Headlights intermittently go out most often one or the other. Often turning headlights off and back on will recover the headlight temporarily. This has LED to being stopped by the police for having a headlight out. Sometimes it can be ok for days at a time and others it will go out every day.
2006 Toyota Prius lights complaints
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While under warranty, driver side headlight flickered and would go out. It would always come back on after turning the headlights off and on again. Same thing happened a few months later with passenger side headlight. Dealer replaced or repaired both at different times while under warranty. No longer under warranty, and I have paid for a replacement headlight once. At present, both headlights flicker and go out, now with remarkable regularity. Fortunately, turning them off and on again corrects the problem for a few minutes, so I have never been forced to stop driving at night (although I have been stopped for driving with only one headlight at times). At this time, I am at the point where I turn my headlights off and on every five minutes day and night. It has become a nervous tic.
Intermittent headlight failure on toyota prius (2006) headlights (hid) without warning. Teenage driver received two summonses for driving at night without lights. Toyota (dealer and corporate) recalcitrant re:acknowledging problem (confirms lights working normally) requiring replication in shop (charging diagnostic fee to examine whether lights are off or flickering) despite law enforcement summonses.
I have a 2006 prius with hid headlights and have noticed that on one occasion one of the headlights was out. The problem was intermittent as turning the headlights off and on a little later fixed the issue. I understand that this is a common problem at this time with the prius and wanted to lodge a safety complaint against toyota on the issue.
1. Headlight or headlights turn off unexpectedly 2. Occurs regularly on my car. Other owners report this problem and say it is a $1000 repair that doesn't always work. Because the headlights dim, or shutoff on their own. I will often be driving with one headlight or no headlights and not be aware of it. Because they were working when I drove off. Due to the dimming feature, I cannot easily tell if they are off or dimmed until someone tells me. Then I turn off and on my headlights and it works for a while. 3. I am told it is a $1000 toyota repair, that is not a permanent fix. I think it occurred under warranty, but I was not aware of what I was experiencing until after warranty expired.
Headlights work intermittently. Have changed the light bulb modules twice and the problem still occurs.
I have a 2006 toyota prius with less than 45,000 miles. The driver's side headlight is either failing to light, lighting and then going out at some point while driving, and sometimes can be reset. Cost to fix is between $400-500 and is not covered by warranty. Problem could lie in the computer that controls the headlights and may be causing damage to these bulbs that run around $150 or more each. If that is so, then this problem will reoccur.
My 2006 toyota prius has one headlight going out at irregular times. It can be turned on again if the headlight switch is turned completely off, then turned on, but that does not make the headlight stay on. I have had the headlight switch replaced, but that has not corrected the problem. It is mainly the left headlight, but after the switch replacement, very occasionally the right headlight goes out as well. Very rarely, both headlights go out. I have consulted the dealer and they want about $1000 to correct the problem, but give no guarantees that this amount will fully correct the difficulty. I am concerned about the safety aspect of this problem, especially if we drive at night. My wife and I are both retired and we need all the lighting from these headlights to see safely. I also understand that if the problem shows up on state inspections, my car will not pass this inspection. The problem did not show up for the first year or so we owned the car, but has become more frequent over the past year. There seems to be no pattern to the failures.
My 2006 toyota prius had intermittent headlight failure for over a year - I am aware from prius owner website of several hundred others with this same problem. After being stopped for faulty equipment, stranded in an extremely dangerous area of downtown miami, I paid $963.00 on 6/26/09 to have both hid sub-assemblies replaced. They failed again on sunday july 5, less than two weeks later when I was on the fl turnpike, over 150 miles from home, miles from a rest stop or help, alone and in the dark. I was forced to drive in the dark for miles before I could pull over and wait until daylight. Toyota has been made aware of this dangerous issue but have done nothing to correct it. It is not a mileage issue - I have put less than 200 miles on the car since the blasts were replaced. Someone is going to be badly hurt if toyota does not step up and find a more permanent solution to the faulty hid ballasts.
Failure of hid headlight on 2006 toyota prius.
I had the passenger side hid headlight fail on my 2006 prius long before it should have failed. I have 40,600 miles on the car and have owned it since april of 2006.
