2006 Toyota Prius: headlights failing or too dim

Filed Aug 28, 2024 · Lights · OH

The right or left headlight will rabdomly turn off, and tyrn back there 8s no ryme or readon to it,and while driving at night it is cery dangerous, aparebtly its not just this car, this is a common issue and it needs to be fixed

Filed Jun 19, 2023 · Electrical, Lights · WA

I was Driving down the main road at night time in my 2006 prius and the headlights both went out and all most caused a crash. I pulled over turned my car off then back on and the headlights came back on so i started driving home. After driving a couple blocks i was pulled over by the police because my drivers side headlight was off. Luckily he let me go with a warning, but i work at night and am losing money daily because of this problem. I sent toyota a email and no answer. There has been many electrical problems with this car and the speedometer still says i am deiving 34 to 35 mph while i am actually only going 30mph. I think that toyota should fully fix the problems in thos car. Its amazing there can be so much wrong with a vehicle and they not have to replace the vehicle with a vehicle that works or fix all the problems and give me a loaner vehicle. I will upload a picture of what the toyota dealership nearest to me wanted just to replace 1 bulb ans the balast wires going to the light for one loght they want $211.34 and that is just for the bulb and wire. For there time they said each bulb and wire would be around $500 worth of repair time to pay for them to put the new light and wire in so for one lightbulb with rhe wire would be about $800-$1000 for the dealership to replace the parts, so basically $2000 to replace both light bulbs and the wires and pay the toyota company to put them in. If you look at the estimate it is for 1 bulb and 1wire and that would be the price if i put them in and if i only wanted the parts. So $211.34 then i would have to double it because i would need 2 bulbs and 2 wires. Then i would have to add another $1000. That is $500 for labor for them to put the bulbs in per each bulb and wire and they said its not guaranteed it will fix the problem. So that is $422.68 for parts and they said somewere around $500 for them to install each bulb and wire and after it might not even fix the problem. So that is $2422.68 to maybe fix the problem.

Filed Apr 2, 2022 · Lights · DE

Headlights Malfunctioning. Red triangle light has been present since the week after purchase. 2006 Prius was inspected by Toyota and a private technician. Headlights and 2 Relay fuses have been replaced and is still malfunctioning. This is a safety risk having headlights not working properly can cause accidents on dark roads at night. This should not be at owners expense when it is clearly a manufacturing issue. This causes owners to be ticketed as it is deemed to be a road hazard and it can not pass inspection due to faulty headlights.

Filed Feb 6, 2020 · Electrical, Lights · GA

Headlights constantly go out. Research online proves prius vehicles with hid bulb systems have ballast issues causing constant blowing of either bulbs or ballast failure. Not only is safety constantly compromised, but it is illegal when a headlight goes out driving down the road.

Filed Jan 29, 2020 · Lights · 84,500 miles · OH

While the vehicle was in motion on side street traffic at maximum 40 MPH the right headlight turned off and I was pulled over for a traffic violation. The headlights were both working when I left my house 10 minutes earlier. They were both working when I left work later that day. The lights have had this problem before on and off frequently on the highway and side streets, but every time I check after pulling over and turning the car back on both lights are working.

Filed Nov 8, 2019 · Lights · 96,500 miles · CA

The right side head light on my 2006 toyota prius will turn off on its own. It will work again if I shut all the lights off and turn it on again. It doesn't seem to happen while the car is stationary, but will turn off soon after the car starts moving. It doesn't matter if it is on a bumpy road, moving slowly, or on a highway. It will turn off within seconds to several minutes. I took it into the dealership around july 8th, 2019 when I first noticed the problem. They said there was no signs of any damage and said there wasn't anything that needed to be done. Since then I have just been switching the lights off and back on when it happens. But then last night on november 7, 2019 both lights went out while I was driving on a public road. It happened as I accelerated after a full break.thankfully turning the lights off and on again worked. The right side turned back off again that night, but both did not shut off again after the incident.

Filed Nov 5, 2019 · Lights · 168,000 miles · CA

The hid headlights are both out, after being on maybe 5 minutes. From everything I have read online and from my mechanic, this is a known issue with my model of car, that has been going on for years. The ballast is faulty, and would need to be tested prior to replacing a hid light. This has been happening for months, and I simply do not drive at night as a result. With the time change, this is to difficult.

Filed Oct 7, 2019 · Lights · 108,000 miles · OH

Head lights randomly go out without warning. Turn switch of then on and they go back on for awhile. Sometimes one headlight. Sometimes other or both. Not safe when driving in dark and lights disappear in mountains on vacation at night!!!

Filed Sep 20, 2019 · Electrical, Lights · CT

Both of my headlights went out at the same time the other day now the fact that both of them went out at the exact same time already tells me that its not the bulb,ballest or anything other then an electrical issue because everyone is having this problem and they have changed both ballasts and bulbs and the same thing happened over and over again, please make this a recall because it is very unsafe

Filed Sep 7, 2019 · Lights · 170,600 miles · CA

Right front headlight occasionally goes out. Sometimes it works when I switch the lights on and off and on again but mostly it has me driving down the street at night with only the left headlight visible. I'm scared to drive at night, knowing that my right headlight will most likely act up again. I even took everything apart trying to get to this headlight to change the bulb but found that the current bulb was working fine. Please do something!!! I cannot stress how important it is to have working headlights and I definitely don't want to get pulled over by a cop and issued a ticket!!

Filed Jan 18, 2019 · Lights · TN

The operation of my hid lights are malfunctioning and the current right head light will occasionally turn off on it's own. After turning them on and off a few times, they then work again. Obviously dangerous for night time driving or resulting in potential tickets.

Filed Dec 4, 2018 · Lights · 140,000 miles · WY

Right front headlight randomly quits while driving, it has been doing this for the last 2 years