2004 Toyota Prius lights problems

Filed Nov 8, 2020 · Electrical, Lights · 160,000 miles · ID

All the instrument cluster lights continue to go out on my 04 prius. I don't know how much fuel I have this could be a safety issue. I don't know how fast I'm going this could definitely be a safety issue. And zero warning lights come on this is definitely a safety issue. By looking on the internet I can tell thousands of priuses have this exact same issue with the instrument panel cluster going out. This should definitely be a recall.

Filed Nov 6, 2020 · Lights · 100,000 miles · OR

My left headlight goes off but if I turn the headlights back off and back on it comes back on. The headlight is not burned out. This happens while on the freeway in the dark while raining. This happens intermittently and not all the time.

Filed Oct 20, 2020 · Lights · 160,000 miles · AL

About 1.5 years ago during a vacation. My car decided to not shut off. I drove to the nearest dealership that was about the close. They assisted and said to hold the power button down until it shuts off then turn it back on. This was a dealership in georgia. The mechanic had heard of the problem before. I recently had the front dash light go completely out. I did not have an instrument panel at all. The was not a way to see MPH, gas gauge, warning lights, nothing. The center monitor stayed on. It took 2 days but it came back on. A week later it happened again and again came back on. Warning lights came on and I drove to dealership. It was the 2nd water pump going out. As I was leaving my dash lights went out again. I took it back into the prius dealership. They had paperwork stating there had been issues with the metered dash before. Is there a recall on it or not? I had to have a car and was allowed to leave with the dash not working. I drove to a gas station. After filling with gas the dash lights came on again. I had to pay for the metered dash part to be ordered up front because the mechanic said it may come back on. There should be a recall on this as it is an ongoing issue. The mechanic even called it a short. Due tot he paperwork the desk representative had, it appears there have been several reports before on the metered dash shorting. Please help. I need the car and cannot afford these ridiculous prices for manufacturer mistakes.

Filed Feb 17, 2020 · Lights · CA

Headlight go out daily and happens while driving at night from work, they turn back on switch on and off

Filed Sep 28, 2018 · Electrical, Lights · 150 miles · FL

My car head lights are turning off, at first it was one not turning on and then it was the other one, now they take turns. It is a safety issue which almost had make me crash more than 2 times. To the point that I am unable to use the car during the night. This happens if the car is parked or running.

Filed Aug 16, 2018 · Electrical, Lights · 138,000 miles · NY

3 days after buying my 04 prius both of my low beams and one of my high beams went out. A few months after replacing them my driver side low beam went out, the high beam was fine. 2-3 months after re replacing the driver's side low beam the passenger side low beam went out. I have had to replace my headlights about 5 times each (10 times total driver+passenger side) I had my ground wires checked, I constantly check my fuses, mechanics say nothing is wrong with my lighting, but here I am with this reoccurring issue. I have been using the same kind of bulbs because I can't imagine spending more money on a bulb to have it blow out in a couple of months (xtravision 9003 12.8v,55/60w halogen). Apparently my reverse lights aren't working either, and one of my license plates lights is out (I think the plate light is probably not connected to the other lights going out) zi do think the reverse lights are a related problem though. My lights go out both in motion and stationary (I couldn't tell you if it happens on turns or not, but it can happen on highways), sometimes I can get them to come back on by giving a little smack, but usually a few days after that they officially burn out. I've researched this problem on prius forums and apparently I am not the only prius owner experiencing this with the same frequency, there are no recalls for this issue, yet so many of us are experiencing this, which is quite detrimental to ours and others safety. Sometimes I can't tell my lights have gone out til I get pulled over or am able to see my headlight reflection on another vehicle, even worse is when I'm wondering why I can't see anything when it's so dark out just to found out one of my headlights blew again. I still own this vehicle and still trying to figure out why this is a continuous problem.

Filed Mar 31, 2018 · Lights · 260,000 miles · IA

Our 2004 prius has intermittent problems with headlights and tail lights failing. One of both headlights will all of a sudden go out. Turning them off and on usually causes them to come back on. My son was driving on a curvy, dark forested road when both lights went out. Could not see a thing. This is an extremely dangerous situation. We have also replaced tail light bulbs. They work, then fail again quickly.

Filed Jan 17, 2018 · Lights · 153,040 miles · CA

The passenger side headlight goes out while operating the vehicle. It begins to operate again after turning headlights off and on again. This happens multiple times during vehicle operation in a single drive. For example, three times today within 15 minutes. The headlight was replaced within the last 6 months, but we now believe it is a systemic issue, unrelated to the bulb assembly, because it has occurred with two bulbs in a row. This occurred both when the vehicle is in motion and when stationary (idling).

Filed Nov 8, 2017 · Lights · 166,000 miles · WI

When driving on the interstate in the dark, both my headlights went out. Luckily they came back on after I turned the switch off and back on.

Filed Oct 28, 2017 · Lights · 125,000 miles · SC

Over the past few months my headlights would randomly turn off while I'm driving. Sometimes it's one head light, other times it's both. Usually they turn back on if I turn them off then back on. The other day they turned off for about 20 seconds while I was driving 70mph down the interstate at 10pm. I saw my life flash before my eyes. They would not turn back on for 20 seconds approximately. Upon further research on a priuschat forum, I saw that lots of other people have had this issue. There was even a class action lawsuit against toyota because they knew about the issue but did not recall. I'm a single parent and I depend on my car and my son needs his mom. Toyota needs to fix there error and recall the head lights.