AS BUMP OR MOVEMENT. THERE IS A RANDOM TIME FRAME FOR THIS TO OCCUR. I CAN BE SITTING STI PRIOR TO MOVING THE CAR AND THE IGHT WI GO OUT. THIS HAS FIRST HAPPENED 4MONTHS AGO AND CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. THE PROBEM SEEMS TO BE OCCURRING MORE FREQUENTY AND COUD POSE A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. SO FAR, ONY THE RIGHT HEADIGHT HAS GONE OUT, HOWEVER, I AM CONCERN THIS MAY HAPPEN TO BOTH. I WI BE SCHEDUING A SERVICE REPAIR AT MY OCA DEAERSHIP ASAP. *TR Page 29

30 PROBEM COMPAINT FIED COMPAINT TOYOTA PRIUS BROCKTON MA JTDKB20U THE HID HEADIGHTS IN THE NEWER PRIUS HAVE PROBEMS WHERE THEY COME OFF AND ON. SOMETIMES NEITHER WI COME ON. I KNOW THE BUBS ARE OK BECAUSE THEY COME ON AND THEN FADE OUT. IT IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBEM BUT IT IS A REA SAFETY ISSUE AT NIGHT WHEN YOU NEED THE IGHTS. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS FAIR OAKS CA JTDKB20U TOYOTA PRIUS HID DRIVER'S HEADIGHT CONTINUES TO INTERMITTENTY FAI TO IUMINATE. DEAER WANTS >$600 TO REPACE HEADIGHT. PROBEM WE DOCUMENTED AS RECURRENT ISSUE FOR PRIUS WITH HID HEADAMPS. THIS SHOUD BE ADDRESSED BY TOYOTA ASAP. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO OSE HEADIGHTS WHIE DRIVING. IT IS ASO OUTRAGEOUS TO EXPECT CONSUMERS TO PAY $600 TO REPACE A IGHT BUB AND NOT EVEN BE ABE TO GUARANTEE THAT WI SOVE THE PROBEM. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS GEN ROCK, PA JTDKB20U BOTH HEADIGHTS ON MY 2006 PRIUS GO OUT INTERMITTENTY (NOT NECESSARIY SIMUTANEOUSY). BEGAN NOTICING THIS ABOUT 5-6 MONTHS AGO. SHUTTING IGHTS A THE WAY OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN USUAY BRINGS THE IGHT(S) BACK ON, BUT NOT AWAYS AND THEY DON'T AWAYS STAY ON. THIS OCCURS AMOST EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE VEHICE. I MENTIONED IT TO MY DEAER AT MY AST OI CHANGE AND THEY ADVISED THEY COUD FIND NOTHING WRONG (BRING IT BACK IN WHEN IT'S HAPPENING)... IT HAD JUST HAPPENED ON THE WAY OVER TO THE DEAER, BUT SHUTTING IGHTS OFF AND ON BROUGHT IT BACK ON. *TR Page 30

31 PROBEM COMPAINT FIED COMPAINT TOYOTA PRIUS SUTHERIN OR JTDKB20U THE HEADIGHTS ON MY CAR GO OUT INTERMITTENTY WITHOUT WARNING. SOMETIMES IT IS ONY ONE. SOMETIMES IT IS BOTH. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS SUTHERIN OR JTDKB20U ONE OR BOTH HEADIGHTS WI GO OUT INTERMITTENTY WHIE DRIVING. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS WESTBOROUGH MA JTDKB20U BOTH HEADIGHTS EFT AND RIGHT, OW AND HIGH BEAMS WI GO OUT WHIE DRIVING. HAPPENS ABOUT ONCE PER DAY. HEADIGHT BUBS, CONTRO UNITS REPACED BY TOYOTA DEAER. *TR Page 31

