2007 Toyota Prius complaints

THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT GOES OFF INTERMITTENTLY. JUST HAD IT REPLACED FOR $300 ON MONDAY AND ON TUESDAY GOT STOPPED ON THE HIGHWAY FOR THE HEADLIGHT BEING OUT. *TR

DECREASING CAPACITY OF 2007 PRIUS GAS TANK. *TR

THE HEADLIGHT ON MY 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS, FLICKERED AND QUIT FUNCTIONING. THE CAR HAS 27,000 MILES AND THE REPAIR IS AROUND $500. IS A RECALL IN PROCESS? *TR

2007 TOYOTA PRIUS - HEAD LIGHTS SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. *TR

THIS WAS A FIRST TIME OCCURRENCE FOR MY 2007 PRIUS. I WAS STOPPED MIDWAY ON MY MOUNTAIN, LONG & STEEP, DIRT DRIVEWAY TRYING TO PARK ALONG THE ROCK SIDE. IT WAS TOO TIGHT TO PARK SO DECIDED TO CONTINUE DOWN TO THE BOTTOM. I WAS IN REVERSE AND SHIFTED, WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, INTO DRIVE. THE CAR SUDDENLY BOLTED FORWARD PROPELLING ME THROUGH THE FENCE AND DOWN A STEEP EMBANKMENT TO OUR DECK WHERE 12 PEOPLE WERE HAVING A DINNER MEETING. MY BRAKES DIDN'T WORK, NOR DID THE STEERING. THE BOLTING FORCE WAS HEARD BY ALL ON THE DECK. THERE IS NO WAY I WOULD HAVE PRESSED THE GAS BY MISTAKE FOR TWO REASONS: YOUR FOOT MUST BE ON THE BRAKE TO SHIFT; AND AS IS TYPICAL ON OUR STEEP GRAVEL ROADS, ONE NEVER PRESSES THE GAS PEDAL WHILE PROCEEDING DOWN. THE CAR PROPELLED 10 OR 12 FEET FORWARD CROSSING THE DRIVE AT A DIAGONAL, CRASHED THROUGH THE FENCE BOARDING THE DROP OFF, AND PROCEEDED DOWN THE EMBANKMENT STOPPING ONLY WHEN IT HIT THE BIG TREE BY OUR DECK. TO MY RIGHT WERE ALL THE GUESTS AND MY HUSBAND, JUST FEET AWAY FROM THE ONCOMING, OUT OF CONTROL CAR. HAD I MISSED THAT PARTICULAR TREE, I WOULD HAVE ROLLED DOWN AN EVEN STEEPER RAVINE BECAUSE OF ROCKS TO BOUNCE OFF AND VERY SHARP DROP OFF.*TR

I OWN A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS. AT SOME TIME IN JULY OF 2009, AFTER ABOUT 34,00 MILES, THE DRIVER SIDE HID HEADLAMP BEGAN TO INTERMITTENTLY DIM OR FAIL, BUT WHEN THE HEADLAMP SWITCH WAS TURNED OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN IT WOULD TEMPORARILY RESOLVE. THIS TYPE OF FAILURE - EITHER DIMMING OR GOING DARK - WOULD THEN HAPPEN AGAIN SOMETIME IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES TO 24 HOURS. I FIND THIS DANGEROUS SINCE ONE NEVER KNOWS WHEN ONE IS DRIVING WITH ONE HEADLAMP OUT UNLESS ONE KEEPS CHECKING. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TODAY BUT DO NOT YET KNOW WHETHER IT IS UNDER WARRANTY OR NOT. IN ANY EVENT, BASED ON OTHER COMPLAINTS I HAVE SEEN IN THE NHTSA DATABASE, I BELIEVE THIS MAY BE A GENERIC PROBLEM WITH THE HID HEADLAMPS OR OTHER ELECTRICAL PARTS IN PRIUS OF THE 2006 AND 2007 YEARS, SO I THOUGHT I SHOULD REPORT MY EXPERIENCE. IF THIS PROBLEM PERSISTS OR RE-APPEARS AFTER PUTATIVE REPAIR, I WILL FILE ANOTHER COMPLAINT OR WILL AMEND THIS COMPLAINT (NOT SURE WHETHER I CAN DO THE LATTER). *TR

