2006 Toyota Prius ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING

HID HEADLIGHTS ON THIS VEHICLE AND TAILLIGHTS GO OUT ON THERE OWN SOMETIMES JUST ONE OR SOMETIMES ALL LIGHTS GO OUT. PROBLEM IS FIXED WHEN YOU TURN THE LIGHTS ALL THE WAY OFF AND ALL THE WAY BACK ON AND THEY STAY ON FOR THE DURATION OF MY DRIVE OR GO OUT A FEW MINUTES LATER. HAVE BEEN PULLED OVER BY POLICE MULTIPLE TIMES FOR HAVING LIGHTS OUT. HAVE SEEN MANY TOYOTA PRIUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME EXACT PROBLEM. *TR

DRIVING AT NIGHT AND HEADLIGHT COMPLETELY FAILED. TOOK IT IN TO DEALER BUT WAS WORKING THEN AND DEALER REFUSED TO DOCUMENT. THIS SAME THING OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THEN, BOTH HEADLIGHTS FAILING AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER RESULTING IN DANGEROUSLY POOR VISIBILITY. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND CONTINUING WITH A FAILURE JUST DAYS AGO. TOYOTA ACKNOWLEDGES THE PROBLEM BUT REFUSES TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY SAYING THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS TOO HIGH. PROBLEM FIRST OCCURRED WHEN MILEAGE WAS CONSIDERABLY UNDER 45000. FEEL IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE THE CAR AT NIGHT. *TR

I OWN A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS WITH HID HEADLIGHTS. THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT IS INTERMITTENT. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD ESPECIALLY DRIVING DOWN A DARK ROAD AT NIGHT. *TR

2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. FAULTY HEADLIGHTS. REPLACED BOTH HEADLIGHTS IN AUG 2010 ONLY TO HAVE ONE FAIL JAN. 3 AND THE OTHER FAILED JAN 8 2011. ADDED DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS BY DEALER IN 2007 SO DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO TURN THEM OFF AND ON. DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW ONE CAN HAVE BOTH LIGHTS FAIL AS STATED IN SO MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS. *TR

HEADLIGHTS ON 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS KEEP GOING ON AND OFF FOR NO APPARENT REASON. COMPLAINT HAS BEEN MADE TO TOYOTA AND ALL THEY HAVE DONE IS TO REDUCE THE PRICE OF THE HID BULBS. *TR

THE HEADLAMP OF PRIUS 2006 INTERMITTENTLY GOES OFF WHILE DRIVING. THE PROBLEM GOES AWAY IF THE CAR IS COMPLETELY SHUT OFF AND THEN RESTARTED. MANY OTHERS ARE REPORTING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH PRIUS AND REPLACEMENT OF HEADLIGHT DOES NOT RECTIFY THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM IS CREATING DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR DRIVING, PARTICULARLY DURING RAIN OR SNOW BECAUSE OTHERS CANT SEE THE CAR AND THE DRIVERS VISIBILITY BECOMES GREATLY AFFECTED. *TR

TOYOTA PRIUS 2006: HEADLAMPS GO OFF INTERMITTENTLY, CREATING A VERY UNSAFE CONDITION WHILE DRIVING. *TR

2006 TOYOTA PRIUS HEADLIGHTS GO OUT RANDOMLY CREATING AN UNSAFE CONDITION WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE HEADLIGHT(S) WILL COME ON AFTER TURNING OFF THE SWITCH. THIS HAS BEEN A RECURRING PROBLEM SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS ONE YEAR OLD. IN ONE INSTANCE, BOTH HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT WHICH REQUIRED AND EMERGENCY STOP. BOTH HEADLIGHT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THE PROBLEM IN NOW OCCURRING MOST TIMES THE VEHICLE IS OPERATED AT NIGHT. *TR

HEADLIGHTS OF 2006 PRIUS GO ON AND OFF AT WILL. I REPORTED THIS TO TOYOTA DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAD TO CHANGE BOTH BULBS. THE INTENSITY OF THE BULBS ARE NORMAL WHEN THEY COME BACK ON AND I HAVE NEVER OWNED A CAR WHERE THE BULBS RECOVER ON THEIR OWN. IT APPEARS TO BE A WIRING PROBLEM OF SOME KIND AND TOYOTA'S SOLUTION OF CHANGING THE BULBS DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A REASONABLE SOLUTION. ALSO THE ONE YEAR GUARANTEE OF AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR DOES NOT SEEM REASONABLE. THE TOYOTA WEBSITE SHOWS HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME CONDITION. *TR

TOYOTA PRIUS EXTERIOR LIGHTS SHUT DOWN. THIS HAPPENS ALL OF THE TIME THE CAR IS DRIVEN. HID HEADLIGHTS TURN OFF WITHOUT THE DRIVER KNOWING AND THEN KEEPS ON DRIVING UNTIL THEY ARE STRUCK OR HIT SOMETHING. OTHER CARS MAY NOT SEE THIS. THIS HAS OCCURRED OVER 5000 TIMES... *TR

