2007 Toyota Prius complaints

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD GOING ROUGHLY 40-35 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME SLAMMED ON THEIR BREAKS. I COLLIDED WITH THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME, WE CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING MY FACE TO SLAM AGAINST THE STEERING WHEEL. LEADING TO FACIAL AND TEETH INJURIES. MY CAR FRAME WAS BENT, IT IS TOTALED.

SINCE ABOUT 3 MONTHS AFTER BUYING THIS, THE HEADLIGHTS WILL RANDOMLY GO OUT ALL THE TIME. I HAVE BEEN PULLED OVER COUNTLESS TIMES. IT'S A COMPLETE SAFETY HAZARD. IT'S NOT THE BULBS. IT'S THE UNDERLYING BALLASTS. WHICH I'M TOLD CAN COST UPWARDS OF $3K TO FIX. IT'S A LOT OF THEM FROM 2006-2009 MODELS. THEY WERE SUED OVER IT BUT THEY NEVER RECALLED IT. I BOUGHT MINE AFTER ALL THAT WAS LONG AND DONE SO I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. IT'S A MANUFACTURER DEFAULT THAT THEY SHOULD FIX!

BRAKE ACTUATOR IS FAILING, AND I AM OUTSIDE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. VERY EXPENSIVE FIX AND VERY DANGEROUS TO KEEP DRIVING LIKE THIS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED TO DISPLAY AND THE LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. DURING THE FAILURE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER (BEV SMITH TOYOTA, 5655 S. US HWY 1, STUART, FL) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE COMBINATION METER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000.

LEFT FRONT HEADLIGHT CONSISTENTLY FLICKERS OUT 5-10 MINUTES AFTER BEING TURNED ON. CAN SOMETIMES BE REIGNITED BY TOGGLING LIGHTS, BUT THEN TURNS OFF AGAIN.

I WAS DRIVING MY 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN ALL OF MY LIGHTS WENT OUT. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY ROAD AND COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING AND DECIDE TO JUST PULL OFF THE ROAD AND HOPE NOT TO HIT ANYTHING BECAUSE I JUST WANTED TO GET OFF THE ROAD BEFORE I GOT HIT BY AN ONCOMING CAR. AFTER I GOT OFF THE ROAD FOR AWHILE I TRIED THE LIGHTS AND THEY BOTH WORKED. I TOOK MY PRIUS TO A STATE COLLEGE, PA DEALERSHIP AND THEY CHARGED ME $450.00 BECAUSE THEY SAID BOTH HEADLIGHTS WERE OUT. THE NEXT DAY AFTER I PICKED MY PRIUS FROM THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP I WENT TO A GROCERY STORE AFTER WORK AND THE CAR WOULD NOT TURN OFF AND THE WHOLE DASHBOARD WAS BLACK.. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND SAID THEY MUST HAVE CREATED A SHORT IN MY CAR AND THEY SAID BRING IT BACK IN. THE NEXT DAY THEY TOLD ME THE WHOLE CLUSTER SYSTEM THAT CONTROLS THE DASHBOARD WAS BAD AND THEY WOULD BE CHARGING ANOTHER $680.00.

I TOOK THE 2007 PRIUS TO THE MECHANIC AND HE NEW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS RIGHT AWAY.THE BRAKE ACTUATOR WAS FAILING AND THAT IT WOULD COST OVER THREE THOUSAND TO FIX.HE SAID THAT YOU MAY LOOSE THE BRAKES IF IT FAILS TOTALLY AND ADVISED ME TO SELL THE CAR .TOYOTA KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM IN THERE 2ND GEN PRIUS.THE FORUMS I HAVE READ TELL ME THAT THERE HAVE BEEN TOTAL FAILURES IN MANY PRIUS.I THINK TOYOTA SHOULD BEAR THE COST AND BE LIABLE FOR THIS ISSUE. SIGNED, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

ABS ACTUATOR BROKE WHILE MAKING A LOW SPEED TURN (ABOUT 10MPH). THE CAR MADE AN ALARM SOUND, ALL THE BRAKE LIGHTS WENT ON, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE CAR BECAME SLUGGISH AND DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. RESTARTING THE CAR MADE IT DRIVABLE AGAIN, BUT I NO LONGER HAVE ABS BRAKES, ONLY STANDARD. THIS PART IS APPARENTLY WORTH MORE THAN THE CAR TO REPLACE, YET IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT SAFETY EQUIPMENT.