THE HID, HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGE HEADLIGHTS GO OFF INTERMITTENTLY WITHOUT NOTICE, USUALLY RIGHT HEADLIGHT, SOMETIMES LEFT, SOMETIMES BOTH. STARTED WITH RIGHT HEADLIGHT AT APPROX 18 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE OF NEW VEHICLE AT APPROX 45000 MILES. THIS WEEK BOTH HEADLIGHTS HAVE GONE OFF WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT WITHOUT NOTICE. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. LAST MONTH THE LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER, WHO KNOWS OF THIS ISSUE, WANTED $800 TO REPAIR/REPLACE RIGHT HEADLIGHT. NOW THAT BOTH ARE BAD, MUCH MORE MONEY TO REPAIR. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE, CONSIDERING THE PREMIUM COST OF THIS OPTIONAL ITEM, THE SHORT LIFE SPAN, AND ESPECIALLY THE EXTREME DANGER OF A POSSIBLE FATAL ACCIDENT. IF THIS WERE BRAKES, FIRE, OR SEATBELTS, THERE WOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN A RECALL UNDER WARRANTY. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF DOCUMENTED COMPLAINTS AND TOYOTA AND THE NHTSA HAVE NOT YET ACTED! ARE WE WAITING TO START COUNTED ACCIDENTS OR FATALITIES? PLEASE GET TOYOTA CORP. TO ISSUE RECALL UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

I RECENTLY BOUGHT A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS. OVER THE COURSE OF DRIVING AT NIGHT I HAVE NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT WILL GO OUT. WHEN I FIRST TURN ON THE LIGHTS, BOTH HEADLIGHTS COME ON; BUT AFTER A FEW MINUTES THE PASSENGER SIDE ONE WILL DIM AND GO OUT. THE DOCUMENTATION THAT CAME WITH THE CAR INDICATED NO ACCIDENTS, NO CAR TROUBLE, AND NO MAJOR REPAIR. *TR

THE TWO HEADLIGHTS ARE TURNED OFF BY ITSELF WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. IT WILL TURN ON WHEN DRIVER SWITCHES OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN. BUT IT WILL TURN OFF BY ITSELF AFTER COUPLE MINUTES, SAY 5 MINUTES. THE PROBLEM REMAINS FOR THE REST OF THE RIDE. FOR THE SAFETY REASON AND TO PREVENT BEING STOPPED BY POLICE, THIS CONDITION FORCES THE DRIVER TO SWITCH THE HEADLIGHTS ON/OFF SO OFTEN WHILE DRIVING TO MAKE SURE HIS CAR HAS LIGHTS ON. AS RECOMMENDED BY TOYOTA DEALER, I HAD THE HEADLIGHTS REPLACED. IT COST $550. I STILL KEEP THE OLD HEADLIGHTS . *TR

2007 TOYOTA PRIUS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY HEADLIGHT WENT OUT RANDOMLY. WHEN TURNING THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH COMPLETELY OFF AND THEN BACK ON THE HEADLIGHT WAS WORKING AGAIN. *TR

2007 TOYOTA PRIUS 42,000 MILES. PASSENGER HEADLIGHT GOES OUT AFTER A FEW MINUTES AND SOMETIME RANDOMLY. EITHER THE BULB IS FAILING,WIRING IS FAILING, OR THE COMPUTER IS FAILING. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE IF IT HAPPENS AT NIGHT. *TR

