2009 TOYOTA PRIUS Complaints

HEADLIGHT GOES OUT RANDOMLY AND REQUIRES THE HEADLIGHTS TO BE TURNED OFF THEN ON. *TR

SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT, CODE P1121, COOLANT RECOVERY TANK FLOW CONTROL VALVE BAD. THERE IS A SERVICE CAMPAIGN ON THIS FOR 2007 PRIUS AND THE PROBLEM IS SUPPOSED TO BE SOLVE FOR 2009 PRIUS. ALSO THIS IS PART OF THE EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM, AS THE PURPOSE OF COOLANT RECOVERY TANK IS THE WARM UP ENGINE SOONER TO PASS EMISSION TEST. CALLED TOYOTA DEALER, NOT COVERED BY EMISSION WARRANTY. THIS IS A KNOWN AND VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND TOYOTA IS DRAGGING ITS LEG ON IT. *TR

TOYOTA DEALER RECEIPT: CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON - COOLANT CONTROL VALVE STUCK... REPLACED COOLANT CONTROL VALVE COST/$589.97 INCLUDING 450.00 LABOR + ENGINE WATER PUMP LEAKING COOLANT REPLACED ENGINE WATER PUMP/ ENGINE DRIVE BELT COST/$557.98 INCLUDING $430.00 LABOR MILEAGE!!! 41, 632 MILES 2009 PRIUS TOTAL COST $1173.41. CUSTOMER COMPLAINED TO TOYOTA MOTOR CORP AND RESPONSE WAS...NO FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE -36,000 MILE WARRANTY HAS PASSED. *TR

HEADLIGHT WILL INTERMITTANTLY GO OUT. TURNS BACK ON WHEN LIGHTS ARE TURNED OFF AND ON BUT KEEPS RECURRING WITH NO WARNING. *TR

PASSENGER HEAD LIGHT STARTED FLICKERING ON AND OFF, I PULLED OVER TURNED CAR OFF THEN BACK ON, HEAD LIGHT CAME ON BUT WAS DIM. I DON'T DO MUCH NIGHT DRIVING AND THIS WAS VERY CONCERNING. I STILL HAVE THIS ISSUE, AND HAVE NOW FOUND ON LINE THAT THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL. UP TO $400 TO FIX, JUST FOR A HEAD LIGHT. YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING. AS SOON AS THE OTHER HEAD LIGHT STARTS ACTING UP AS WELL I WON'T BE ABLE TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. I DON'T HAVE $800-$1000 TO REPLACE HEAD LIGHT. THIS IS A REAL SAFETY ISSUE. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL. *TR

DRIVING ON A DARK ROAD I WENT FROM HIGH BEAMS TO LOW AND THE ENTIRE LIGHTING SYSTEM WENT OUT. I WAS QUICK SO CYCLED THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH, EVERYTHING CAME BACK ON BUT THE PASSENGER HEADLIGHT. TRIED REPLACING THE LIGHT BULB, IT STILL WONT WORK. I PAID EXTRA FOR THESE H I D HEADLIGHTS. NOW I'M TOLD 1000 DOLLARS TO FIX THEM. *TR