BRAKE, VCS,ABS AND (!) LIGHTS CAME ON. OTHER PRIUS OWNERS SAID PRIUS WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY FOR THIS UNTIL DEC 31 2017. ABS MODULE WENT BAD. LIGHTS CAME ON WHEN STARTED CAR. NEVER GOT NOTICE THAT THIS WAS COVERED, OTHERS SAY NHTSA SHOULD MAKE TOYOTA EXTEND COVERAGE.

I WAS BACKING INTO A PARKING SPACE AND APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE BRAKES FAILED AND MY VEHICLE CLIMBED THE CURB, CROSSED THE SIDE WALK, AND CRASH INTO A METAL FENCE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SIDE WALK. THE FENCE STOPPED THE VEHICLE. AFTER HAVING THE DAMAGE TO MY CAR REPAIRED AND A BODY SHOP, I BROUGHT IT TO A MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT THE CAR'S BRAKE ACTUATOR HAD FAILED, LEADING TO A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CRASH.

DASH BOARD GOES BLACK! NO INSTRUMENTATION. TOYOTA STATES THERE WAS A RECALL AND I DID NOT RESPOND. I DID NOT RECEIVE A RECALL NOTICE. THEY REFUSE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I HAVE EMAILS DATING BACK FROM 2014.

MY CAR HAS A CLUNKING/RATTLE SOUND WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS OR UNEVEN ROADS EVEN WITHOUT BRAKES SLIGHTLY ENGAGED. IT ALSO DOES THIS WHEN DRIVING OVER 60 MPH ON SMOOTH ROADS BUT IF I TURN WHEELS SLIGHTLY LEFT OR RIGHT THE SOUND STOPS AND WHEN I TURN THEM BACK STRAIGHT IT BEGINS AGAIN. IT IS SO BAD THAT YOU CAN FEEL IT ON YOUR FEET AND STRONGLY THRU THE STEERING COLUMN. ALSO THE FRONT TIRES WEAR HEAVILY ON THE INSIDE EDGE. IT FEELS LIKE STEERING COLUMN MAY BE LOOSE AT TIMES. ALSO THE HORN KEEPS BLOWING FUSES AND WHEN YOU PUT A NEW FUSE IN THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WILL SHOCK YOU E EVERY TIME YOU TRY TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. AND THE OUTSIDE AIR TEMP WILL NOT READ TEMP. I HAD NEW TIRES PUT ON TO REPLACE OLD FRONT TIRES AND ROTATED ALL AND BALANCED AND JUST HAD NEW BRAKES PUT ON FROM DEALSHIP. RADIO RECEPTION IS HORRIBLE EVEN THOUGH OTHER VEHICLES IN SAME AREA GET GREAT RECEPTION. I LOVE THIS CAR BUT I DID BUY IT USED SO I AM NOT SURE IF ALL RECALLS HAVE BEEN FIXED OR IF THEY NEED FIXED AGAIN. IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MECHANICS HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY ARE DOING.*DT CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED.*JB

THE AUTOMATIC BRAKES ON THE CAR CEASED WORKING. IF I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON, THE BRAKES WOULD WORK AGAIN FOR A LITTLE WHILE BEFORE HAVING TO STOP AND START AGAIN. I WAS ABLE TO GO ABOUT A 1/2 MILE EACH TIME BEFORE STOPPING TO TURN OFF AND ON. THE CAR WAS TRAVELING DOWN A TWO-LANE HIGHWAY WITHOUT A SHOULDER AND THEN ON CITY STREETS. WHEN I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP, I WAS INFORMED THAT A BRAKE ACTUATOR REPLACEMENT WAS NEEDED. HOWEVER, BECAUSE THE WARRANT EXPIRED ON DECEMBER 31, 2017, AND I DIDN'T EXPERIENCE THE PROBLEM UNTIL NOW, THE ISSUE WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER ANY RECALL WARRANTY. I'VE NOW GOT A USELESS CAR, WHICH WOULD COST OVER $2000 TO REPAIR. BECAUSE THE BRAKES STILL WORK SOMETIMES, THE ACTUATOR HAS NOT FULLY GONE OUT YET, BUT THE CAR IS BASICALLY UN-DRIVEABLE. I NEVER RECEIVED ANY RECALL NOTICES ABOUT THIS ISSUE. MOREOVER, BECAUSE I WAS NOT HAVING THE PROBLEM UNTIL NOW, IT'S UNLIKELY THAT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY WOULD'VE COVERED ME IN THE FIRST PLACE.