WE OWN A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS AND THE HEADLIGHTS ARE SHUTTING OFF INTERMITTENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. SOMETIMES THEY SHUTOFF ONE AT A TIME AND A COUPLE OF TIMES (INCLUDING WITHIN THE LAST HOUR) THEY HAVE BOTH SHUTOFF AT THE SAME TIME. LUCKILY THEY HAVE ONLY SHUTOFF AT THE SAME TIME WHEN THERE HAS BEEN OTHER LIGHTING AVAILABLE IN THE ENVIRONMENT BUT IF THIS SHOULD HAPPEN ON A DARK ROAD THE CONSEQUENCES COULD BE VERY SERIOUS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ACROSS COUNTRY BOSTON TO SEATTLE IN JUNE, THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT ON MY 2007 PRIUS FLICKERED AND WENT OUT. THE NEXT DAY IT WAS WORKING OK, BUT THE FOLLOWING DAY I NOTICED IT WENT OUT AGAIN, DURING THE DAY. I STOPPED IN DULUTH TO GET AN OIL CHANGE, (KOLAR TODAYOTA INVOICE 210740) AND ASKED THEM TO CHECK THE HEADLIGHTS. THEY REPORTED "HEADLIGHTS ARE WORKING AT THE TIME." THEREAFTER THE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT SEVERAL TIMES INTERMITTENTLY. CYCLING THE POWER WOULD SOMETIMES BRING IT BACK ON. WHEN I GOT BACK TO SEATTLE, I TOOK THE CAR IN AND HAD THE HEADLIGHT REPLACED AT A COST OF $288 (TOYOTA OF BELIEVE INVOICE OCS561092) AT 48,260 MILES. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE LEFT HEADLIGHT STARTED ACTING UP IN THE SAME MANNER, AND I WAS RECENTLY PULLED OVER BY THE POLICE FOR DRIVING WITH ONE HEADLIGHT OUT. *TR

2007 TOYOTA PRIUS HEADLIGHT (PASSENGER SIDE, DRIVER SIDE OR BOTH) RANDOMLY FAILS BUT THEN WORKS WHEN HEADLIGHT SWITCH IS CYCLED OFF AND BACK ON. THIS BEHAVIOR OCCURS TO EITHER SIDE SEPARATELY AND SOMETIMES BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. *TR

HEADLIGHTS (HID) BOTH WORK INTERMITTENTLY EVERYDAY SINCE CAR WAS ONE YEAR OLD. *TR

WE OWN A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS WITH HID HEADLAMPS. AT AROUND 48,000 MILES THE HEADLIGHTS STARTED TO FLICKER INTERMITTENTLY ON BOTH SIDES AND EVENTUALLY WOULD GO OUT COMPLETELY. SOMETIMES THE PASSENGER SIDE GOES OUT, SOMETIMES THE DRIVER SIDE GOES OUT, SOMETIMES BOTH. THE LIGHTS COME BACK ON BY TURNING THE SWITCH OFF AND ON AGAIN ONLY TO REPEAT THE PROBLEM A FEW MINUTES LATER. IT'S DIFFICULT TO KNOW WHETHER THE LIGHTS ARE OUT WHEN DRIVING AT DUSK AND AT NIGHT WHEN ONE LIGHT IS OUT. *TR

MY HEADLIGHTS WOULD SUDDENLY TURN OFF AND I WOULD HAVE TO MANUALLY TURN IT BACK ON. *TR

HEADLIGHTS KEEP GOING OUT ON RELATIVELY NEW VEHICLE. PURCHASED 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS TOWARD END OF 2007, BEGINNING OF 2008. PASSENGER HEADLIGHT WENT OUT AT 28,000 MILES AND WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY IN JULY, 2008. FIVE MONTHS LATER, DRIVERS SIDE HEADLIGHT STARTED TO GO OUT AND WAS INFORMED THIS WOULD NEED REPLACEMENT, REPLACEMENT COST APPROXIMATELY $200/EVENT. NOW PASSENGER HEADLIGHT PLACED JUST OVER 1 YEAR AGO HAS GONE OUT AGAIN. DEALER OFFERS NO RECOURSE EXCEPT REPLACEMENT EACH TIME. DO NOT FEEL REPLACING HEADLIGHTS EVERY YEAR IS SAFE OR FAIR, ESPECIALLY AT EXCESSIVE CHARGES FOR SERVICE. *TR

2007 PRIUS - STARTED DRIVING AT NIGHT APPROX.9PM. BOTH HEADLIGHTS FAILED LUCKILY STILL IN TOWN WHERE IT WAS WELL LIT. TYPE OF HEADLIGHT WAS HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGE (HID). THIS HAPPENED LESS THAN A WEEK AFTER MY 36K MILE BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY EXPIRED. DEALER SAYS THAT PARTS ARE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE AS IS LABOR (GO FIGURE). *TR

MY HID BULBS ARE TURNING OFF AND ON INTERMITTENTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO REPLACE BUT WILL COST ABOUT 900 FOR TOYOTA TO DO IT. SEEMS LIKE A DEFECT AND A DANGER IF THEY KEEP TURNING OFF AND ON THERE OWN. *TR

