NHTSA Complaint #10279259 — 2005 TOYOTA PRIUS

ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO MY HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2005 PRIUS STARTED TO GO OUT THEN COME BACK ON. AT FIRST I ASSUMED IT WAS A HEADLIGHT THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BUT WHEN I WAS GOING TO BUY THE HEADLIGHTS I WAS TOLD IF IT WAS A DEAD HEADLIGHT...IT WOULD NEVER COME BACK ON. MY WARRANTY WAS ABOUT TO EXPIRE. I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER IN WISCONSIN AND THEY SAID THEY HAD FIXED IT. HOWEVER I COULD SEE UP AGAINST THE WALL THAT IT WAS NOT. I TOLD THEM I WOULD NOT LEAVE TILL THEY FIXED IT. THEY GAVE ME BACK THE CAR AND THE HEADLIGHTS WORKED FOR A FEW DAYS THEN STARTED THE ON OFF THING AGAIN. PROBLEM IS YOU ARE NOT SURE WHEN IT HAPPENS...IF THE ROAD IS LIT AT ALL IT'S HARDER TO TELL. BUT I WHEN I HAD TO MAKE A TRIP OUT EAST THERE WERE ROADS WITH NO LIGHT SO ALL THAT WAS SEEN WAS THE PARKING LIGHTS. I THOUGHT I WAS GOING BLIND. I HAVE HEARD FROM OTHERS THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MANY AND I WILL BE JOINING A CLASS ACTION LAW-SUIT. THIS IS LIFE THREATENING AND TOYOTA KNOWS VERY WELL ABOUT IT AND ALL THE DEALERS ARE JUST PRETENDING NOT TO. THERE MUST BE A RECALL RIGHT AWAY!!!! TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY, NOW THE AIR CONDITIONING HEATING IS ALL MESSED UP AND MY WINDOWS FOG UP AND I CAN'T GET THEM TO CLEAR. IT'S A MESS! *TR