2006 TOYOTA PRIUS Complaints

MY 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE HEADLIGHTS WHEREBY ONE WOULD GO OFF AND ON INTERMITTENTLY. THERE WAS NO APPARENT PATTERN AS TO WHEN THIS WOULD HAPPEN, ALTHOUGH IT SEEMED TO OCCUR AFTER THE HEADLIGHTS HAD BEEN ON FOR MORE THAN 10 MINUTES.; *TR

MY 2006 PRIUS HAS A "WINKING" RIGHT HEADLIGHT --- SOMETIMES ON, SOMETIMES NOT. IT IS A HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGE TYPE. THE CAR NOW HAS 70,000 MILES ON IT BUT THIS BEHAVIOR HAS BEEN GOING ON INTERMITTENTLY FOR OVER A YEAR. I BASE THAT ON THE SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR SOMEONE HAS TOLD ME THE LIGHT WAS OUT BUT, WHEN I WENT TO LOOK AT THE LIGHT, IT WAS ON! RECENTLY, I HAVE WITNESSED IT MYSELF. I UNDERSTAND I AM NOT ALONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. HOPEFULLY, REPLACING THE BULB WILL FIX IT BUT EVEN THAT IS AN EXPENSIVE PROPOSITION AND THE BULB MAY NOT BE THE CULPRIT. *TR

THE HEADLIGHTS ON MY TOYOTA PRIUS 2006 HAVE BEEN GOING OUT FOR THE PAST MONTH, MORE THAN ONCE A DAY. I TOOK THE CAR TO BE INSPECTED AND WAS TOLD I WOULD NEED HIGH RESOLUTION HID LIGHTS THAT WOULD COST OVER $500. I WENT ONLINE AND FOUND OUT THAT TONS OF OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE AS ME. *TR

2006 TOYOTA PRIUS HEADLIGHTS COME ON AND OFF. WHEN THEY GO OFF, YOU CAN TURN OFF AND ON AND THEY WILL COME ON. 2 YEARS TOYOTA REPLACED LEFT HEADLIGHT FOR $300. THIS SEEMED TO FIX THAT, BUT THEY DID NOT REPLACE RIGHT AT THE TIME, WHICH I WANTED THEM TO DO. NOW RIGHT DOES IT. I CAN'T AFFORD $300.00 TO REPLACE BULB. INSTRUCTIONS FOR DOING IT YOURSELF DOES NOT HELP. UNABLE TO DO ACCORDING TO DIRECTIONS, TOYOTA SAID THEY HAD TO TAKE OFF FRONT END TO IT THAT IS WHY SO EXPENSIVE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT STATED THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE INTERMITTENTLY WHEN THE AUTOMATIC HEADLIGHTS WERE IN ACTIVATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 40,000.

IN NOVEMBER OF 2007, I WAS DRIVING MY WIFE'S 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS TO TAKE THE FAMILY TO LUNCH. I APPROACHED THE INTERSECTION, I WAS ON THE CEL PHONE, AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO WORK AND I CRASHED INTO A TRUCK WHO WAS OUT IN THE INTERSECTION, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END OF THE PRIUS. MY WIFE HAD BEEN COMPLAINING FOR MONTHS THAT THE PRIUS HAD BRAKE FAILURE INCIDENTS ONCE A MONTH. I WOULD TEST DRIVE THE CAR, AND COULD NOT GET THE BRAKES TO FAIL. THAT IS UNTIL THE INCIDENT MENTIONED ABOVE HAPPENED. I IMMEDIATELY DROVE THE CAR TO THE TOYOTA DEALER. I INFORMED THEM THAT THE BRAKES FAILED. I INFORMED THEM THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO DRIVE THE CAR EVERY DAY FOR A MONTH BEFORE THEY COULD GET THE BRAKES TO FAIL. THEY KEPT THE CAR FOR A MONTH, BUT DID NOT TEST IT AS I RECOMMENDED......AND INFORMED ME THAT THEY COULD NOT SEE ANY PROBLEM, FORCING ME TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR THE DAMAGES TO THE CAR $1,566.57....AS WELL AS FOR THE $1,440.38 RENTAL CAR BILL. I IMMEDIATELY PICKED UP THE CAR AND DROVE IT TO ANOTHER MANUFACTURERS DEALERSHIP AND TRADED IT IN ON HONDA ACCORD. THERE WAS NO WAY I WAS GOING TO RISK MY FAMILIES LIVES, DRIVING THAT CAR ANOTHER DAY. STATE FARM CLAIM NUMBER #[XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT STATED WAS DRIVING 30 MPH WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED. THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD FAIL INTERMITTENTLY AND THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THAT THE BULB FAILURE WAS RANDOM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE LIGHT BULB WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 86,000.

1. NORMAL HIGHWAY DRIVING AFTER APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS IN HOT WEATHER. 2. ENGINE STALLS (QUITS). ENGINE WILL NOT RESTART UNTIL AFTER 15 MINUTES "REST". HAS HAPPENED TWICE - ONLY ON LONG TRIP. 3. TWO DIFFERENT TOYOTA DEALERS WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. *TR

THE HID HEADLAMPS OF MY 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS, SIMULTANEOUSLY SHUT OFF. TURNING THEM OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN RESTORES THEM. TOYOTA'S ANSWER WAS TO REPLACE THE BULBS AS THEY WILL REPORTEDLY DO THIS WHEN THEY ARE ON THE VERGE OF EXPIRING. I HAVE REPLACED BOTH BULBS, AND THE PROBLEM WAS NOT SOLVED, IN FACT IT WORSE THAN EVER, RENDERING MY VEHICLE UNSAFE TO OPERATE AFTER DAYLIGHT HOURS. I REPLACED BOTH BULBS WITH HIGH QUALITY OEM BULBS, AND THE FIRST TIME I DROVE THE CAR AFTER REPLACEMENT, THE LIGHTS SHUT OFF MORE THAN 10 TIMES DURING A 13 MILE TRIP. PLEASE RECONSIDER YOUR FINDING FROM THIS CASE: PE09019 AS THESE CARS AGE, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE REPORTING BOTH HEADLAMPS SHUTTING OFF - WITH THE ONLY SOLUTION BEING TURNING THEM OFF/ON. *TR

2006 PRIUS DRIVERS SIDE HEADLIGHT INTERMITTENTLY STOPS WORKING. IF I SHUT OFF AND RESTART FROM THE SWITCH THEY START UP AGAIN. *TR