HEADLAMPS GO OFF INTERMITTENTLY. *TR

IN EARLY 2008 DURING NORMAL DRIVING AT NIGHT BOTH HID HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS WENT OUT AT THE SAME TIME. I REACHED FOR THE STALK AND ROTATED IT BOTH WAYS, AND THEY CAME BACK ON. I FIGURED I DID NOT TURN IT FULLY ON, BUT SOME WEEKS LATER BOTH LIGHTS FAILED AGAIN WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE DEALER REPLACED BOTH BULBS, BUT NOTHING ELSE. THE CAR HAD ABOUT 21,000 MILES ON IT. NOW, AUGUST 2009 THE PASSENGER SIDE BULB HAS FAILED TWICE AT NIGHT THAT I HAVE NOTICED. BOTH TIMES IT CAME BACK ON AFTER BEING TURNED OFF AND BACK ON, AS BOTH TIMES BEFORE. CURRENT MILEAGE 52,433. I WORRY THAT BOTH SIDES WILL FAIL AT THE SAME TIME AGAIN WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. THIS IS NOT AT ALL SAFE. *TR

2007 TOYOTA PRIUS HID HEADLIGHTS RANDOMLY GO BLACK. AS I'M DRIVING EITHER ONE OR BOTH OF THE HEADLIGHTS GO BLACK. THE ONLY WAY TO FIX THIS IS TO MANUALLY SWITCH THE LIGHTS OFF THEN TURN THEM BACK ON. I'VE TAKEN THIS TO MY TOYOTA DEALERSHIP (SLOANE TOYOTA) AND THEY COULDN'T FIND ANY PROBLEMS. *TR

SUBJ: 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS HEADLIGHTS. BODY: AFTER SPEAKING WITH TOYOTA CORP. THEY HAVE INFORMED ME THAT I WILL HAVE TO TAKE MY CAR TO A TOYOTA DEALER AND HAVE THE HEADLIGHTS REPLACED. THESE LIGHTS ARE DEFECTIVE AND TOYOTA IS CHARGING BETWEEN 750.00 TO 1000.00 DOLLARS TO REPLACE LIGHT BULBS. THIS IS A WIDESPREAD SAFETY CONCERN FROM THE FORUMS I'VE BEEN TO. MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WAS DRIVING DOWN A DARK ROAD AND THE LIGHTS SUDDENLY WENT OUT. I WAS SCARED BUT WAS ABLE TO MAKE THEM COME BACK ON BY TURNING THEM OFF AND ON AGAIN. THIS MUST BE THE SCAM OF THE CENTURY BECAUSE THEY ARE ONLY GUARANTEED FOR 36,000 MILES. I'LL END UP SPENDING ALMOST 1000.00 DOLLARS ANNUALLY FOR LIGHT BULBS? THESE BULBS AREN'T DO IT YOURSELF EITHER. YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE BUMPER OFF TO GET TO THEM AND THE BULBS CAN COST 700.00 DOLLARS A PAIR BEFORE LABOR. I ALSO PAID EXTRA TO HAVE THIS CAR CERTIFIED FOR THE 10YR BUMPER TO BUMPER BUT DOESN'T COVER BULBS THEY CLAIM. I DON'T EVEN KNOW FOR SURE IF IT'S BULBS SO THIS COULD BE EVEN MORE COSTLY. IF SO MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THEIR LIGHTS GO OUT WHILE THEY ARE DRIVING WHY IS THIS NOT A RECALL YET? VERY SCARY. JUST GO TO SOME ONLINE FORUMS AND YOU WILL SEE THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH TOYOTA'S HID'S FOR PRIUS AND THEY WILL NOT ADMIT TO IT. I HAVE SMALL CHILDREN AND DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE ANYMORE. THIS CAR IS GOING TO GET SOMEBODY KILLED ONE DAY AND NOTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN UNTIL THAT DAY COMES. VERY VERY SAD. *TR

