2004 TOYOTA PRIUS Complaints

DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT INTERMITTENTLY TURNS OFF WHILE DRIVING. DRIVER IS NOT AWARE HEADLIGHT IS NOT WORKING UNTIL POLICE PULLS HIM OVER OR AFTER RETURNING TO GARAGE AT HOME, HE CAN SEE FROM HEADLIGHT GLARE ON THE WALL THAT ONE LIGHT IS OUT. USUALLY TURNING THE LIGHT OFF, AND THEN BACK ON CORRECTS THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER YOU CANT BE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY FLASHING YOUR LIGHTS EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE ON. IT IS JUST A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE INTERNET SHOWS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND ITS FRUSTRATING THAT TOYOTA HAS NOT ACKNOWLEDGED OR PROVIDED A FIX.

I NOTICED THAT MY PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT WAS OUT WHILE DRIVING HOME AT NIGHT. TWO DAYS LATER, AGAIN WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, MY PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT WAS WORKING PERFECTLY. I HAVE DONE NOTHING TO REPAIR THE LIGHT.

COOLANT CONTROL VALVE IS FAILING ON MANY PRIUS'S WHICH WERE MADE BETWEEN 2004 TO 2009

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2004 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE DRIVER WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN AND AN ONCOMING VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE RESULTING FORCE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SPIN AND CRASH INTO AN IDLE TRAIN. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 240,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

I OWN A 2004 TOYOTA PRIUS WHICH I HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR ABOUT COUPLE YEARS AND RECENTLY COUPLE DAYS AGO I HAD A MAJOR ACCIDENT (SEE ATTACHMENT FOR MORE DETAILS) WHICH DAMAGED MOST OF MY CAR. THE ACCIDENT WAS VERY SEVERE AND DURING WHICH NONE OF THE AIR BAGS ACTIVATED. THE AIR BAGS SHOULD HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED IN THIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT, RECENTLY MY CAR HAD BEEN TO A GENERAL INSPECTION AT A TOYOTA DEALER AND THERE WAS NO ISSUES RECORDED OF THIS SORT.

SOMETIMES MY LEFT FRONT HEADLIGHT WORKS AND SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY ANY CONSISTENT CAUSE OF THE INTERMITTENT FAILURE. SOMETIMES IF THE LEFT HEADLIGHT IS OUT AND I FLICK THE HIGH BEAMS ON AND OFF, THEN THE LIGHT WORKS AGAIN, BUT THIS DOESN'T ALWAYS SEEM TO FIX THE PROBLEM.

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, MY HEADLIGHTS WILL TURN OFF RANDOMLY. SOMETIMES, IT IS JUST ONE BUT OFTEN IT IS BOTH. IF I TURN THE HEADLIGHTS SWITCH TO OFF AND BACK TO ON, SOMETIMES ONE OR BOTH LIGHTS WILL TURN BACK ON. MORE RECENTLY, THIS TRICK HASN'T BEEN WORKING AS WELL AND I HAVE TO DRIVE JUST USING MY FOG LIGHTS. IT SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING WITH THE COMPUTER THAT CONTROLS THE HEADLIGHTS. IF IT WAS THE BULB IT WOULD ALWAYS BE OUT. IF IT WERE THE WIRING, SIMPLY FLIPPING THE SWITCH ON/OFF WOULDN'T SUDDENLY GET THE WIRING TO CONNECT AGAIN.

THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE HEADLIGHT KEEPS GOING OUT . ALREADY REPLACED IT TWICE AND IT SEEMS THIS IS VERY COMMON WITH THE TOYOTA PRIUS. FUSE ALSO KEEPS BURNING. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AT NIGHT . DRIVING WITH ONE HEAD LIGHT IS BECOMING TO COMMON FOR THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE .

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TOYOTA PRUIS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATED. THIS WAS A RECURRING FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000.

WARNING TRIANGLE AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON WHILE TRAVELING. TOOK VEHICLE TO INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED HYBRID WATER PUMP MALFUNCTION; HE NOTED A RECALL, SO I TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. DEALER CHARGES $130 TO PLUG INTO DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, FINDS SAME PROBLEM; WANTS $750 TO REPLACE. PUMP WAS REPLACED @ 30,000 MILES AGO UNDER AON RECALL. MULTIPLE REPORTS ON WEB ABOUT THE SAME REPLACEMENT PART FAILING AFTER SHORT TIME.