I'M AMONG THE MANY WHO HAVE DEFECTIVE HIGH INTENSITY HEADLIGHTS IN MY 2006 PRIUS. AROUND 20K MILES I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH FLICKERING AND INTERMITTENT OUTAGE. THE DEALER WOULDN'T REPLACE THEM FOR FREE AND I COULDN'T AFFORD THE $1000 IT WOULD HAVE COST TO REPLACE. WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT ON A TREACHEROUS COUNTRY ROAD I ALMOST WENT OFF THE ROAD WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT COMPLETELY WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TURN ON THE BRIGHTS. *TR

FAILURE OF THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT. *TR

MY HID LIGHT ON MY 2006 PRIUS BURNT OUT ON DRIVER'S LEFT SIDE. TOOK IT IN FOR A REPLACEMENT AND THEY TOLD ME THAT I HAVE TO REPLACE BOTH FOR A PRICE OF $500 AND WILL ONLY WARRANTY FOR 1 YEAR. I WAS TOLD THE AVERAGE SPAN FOR A BULB IS 2.5-4 YEARS. THIS IS A RIDICULOUS PRICE FOR A LIGHT BULB. YOU SHOULD PUT PRESSURE ON THE COMPANY TO BRING THE COST FOR THIS SAFETY REPAIR DOWN TO A REASONABLE LEVEL. *TR

TOYOTA PRIUS 2006. RT. FRONT (PASSENGER SIDE) HEADLIGHT GOES OUT FOR NO REASON. AFTER THIS IS WILL NOT COME BACK ON, EVEN IF I SWITCH FROM LOW TO HIGH BEAM. I TURN THE LIGHTS OFF AND ON THAT CORRECTS THE PROBLEM FOR ABOUT 3 TO 15 MINUTES, THEN IT GOES OFF AGAIN. TOYOTA SAID IT WAS THE BULB AND REPLACED IT AT ABOUT 34,000 MILES UNDER WARRANTY, BUT IT DID NOT CHANGE ANYTHING. THEN THE NEXT CHANCE I HAD TO BRING IT IN IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, SO THEY WILL NOT COVER. I THOUGHT IT MAY BE THE IGNITER OR TRANSFORMER SO I REPLACED THAT, BUT IT STILL DOES THE SAME THING. I SEE MANY PRIUS' AROUND TOWN WITH THEIR RIGHT FRONT LIGHT OUT, SO IT SEEMS TO BE QUITE COMMON. I READ ON THE INTERNET THAT LOTS OF PRIUS PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM, BUT OF COURSE TOYOTA DENIES THAT THERE IS ONE. TOYOTA SIMPLY CHARGES $300. TO REPLACE THE BULB, OR $600 TO REPLACE THE IGNITER, OR $1,100 TO REPLACE THE WHOLE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLE. REPLACING THE BULB DOES NOT FIX IT, NEITHER DOES THE IGNITER, NOT SURE ABOUT THE WHOLE ASSEMBLY. THE LIGHT GOES OFF WHETHER THE CAR IS PARKED OR DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, SO VIBRATION IS NOT THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY HAZARD. TOYOTA IS PRODUCING LEMONS, THEN SIMPLY REPLACING THE BULBS AND HOPING YOUR WARRANTY RUNS OUT. TOYOTA IS MAKING A TON OF MONEY OFF OF THIS DEFECT AT $1,100 PER LIGHT ASSEMBLY, AND EVEN THEN I AM NOT SURE THE PROBLEM IS BEING REPAIRED. THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE MORE COMMON ON 2006 AND 2007 MODELS. I JUST DROVE TO THE AIRPORT AND BACK (45 MIN EACH WAY) AND MY LIGHT WENT OUT PROBABLY 30 TIMES. MANY OWNERS DON'T SEEM TO KNOW THAT THEIR LIGHT IS OUT. I NOTICE, BUT I STILL FEEL LIKE I AM A HUGE ROAD HAZARD. I WOULD REPAIR IT IF I KNEW WHAT THE ACTUAL PROBLEM WAS. THE TOYOTA FACTORY SURELY KNOWS WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND HOW TO CORRECT IT, BUT IF THEY BRING THE PROBLEM TO THE SURFACE THEY KNOW THAT THEY WILL BE FORCED TO PAY FOR ANOTHER RECALL, MEANWHILE THEY MAKE A TON OF PROFIT OFF PARTS AND REPAIRS. *TR

