2006 TOYOTA PRIUS Complaints

CAR'S ENGINE WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. ADDITIONALLY, THE DIGITAL DASHBOARD (WHICH SHOWS THE SPEEDOMETER, ODOMETER, GAS GAUGE, ETC.) WOULD NOT LIGHT UP. TOYOTA DEALER SAYS IT IS DUE TO A FAILED COMBINATION METER. THE PART IS ON NATIONAL BACKORDER. IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN TWO WEEKS AND MY CAR IS STILL AWAITING THE PART. *TR

HEADLIGHTS SPONTANEOUSLY TURN OFF. MUST TURN OFF AND BACK ON THEN THE LIGHTS TURN BACK ON. COULD BE EITHER LIGHT THAT TURNS OFF AND SOMETIMES BOTH LIGHTS. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AT NIGHT WHEN ONCOMING TRAFFIC STARTED HONKING ME. I WAS CURIOUS WHY, UNTIL I REALIZED THAT MY FRONT LAMPS WERE TURNED OFF EVEN THOUGH THE DASHBOARD INDICATOR SHOWED THEM ON. AS IT WAS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE, I TOOK THEM TO NEAREST AUTOZONE AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE LIGHTS ARE ABSOLUTELY FINE. I WAS BAFFLED BY IT, SO I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE JUST TURN THEM OFF AND BACK ON WHEN YOU NOTICE THEM GO OUT AND HAVE IT CHECKED DURING YOUR NEXT SERVICE. DURING THE SERVICE, THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY ARE GOING TO CHARGE ME FOR DIAGNOSTICS (EVEN THOUGH IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE) AND ASKED ME THAT IT IS GOING TO COST ME OVER $500 TO FIX IT. WHEN I DID SOME MORE RESEARCH I FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY (5 YEARS OR 50, 000 MILES) BUT NO ONE AT THE DEALERSHIP MENTIONED THAT TO ME BACK IN JANUARY WHEN I CALLED THEM AND NOW I WAS OVER 50,000 APPROX AT 53, 000 MILES AND INELIGIBLE FOR FREE REPLACEMENT. MY WHOLE POINT IS THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS ENOUGH ISSUE TO QUALIFY FOR A RECALL AND NOT JUST EXTENDED WARRANTY AS SOMEONE COULD GET KILLED BECAUSE OF TOYOTA'S NEGLIGENCE. BEFORE REGISTERING THIS COMPLAINT I CALLED THE TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPLAINING THEM EVERYTHING BUT GOT NO HELP FROM THEM. *TR

2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO STEERING RECALL NOTICE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HE RECEIVED AN URGENT RECALL NOTICE IN THE MAIL. HOWEVER, WHEN SHE CALLED THE DEALER TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT, SHE WAS INFORMED THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE AND THEY WERE NOT SURE, WHEN IT WOULD ARRIVE.

JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE. WHEN DRIVING, FOR NO APPARENT REASON THE LEFT HEADLIGHT HAS INTERMITTENTLY TURNED OFF ABOUT 8 TIMES. WHEN I TURN THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH OFF AND ON, THE LEFT HEADLIGHT WORKS AGAIN. IT HAS BEEN OCCURRING MORE FREQUENTLY OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS. MORE RECENTLY (TWICE THIS WEEK), BOTH HEADLIGHTS SUDDENLY WENT OFF FOR NO REASON WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. WHEN I TURN THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH OFF AND ON, THE HEADLIGHTS WORK AGAIN. *TR

HAVE HAD CONSISTENT ISSUES WITH A HEADLIGHT GOING OFF WHILE I'M DRIVING. I HAVE TO TURN THE LIGHTS OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN TO REGAIN BOTH HEADLIGHTS. EVENTUALLY THE BULB BURNS OUT. I REPLACED THE LEFT HEADLIGHT FOR $300 IN SEPTEMBER 2010. I REPLACED THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT FOR $175 IN OCTOBER 2012. THEN, JANUARY 2013, THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT ONLY CAME ON WHEN I HIT THE LIGHT WITH MY FIST. NOW, STILL JANUARY 2013, THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT WILL NOT COME ON AT ALL. HEADLIGHTS THAT GO ON AND OFF IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN. *TR

THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKER AND THEN GO COMPLETELY OUT. THE BEAM CAN USUALLY BE RESTORED BRIEFLY BY TURNING IT ON AND OFF AGAIN BUT THE LAMP WILL THEN STAY ILLUMINATED FOR AN UNPREDICTABLE LENGTH OF TIME (SECONDS TO MINUTES). THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM AND BOTH HEADLIGHTS HAVE BEEN "REPAIRED" AT THE DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE TIMES. BEFORE THE REPAIRS, THERE WAS AN OCCASION WHERE BOTH HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT SIMULTANEOUSLY WHILE DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE TOLLWAY. AFTER THE REPAIRS, THE PROBLEM HAS RECURRED IN ONLY ONE LIGHT (SO FAR). THESE ARE TOYOTA'S HID LIGHTS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WATER WAS LEAKING FROM THE CEILING AREA NEAR THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED FRO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. .. UPDATED 02-07-13 *BF THE CONSUMER REQUESTED TO DROP THE COMPLAINT. IT WAS ADVISED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED PRIOR TO THE FAILURE AND WAS NOT INSTALLED CORRECTLY. UPDATED 02/13/2013 *JS

THE HEADLIGHTS ON MY TOYOTA PRIUS 2006 INTERMITTENTLY GO OFF WHILE DRIVING. IT SEEMS TO AFFECT ONLY ONE OF THE HEADLIGHTS RIGHT NOW. I DO NOT SEE ANY ISSUES WITH THE BULBS AS SUCH SINCE THEY DO COME BACK ON. BUT THIS HAPPENS VERY OFTEN WHILE DRIVING AND WHILE COMING TO A STOP SOMETIMES. *TR

DRIVING ALONG A COUNTRY ROAD AT NIGHT AND THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT. VERY SCARY. WENT OFF THE ROAD A BIT AND THE CAR GOT SCRATCHED. RESTARTED CAR AND HEADLIGHTS WENT ON FOR A SHORT TIME, THEN DIM, THEN OFF. THIS A HUGE SAFETY PROBLEM THAT NHTSA HAS FAILED TO DO ITS DUTY WITH. TOYOTA SAYS THOUGHT LUCK, YOU ARE PAST THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. LIGHT SUDDENLY GOING OUT WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT IS CLEARLY A SAFETY ISSUE. IS NHTSA SIMPLY GOING TO WAIT UNTIL THERE ARE ENOUGH FATALITIES TO TAKE MEANINGFUL ACTION. TOYOTA CLEARLY DOESN'T WANT TO TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR CLEARLY DEFECTIVE AND DANGEROUS PRODUCT. *TR