When the car is turned on and the headlights are turn on, a few seconds later the headlight on the left hand side goes off. When turned off and back on again, they turn right back on. The same thing happened on the road (freeway to be exact). Have to keep turning it off and back on to be able to see the road clearly. Tried replacing lightbulb but still having the same problem happening. Scared to drive car at night with my children because this can cause an accident.
2007 Toyota Prius lights complaints
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The headlights will flicker out without warning while driving on the road at night. Sometimes it's one and sometimes it's both (which is a scary occurrence on a windy road at night). It also does it while it's idle and stationary. I've changed the bulbs and I know it's not a connection issue because the quick fix is turning your lights on and off quick. They come back on but not for long. It seems to be a manufacturer malfunction. I'm seeing hundreds of exact complaints online for the same vehicle. I'm not sure what else to do. Thank you.
Headlight failure! Well driving near my neighborhood the hid headlights suddenly shut off causing me to lose focus on the road for a brief moment putting pedestrians at risk. To go from the illumination of a high intensity discharge to nothing is very unsafe. I have read multiple forums this is not a one-time occurrence and from what I've read you guys are well aware of this problem and have yet to issue a recall. May I ask why?
Driver side headlight will intermittently turn off. When the driver side headlight goes out if the head lights are turned off and back on the driver side will be on for a few minutes.
Drivers side headlight went out randomly while driving for 3-4 days, then failed entirely and was replaced at dealership.
Reading about the headlight issue, also exists on my car. Has been this way since I bought it with 148k miles on it. I had the one headlight die thing happen. Dealership said they knew about the issue but that it wasn't part of a recall. I had to get lower voltage aftermarket headlights to get 2 to work at the same time and to avoid the $400 cost of replacement bulbs. Rediculous. I was afraid the headlight left on would shut off as well. You'd think toyota would take responsibility for an issue occuring on all their same type of car, but they haven't. Very disappointing. Sorry, even with one headlight hid bluish light, still hard to see. We really need two working lights and no stress when it comes to replacement. This should be an easily affordable experience, but its not. Read on the web, lots of other people also have this issue and it doesn't go away.
Head lights turnoff while driven the car any moment at night unable to see the road.car is burning oil too fast with only 70000 miles.
My headlights keep going out for no reason. The bulbs are not burned out but they will go out and I have to turn them off and back in. It makes driving at night very dangerous.
The right headlight turns on and then at some point while driving goes out. I have changed the headlight and it did not solve the problem. It is a lot of money to deal with diagnostics, but the problem isn't resolved. It is a safety hazard to only have one headlight working. Toyota should be paying for these malfunctions because accidents can be their fault for such a safety violation. There are many other people that are experiencing the same thing. This happens ever time I turn on my headlights for the last year trying to resolve it. It could have been for longer and I never noticed because the lights turn on initially.
My right headlamp has been intermittent for a couple years. It would resolve if I turned headlights on and off, it has become much more of a problem in frequency. I live rural without street lamps and it is becoming more dangerous. I was driving on a country road and hit a deer.
While driving at night, the headlamps will suddenly go out.
I was driving home yesterday evening when both of my headlights went off. Unfortunately for me I was in the middle of going through a long curve in the road. I quickly turned off the headlight switch and then back on again. They did come back on but I nearly drove off the road going 45mph! Could have had a serious accident due to the headlight failure. I can no longer take the risk of driving late at night when I need to due to this safety hazard!
The instrument panel combination meter on my 2007 prius causes the instrument panel lights to fail to illuminate when starting .this happens haphazardly with lights not functioning for multiple startups and then suddenly functioning as normal. The lights work one minute then then they don't. The lights will fail at the starting of the car and remain off for the entire drive during each occurrence. While in this disconnect mode the car will fail to shut off when stopped and the start/off button is pushed.you must hold button down for a few seconds as you would with a computer that wouldn't shut off normally and it will shut the engine off while still leaving you in accessory mode then you must tap twice quickly to shut off completely and that some times won't work so I 'll need to leave the car for as short a period as I can and pray nobody steals it. I know this problem is common with some prius years and there has been an extended warrantee of 9 years established to help somewhat with this problem. I believe this was initiated by toyota to stave off a possible and more costly recall. Why hasn't there been a recall for such a dangerous faulty part as the combination meter? The dangers are apparent : driving with no speedometer or warning lights , automobile failing to turn off correctly.correcting this problem is very costly repair $800 plus. The 9 year warrantee helps some and I believe a calculated move to avoid helping others such as myself . When I reported my problem I had owned my car 9yrs. And 5 mos. The dashboard lights are not something you'd expect to lose unless you might have to replace a fuse to repair it. If this repair costs $800 then toyota's technology is faulty and inefficient .big question : why was this problem treated to an extended warrantee instead of rectified for all concerned by a recall ?