INTERMITTENT AND FREQUENT FAILURE OF HID HEADLIGHTS IN 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. ONE LIGHT OR THE OTHER AND SOMETIMES BOTH WILL GO OUT. TURNING THE LIGHT SWITCH FROM ON TO OFF AND BACK ON WILL RELIGHT THE BULB BUT AT LOWER BRIGHTNESS. FREQUENTLY MUST DO THIS SEVERAL TIMES AS THE BULB MAY STAY ON FOR A FEW MINUTES TO 1/2 HOUR. TOYOTA REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE DESIGN / FAULTY COMPONENTS IN HID CONTROL / POWER MODULE. *TR

HEADLIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY GO OFF WHEN PLACED IN THE ON POSITION. SOMETIMES ONE, SOMETIMES BOTH. DOES NOT MATTER IF IT IS LOW OR HI BEAM. THIS PROBLEM IS ONGOING SINCE INCIDENT DATE. TOYOTA SENT LETTER DESCRIBING HOW HID BULBS REACH THE END OF THEIR LIFE BY INTERMITTENTLY GOING OUT AND STATES THAT YOU SHOULD MINIMIZE TURNING THEM ON AND OFF WHICH CAN'T BE PREVENTED IF THEY GO OUT WHILE YOU'RE DRIVING. I DON'T ACCEPT THIS TO BE FACT, I THINK IT'S AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM . *TR

ISSUE: 2006 PRIUS WITH HID HEADLIGHTS WORK INTERMITTENTLY 1. EVENTS: NO SPECIFIC EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE EVENT OTHER THAN REGULAR DRIVING AND USAGE OF THE HEADLIGHTS 2. FAILURE: THE PASSENGER-SIDE HEADLIGHT GOES OUT EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE CAR NOW AND REDUCES NIGHT TIME VISIBILITY. 3. CORRECTIVE ACTION: I REPLACED THE LIGHT BULB, BUT THE ISSUE STILL REMAINS THE SAME. FROM RESEARCH ONLINE, IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH PRIUS MODELS BETWEEN THE YEARS 2004-2007 AND IS LINKED TO DEFECTS IN THE CONTROL UNITS. *TR

HEADLIGHTS GO OFF AT RANDOM TIMES MOSTLY THE RIGHT (PASSENGER) SIDE BUT IT HAS HAPPENED ON THE DRIVER SIDE ALSO. WHEN THIS HAPPENS I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THEY COME BACK ON IF I TURN OFF THE LIGHTS AND THEN BACK ON. AFTER DRIVING FOR A SHORT TIME THEY START GOING OFF AGAIN OR SOMETIMES IT WILL STAY ON UNTIL I DON'T NEED THEM. THE NEXT TIME I USE THE HEADLIGHTS THEY WORK FINE FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN IT STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN. OF COURSE IT'S NIGHT WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS ARE USED AND WITH ONE OF THE OTHER OF THE LIGHTS OUT THIS CAUSES A VISIBILITY PROBLEM AND CAN'T SEE THE ROAD CLEARLY. I HAVE RECEIVED A WARNING/EQUIPMENT REPAIR ORDER FROM MY LOCAL POLICE AND THE DEALER CAN'T FIND A PROBLEM. THE DEALER HAS CHECKED THEM A COUPLE OF TIMES AND CAN NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM. *TR

MY HEADLIGHTS CONTINUE TO FAIL, INCREASING NUMBER OF TIMES, I REPORTED IT WHEN THE CAR WAS UNDER WARRANTY THEY COULD NOT FIX IT. 20 TIMES WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM THE ER WITH MY GRANDCHILD AT NIGHT LAST NIGHT BOTH LIGHTS WENT OUT. HOW IS THIS NOT A RECALLABLE SAFETY ISSUE? THE DEALERS JUST CHARGE YOU TO REPLACE LIGHT BULBS WHICH DOES NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM, SO THEN IT IS NOT LISTED AS A COMPLAINT TO THEM. THIS PROBLEM IS GETTING WORST. ARE YOU TELLING POLICE IN MY AREA NOT TO STOP PRIUSES BECAUSE IT IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE WHEN THEY SEE US DRIVING WITHOUT A LIGHT OR NO HEADLIGHTS. CAN I SEND THIS COMPLAINT TO ANYONE ELSE ABOVE YOUR AGENCY? YOUR FORM DOES NOT ACCEPT MY VIN NUMBER . *TR

PASSENGER SIDE HEAD LIGHT GOES OUT RANDOMLY. WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE TURNED OFF AND THEN BACK ON IT WILL WORK FOR "SOME" PERIOD OF TIME, COULD BE SECONDS OR DAYS. CAR HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE TIMES FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND ALLEGED REPAIRS YET THE PROBLEM CONTINUES. DEALER HAS REPLACED BULBS & REPLACED SOME MODULE WITHIN THE CIRCUITRY. CONTINUES TO FAIL. *TR