32 PROBEM COMPAINT FIED COMPAINT TOYOTA PRIUS COUMBIA MD JTDKB20U TOYOTA PRIUS WITH HD HEADIGHTS. EITHER HEADIGHT WI GO OUT ON WHAT SEEMS TO BE A RANDOM BASIS. DOES NOT SEEM TO BE REATED TO THE AMOUNT OF TIME THE HEADIGHT WAS ON - COUD BE A FEW MINUTES BEFORE IT GOES OUT OR A FEW HOURS. WHEN CAR IS TURNED OFF AND THEN RESTARTED THE HEADIGHT WI COME ON AGAIN FOR AN INDETERMINATE AMOUNT OF TIME. IT IS NOT PREDICTABE. THIS IS AN OBVIOUS SAFETY PROBEM AND AN INTERNET SEARCH SHOWS THAT IT IS NOT UNCOMMON IN THIS MAKE AND. OTHERS WITH THE PROBEM HAVE HAD VARIOUS REPAIRS - A VERY EXPENSIVE - WITH UNEVEN RESUTS. THE DEAERS DO NOT SEEM TO HAVE A DEFINITE FIX - JUST TO CHANGE PARTS TO SEE IF THAT HEPS. ATHOUGH I WI INDICATE AN APPROXIMATE INCIDENT BEOW, IT IS NOT REAY ACCURATE SINCE THIS HAS HAPPENED WITH MY CAR AT MUTIPE RANDOM TIMES WITHIN THE PAST FOUR WEEKS. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS CAVERT CITY KY JTDKB20U MY 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS INTERMITTENTY OSES ONE OR BOTH OF THE HID HEADIGHTS. TURNING OFF THE IGHTS, AND BACK ON, WI USUAY BRING BOTH OF THE IGHTS BACK ON... FOR A ITTE WHIE. THIS HAS CAUSED ME TO HAVE ONE 'NEAR-MISS' ACCIDENT WHEN GOING AROUND A CURVE, IN UNFAMIIAR AREAS. BOTH OF THE HEADIGHTS FAIED WITHIN A FEW TENTHS OF A SECOND, HEPING ME TO RUN OFF OF THE ROAD. NO DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE CAR, BUT IT WAS A VERY FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE, THAT I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT. IT SEEMS APPARENT FROM THE THIS SITE, THAT IT IS A WIDE-SPREAD PROBEM THAT TOYOTA DOES NOT WANT TO ADMIT TO. EVEN MY TOYOTA BRAND PATINUM WARRANTY DOESN'T COVER THIS, SINCE THEY SAY THAT 'IGHT' BUBS ARE AN 'EXPENDABE' ITEM... THEY MEANT 'EXPENSIVE' ITEM... THAT THEY DO NOT WANT TO PAY FOR. MY OCA DEAER STATES THAT THEY WANT TO 'TROUBESHOOT' IT FOR A FEW HOURS AT ABOUT $90/HR... THEN 'PROBABY' CHECK THE BUBS, AT 1.5 HOURS/EACH, SINCE THEY SAY THE FRONT BUMPER MUST BE REMOVED TO REMOVE/REPACE THE IGHTS. THEN, ORDER THE BUBS AT $359/EACH, AND A WEEK OR SO ATER (AFTER THEY ORDER THE BUBS/RECEIVE THEM), INSTA THEM FOR ABOUT 1.5HOURS/EACH. THIS IS TOTAING WE OVER $1000 FOR A CAR ONY ABOUT 15.5 MONTHS OD, AND JUST BAREY OUT OF WARRANTY (AT THE TIME ABOUT 39,000 MIES). WITH A OF THE COMPAINTS ESTABISHED ON THIS SITE, AS WE AS THE DEAERSHIP(S) RECORDS OF 'TROUBESHOOTING' AND /OR REPAIR EFFORTS, TOYOTA NEEDS TO BE FORCED INTO A RECA FOR REPAIRS TO THIS SAFETY REATED PROBEM THAT THEY ARE CURRENTY CHOOSING TO IGNORE. I HAVE REQUESTED TO SPEAK TO A REGIONA TOYOTA SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE, BUT THOSE EFFORTS WERE APPARENTY IGNORED, SINCE SEVERA MONTHS HAVE EAPSED, WITHOUT ANY CONTACT. *TR TOYOTA PRIUS TAPPAHANNOCK VA JTDKB20U IN JUNE OF 2007 I HAD MY HEAD IGHT REPACE IN MY 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. I WOUD BE DRIVING AND IT WOUD RANDOMY GO OFF AND ON. WARRANTY COVERED THE COST. IT IS APRI OF 2008 AND BOTH HEADIGHTS ARE GOING ON AND OFF AGAIN. AT FIRST THE RIGHT ONE WAS RANDOMY ON AND OFF AND NOW BOTH RIGHT AND EFT, AGAIN ARE ON AN OFF AND ON OCCASION I WI BE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND BOTH GO OFF. THIS IS NOT A IGHT BUB PROBEM. IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS AN EECTRONIC PROBEM WITH THE WIRING BEHIND THE IGHT. MY CAR IS ONY 2 YEARS OD AND SHOUD NOT BE HAVING EECTRONIC PROBEMS, HEAD IGHTS FICKERING ON AND OFF. MECHANICSVIE TOYOTA FIXED THE FIRST EECTRONIC PROBEM WITH WARRANTY. NOW NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR MY PROBEM AND I BEIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING TO OTHERS. *TR Page 32