Passenger side headlight goes out while driving. Must turn lights off and back on to get it to work again. Stated it's the bulb, assembly, and computer causing the issue. It's a known problem with these vehicles with hid lighting systems.
The headlights (single or both) turn off while driving at night . I turn them back on and both seem to work for a few minutes and after a few minutes the problem occurs again, when 1 or both lights go off.
Headlights sporadically turn off while in motion. Sometimes it is just one headlight, sometimes it is both!
Right headlight randomly goes out. As of recently, both started going out randomly. Seem to turn back on when turned off and on again.
Three times within the last week, while driving at night, the headlights suddenly went out. Although I was able to turn them back on right away, this is an extremely dangerous situation to be in when driving on a dark road.
My vehicle seemed to be having a recurrent problems with headlights. Initially it started with randomly turning off . I tried to get this investigated by the dealership but was told that these are sometimes driven by weather conditions and could happen. However later on I happen to understand that there was a hid recall. Unfortunately I never received the letter nor toyota dealership did their due diligence by validating active recalls and taking care of this for me. I am deeply disappointed with toyota and the dealership both for their laxity in being responsible as toyota to take care of this for a customer . As I never received the letter I never got an opportunity to respond to the campaign for the hid issue with toyota prius 2006 - 2009 models.
This is a known problem with 2007 toyota prius... Headlights on my prius go out intermittently posing a safety hazard while driving at night. Either one headlight goes out or the other. You have to turn headlights off and on to correct. There were 2 occasions when both headlights went out at the same time. I was driving home on the freeway late at night and could have been killed. My mechanic informed me to replace the left and right front headlight ballasts and bulbs. This is a major safety hazard and toyota should be held responsible!.
Problem with lighting turning off at night without warning. Both lights turn off at different times. Upon turning off and back on they turn on but turn off soon thereafter. Apparently known safety issue subject of lawsuit and settlement for low mileage car. The federal safety agency should compel manufacturer to fix the problem.
Toyota recall 2007 prius' due to faulty high-density discharge headlights. Headlights are a safety hazard and go off and on while driving at night. At times both headlights have gone off. Toyota should take responsibility and repair. It is their fault! Not mine. I cannot drive at night due to this problem.
When I drive my car with the lights on they randomly turn off. We have tried twice already to try to tighten this and it still turns off while driving. The bulbs are in good condition. I have kids and feel this unsafe to be driving.
The headlights come on together but the passenger side will randomly go off while driving. Usually they come back on when I turn them off and back on. One time they both went off while on a highway and I could not get them to come back on. I drove to the hotel with out the headlights, the next day they worked.
The headlights of my 2007 prius go off unexpectedly while driving. I have learned that if I then turn the switch off and on again they will come back on, but only for a short time. This has occurred as many as eight times during a 45 minute drive. At night on dark roads this is dangerous. I have had three near-misses as a result. Toyota had issued an "enhanced warranty" (5 year 50k miles) because of the many complaints filed around this situation, but I purchased my prius used, older than 5 years, and more than 50k miles. I have spoken to toyota north america, obtained case #1609193626, but they refuse to cover the cost of repair. Local toyota service centers also refuse to do the repair work unless I pay full cost out of pocket. At this point I seem to have no options but to pay the cost myself, which I understand can be as much as $1,500!
Headlights go out while driving, and come back on when headlights are switched from on to off then back on again. This can happen 1 time during a trip or multiple times. Diag of issue is not easy and usually multiple parts are replaced trying to fix the issue.
My headlights began flickering intermittently about two years ago. Dealer said nothing is wrong because they worked when I was there. 18 mos ago the driver side went out. Bought two bulbs but before I could replace the driver side came back on again and the passenger side went out. Then they went back to being intermittent - as they are now. Basically they flicker or go on and off. Ridiculous.
One or both of the prius headlights will switch off on its own and I have to turn off the lights and turn them on several times in order for the headlights to stay consistently on. This is a serious safety issue when I am traveling at highway speeds at night and lose my headlights and then have to switch them on and off to make them work.
Headlight burned out; they want $ 450 to fix. Researching, we find that this is a known safety issue, subject to multiple legal actions, including class action. Their current "customer service" solution? "sue us!!"
The ballists inside the two front headlights intermittently turn on/off. Both lights went out at the same time while night driving, causing a serious safety concern while the vehicle was in motion. The vehicle has 120,000 miles and both lights randomly turning off/on is not safe and toyota should incur a recall.
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