NHTSA Complaint #10281115 — 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS

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