I HAD JUST PURCHASED MY 2009 TOYOTA PRIUS THE EVENING OF FRIDAY DECEMBER 28TH 2012 AND HAD ONLY DRIVEN THAT WEEKEND. THEN ON THE 31ST I NOTICED WHEN I WAS PULLING INTO A GAS STATION I HAD ONLY ONE HEADLIGHT WORKING... DIDN'T THINK TO MUCH ABOUT IT. THEN WHEN I WAS LEAVING NOTICED THAT BOTH LIGHTS WERE ON WORKING. A FEW HOURS LATER I NOTICED A FLICKER LIKE A LIGHT WAS GOING OUT. NOTICED AGAIN PASSENGER HEADLIGHT WAS GOING OUT.. I HAD THE CAR BACK AT THE SHOP OVER A BATTERY ISSUE ON JANUARY 2ND AS MY BATTERY HAD SUDDENLY DIED. WHEN I TOOK IT UP TO TOYOTA I MENTIONED THE HEADLIGHT WAS TOLD OH NOTHING THEY CAN SEE. THEN MONTHS LATER IT CONTINUED. THEN AGAIN EVERY NOW AND THEN.. I WOULD FLIP THE LIGHTS ON AND OFF AND SOMETIMES IT WOULDN'T DO IT AGAIN FOR MONTHS... THEN IN SEPT 2013 IT STARTED TO DO IT ON BOTH SIDES. AGAIN CONTACTED TOYOTA NOTHING. THEN MY TEENAGER DAUGHTER HAD THE CAR AND CALLED ME HYSTERICAL SAYING NO HEADLIGHTS WERE ON. SHE HAD JUST GOTTEN HER LICENSE DAYS PRIOR. HER FIRST OUTING WITHOUT ME. THEN AGAIN BATTERY ISSUE WENT BACK TO TOYOTA WAS TOLD NOT A CLUE. NOW READING THE INFO I'VE COME ACROSS WITH 2001-2009 PRIUS HEADLIGHT ISSUES I'M PISSED THAT TOYOTA IS AWARE OF THIS AND LIED AND SAID THEYHAD NOT HEARD OF SUCH A THING. NOW OCTOBER 2014 I AM NO LONGER ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR IN THE RAIN OR AT NIGHT. AS I NOW HAVE NO HEADLIGHTS. I FIND THIS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND CONSIDERING HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE STATED THIS AND THE FACT SOMEONE CAN BE KILLED OR INJURED SERIOUSLY AS ONE OVERLOOKS I THINK IS A MAJOR SERIOUS ISSUE AND CONCERN. I AM NOT PAYING TO HAVE HEADLIGHTS REPLACED OR ELECTRICAL ISSUES AS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND FIXED BY TOYOTA. *TR

MY 2009 PRIUS HAS A NON-NAVIGATION MULIT-FUNCTION DISPLAY THAT CONTROLS EVERYTHING FROM SOUND TO TEMPERATURE TO HANDS FREE PHONE. PLUS, IT FUNCTIONS AS THE REARVIEW CAMERA DISPLAY. IN AUGUST OF 2014 AT ABOUT 80,000 MILES THE SCREEN BEGAN TO TURN OFF SPONTANEOUSLY WHILE DRIVING (IF IT TURNED ON AT ALL.) I HAVE READ MANY REPORTS OF THIS HAPPENING TO THE 2009 MODELS. I AM CONCERNED MOST ABOUT THE REAR VIEW SCREEN BECAUSE THIS MODEL OF PRIUS HAS LARGE BLINDSPOTS AND I RELIED HEAVILY ON THIS SCREEN. *TR

AFTER READING THE NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE (11 SEP 2014) ON TAKATA AIR BAGS, I FOUND OUT THAT OUR 2009 TOYOTA PRIUS WAS NOT (YET) SUBJECT TO RECALL FOR THE DEFECTIVE TAKATA AIRBAGS, EVEN THOUGH, ACCORDING TO THE NYT MANY MILLIONS OF TOYOTAS HAD THESE AIR BAGS. I CONTACTED TOYOTA USA CUSTOMER SUPPORT TO INQUIRE IF OUR PRIUS HAD AIR BAGS MANUFACTURED BY TAKATA. I WAS INFORMED BY TOYOTA USA THAT THEY CONSIDERED THIS INFORMATION AS "PROPRIETARY" AND WOULD NOT INFORM ME AS TO WHETHER OR NOT OUR VEHICLE HAD AIR BAGS MANUFACTURED BY TAKATA AND THEREFORE LIKELY TO HAVE DEFECTIVE CANISTERS SHOULD THERE EVER BE AN INCIDENT THAT CAUSED THE AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY (OR EXPLODE, AS THEY CASE MAY BE). TOYOTA SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO INFORM CUSTOMERS IF TOYOTA HAS USED TAKATA AIR BAGS IN THEIR VEHICLES, EVEN IF THE NHTSA & DOT HAS NOT YET GOTTEN AROUND TO MANDATING A RECALL. TO ME, THIS SEEMS SIMILAR TO THE GM STARTER ISSUE FOR WHICH THERE WAS PLENTY OF BLAME ON NHTSA-DOT AS WELL AS GM. THANK YOU. *TR

THE HID HEADLIGHTS STARTED TO FLICKER AND WENT OFF. REPEATEDLY HAPPENED. FIRST THE PASSENGER SIDE THEN THE DRIVER SIDE. I HAD THE HID HEADLIGHTS REPLACED TWO DAYS AGO. THE PASSENGER HEADLIGHT WAS STILL DIMMED, THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEEMED FINE. TODAY, THE DRIVER'S SIDE WENT OFF AGAIN AND WON'T TURN BACK ON. THE PASSENGER SIDE IS STILL WORKING, BUT DIMMED. *TR