WHILE DRIVING AND IN MOTION, WARNING LIGHTS WENT OFF. BROUGHT TO DEALER WHO SAID IT WAS A DEFECTIVE BRAKE ACTUATOR. TOYOTA HAD AN EXTENDED HIDDEN WARRANTY ON THE BRAKE ACTUATOR AND DIDN'T TELL THE CONSUMER. THE CAR HAD BEEN REGULARLY SERVICED MANY TIMES OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS. THE DEALER NEVER CHECKED IT DESPITE IT MAKING NOISE. THE ACTUATOR FAILED MAKING THE CAR UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE CAR WAS BROUGHT BACK TO THE DEALER TODAY BUT TOYOTA SAID THE EXTENDED WARRANTY EXPIRED LAST DECEMBER. I ESCALATED TO CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY REFUSED TO FIX IT DESPITE THIS KNOWN DEFECTIVE AND DANGEROUS DEFECT IN THEIR CAR.

HEADLIGHTS TURN OFF. GENERALLY ONE AT A TIME, NORMALLY THE DRIVERS SIDE BUT SOMETIMES IT IS BOTH HEADLIGHTS. THIS HAPPENS EACH TIME I DRIVE WITH MY HEADLIGHTS ON. I DRIVE AT NIGHT WITH THE HEADLIGHTS ON AT A MINIMUM OF 6 DAYS A WEEK BECAUSE OF WORK OR SCHOOL.

HEADLIGHTS ARE UNRELIABLE, THEY CAN GO OFF (ONE OR BOTH) AT ANY TIME. THIS PROBLEM IS WELL DOCUMENTED ON MANY INTERNET SITES

HEADLIGHTS FLICKER THEN WILL SHUT OFF COMPLETELYWHILE DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY.. NO DASH LIGHTS. HAVE TO TURN CAR OFF AND ON

THE 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS TOURING WITH 151K ON IT STARTED EXPERIENCING DASHBOARD GOING BLANK WHEN POWER BUTTON PRESSED. THE EMERGENCY SIGNAL AND DIRECTION SIGNAL WORKS BUT OTHER NAVIGATION OR MAIN DISPLAY INCLUDING SPEED, FUEL GAUGE AND MILEAGE DOESN'T WORK. DEALER SAID, IT'S OUT OF WARRANTY TO REPLACE EVEN THOUGH IT'S PART OF SAFETY WARNING BY TOYOTA BEFORE. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RUN WITHOUT DASHBOARD DISPLAY INCLUDING BREAK SYSTEM WORKING BUT NOT SURE. IT'S VERY DANGER TO RUN THIS VEHICLE WITHOUT DASHBOARD AND MAY RUN OF FUEL OR GO OVER SPEED.

NEVER RECEIVED LETTER REGARDING EXTENDED WARRANTY ON BRAKE ACTUATOR WHICH I LEARNED EXPIRED DEC. 31 2017. BRAKES HAD BEEN MAKING OCCASIONAL NOISE LAST YEAR, BUT RECENTLY BECOME VERY BAD. ONLY LEARNED 2 DAYS AGO IT IS THE BRAKE ACTUATOR. TOYOTA REFUSING TO FIX IT. THIS IS SAFETY ISSUE. WHY IS IT NOT A RECALL?

BRAKE, ABS, VSC ! LIGHT ALL CAME ON AT ONCE AND BREAKS NOT WORKING WELL.

HEADLIGHTS ARE INTERMITTENT. SOMETIMES LEFT, SOMETIMES RIGHT, SOMETIMES BOTH WILL TURN OFF. SO FAR, TURNING THE THE SWITCH OFF THEN BACK ON CURES THE PROBLEM, BUT ONLY TEMPORARILY.