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. *TR

PRIUS 2006 WITH HEADLAMP PROBLEMS THAT APPEARS TO BE ELECTRICAL AND NOT JUST THE BULBS. ONE HEADLIGHT WILL GO OUT THEN IF I SWITCH OFF THE LIGHTS BOTH WILL COME ON. IT IS NOT ALWAYS THE SAME LIGHT THAT GOES OUT. WHEN I TURN ON MY LIGHTS IT DRAWS ON THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE DASH LIGHTS AND THEY DIM. I WILL BE DRIVING WITH LIGHTS ON AND ALL THE LIGHTS WILL GO OFF UNTIL I SWITCH THE LIGHTS ON ONCE AGAIN. THE DEALER HAS INFORMED ME THIS IS THE LED HEADLIGHTS WHICH ARE 400 EA. AND $90. INSTALLATION. THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS AND I KNOW IT IS NOT JUST THE LAMPS THEREFORE THEY WILL THEN PROCEED TO CHARGE ME FOR WHAT EVER ELSE THEY THINK IT MIGHT BE SUCH AS THE COMPUTER SYSTEM. THIS SHOULD BE UNDER WARRANTY. I PAID THE EXTRA MONEY FOR AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AND THEY TELL ME THIS IS NOT COVERED. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING WITH THIS PROBLEM AS I CAN NOT AFFORD TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND DO NOT TRUST THE DEALER TO CONTINUE TO CHARGE ME FOR THIS ISSUE. AFTER READING THE CHAT ROOMS WITH OTHER INDIVIDUALS WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS, THIS IS A DEFECT AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. THEY HAVE BEEN REPORTING THIS PROBLEM SINCE 2004 OR 2005. WHY HAS THIS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED. *TR

I HAVE 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW. WHEN IT WAS ABOUT 2 YEARS OLD, ONE TAILLIGHT WENT OUT. WHEN YOU TAPPED ON THE LIGHT, IT WOULD COME BACK ON. WHEN IT CAME BACK ON IT STAYED ON UNTIL I WAS TRAVELING TO CHICAGO AT NIGHT AND I NOTICED THAT PEOPLE WERE PASSING ME AND POINTING TO THE BACK OF MY CAR. I PULLED OFF THE NEXT EXIT, AND BOTH OF MY TAILLIGHTS WERE OUT. MY SON REPLACED BOTH OF THEM WHEN I GOT TO CHICAGO AND THEY HAVE NOT GONE OUT TO DATE. THEN, WHEN THE CAR WAS ABOUT 3 YEARS OLD, SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT I HAD A HEADLIGHT OUT. I REPLACED THE HEADLIGHT. THREE MONTHS LATER. I GOT IN MY CAR ONE EVENING IN TOWN AND DID NOT NOTICE (BECAUSE THE STREET LIGHTS WERE BRIGHT) THAT I HAD NO HEADLIGHTS. I HAVE SINCE FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH MANY PRIUS AND AVALON MODELS. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD. I AM THANKFUL THAT I WAS NOT 2 HOURS OUT OF CHICAGO AT NIGHT THIS TIME! *TR

I HAVE AN INTERMITTENT DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT ON MY 2006 PRIUS. I HAVE BEEN STOPPED BY THE POLICE FOR SAFETY REASONS AND I AM CONCERNED AS IT GOES OUT, WITHOUT WARNING, AT NIGHT. THE FREQUENCIES IS EVERY FEW MINUTES OF SO. I MUST CONTINUALLY SWITCH THE LIGHTS OFF AND BACK ON TO GET THE HEADLIGHT WORKING FOR A FEW MINUTES. TOYOTA KNOWS OF THIS PROBLEM BUT WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE IT OR FIX IT. THE DEALER KNOWS OF THE PROBLEM BUT INSISTS THAT I SPEND OVER $600 FOR A HEADLAMP. (THEY LATER AGREED TO GIVE ME THE LAMP BUT WANT A $200 "DEDUCTIBLE" TO FIX IT.) I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET THIS FIXED FOR OVER A YEAR NOW BUT HAVE HAD NO RESULTS. *TR

I OWN A 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS. I AM EXPERIENCING FAILURE OF THE HEADLAMPS FOR THE SECOND TIME IN 15 MONTHS. LAST YEAR WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD GO OUT WHILE DRIVING, TURNING OFF THE HEADLIGHTS AND THEN TURN THEM BACK ON THE LIGHTS WOULD HAVE THE LIGHT WORKING AGAIN FOR A SHORT TIME. I HAD THE LIGHTS REPLACE LAST SUMMER AND THEY THEN WORKED. NOW THE ISSUE IS STARTING AGAIN. I HAVE OWN MANY DIFFERENT CARS AND HAVE NEVER HAD TO REPLACE HEADLIGHTS MULTIPLE TIMES IN 15 MONTHS. *TR