1. UNABLE TO DETERMINE ANY EVENT OR CAUSE OF HEADLIGHT FAILURE 2. EITHER ONE OF BOTH OF THE HEADLIGHTS WILL GO OUT INTERMITTENTLY, SOMETIMES FREQUENTLY AND SOMETIMES NOT. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO TELL DURING DAYLIGHT DRIVING WHEN THEY GO OUT. BOTH HAVE GONE OUT AT THE SAME TIME WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. TURNING THE SWITCH OFF AND BACK ON WILL CAUSE THE LIGHTS TO COME BACK ON. TWO TOYOTA DEALERS HAVE TOLD ME THAT THEY AREN'T SURE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, BUT THEY WANT ME TO PAY TO HAVE BOTH HEADLIGHTS REPLACED AT AROUND $500 BEFORE THEY WILL TRY ANYTHING THAT IS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS WITH 24,000 MILES ON THE CLOCK. MY DRIVER'S SIDE HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGE HEADLAMP HAS FAILED PREMATURELY. MY TOYOTA DEALERSHIP HAS QUOTED ME $193 FOR A REPLACEMENT HEADLAMP AND OVER $350 TO HAVE THEM REPLACE IT. THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. I HAVE ALSO SEEN ON VARIOUS ONLINE BULLETIN BOARDS THAT THIS IS A CONSISTENT PROBLEM WITH PRIUS AND THAT TOYOTA IS NOT ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT IS CLEARLY A DEFECT. *TR

VEHICLE: PRIUS 2007. MILEAGE: 33,285 PROBLEM: UNPREDICTABLE INTERMITTENT AND SPONTANEOUS TURNING OFF OF LEFT FRONT HEADLIGHT DUE TO OVERHEATING OF THE TRANSFORMER CONTROL LOCATED DIRECTLY UNDER THE HEADLIGHT. FROM THE INTERNET DISCUSSION GROUPS RE THIS PROBLEM I BELIEVE IT IS WIDESPREAD, POTENTIALLY A DANGEROUS SAFETY ISSUE, AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE NOT RECOGNIZED AS SUCH BY TOYOTA. I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. *TR

DRIVER'S HID HEADLAMP INTERMITTENTLY GOES OFF WITHOUT NOTICE. TURNING THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH TO THE "OFF" POSITION AND THE "ON" SOMETIMES SOLVES THE PROBLEM TEMPORARILY. MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER OWNERS DESCRIBING THE SAME FAILURE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 405 IN PORTLAND, OR, THE HID HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS SUDDENLY TURNED OFF. SWITCHING THEM OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN CAUSED THE LAMPS TO WORK AGAIN TEMPORARILY, WITH THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT LIGHTS TURNING OFF AT RANDOM. FORTUNATELY, I WAS IN A WELL LIT AREA OF THE INTERSTATE AND NO HARM RESULTED FROM THIS INCIDENT. *TR

2007 TOYOTA PRIUS - 33000 MILES - DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT KEEPS GOING OUT INTERMITTENTLY CAUSING POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS NIGHT TIME DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF I TURN THE LIGHT SWITCH ON AND OFF THE LIGHT COMES BACK ON BUT GOES OFF AGAIN A SHORT TIME LATER. *TR

THE HEAD LIGHTS FAILED AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE INCIDENT RECURS OFTEN AND IT IMPACTS ON OUR SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF OTHER DRIVERS. *TR

2 INCIDENTS: 1) 05.15.09 I WAS APPROACHING A CAR GOING 20 MPH; I PRESSED MY BRAKE TO THE FLOOR BUT MY TOYOTA PRIUS 2007 DIDN'T STOP. I TRIED TO AVOID THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I RAN INTO THE EXPLORE. 2) 07.27.09 I WAS EXITING MY DRIVEWAY. I TRIED TO SLOW DOWN, BUT MY BRAKES FAILED. I WAS ABLE TO USE THE EMERGENCY BREAK TO PREVENT ME ENTERING TRAFFIC. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 PACKAGE 5 TOYOTA PRIUS AND THE HEADLIGHTS KEEP GOING IN AND OUT. THIS HAPPENS RANDOMLY WHILE I'M DRIVING AND ALTERNATES HEADLIGHTS. USUALLY IF I SWITCH THE LIGHTS OFF AND TURN IT BACK THEY BOTH COME ON. THIS WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION BY A FRIEND WHO NOTICED I HAD ONE HEADLIGHT OUT. OTHERWISE I'LL RANDOMLY NOTICE IT IN THE REFLECTION OF THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. LAST NIGHT BOTH HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND WE AS DRIVERS MAY NOT EVEN NOTICE. IT PUTS ME AS WELL AS OTHER DRIVERS AT RISK. I LOOKED ONLINE AT FORUMS AND IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE FOR THE PRIUS' AND IT COSTS $2000+ TO REPAIR. I THINK THAT TOYOTA SHOULD HAVE TO ISSUE A RECALL FOR THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED. THEY SOLD A FAULTY PRODUCT AND SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR RESOLVING THE ISSUE. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE LEFT HEADLAMP REPEATEDLY FAILS WITHOUT WARNING. RECENTLY, BOTH HEADLAMPS BLINK AND GO OUT. *TR

