2006 TOYOTA PRIUS Complaints

WHILE DRIVING, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL COMBINATION METER THAT DISPLAYS THE VEHICLE SPEED AND OTHER INFORMATION WENT BLANK. AFTER PULLING OVER CAR, I TRIED TO TURN IT OFF USING THE POWER BUTTON BUT IT WOULD NOT TURN OFF. AFTER A FEW TRIES, I HELD DOWN POWER BUTTON FOR 5 SECONDS AND IT FINALLY DID GO TO ACCESSORY MODE, BUT DID NOT TURN OFF ALTOGETHER. IT TOOK SEVERAL PRESSES OF THE BUTTON TO FINALLY GET THE CAR TO SHUT OFF. I TALKED TO MY LOCAL TOYOTA SERVICE CENTER WHO TOLD ME THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND TOYOTA EXTENDED THE WARRANTY FOR THE COMBINATION METER TO 9 YEARS (T-SB-0172-09). UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS 4 MONTHS PAST THE 9 YEAR MARK, SO IT WOULD COST ME $1500 TO REPLACE THE PART. I HAVE SINCE TALKED TO TWO OTHER PEOPLE I KNOW WHO HAVE THE SAME MODEL PRIUS AND THEY HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE IN THE PAST YEAR, ONE OF WHICH WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY AS HE HAD THE PROBLEM BEFORE THE 9 YEAR MARK. THE OTHER WAS IN THE SAME SITUATION AS ME AS IT HAPPENED AFTER THE 9 YEAR MARK. AN ONLINE SEARCH SHOWS THAT THIS IS BECOMING A VERY COMMON ISSUE AND HAPPENING TO MANY JUST AFTER THE 9 YEAR WARRANTY EXPIRES, RESULTING IN A LOT OF UPSET OWNERS. I DID CHECK MY FILES AND SEE THAT A WARRANTY ENHANCEMENT NOTICE WAS SENT TO ME A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT STATES THAT THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN REPORTED BY A LIMITED NUMBER OF OWNERS AND THAT IF IT DOES HAS HAPPENED TO MY CAR, I DID NOT NEED TO TAKE ACTION AT THIS TIME. IN HINDSIGHT, I SHOULD NOT HAVE FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS AND INSTEAD TOOK MY CAR IN AND INSISTED ON A WARRANTY REPAIR. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE HANDLED AS A RECALL RATHER THAN WITH A WARRANTY ENHANCEMENT WITH A LIMITED WARRANTY PERIOD. THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 34000 MILES ON IT.

HID LIGHTS FAIL WHILE DRIVING , AT NIGHT IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AND CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. WHERE DO I GO TO GET THEM REPAIRED / REPLACED WITHOUT PAYING FOR THE MANUFACTURES DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT ? I LIVE IN SAN JOSE, CA. 95111

WATER PUMP WAS REPLACED IN 2011 AND AGAIN 2015. MY CAR HAS 160,000 MILES AT THIS TIME IN NOV 2015.

THE HEADLIGHT CONTINUES TO TURN OFF ON IT'S OWN WHILE DRIVING. RECURRENT INTERMITTENT PROBLEM FOR MONTHS. THE LIGHT COMES BACK ON AFTER TURNING THE SWITCH ON/OFF

THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT HEADLIGHT GOES OFF RANDOMLY. THE PROBLEM IS USUALLY "FIXED" BY TURNING THE LIGHT OFF AND THEN BACK ON, BUT THAT ONE LIGHT GOES OUT AGAIN, SOMETIMES 30 SECONDS LATER, SOMETIMES AN HOUR LATER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE COMBINATION METER FAILED AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL BECAME INOPERABLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ONCE. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 130,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE REVERSE LIGHT, THE INDICATOR LIGHT AND THE ODOMETER AND SPEEDOMETER LIGHTS DID NOT ILLUMINATE. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE COMBINATION METER NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE AND TURNING ON THE HEADLIGHTS, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

THE COMBO METER ON MY CAR WENT DARK THIS MORNING. I CALLED TOYOTA AND WAS TOLD THAT MY WARRANTY EXPIRED 2 MONTHS AGO. THIS IS NOT SAFE BECAUSE THERE IS NO INDICATION ON WHAT THE VEHICLE IS DOING. ALSO THIS FEATURE CAUSES THE CAR TO NOT SHUT OFF.

HEADLIGHTS, ONE OR BOTH, RANDOMLY GO OUT WHILE I AM DRIVING. I HAD THE DEALER LOOK AT IT A YEAR AGO AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN AND IS REALLY SCARY WHEN I DISCOVER THAT I AM DRIVING WITHOUT LIGHTS ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. I AM NOW TAKING TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS IS CLEARLY A SAFETY ISSUE!