We were driving down a quiet rural road the temperature was 50 degrees, time 11:40pm, weather was clear and dry. There were no tree overhangs. The right front passenger window suddenly shattered in its entirety. My passenger right front was not injured. No foreign object was found within the vehicle, and none was found a day and a half later on the road. Marks on the door exterior showed some moving objects, but they indicate multiple objects falling downwards, and may be marks from the glass falling.*ak while this incident could have resulted from a collision with some object, that certainly wasn't our impression at the time of the incident. I wonder whether this incident was caused by an annelaing defect within the glass.
2005 Toyota Prius visibility complaints
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The automatic dimming rear-view mirror in my 2005 toyota prius dims randomly. It has supposedly been replaced by the dealer with no noticeable improvement. It responds to blue-tinted (whiter) headlights, but does not dim when a standard yellowish headlight is shining into the mirror. This is extremely dangerous and distracting.
I would like to request a recall of the 2005, toyota prius. When I am driving at night there is a green streak of light about seven inches across and about an inch high on windshield, directly in my line of vision. It is dangerous because it obscures some of my vision and it is distracting. The green streak of light appears to come from the light that is projected onto the dashboard to show the MPH. Apparently, the dashboard is not configured properly, and some of that light shines past it onto the windshield. I have contacted both o local toyota dealers about this problem. Neither would fix it. Both said the green streak of light on the windshield at night was normal for the toyota prius. So I called the main toyota office in torrance, ca, and they said the same thing. Also, they stated it was part of the prius design, that was the word they used - design. They further indicated they were aware of the problem, and they there was no solution in place for it. They offered no help or suggested whatsoever for fixing this dangerous problem. The green streak of light partially obstructs the driver's vision at night, making it a safety hazard.
Auto-dimming rear view mirror does not dim enough. This left a lot of headlight glare being reflected back to the driver. It resulted in inability of the driver to safely see roadway. The driver slowed and stopped the car, and allowed all traffic to pass. Eventually, through experimentation it was found that the light sensor on the front of the rear viewing autodim mirror appears to be defective. If one covers this light sensor with translucent material and/or all together covers the light sensor, then proper autodimming occurs.
2005 toyota prius has a defective outside rear view mirror.*mr when the consumers husband bumped the driver's side mirror, it fell off. The mirror was connected to the vehicle via a plastic pin that snapped on the arm extending out from the vehicle. The plastic pin snapped which left the mirror hanging down, but still connected to the vehicle via the electrical wires. The consumer believed the pin holding the mirror on the arm was defective and it should not have broken with a mild bump.
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