HID HEADLIGHT GOES OUT INTERMITTENTLY. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS WITH HID HEADLIGHTS. RECENTLY THE DRIVERS HEADLIGHT WILL GO OUT FOR A SHORT TIME (10-20 MIN) THEN COME BACK ON. IT WILL DO THIS INTERMITTENTLY. *TR

I OWN A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE LAST FEW WEEKS MY HEADLIGHTS FLICKER AND THEN TURN OFF WITH NO WARNING. SOMETIMES ONLY 1 LIGHT GOES OUT BUT USUALLY THEY BOTH DO GIVEN THE TIME. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY HAZARD IF YOU ARE ON A CURVE ROAD AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN SEE NOTHING. TOYOTA DEALER SAYS MY WARRANTY GOLD PLUS 6 YEARS 100K MILES DOES NOT COVER THIS. *TR

NOTICED THE PASSENGER HEADLIGHT ON MY 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS WAS OUT. I TURNED THE LIGHTS OFF AND BACK ON AND THEY CAME ON. NOW IT FREQUENTLY GOES OFF, BUT WILL COME BACK ON WHEN I TURN THEM OFF AND ON. WE PRICED A NEW BULB, WHICH IS IN EXCESS OF $150. BUT NOW WE ARE CONCERNED THAT WILL BE A WASTE OF MONEY. IF WE REPLACE THE BULB AND THE PROBLEM IS SOMETHING ELSE LIKE WIRING, ETC...THEN WHAT?!? *TR

2007 PRIUS HID LAMP FAILURE. DRIVER SIDE (LEFT). INITIALLY TURNS ON AND THEN IMMEDIATELY DIMS TO NO LIGHT. *TR

THE HID HEADLIGHT IN MY 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS ISN'T WORKING QUITE RIGHT! AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF RUNNING THE HEADLIGHTS, THE DRIVER'S SIDE JUST TURNS OFF. IF I TURN THE HEADLIGHTS OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN, IT WORKS JUST FINE. I'VE READ THAT THIS IS A DOCUMENTED PROBLEM SO I WANTED TO HAVE MY PROBLEM PUT ON RECORD. *TR

2007 PRIUS. ~43K MILES NOTICED INTERMITTENT OUTAGES ON PASSENGER SIDE HEAD LIGHT. MENTIONED THIS TO DEALER, WHO SAID HE COULD CHANGE THE BULB, BUT IT COULD BE THE COMPUTER, AND THAT WAS AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR. A FEW MONTHS LATER, NOW AT 53K MILES, BOTH HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT WITHOUT WARNING. COULD TURN THEM OFF AND ON AGAIN, AND THEY WOULD WORK FOR ABOUT 90 SECONDS BEFORE ONE OR BOTH OF THEM WOULD FAIL AGAIN. DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND BEING CAUGHT IN PITCH BLACK FOR THE FEW SECONDS NECESSARY TO TURN MY LIGHTS OFF THEN ON AGAIN WAS NOT SUSTAINABLE. I WAS 2 HOURS FROM HOME AT 9:30 PM. HAD TO FIND ALTERNATIVE LODGING, AND CONTINUE TRIP IN DAYLIGHT. *TR