I AM A DISABLED AMERICAN MILITARY VETERAN. I PURCHASED MY 2007 PRIUS IN SEPTEMBER 2017. I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY NOTIFICATION REGARDING ABS RECALL. MY WIFE EXPERIENCED PROBLEM (WITH BABY IN CAR) IN FEBRUARY 2018. ATTEMPTED TO HAVE UNIT REPLACED AT DEALERSHIP BUT WAS REFUSED. APPLIED FOR HARDSHIP, WAS REFUSED. ABS STILL DOES NOT WORK.

2007 TOYOTA PRIUS COMPLAINT. WE HAVE A 2007 PRIUS AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT WILL NOT SHUT OFF AT ALL. IT WAS NOT IN AN ACCIDENT OR ANYTHING. I REFUSE TO TAKE IT TO THE DEAL WHERE THEY WILL CHARGE FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THEN REPAIR WHICH COULD TURN OUT TO BE $400.00, I CALLED THEM EARLIER THIS WEEK TO GET AN IDEA ABOUT THE COST.

DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT TURNS OFF INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING.

PROBLEM WITH HEADLIGHTS GOING OFF STARTED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, BUT NOW IT'S A DAILY OCCURRENCE AND HAPPENS IN THE DARK! TODAY IT HAPPENED TWICE. SO FAR I'VE BEEN ABLE TO TURN THEM OFF AND ON AGAIN AND THEY WORK, BUT PRETTY SCARY WHEN ON AN EXPRESSWAY. REALLY SURPRISED TOYOTA DOESN'T TAKE CARE OF THIS AS IT'S DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE AND THEY'VE KNOWN ABOUT IT EARLY ON. DEATH OR INJURY IS SURE TO OCCUR. I WILL DEFINITELY BE CONTACTING TOYOTA ON MONDAY KNOWING SO MANY OTHERS HAVE THIS ISSUE, TOO!

HOOD LATCH WILL NOT OPEN 50, 60% OF THE TIME. MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM AND I FEEL IT SHOULD BE RECALLED..

DRIVER SEAT BELT CATCH NON FUNCTION, WILL NOT LOCK WHEN BELT CONNECTOR SLIPPED INTO LOCKING DEVICE. PURCHASED CAR USED HENCE UNSURE WHEN MALFUNCTION BEGAN.

MY HEADLIGHTS HAVE BEEN TURNING OFF RANDOMLY EITHER SEPARATELY OR TOGETHER. AS TIME GOES ON THEY ARE GETTING WORSE AND WORSE TO THE POINT OF WHERE THEY WON'T STAY ON FOR MORE THAN 2 TO 3 MINUTES UNTIL I HAVE TO MANUALLY SWITCH THEM OFF AND ON AGAIN. I HAVE BEEN PULLED OVER COUNTLESS TIMES FOR THIS AND IT'S ALMOST GETTING TO THE POINT OF DANGEROUS BECAUSE I CAN'T EVEN TELL WHEN THEY GO OUT. IF SOMEONE DIDN'T SEE ME THEY WOULD HIT ME HEAD ON. I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING MY OWN CAR AT NIGHT OUT OF FEAR OF GETTING PULLED OVER OR GETTING HIT BECAUSE MY HEADLIGHTS WILL NOT STAY ON AT ALL. I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS AND HOPE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN REPLACED AND NOTHING HAS CHANGED. SOMETHING NEEDS TO HAPPEN BECAUSE I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. I'VE HEARD OF COUNTLESS REPORTS OF THIS HAPPENING. THIS HAPPENS RANDOMLY WITHOUT WARNING OR REASON. THEY WILL FLICKER AT ANY TIME ANY PLACE NO MATTER WHAT. I CAN NOT KEEP THEM ON FOR ANYTHING. PLEASE I'M BEGGING FOR ANY KIND OF ASSISTANCE FOR THIS MATTER. I LOVE MY CAR AND DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO GET ANOTHER ONE FOR THIS. I'VE ALREADY TRIED FIXING IT AND NOTHING HAS CHANGED. I'D REALLY APPRECIATE ANY HELP POSSIBLE.

