2006 TOYOTA PRIUS Complaints

HID HEADLAMPS GO OUT WITHOUT WARNING. SOMETIMES JUST ONE, MORE RECENTLY BOTH, SO DRIVER LOSES ABILITY TO SEE AT NIGHT. TURNING LIGHT SWITCH OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN RESTORES THE LIGHTS, BUT THEY GO OUT AGAIN AFTER A WHILE. THE ONE-LIGHT FAILURE HAS BEEN HAPPENING INTERMITTENTLY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS; IN LAST TWO WEEKS BOTH LIGHTS HAVE GONE OUT AT ONCE, AND THE PROBLEM HAS BECOME FREQUENT AND HAZARDOUS. *TR

2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. FAULTY HEADLIGHTS. REPLACED BOTH HEADLIGHTS IN AUG 2010 ONLY TO HAVE ONE FAIL JAN. 3 AND THE OTHER FAILED JAN 8 2011. ADDED DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS BY DEALER IN 2007 SO DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO TURN THEM OFF AND ON. DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW ONE CAN HAVE BOTH LIGHTS FAIL AS STATED IN SO MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS. *TR

I OWN A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW. IT HAS APPROXIMATELY 57,000 MILES. FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS, THE FRONT HEADLIGHTS WILL RANDOMLY STOP WORKING - SOMETIMES THE DRIVER'S SIDE, SOMETIMES THE PASSENGER SIDE, SOMETIMES BOTH HEADLIGHTS. IF I TURN THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH OFF AND BACK ON THE LIGHTS WILL COME BACK ON. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT OVER 1,000 PRIUS OWNERS HAVE REPORTED THIS SAME PROBLEM TO NHTSA. PLEASE ADD MY REPORT TO THIS DATABASE. *LN

DRIVER SIDE HEAD LAMP FLICKERED, THEN WENT OFF CAUSING LIMITED VISIBILITY. HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON NORMAL, DRY STRAIGHT ROADS, THE SKID CONTROL ACTIVATES AND THE BRAKES ENGAGE. THIS BEGAN HAPPENING 1 WEEK AGO AFTER THE TIRES WERE ROTATED AT THE DEALER. CAR IS 4 YEARS OLD. DEALER STATES THAT ECU MUST BE REPLACED. *TR

HEADLIGHTS ON 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS KEEP GOING ON AND OFF FOR NO APPARENT REASON. COMPLAINT HAS BEEN MADE TO TOYOTA AND ALL THEY HAVE DONE IS TO REDUCE THE PRICE OF THE HID BULBS. *TR

2006 TOYOTA PRIUS HID HEADLIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY FAIL. INITIALLY THE PROBLEM WOULD OCCUR ONCE OUT OF EVERY 5 TIMES WHEN USING THE HEADLIGHTS... NOW THE FAILURE OCCURS EVERY TIME AND SWITCHES BETWEEN PASSENGER & DRIVERS HEADLIGHT FAILING -- HAVE NOT HAD BOTH FAIL AT THE SAME TIME. PASSENGER SIDE IS USUAL CULPRIT. SYSTEM RESETS AND CAN LAST FOR HOURS OF NIGHTTIME DRIVING JUST BY TURNING LIGHTS OFF THEN ON AGAIN. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY ACCIDENTS AND I HAVE FOLLOWED THE ROUTINE TOYOTA SERVICE SCHEDULE. TOYOTA EXPECTS OWNERS TO FORK OUT LARGE SUMS OF CASH TO REPLACE BULBS BUT ARE NOT ADDRESSING THE UNDERLYING SAFETY ISSUE THAT INTERMITTENT HEADLINE FAILURE CAUSES. SAFETY RECALL IS IN ORDER! *TR

2006 PRIUS HID HEADLIGHTS AND TAILLIGHTS FAILED. THE LIGHTS QUALITY IS VERY BAD. WE WERE FORCED TO STOP BY THE POLICEMAN. IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS ON HIGHWAY. TOYOTA IS LOSING ITS REPUTATION. THE COMPANY SHOULD PAY ALL THE PRICE FOR CHANGING THE BULBS. (LABOR + BULBS) OUR 2002 HYUNDAI'S LIGHTS HAVE NEVER BEEN IN THIS SITUATION. *TR

THE HEADLAMP OF PRIUS 2006 INTERMITTENTLY GOES OFF WHILE DRIVING. THE PROBLEM GOES AWAY IF THE CAR IS COMPLETELY SHUT OFF AND THEN RESTARTED. MANY OTHERS ARE REPORTING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH PRIUS AND REPLACEMENT OF HEADLIGHT DOES NOT RECTIFY THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM IS CREATING DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR DRIVING, PARTICULARLY DURING RAIN OR SNOW BECAUSE OTHERS CANT SEE THE CAR AND THE DRIVERS VISIBILITY BECOMES GREATLY AFFECTED. *TR

2006 TOYOTA PRIUS LEFT HEADLIGHT GOES OFF AT RANDOM. ONLY WAY TO GET IT TO WORK IS TO TURN THE HEADLIGHT OFF & TURN BACK ON. IT OCCURS ALMOST EVERYTIME THE HEADLIGHTS ARE USED. *TR