Both headlights on my 2006 prius go off intermittently. When I turn the headlight switch on and off they come back on (until they fail again). This has been happening for over 6 months but was infrequent at first. Now the failures occur almost every time I drive the vehicle. I understand that many prius owners have the same problem. Some have been charged as much as $500 per headlight to repair. This is not an ordinary issue of replacing worn out parts but is clearly a safety related engineering defect. I am trying to get toyota to repair this without charge - but from what I know there should have been a recall to fix this problem.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 toyota prius. While driving approximately 65 MPH at night, the headlights suddenly failed without warning. The driver experienced extremely limited visibility. Immediately, the vehicle was pulled over to the side of the road. The contact made several attempts to engage the headlight switch before they began functioning properly again. The vehicle was able to resume normal operation; however, the failure occurred intermittently. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer for diagnostic testing, but they could not duplicate the failure. The driver's side headlight was replaced. The failure occurred twenty five additional times. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer on three separate occasions for identical failures, but there were no resolutions. The failure mileage was 22,000 and current mileage was 58,000. Updated 08/04/09. *lj updated 08/06/09.
Hid headlights on my 2006 toyota prius both failed within the time frame of 2 weeks. This left me with only partial view at night. Notably, toyota has not taken action to correct what is now becoming a glaring design safety defect. The cost to repair these lights is astronomical and the dealers have been taking advantage of customers charging very high prices for the bulbs and the labor to replace them. Unfortunately, the problem only returns and I expect to have this problem for the life of the car, leaving me at the mercy of toyota corporate, who thus far has agreed to pay only a portion of the repair. In summary; the toyota prius has a design defect that causes the high intensity headlights to fail. At first they go on and off, then completely off. Due to the cost, many customers do not have these replaced. This should not happen on this vehicle.
I drive a 2006 toyota prius with the hid headlights. I read that my problem has been happening to a lot of prius owners and their is an investigation started, so here's one more case to add to the books. One headlight would go out randomly. It would alternate between the passenger and drivers side, but would never happen to both lights at the same time. It would happen about every other day. There were no particular events that LED to this problem starting, but I did notice that sometimes braking hard correlated with the light going out, but they went out without braking hard as well. Whenever one light went out, flipping the lights off and immediately back on would make both lights function again. I took it in for work 3 times. The ballasts got changed, then the bulbs got changed and the wiring harness checked, finally both the bulbs and ballasts were switched out with brand new ones of a different brand. It appears to be working so far. My mechanic probably still has the old parts if you wanted them. Consequences: I got pulled over twice for lights being out that I thought I had fixed, very irritating, luckily they understood and gave me warnings.
The federal safety agency pe09019 - 2006 prius, have had 1 passenger and three driver's side hid bulbs fail within 6 months.
The passengers head light works intermittently. When it goes out, if I turn the headlight on then off, it comes back on. I have hid headlights in the car.
The left and right headlights sometimes go out independently of one another. Other times they both go out. Of course, this is not good while driving in darkness. Flipping headlight switch to off and back on fixes the problem, but sometimes it's only a temporary fix and I have to do it again a few minutes later, and other times both lights remain on. For unexplained reasons, the problem is occurring more frequently now. It seems that this is not uncommon in the prius and I, myself, have seen other cars with a headlight out here in the burlington, vt area. In fact, a co-worker took his into the shop and they said it was a bad bulb. What I'm reading is that it's not the bulbs.
Intermittent alternating hid failure that until last night had not involved both headlights at he same time until last night. Something faulty since replaced hid bulbs already. Safety issue when headlights go out the same time and you are driving on the highway. Luckily I was in town so pulled over and turned off switch and turned again and lights turned on for five minutes and then blinked out again.
I own a 2006 toyota prius with high intensity discharge headlights. Both headlights go dim and then go out while driving independent of each other. Many times both will go out one right after the other. They do this often, but on a random basis. When the switch is turned off then on the come back on for a short period. The toyota dealerships I have taken the car to say they think it is the bulbs, however they can not guaranty it. They also tell me that toyota has a long back order on the bulbs. In reading a few hybrid web sites and blogs, I have read numerous other owners complaining about the exact same problem. When driving down a dark highway it is very dangerous to all of a sudden have no headlights on a car and then to be told that it will be over $750 to "maybe" fix the problem. The problem started with one light a few years ago and was sufficiently intermittent that after the $750 estimate I decided I could live with it. Now it happens often and to both lights.
Toyota prius 2006 model has issue with hid headlight sensor.
Hid headlights have failed 4 times in 3 years. Bulbs are burning out between one week and 16 months of being replaced. Crash will occur if both malfunction at the same time. Dealer where car was purchased replaced or repaired at no charge the first 3 times, but charged for the fourth. Old parts unavailable.
The hid headlights on my 2006 toyota prius has a problem where it would randomly, without warning turn off, either at the same time, the left will go out, or the right, some times one then the other. There is no reasoning to it. I can most of the time get them to come back on by switching the switch off and then back on again. This has been occurring for about two years and seems to be happening more frequently. Dealer once quoted me close $800 for replacing the bulbs but declined since it was so expensive and I found out from other people that had the work done than it did not really fix the problem.
Hid headlight on 2006 toyota prius safety issue. Passenger side headlight went out in dec 07' at approx 34,000 miles - dealer replaced. Driver side headlight went out in apr 08' at approx 39,000 miles - dealer replaced. Both headlights went out in jun 09' at approx 64,000 miles. Dealer refused to replace indicating that the car is out of warranty. Toyota customer experience center contacted for assistance. Told that they have had complaints regarding this issue, but that they do not have to do anything because a recall has not been issued, but are willing to work with dealer on giving me some sort of goodwill gesture. This is a vehicle defect as well as a safety issue. Car is presently unusable after dark because of issue.
Headlight (hid style) flickers and/or goes out unexpectedly. Lights come back on after cycling them off and on again. But the problem still repeats itself under all driving conditions.
I have a 2006 toyota prius. The drivers side headlight was intermittently going out. I had it replaced by a toyota dealer. Now, the passenger side light is doing the same thing. Since both did not go out at the same time, I have not had an accident, but I am concerned that I might. I am afraid to take chances not replacing this one, even though the cost is about $300, because if both went out, I could have an accident.
I have a 2006 and have been dealing with the passenger side light going off after 15 seconds for 6 months now. After contacting toyota of america they didn't agree with me that there was any issue, they even went as far as to tell me that I couldn't believe everything that I read on message boards. I expressed my displeasure with the situation and complained that this is a safety hazard, they of course didn't agree. After paying nearly 200 dollars for a diagnosis I was told that I have a bad computer and the computer has now caused the light to be faulty as well and both need to be replaced for a mere 500+ dollars. Unfortunately I don't have an extra 500 just laying around in this current economy. The car is not in warranty as it has 90,000 miles and this problem started right after I hit 70,000 miles. Which just happens to be the miles for warranty of the lights. We'll I'm out of state at the moment and now the driver side light is going faulty. So now we're talking about a cool $1,000.00 to fix something that is a total safety hazard in which toyota should do a recall and fix at their expense. Also my dvd nav system doesn't work either and hasn't now for some 7 months.
Toyota prius headlight failure for the 5th time.
The driver side headlight on my 2006 toyota prius turns on and off. I took it to my mechanic to get it fixed and he told me the light was fine and there was no loose connection. He witnessed it turn off and told me it is probably some issue with the computer and he can't fix it. He told me to take it back to toyota. Additionally, my radio volume goes up by itself when the car is hot. The light seems to turn off more when it is hot. It pretty much always turns off after 15 minutes of driving in the summer weather. It is unsafe when it turns off. I will take it back to toyota to get it fixed. I have heard this is a common problem for the 2006 prius. From the online blogs I found, I heard the costs will be between $1500 - $2800 to fix. This has been going on with my car for about 8 months that I am aware of. It is often hard to tell if the light goes off. If it goes out, I can turn the lights on and off and on again and it will work for another 20 minutes.
Passenger side hid headlamp was randomly turning off. Soon both the driver's side and passenger headlamps would go out while driving and with no particular repeatability or consistency. While driving at night this was a very dangerous situation. The hid headlamps sometimes would return if the headlamp switch was turned off then back on, but not always. No warning of the problem occurring would take place, I.e. When the car was turned on, the headlamps coming on was not an indication that they would stay on.
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