I PRESSED THE BRAKES WHEN I WAS FORCED TO STOP DUE TO A CAR NOT TURNING THERE BLINKING LIGHT BUT CAR DIDNT STOP AND ENDED HITING ANOTHER CAR AND AND INJURING MY SELF AND OTHERS I TRIED TO MOVE TO THE RIGHT SO I WOULD HIT THE CAR

ABS BRAKE ACTUATOR CREATING FAILING NOISES.

VEHICLE IS LEAKING BRAKE FLUID DUE TO A FAILED BRAKE ACTUATOR. BRAKES FAILED DUE TO THE ISSUE. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS A PRIOR EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT I NEVER RECEIVED THE NOTIFICATION. TOYOTA GAVE ME ADDRESS AND IT WAS MAILED TO MY OLD HOME. VEHICLE IS NOW 2 MONTHS PAST THE EXTENDED WARRANTY DATE. I FEEL THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN HANDLED AS A RECALL AND NOT AN EXTENSION OF WARRANTY

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER (MIKE JOHNSON'S HICKORY TOYOTA, 435 HWY 70, HICKORY, NC 28602) WHERE THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE AIR BAG WAS WORN OUT AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. *TT *JS

THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT GOES OUT INTERMITTENTLY. TURNING OFF THE LIGHTS AND THEN BACK ON WILL TURN THE LIGHT BACK ON, SOMETIMES. DEALER'S REPAIR SHOP STATED HID LIGHTBULB WAS BAD AND REPLACED IT. IT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. BASED ON OTHER POSTINGS, THIS IS A FAIRLY COMMON ISSUE.

THE DASHBOARD GOES BLACK! NO INSTRUMENTS. I HAVE CONTACTED TOYOTA AND THEY SAID I MISSED THE RECALL AND WON'T FIX IT. IT HAPPENED AGAIN TODAY! 3/02/2018 YOU HAVE TO PUT THE FOB IN AND PRESS THE START BUTTON FOR 3 SECONDS JUST TO GET THE CAR TO TURN OFF.

THE PRIUS' CHARCOAL CANISTER HAS FAILED, TRIGGERING REPEATED "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT WARNINGS. THIS SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE PROMPTING A RECALL OF OTHER 2007 PRIUSES, LIKE MINE, BUT TOYOTA SAYS MY VEHICLE ISN'T COVERED. SEE: HTTPS://PAULTAN.ORG/2016/06/29/TOYOTA-CHARCOAL-CANISTER-RECALL/ HTTPS://WWW.JUST-AUTO.COM/NEWS/AIRBAG-AND-CARBON-CANISTER-RECALLS-FOR-29M-TOYOTA-VEHICLES_ID170365.ASPX HTTPS://REPAIRPAL.COM/CHARCOAL-CANISTER

THIS VEHICLE HAS AN ISSUE WITH ITS HEADLAMPS. WHILE DRIVING DOWN A MAJOR STREET IN THE DARK , THE PASSENGER HEADLAMP FLICKERED BETWEEN 1-3 SECONDS BEFORE SHUTTING OFF COMPLETELY. WE TRIED TURNING THE HEADLAMPS OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN, BUT THIS DID NOT SEEM TO WORK. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY UNSAFE ESPECIALLY WHEN IT HAPPENS ON THE RURAL ROADS CLOSERS TO HOME. WE HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO DIFFERENT TOYOTA DEALERS IN WHICH NONE CAN FIND A SOLUTION. WE'VE REPLACED THE COSTLY BULBS IN BOTH LAMPS (BECAUSE WE NOTICED THEY WERE BOTH AFFECTED) AND GOT THE SAME RESULT ON THE SAME DAY OF THE REPLACEMENT. SINCE THEN THE CAR WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AT NIGHT WHEN A DRIVER DID CLAIMED TO NOT HAVE SEEN THE PRIUS AND THAT THE LIGHTS WERE OFF. FOUR YEARS LATER THE LIGHTS STILL GO OUT AND DON'T SEEM TO STAY ON LONGER THAN 2 MINUTES. THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED TO TRANSPORT OUR CHILDREN, AS OUR OTHER VEHICLE IS A PICKUP TRUCK AND NOT AS SPACIOUS OR FUEL EFFICIENT. HOWEVER, WE WORK IN THE MORNING, WHEN IT'S STILL DARK AND JUST DON'T WANT TO RISK IT. WE ALSO HAVE BEEN CITED BY POLICE BECAUSE THE ONE OR THE OTHER LIGHTS GOES OUT IN THE DARK OR THOSE RANDOM RAINY DAYS. TRUTHFULLY , WE ONLY WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAFELY DRIVE THE CAR WE PAID FOR, BUT DON'T GET TO USE OTHER THAN ON VERY SPECIFIC OCCASION LIKE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS OR OFF DAYS PRIOR TO RAIN OR SUNSET. IF WE DIDN'T HAVE ANOTHER VEHICLE , WE WOULD BE SWAMPED WITH FINES .