I OWN A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS WITH 62,000 MILES. AT 45,000 MILES I NOTICED THE HID HEADLIGHT WOULD GO OUT A SHORT TIME AFTER THEY WERE TURNED ON. IF THE LIGHT WERE TURNED OFF AND BACK ON THE HEADLIGHT WOULD STAY ON FOR A SHORT TIME AND THEN GO OUT AGAIN. TOYOTA SAID I COULD TRY CHANGING THE BULBS. I HAD BULBS REPLACED AT 60,000 MILES WITH THE APPROPRIATE HID BULBS. THE HEADLIGHT ON THE DRIVER SIDE STILL GOES OUT A MINUTE OR TWO AFTER TUNING THE LIGHTS ON AND WILL LIGHT UP AGAIN IF THE LIGHTS ARE TURNED ON AND OFF; HOWEVER, THE HEADLIGHT GOES OUT AFTER A MINUTE OR TWO. THROUGH THE INTERNET I HAVE LEARNED THAT THIS HAS BEEN A CHRONIC PROBLEM THAT MANY OTHER TOYOTA PRIUS OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED. *TR

ON MY 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS, I AM HAVING INTERMITTENT FRONT HEADLIGHT (HID) FAILURE. I HAVE LESS THAN 30K MILES ON THE CAR AND HAVE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE HID WORKS AND THEN DOESN'T WORK, THEN COMES BACK ON. I HAVE NOT GONE INTO THE DEALERSHIP YET, BUT I HAVE READ HUNDREDS OF FORUM POSTINGS AT HTTP://WWW.HYBRIDCARS.COM/FORUMS/REPLACING-HEADLIGHT-BULB-T910.HTML THAT ALL HAVE HAD THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM WITH NO RESOLUTION FROM TOYOTA. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD!!! *TR

2007 TOYOTA PRIUS, PURCHASED NEW, NOW 46K MILES, HID HEADLAMP FAILURE, STOPPED BY POLICE, HARD TO TROUBLESHOOT, OEM PART TOO EXPENSIVE, LOOKING FOR AFFORDABLE REPLACEMENT, UNSAFE / ILLEGAL TO DRIVE WITH ONE HEADLAMP. *TR

THE HEADLIGHT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF MY 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS GOES ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING. THIS CAN HAPPEN AT DIFFERENT TIMES WITHOUT ANY REGULAR PATTERN WHICH CAN CAUSE ME TO GET PULLED OVER BY THE POLICE. THE SAME THING OCCURRED WITH THE HEADLIGHT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SAFETY DEFECT. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 PRIUS WITH HID HEADLIGHTS. WHILE DRIVING EARLY ONE MORNING, I NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT WAS OUT. WHEN I LEFT WORK THAT NIGHT, I NOTICED THE LIGHT WAS BACK ON. IN THE FOLLOWING WEEKS, THE HEADLIGHT WOULD INTERMITTENTLY FAIL AND THEN COME BACK ON IF I CYCLED THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH. DEALER COULD NOT REPEAT THE PROBLEM BUT GAVE ME AN ESTIMATE TO REPLACE THE BULB. THIS NOW OCCURS REPEATEDLY EVERY TIME I USE THE HEADLIGHTS ' THE LIGHT GOES OUT, I CYCLE THE SWITCH, AND THE HEADLIGHT COMES BACK ON FOR A WHILE. FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS AT ABOUT 37,000 MILES. CAR NOW HAS ABOUT 41,000 MILES. SO FAR THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT HAS NOT HAD THIS PROBLEM, BUT IF IT DOES, I COULD SUDDENLY FIND MYSELF DRIVING WITHOUT ANY HEADLIGHTS. *TR

THE HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2007 PRIUS GO ON AND OFF BY THEMSELVES. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE IN THE USA AND MADE NO MODIFICATIONS. TURNING THE LIGHTS OFF AND THEN ON MANUALLY RESETS THEM AND THEY WORK FOR AN UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME UNTIL THEY GO OUT AGAIN. THESE ARE HID LIGHTS. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS, AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE HID HEADLIGHT GOES OUT INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE HAD AN ESTIMATE DONE ON THE REPLACEMENT OF THIS HEADLIGHT, AND IT WAS OVER $800. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

HID HEADLIGHTS ON 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS ARE DEFECTIVE. THEY GO SWITCH OFF. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO SEVERAL PRIUS OWNERS JUST DOING A SEARCH OVER GOOGLE. TOYOTA SHOULD POST A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. *TR