2006 TOYOTA PRIUS Complaints

I HAVE CONTINUED TO HAVE RECURRING HEADLIGHT ISSUES ON MY 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. I AM ON MY THIRD HEADLIGHT AND I HAVE REPLACED TWO HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES. ON EACH OCCASION, WE WERE MADE AWARE OF THE DEFECTIVE HEADLIGHT BY ANOTHER PARTY AS WE WERE DRIVING. IT LEADS TO A DANGEROUS SITUATION BECAUSE IT REDUCES THE LIGHTED PATH AT NIGHT AND COULD POTENTIALLY IMPAIR ANOTHER DRIVER'S ABILITY TO SEE MY VEHICLE. I HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR THE REPAIR SINCE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT I PURCHASED DID NOT COVER "BURNT BULBS". THIS IS OBVIOUSLY AN INHERENT ISSUE THAT TOYOTA HAS NOT ADDRESSED. EACH REPAIR IS IN EXCESS OF $200. *TR

HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2006 PRIUS ALL OF A SUDDEN WENT KAPUT ; LEFT ONE YESTERDAY AND THE RIGHT ONE TODAY. *TR

I OWN A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. WHEN I APPLY THE BRAKE WHEN GOING OVER ROUGH TERRAIN OR POTHOLES, IT FEELS LIKE THE CAR SPEEDS UP MOMENTARILY BEFORE THE BRAKING KICKS IN. I HAVE TALKED TO MY DEALER ABOUT THIS, BUT HE THE MECHANIC SAYS IT IS NORMAL FOR HYBRIDS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING TO A PLACE A SHORT DISTANCE FROM MY HOME WHEN I HEARD A NOISE AND THE CAR VEERED TO THE RIGHT. I PULLED OVER IMMEDIATELY AND GOT OUT OF THE CAR. THE TIRE ON THE RIGHT FRONT WAS BLOWN OUT AT THE SIDEWALL AND I SAW TWO HOLES AT THE INSIDE OF THE SIDEWALL ONE ABOVE THE OTHER. THE RIM WAS ALSO DESTROYED. *TR

I HAVE 2006 PRIUS,THE DRIVER SIDE HEAD LIGHT GOES OUT AND THEN AS I AM DRIVING. IT IS UNPREDICTABLE. IF I TURN THE LIGHTS OFF AND THEN BACK ON, THE LIGHT WORKS AGAIN. I CHANGED BOTH HEAD LIGHTS IN CITY TOYOTA COST $560.72 ON DEC.8,2008 AND NOW MAY 27,2010, THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT IS NOT WORKING. IT ONLY LAST 1-1/2 YEAR, THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. *TR

WHEN I GO OVER A BUMP OR UNEVEN SURFACE OR GRATE OR SLIPPERY SURFACE WHILE BRAKING IN MY 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS, THE ABS (ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM) AND/OR VEHICLE STABILITY CONTROL/TRACTION CONTROL ACTIVATES. THE PROBLEM IS THAT WHEN THESE SYSTEMS DO SO, IT FEELS LIKE I LOSE ALL BRAKING POWER AND IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THE CAR ACCELERATES. IT IS MOST APPARENT WHEN IT IS WET OUT, BUT I'VE HAD THIS HAPPEN EVEN IN DRY CONDITIONS. TOYOTA DEALERSHIP SAYS THAT THIS IS NORMAL OPERATION FOR THE ABS, BUT THEY SEEM TO BE CORRECTING THIS SAME PROBLEM FOR 2010 PRIUSES THROUGH A SOFTWARE CHANGE--BUT NOT ANY OTHER YEAR MODELS. *TR

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) I HAVE A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS THAT HAS THE SAME BRAKING PROBLEM REPORTED FOR THE 2010 MODEL YEAR. THE LOCAL TOYOTA GARAGE SAID THEY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT A PROBLEM WITH THE 2006 MODEL. THEY TOLD ME TO CALL TOYOTA BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET THROUGH. THE VIN NUMBER FOR THE CAR IS [XXX] *TR

FREQUENTLY WHEN THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ENGAGE THERE SEEMS TO BE UNEVEN APPLICATION THAT CAUSES A SLIPPAGE AND THE INDICATOR LIGHT COMES ON. THE VEHICLE SEEMS TO SHUDDER AND SHIMMY A BIT MAKING THE BRAKING SEEM LIKE IT IS FAILING AND INCREASING THE BRAKING DISTANCE. THE VEHICLE HAS DONE THIS FROM DAY ONE AND THE DEALER HAS ASSURED ME THAT IT IS NORMAL. I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN WITH ANY OTHER CAR I HAVE HAD WITH ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. *TR

WHENEVER THE BRAKES ARE BEING APPLIED AT THE TIME I GO OVER RAILROAD TRACKS OR ROUGH ROAD SUCH AS POTHOLES, THE BRAKES FEELS LIKE THEY DISENGAGE FOR A SHORT TIME ON MY 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS (PURCHASED NEW IN 2006). SOMETIMES THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON MOMENTARILY BUT NOT ALWAYS. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2006. I REPORTED IT TO MY TOYOTA CAR DEALER'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND WAS TOLD "THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ARE SUPPOSED TO DO THAT." NOT IN ANY OF MY OTHER CARS THAT HAVE ANTI LOCK BRAKES. TOO BAD TOYOTA JUST CANT TELL THE TRUTH EVER. THIS IS ABNORMAL BRAKING BEHAVIOR. *TR

I OWN A 2006 PRIUS AND MY HEADLIGHTS KEEPS GOING OUT RANDOMLY. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND IT WAS WORKING FINE THE WHOLE TIME. THEY CHECKED IT AND COULDN'T FIND ANY PROBLEM. THE TECHNICIAN TOLD ME THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR LOTS OF PRIUS CARS AND TOLD ME IF IT STOPS WORKING AGAIN, TO HIT IT A LITTLE BIT. THIS IS SAFETY ISSUE AND I JUST WANT TO REPORT THIS ISSUE . *TR