ON A REGULAR BASIS, ONE HEADLIGHT WILL GO OUT OR SOMETIMES BOTH WILL SHUT OFF AT THE SAME TIME WHILE I'M DRIVING. THEY WILL USUALLY COME BACK ON AFTER TURNING OFF AND ON BUT IT IS AN EXTREME HAZARD AS THERE ARE MANY DARK ROADS IN TEXAS. IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN 2014.

MY CAR HAS BEEN MAKING THE "SNORING" SOUNDS INCREASINGLY OFTEN FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS BUT NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED UNTIL I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY GOING ABOUT 65 MPH DURING THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY 2018. IT WAS EXTREMELY UNNERVING TO HAVE THE BRAKE LIGHT, ABS LIGHT, TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT, AND VSC (VEHICLE STABILITY CONTROL) LIGHT ILLUMINATE WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS NOT KNOWING IF THE BRAKES WERE GOING TO WORK. THE DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED BRAKE ACTUATOR FAILURE AND ADVISED THE WARRANTY EXPIRED AT THE END OF DECEMBER 2017, 5 WEEKS PRIOR. I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP IN MAY 2016 WHEN THE WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED AND WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE THIS POSSIBLE MALFUNCTION AND ALSO HAD WARRANTY FILLED BY THAT SAME DEALERSHIP WHEN MY DASHBOARD LIGHTS WENT DARK IN AUGUST 2015 WHEN AGAIN, WAS NOT ADVISED OF THIS ONGOING WARRANTY ISSUE. MY MAIN COMPLAINT IS THAT THE 2004 RECEIVED 13 YEARS OF COVERAGE UNDER THIS WARRANTY WHEN TOYOTA OBVIOUSLY WAS UNABLE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE BY THE THE TIME MY CAR WAS MANUFACTURED, HOWEVER, MY REPAIR IS NOT COVERED AT ALL AFTER ONLY 10 YEARS. MY MILEAGE WAS EXTREMELY LOW AT JUST UNDER 86K SO IT'S MALFUNCTION IS NOT FROM OVERUSE BUT FROM FROM A DEFECTIVE PART. THE CONSUMER STATED AFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE REPAIRED UNDER A SAFETY RECALL (19S17/19V-435) THE VEHICLE FAILED. WHILE DRIVING ON A SLIGHT CORNER, THE VEHICLE'S REAR SHIFTED TO THE LEFT AND MADE A NOISE. *JS

THE REAR LIFT GATE LATCH ON MY TOYOTA PRIUS HAS STOPPED FUNCTIONING. THE EXTERIOR RUBBER OVER THE LATCH MECHANISM/SWITCH HAS MELTED, TURNED GUMMY AND WILL NO LONGER FUNCTION TO OPEN THE LIFT GATE. IN COLD WEATHER THE LATCH HAS BEEN EVEN MORE DIFFICULT TO OPEN AND THE TRIM PIECE CONTAINING THE TRUNK HATCH LATCH BEZEL WHILE TRYING TO GET THE LATCH TO RELEASE BROKE. I CAN NO LONGER OPEN THE TRUNK OF MY CAR FROM THE OUTSIDE. THIS IS A SECURITY AND A SAFETY HAZARD AS I CAN NOT ACCESS THE REAR HATCH OF MY CAR IN UNDER NORMAL USE NOR AN EMERGENCY AND DEFEATS THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF A HATCHBACK CAR WHICH IS ACCESS TO THE CAR'S INTERIOR. THE CAR JACK AND EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE, BATTERY LOCATED JUST BEHIND THE FAILED HATCH LATCH. I AM DISABLED, I CAN NOT PUT A WHEEL CHAIR IN/OUT. THIS IS UNSAFE AND TOYOTA REFUSES TO ASSIST WITH THE REPAIR. THIS REPLACEMENT PART/SERVICE ONLY IS WARRANTY FOR 1 YEAR AT A PRICE OF $675 TO REPAIR. UNDER THE ADA ACT - PLEASE INVESTIGATE AND ADVOCATE A RECALL.

