2006 TOYOTA PRIUS Complaints

HEADLIGHTS HAVE FAILED REPEATEDLY ON 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. OWNER REPLACED HEADLAMPS THREE TIMES; DEALER HAS REPLACED TWO HEADLAMPS. IN ONE CASE, HEADLIGHT CEASED WORKING THEN LATER WORKED. THIS BEGAN IN AUGUST 2010 AND HAS CONTINUED EVER SINCE WITH LATEST HEADLIGHT OUTAGE OCCURRING 02/12/2011. *TR

THE HID HEADLIGHTS ON THIS VEHICLE ARE INTERMITTENT. EITHER OR BOTH HEADLIGHTS FAIL WITHOUT WARNING, AND RE ILLUMINATE BY CYCLING THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH. SO FAR ONE DEALER REPAIR ATTEMPT HAS NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN FIXING THE PROBLEM. REPAIRS FOR THIS HEADLIGHT SYSTEM ARE VERY EXPENSIVE, AND NOT ALWAYS SUCCESSFUL.

I OWN A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS WITH ORIGINAL HID HEADLIGHTS. THE HEADLIGHT ON THE DRIVER SIDE KEEPS FLICKERING AND GOING OUT. I HAVE TO TURN OFF THE LIGHTS AND THEN TURN THEM BACK ON TO MAKE THE LIGHT COME BACK ON. *TR

TOYOTA IS CHARGING OVER $250 FOR REPLACEMENT OF ONE HID LIGHT BULD. THIS MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO REPLACE A PIECE OF REQUIRED SAFETY EQUIPMENT ON THE 2006 PRIUS. *LN

AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT WHERE THE CAR ROLLED OVER ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AND ENDED UP ON THE ROOF. THE CAR HAS FRONT AND SIDE AIR BAGS, NONE OF THEM DEPLOYED.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'VE GOT A PACKAGE 6 2006 PRIUS. ONE OF THE HEADLIGHTS KEEPS GOING OUT. I CAN'T REALLY TELL WHEN OR HOW IT GOES OUT SINCE I CAN'T SEE IT. IF I TURN THE BRIGHT LIGHTS ON AND OFF IT HAS NO EFFECT, BUT WHEN I TURN THEM ALL THE WAY OFF AND BACK ON THE LIGHT COMES BACK. SOMETIMES ON LONG TRIPS IT WILL STAY ON THE WHOLE TIME, SOMETIMES IT WON'T. SOMETIMES ON SHORT TRIPS IT WILL GO OUT, SOMETIMES IT WON'T. I'VE READ THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE MODEL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, BOTH THE FRONT AND PASSENGER HEADLIGHT FAILED SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A TICKET BECAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH A DEER CROSSED IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO AVOID HITTING THE DEER BUT CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUFFERED A MILD CONCUSSION, BRUISED RIBS, AND A BLOODY NOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE INSURANCE COMPANY DECLARED IT DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THEY WANTED PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE DAMAGE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

MY 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS WAS PARKED IN A DRIVEWAY. I POWERED IT ON THEN TRIED TO PUT IT IN DRIVE. THE SHIFT KEPT BOUNCING OUT OF DRIVE WITHOUT MY MOVING IT, INTO N, R AND FINALLY BACK INTO DRIVE AT WHICH POINT I RELEASED THE HAND BRAKE, THEN EASED MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE PEDAL. I DID NOT PUSHED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IN ORDER TO TURN ONTO THE ROAD SLOWLY. BUT THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED REALLY FAST. AS IT DID SO THE RED TRIANGLE 'PROBLEM - CHECK ENGINE' SYMBOL CAME UP ON THE DASHBOARD. THE CAR WENT ACROSS THE ROAD AND INTO A NEIGHBOR'S FRONT YARD WHERE THERE WAS A LOT OF SNOW AND A SNOWDRIFT BY THE ROAD, AND RAN STRAIGHT INTO THE SNOWDRIFT WHICH STOPPED IT. I WAS THEN ABLE TO TURN OFF THE POWER. THE FOOT BRAKE HAD NO EFFECT. THE CAR WAS HEADING ON A LINE AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE HOUSE AND HAD THERE NOT BEEN THAT SNOWDRIFT THERE, WOULD HAVE HIT THE HOUSE HEAD-ON. THIS WAS NOT DRIVER ERROR, BUT 'UNCONTROLLED ACCELERATION'. THERE MAY BE A CONNECTION TO THE FOLLOWING BATTERY FAILURE: ON 1/11/11 A RECENTLY INSTALLED START-MOTOR BATTERY (INSTALLED 1/3/11) WENT DEAD, AFTER 1636 MILES, AND HAD ITSELF TO BE REPLACED. THE CAR IS NOW BEING CHECKED BY THE LOCAL TOYOTA SERVICE AND DEALERSHIP. *TR

IF YOU USE THE BRAKES AND HAPPEN TO GO OVER A BUMP, POTHOLE, SLIPPERY SPOT, ETC., THE BRAKES STOP FUNCTIONING FOR A FEW SECONDS. THIS HAS HAPPENED EVER SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2006. BECAUSE IT IS A HYBRID, I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST SOMETHING PECULIAR TO THE CAR (THE DATE GIVEN IS AN ESTIMATE ONLY). HOWEVER, WHEN THEY MENTIONED THE BRAKE FIX FOR THE 2010 PRIUS, THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO BE THE SAME AS I WAS EXPERIENCING. I TOLD THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THE FIX WOULD BE DIFFERENT FOR MY MODEL BECAUSE THE COMPUTERS ARE DIFFERENT AND THEY HAD GOTTEN NO INFORMATION REGARDING EARLIER CARS, ONLY 2010S. I MIGHT BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE WHEEL GOING OVER THE PROBLEM SPOT IN THE ROAD NOT FUNCTIONING, BUT THE OTHER THREE SHOULD NOT STOP WORKING, AND THAT IS EXACTLY HOW IT FEELS. I HAVE SINCE HEARD OF AT LEAST ONE OTHER PERSON WITH AN EARLIER MODEL THAT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM.