Tl*the contact owns a 2007 toyota prius. The contact stated both headlights have blown out on separate occasions. The first time the dealer replaced the headlights under the warranty and now the manufacturer is paying half of the repair cost. The failure mileage was 35,500.
2007 Toyota Prius lights complaints
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2007 toyota prius hid failure passenger side as of 04/21/09 @ 39,163 miles.
2007 prius hid headlight failure - drivers side hid bulb (part # 90981-20015 and computer sub-assy 81107-47150 was replaced by toyota santa monica on march 26, 2009 @ 33,929 mileage. & passenger side. First incident (drivers side).
No event leading to the failure on 2007 toyota prius touring model. My wife came home from hot springs, ar around 4:00pm and the passenger side headlight was not on. We drive with the headlights on at all times, or at least we used to. I checked the light assembly for loose wires, but none found. Switched lights off and back on and the light was working. The same evening we went to the theater 2 miles from home and while driving home in the dark, the light went out 3 times in the 2 mile ride. I switched the light on and off to restart each time it went out. There is no pattern to the lights-out problem. It can be on for an entire trip or on and off any number of times. We live in the quacita mts. Of arkansas and street lights are minimal at best. The headlights are optional hid lights with the touring package (no choice). According to others with the same problem, one lights goes out, then the other one usually follows after several miles. If the situation arrises where both light go out, we could be in grave danger in the mountains. You cannot see anything at night w/o headlights, unless the moon is bright. The repair is exorbitant for the bulb and even more ridiculous for the control module and installation. This is caused from defective parts because the hid headlights are supposed to last 3 times longer than standard headlights. Toyota has admitted that they had some defective bulbs from one manufacturer. But my vehicle is beyond the warrantee. I still feel that I should not have to pay for their defective parts that they installed on my vehicle. This is their responsibility to replace at their expense. The labor and parts to replace one light and/or module exceeds $1000. That is not even reasonable. Purchasing customers were never told that those lights were that nonsensically expensive. Therefore, I am waiting for toyota to be forced by class action law suits or customer influence to take tesponsibility for their idiotic mistake.
Intermittent headlights - headlights (1 or both) may fail at any time, come back on if switched off and back on, likely will go out again. Have been warned by police about failed headlight. Toyota offers no remedy, instead charges $200 or more each to replace bulb, which may or may not fix the problem.
Hid headlight failure. This problem is intermittent, with both lights, toyota has failed to accept responsibility for faulty equipment and the federal safety agency has failed to recognize this as an issue. This should be a recall problem. I intend to use your finding that says this is "not a safety issue" because both lights do not go out at the same time, when I am pulled over by a police man. I intend to take your findings to court when that happens, to insist that any charges be dropped because you have deemed this to not be a problem. I have a 2007 prius and a 2000 tundra pick-up. My tundra has over 200,000 miles on it and has never has a problem with its lights. My prius is another story 60k miles and light issues. Toyota knows this is a problem and with the assistance to the federal safety agency they are not taking responsibility for a defect. I did just receive a letter from toyota stating they have reduced the cost of the light bulb from $300.00 per bulb to $150.00 per bulb. Labor is not included. This is a known defect in the prius from 2006 to 2009 according to there letter. I'd ask that you look into this situation.
Drivers side headlamp goes off randomly. Auto is 2007 prius.
2007 intermittent left headlight failure. I sent it to a toyota dealer because I have a "bumper-to-bumper warranty" on 23 dec 09. They told me that it would cost me over $400 to replace two bulbs. I don't believe it's a bulb problem because I can re-cycle the switch to get it back. On 29 dec it failed again at night during a snow storm, nearly causing a freeway accident.
Hid bulbs (front headlights) go out on my 2007 toyota prius. They are on sometimes, and off at other times. Replaced the first one at 28k miles, now at 46k the other one is doing the same thing. This is an obvious problem with the high intensity bulbs.
The headlight on my 2007 toyota prius touring has started to randomly turn off. If I shut them off and turn them back on both headlights come on. Stopped by state cops for only one headlight but when he had me turn them on both were there. $228.00 to replace one bulb. Waiting to see if it is fixed. 37000+ miles on car.
Tonight for the third time recently, both headlights went out, one at a time. Neither low or high beam worked after they were out. I have previously reported the intermittent loss of both headlights and was able to show the dealer at least one occurrence of both lights. Tonight I was able to take pictures showing both lights out in low beam with fog lamps on (the fog lamps only work with headlights on in low). I realize that there have been numerous complaints about this issue with no pending resolution. The headlights came back on when the headlight switch is turned off the on again. Within 10 miles the driver side light went out again. And, as in the past, turning the headlights off then on restored the light.
Driver's lights intermittently turn off. Passenger light first went out, now both! Defective hid lighting system. Reported to dealer, only they simply want to charge me $500 to replace both lights. Toyota refuses to address issue as defect.
Driver side headlight fails intermittently.
Right headlight goes off without notice while driving, the failure occurs every time I drive, if I turn the headlight off and then back on it corrects the problem.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 toyota prius . While driving 65 MPH the headlights would intermittently shutt off. A technician from the dealer advised him that they would investigate the failure. No repairs were made. Identical failures have occurred approximately 6 times. The failure mileage was 28000. The current mileage was 28500. Updated 01/15/10. *lj updated 01/19/10.
I own a 2007 prius with 38,000 mi. And both headlamps go off while driving at night. If I turn the lights on and off they will come back on, but only for about 30 seconds...this is the 4th prius in our family with this problem, (06, 07). Toyota is requiring that the customer pay for the headlights because they usually are beyond the 35,000 warranty. More importantly, this is a serious safety issue and my wife and I are in our 80's and I'm hoping w don't get in an accident.
Passenger side headlight working intermittently. Lights up, then goes out, may light up again after car has been off for a while. Would replace except now am informed that not only is cost of the bulb $100 or more but $000's for labor may be required. Was persuaded to pay $3000 for option package in part based on claimed superiority of hid lights. Clearly an engineering failure that bulbs are failing and cannot be replaced without major repair expense. It is dark time of year and need confidence in headlights to drive safely.
My 2007 toyota prius was purchased new, and within a year, I began experiencing intermittent problems with my hid headlights. My driver side headlight would flicker, then go out -- only to turn back on if I completely turned the lights off & back on again. Toyota replaced that one after I complained that I had only had my car a year, and these bulbs were supposed to be "long-lasting." now, my passenger side headlight is doing the exact same thing. This time, toyota said that they would not pay to replace the second headlight, and it would cost almost $500 -- for one light! One month later, after the 2nd headlight began working intermittently, now my driver side tail light has stopped working as well. I have never had so many lights go out on a car that I have driven ever -- especially one that is just now 2 years old!! I am extremely frustrated, and feel that my electrical system on the auto is completely unreliable and unsafe.
Hid headlight on 2007 prius turns off randomly while driving. Happens almost every day.
2007 toyota prius. Passenger side headlamp turns off after several minutes of operation. It will come back on if you turn the headlights off and then on. This is a serious safety issue that one headlight goes out and it requires that both be turned off to come back on.
2007 toyota prius headlight goes out intermittently.
2007 toyota prius with hid headlights. While driving to work, I experienced the following. Left headlight went out. I drove the rest of the way to work with right hid light working and fog lights. Called my mechanic, he never heard of this problem. On way home from work, I turned on headlights and they worked. I have not had the same problem since. Friend at home notified me of this web site.
Drivers' side headlight will go out and then come back on.
Passenger-side headlight intermittently fails. Pulled over by police and issued citation warning for headlamp failure. Headlight resumed working on the drive home, has failed again today.
2007 toyota prius hid headlamp failure. This manufacturer installed hid lights in my prius that cost much more than the standard light and is supposed to last the life of the vehicle failed without any indicator inside (a policeman alerted me). The expect life of these lamps is clear when one considers the dealer must remove the front bumper to replace them. Dealer denied knowledge that this was a frequent issue yet priuschat forum on the internet has over 60 pages describing this and I also found the following link: http://www.autoweek.com/article/20090701/carnews/907019991#ixzz0zuzarhgk dealer ended up charging me $480 to replace two light bulbs! I have registered a case with toyota. Also the dealer lied as in the beginning of the service visit he said it was not a common problem that he was a aware of yet when I was leaving I asked him why he replaced just the bulbs and not any electronics and he said "because they have learned from experience when this happens to just replace the bulbs.
The headlights on my 2007 toyota prius have started to randomly turn off. Sometimes it's just one light, sometimes it's all of them. I live on a windy county road with no lighting. Last night I completed my drive home at 25 MPH, with the turn indicator lighting my way. This was one my way home from the toyota dealer, where they could not duplicate the problem. I've since learned that this is not an isolated event, but is happening to prius rather commonly. No one has been hurt. Yet.
My 2007 prius high intensity display (hid) headlights fail intermittently. The driver's side began failing in spring 2009, and by winter, the passenger side light was also failing. There is a toyota service bulletin on the problem, but I am having trouble getting the problem fixed. Toyota customer experience hotline gave me a case number and said they would reimburse me the cost of replacement (parts and labor), but the dealer said the reimbursement will only cover the lights (which are defective and will fail again until toyota recalls the lights on the market and replaces them all). Also, toyota customer experience would not commit to reimbursing the cost of repair until the problem had been diagnosed by the dealer, which is problematic because the lights always work when they are initially turned on and when they are re-started. This is very dangerous, obviously.
One or both headlamps randomly and intermittently extinguish while driving. Toyota will "diagnose" and advise of repair. Toyota customer care acknowledges there is a known problem, but may only possibly choose "goodwill" action be taken. These are the toyota hid lamps that are documented in pe09019. Someone needs to do something about this well documented problem before someone is killed!
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 toyota prius. While driving 15 MPH the passenger side headlight failed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle has not been repaired at this time. The failure mileage was 35,000. The current mileage was 40,000. The VIN was unavailable.
The passenger side headlight intermittently fails. If you turn the headlight switch off, then back on, it will start working again for a period of time. There does not appear to be a pattern to it. This is a safety issue as we can not have our headlights deciding when and where they choose to function.
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