GENERATION 2 TOYOTA PRIUS BRAKE ACTUATOR. AT SLOW SPEED, THE BRAKES BECAME INOPERABLE AND WOULD NOT STOP THE CAR CAUSING ME TO REAR END A TRUCK STOPPED IN FRONT OF ME AT A STOP LIGHT. ALL OF THE BRAKE, ABS LIGHTS CAME ON THE DASH. 2 SEPARATE TRIPS TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE BRAKES CHECKED RESULTED IN NO ERROR CODES FOUND. TODAY 2-8-18 THE DASH LIGHTS ALL CAME ON AGAIN, AND THE DEALER SAID THE COMPUTER CODE IS STATING FAULTY BRAKE ACTUATOR WHICH COULD RESULT IN TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE.

STARTING MAY 2015 WHOLE DASHBOARD IN MY CAR SPORADICALLY GOES BLACK, I CAN'T SEE HOW FAST I WAS GOING OR HOW MUCH GAS I HAVE LEFT OR USE MY BACKUP CAMERA IN MY CAR. FOR ABOUT AN HOUR I COULDN'T EVEN GET MY CAR TO TURN OFF. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING EVER SO OFTEN SINCE MAY OF 2015 AND IS VERY DANGEROUS DRIVING MY CAR IN THAT CONDITION. THE OTHER DAY MY CAR RAN OUT OF GAS ON THE BRIDGE FROM THE 5 FREEWAY TO THE 91 FREEWAY AND I WAS STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE BRIDGE WITH CARS PASSING AT HIGH VELOCITY BECAUSE I WASNT ABLE O SEE MY GAS METER. TOYOTA HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS DEFECT AS SHOWN BELOW AND ISSUED A WARRANTY EXTENSION FOR ALL MODELS 2004-2009 AND MY CAR FALLS 2 MONTHS OUTSIDE OF THE WARRANTY PROGRAM AND THEY REFUSE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. HTTPS://WWW.TOYOHEADQUARTERS.COM/THREADS/2004-2009-TOYOTA-PRIUS-COMBINATION-METER-WARRANTY-EXTENSION-ZTV.174/

BRAKE ACTUATOR FAILURE. BRAKES SUDDENLY FAILED AS CAR WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. IN ADDITION AND SECONDARILY THE ENGINE WILL NOT TURN OFF. AN ALARM WENT OFF AND BRAKES FAILED AT ABOUT 45 MPHIL.

HEADLIGHTS GO OFF INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT

I BOUGHT THIS 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS USED AND WAS NOT INFORMED BY THE SELLER THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE HID HEADLAMPS. WHILE DRIVING, THE RIGHT HEADLAMP WILL PERIODICALLY FLICKER AND/OR CUT OUT. TURNING OFF THEN ON THE HEADLIGHTS RESETS IT TO BE ON. AFTER RESEARCHING THE PROBLME ONLINE, I DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH TOYOTA AND THAT THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. REPLACING THE BULBS FOR THIS MODEL ARE VERY EXPENSIVE AND THIS PROBLEM SHOULD NOT BE OCCURRING. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO GET THIS PROBLEM RESOLVED. THANK YOU!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTING STOPPED WORKING. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THEN DROVE TO KOONS TYSON'S TOYOTA IN TYSON'S CORNER, VA WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE COMBINATION METER WAS FAULTY AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. IN 2015, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SAME DEALER BECAUSE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTING FLICKERED. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED BY THE DEALER TO DISREGARD THE SYMPTOM. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND OPENED CASE NUMBER: 1801160899. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

