NHTSA Complaint #10716047 — 2005 TOYOTA PRIUS

I AM CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING TROUBLES WITH MY FRONT PASSENGER HEADLIGHT. THE PROBLEM FIRST OCCURRED ABOUT A YEAR AGO (JAN. 2014) WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR USED FROM A CAR DEALER IN TYSONS CORNER VA. I TOOK THE CAR BACK WITHIN DAYS OF NOTICING THE LIGHT KEPT GOING OUT AND ASKED THEM TO REPAIR THE ISSUE SINCE I HAD JUST PURCHASED THE CAR. THEY DID SO AND SAID THAT IT WAS MOST LIKELY A FAULTY LIGHT AND REPLACED IT. IT IS A LITTLE OVER A YEAR NOW AND THE SAME LIGHT IS GOING OUT AGAIN. WHAT IS HAPPENING IS THAT WHEN I TURN THE CAR ON AND TURN ON ALL OF THE CAR LIGHTS TO DRIVE IT AT NIGHT, THEY TURN ON, BUT ABOUT 15-20 MINUTES DOWN THE ROAD AND UNBEKNOWNST TO ME, THE RIGHT PASSENGER LIGHT GOES OUT. BECAUSE OF THE SHAPE OF THE CAR, YOU CANNOT TELL THAT IT IS OUT. THE ONLY REASON I KNEW IT WAS OUT AGAIN WAS BECAUSE I GOT PULLED OVER AND GIVEN A TICKET. THIS IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE AND I HAVE READ A NUMBER OF SIMILAR OCCURRENCES ONLINE. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND THEY HAVE SAID (AFTER LOOKING ONLINE) THAT THE ISSUE IS THE "HEADLIGHT LIGHT CONTROL ECU SUB-ASSEMBLY". BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY RISK THIS POSSES TO THE DRIVER AND OTHERS ON THE ROAD, NOT TO MENTION THE COST OF THE SINGLE ITEM TO REPAIR IT, TOYOTA SHOULD MAKE APPROPRIATE FINANCIAL ACCOMMODATIONS TO THOSE HAVING THIS TROUBLE. NORMAL WARE AND TARE ON THE VEHICLE IS REASONABLE, SUCH AS BURT OUT LIGHTBULBS BUT SYSTEMS LIKE THIS THAT WORK FOR A COUPLE DAYS AND THEN SUDDENLY DO NOT IS NOT SAFE.