MY BRAKE, ABS, VSC, AND BRAKE WARNING LIGHT (!) ALL TURNED ON AT THE SAME TIME ON JANUARY 6TH WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT A SPEED OF 45 MPH. I ONLY JUST PURCHASED MY VEHICLE ON DECEMBER 30TH, 2017 AT 133K MILES. IT WAS REVEALED THAT MY CAR HAD THE 1256 AND 1391 WARNING CODES, INDICATING THAT MY BRAKE ACCUMULATOR HAS A LEAK. I CAME TO FIND OUT THAT THIS PROBLEM IS VERY PERVASIVE FOR PEOPLE WITH 2ND GENERATION TOYOTA PRIUSES AND THAT THERE WAS A MISASSEMBLY OF THE BRAKE ACTUATORS IN THE FACTORY THAT CAUSES PEOPLE'S BRAKES TO DELAY OR FAIL COMPLETELY. TOYOTA PUT OUT A TSB TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE THAT ENDED ON DECEMBER 31ST 2017. HOWEVER, SEEING AS HOW TOYOTA KNOWINGLY HAD A MISASSEMBLY OF THEIR OWN PRODUCT AND THAT THE BRAKES FAILING POSES A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE, THIS SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN A TSB IN THE FIRST PLACE. THE LACK OF REGARD FOR CONSUMER'S LIVES BY TOYOTA TO FIX THE PROBLEM THAT THEY CREATED, WITHOUT ULTIMATUMS, HAS LED ME TO FILE THIS COMPLAINT THAT THIS PRODUCT BE RECALLED AND REPLACED. THIS PROBLEM POSES A SAFETY RISK TO MYSELF AND ALL PASSENGERS THAT ENTER THE CAR WITH ME AS WELL AS OTHER DRIVERS AROUND ME. I CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY THE OVER $2000 REPAIR AND I DON'T SEE WHY CONSUMERS HAVE TO PAY FOR THE MISTAKES THAT TOYOTA HAS KNOWINGLY MADE.

THE REAR HATCH LATCH DETERIORATES AND MAKES IT INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO OPEN THE BACK HATCH. IT IS NOW COMPLETELY BROKEN AND THE BACK HATCH IS INACCESSIBLE ' MAKING IMPOSSIBLE TO ACCESS THE SPARE TIRE IN CASE OF A ROAD-SIDE EMERGENCY.

FRONT DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT KEEPS TURNING OFF INTERMITTENTLY AND AT RANDOM WHILE DRIVING. THE CAR HAS BEEN IN TO THE TOYOTA SERVICE DEPARTMENT SEVERAL TIMES BUT THE PROBLEM CAN NOT BE ISOLATED. SEVERAL ON-LINE FORUMS SUGGEST THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT WITH THE HID OR ELECTRICAL CONNECTION AND HAVE BEEN CHARGED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS REPLACING BULBS, LIGHT HOUSINGS, AND CONNECTORS WITHOUT FIXING THE ISSUE. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN AND TRAFFIC VIOLATION TO BE DRIVING AT NIGHT WHEN YOUR HEADLIGHT CAN TURN OF AT ANY MOMENT. PLEASE HAVE TOYOTA ADDRESS THIS ISSUE IMMEDIATELY. HTTPS://PRIUSCHAT.COM/THREADS/HEADLIGHT-PROBLEM.34584/ HTTPS://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/TOYOTA/PRIUS/2007/LIGHTS/HEADLIGHT_RANDOMLY_TURNS_OFF_WHILE_DRIVING.SHTML HTTP://WWW.TOYOTAPROBLEMS.COM/TRENDS/PRIUS-HEADLIGHTS/ HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=W1F8H7HIMFE HTTP://WWW.KCTV5.COM/STORY/18609018/KCTV5-INVESTIGATES-PRIUS-HEADLIGHT-PROBLEMS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATORS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED TO DISPLAY ANY WARNING INDICATORS OR THE FUEL AMOUNT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT THE CONTACT DID NOT KNOW WHAT PARTS NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

WHILE DRIVING IN CITY OR HIGHWAY THE HEADLIGHTS GO OUT SUDDENLY. TURNING LIGHTS OFF THEN ON AGAIN TURNS HEADLIGHTS BACK ON. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DRIVING AT NIGHT OR ON DARK ROADS.