2005 TOYOTA PRIUS Exterior Lighting Problems

HEAD LIGHT ARE INTERMITTENT; SAME PROBLEM AS 2006 AND LATER RECALL

THE HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2005 PRIUS CONTINUE TO GO OUT. WE REPLACE THE BULBS BUT EVEN WITH BRAND NEW BULBS WILL BE DRIVING AND AFTER ABOUT 60 SECONDS OF HEADLIGHTS BEING ON THE LIGHT WILL TURN OFF. SOMETIMES ONLY ONE TURNS OFF BUT OFTEN BOLT TURN OFF AND WE'RE IN COMPLETE DARKNESS DRIVING ON THE ROAD. WE HAVE TO TOGGLE THE HEADLIGHT CONTROL OFF AND ON SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THEY TURN ON AGAIN, WHICH LEAVES US DRIVING IN COMPLETE DARKNESS AND IT'S A BIG SAFETY HAZARD! AGAIN, BRAND NEW BULBS HAVE THIS ISSUE, TOO. GETTING THE WHOLE HEADLIGHT AND COMPUTER BEHIND IT REPLACED IS VERY EXPENSIVE. THIS IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE AND IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING AND GETTING WORSE FOR OVER A YEAR.

THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT HEADLIGHT STARTED GOING OFF AUTOMATICALLY AFTER A WHILE OF TURNING ON. IF I TURN IT OFF AND ON AGAIN, IT LIGHTS UP AND THEN FIRST DIMS AND THEN TURNS OFF ON ITS OWN. THE LIGHTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND IT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR NIGHT TIME DRIVING AS THE DRIVERS WILL NEVER KNOW WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS WILL GO OUT. THIS IS NOT A RANDOM INCIDENT; IT IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON PROBLEMS OF GEN 2 PRIUS (04-09) THAT I FOUND ONLINE. I AM ATTACHING A DOCUMENT THAT LISTS SOME ONLINE FORUMS WHERE OTHER PRIUS OWNERS HAVE REPORTED SIMILAR PROBLEMS. TOYOTA SETTLED A LAWSUIT FOR 06-09 PRIUS, YET THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THE HEADLIGHT ISSUE OF GEN 2 PRIUS.

WHILE DRIVING DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT WILL GO OUT, FOLLOWED BY PASSENGER HEADLIGHT. BOTH WILL RETURN ON WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS ARE TURNED OFF THEN ON AGAIN, ONLY TO OCCUR AGAIN WITHIN 10 MINUTES. BOTH HEADLIGHTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITHIN THE LAST 10 DAYS.

HEADLAMPS RANDOMLY TURN OFF WHILE DRIVING, BUT USUALLY ONLY ONE AT A TIME. LAST NIGHT (12/18/18), BOTH LIGHTS WENT OUT AT THE SAME TIME AND I WAS UNABLE TO SEE THE ROAD AS IT WAS POORLY LIT. WHEN LAMPS DO TURN OFF WHILE DRIVING, TURNING THEM OFF AND ON A FEW TIMES WILL USUALLY GET THE IT TO COME BACK ON. THIS IS DEFINITELY A HAZARD AND A RECALL IS ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED.

COMBINATION METER INTERMITTENTLY NOT FUNCTIONING. WHEN TURNING THE CAR ON, SOMETIMES THE DASH METER WORKS, SOMETIMES IT'S JUST BLACK AND CONTINUES THE ENTIRE TIME THE CAR IS RUNNING. THEN WHEN TRYING TO TURN THE CAR OFF, IT WILL NOT TURN OFF, WHICH IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN. WHEN THIS OCCURS, THERE ARE NO DASH LIGHTS AT ALL TO INDICATE FUEL AMOUNT, ODOMETER READING, DOOR OPEN SIGNAL, CHECK ENGINE, MAINTENANCE REQUIRED AND SO ON. THE SPEED BEING DRIVEN IS NOT SHOWING EITHER WHICH IS ANOTHER MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. CRUISE CONTROL ALSO DOES NOT FUNCTION, THE CENTER TOUCHSCREEN DOES NOT DISPLAY HYBRID MOTOR INFORMATION OR MPG. THE BEEPING WHEN BACKING UP DOES NOT FUNCTION. ALSO THE REAR HATCH WILL NOT OPEN WHILE CAR IS RUNNING WHICH IS ALSO A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE OTHER FUNCTIONS NOT AVAILABLE. THE ODOMETER IS NOT RECORDING MILEAGE DURING THESE TIMES WHICH...

HEADLIGHT FAILURE.....WHILE DRIVING. I START OUT WITH MY LIGHTS ON, AND RANDOMLY DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ONE HEADLIGHT, OR THE OTHER, WILL GO OUT, OR BOTH WILL GO OUT. I REPLACED THE BULBS, HAVE HAD MECHANICS GO OVER THE CAR......BEFORE I JOINED A PRIUS CHAT AND LEARNED THIS IS A "KNOWN ISSUE".....BUT STILL NO RECALL? I'VE BEEN PULLED OVER BY VARIOUS LAW ENFORCEMENT 4 TIMES IN THE LAST 4 MONTHS! ..........BELOW IT ASKS FOR A DATE ON THE INCIDENT...IT HAPPENS FREQUENTLY. IT'S BEEN HAPPENING FOR AT LEAST A YEAR.

HEADLIGHTS GO OUT WHILE DRIVING, IT TAKES TURNING THEM ON AND OFF A FEW TIMES TO TURN THEM BACK ON. IT IS RANDOM, SOMETIMES PASSENGER SIDE, SOMETIMES DRIVERS SIDE, SOMETIMES BOTH. TOYOTA SETTLED A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT WITH 2006 - 2009 PRIUS, MINE IS 2005, BUT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. WHEN BOTH HEADLIGHTS GO OUT, IT MAY TAKE SEVERAL TRIES TO GET THEM TO COME BACK ON, LEAVING ME WITHOUT HEADLIGHTS AS I'M DRIVING MY KIDS TO SCHOOL EARLY IN THE MORNING IN THE DARK, GOING 65MPH DOWN THE HIGHWAY. CURRENTLY SAVING TO GET FIXED(CAR WAS A GIFT). I CALLED TOYOTA FOR AN ESTIMATE ON THIS KNOWN PROBLEM AND THEY SAID THEY I WOULD HAVE TO BRING IT IN AND THEY WOULD CHARGE ME $85 FOR THEM TO DIAGNOSIS THE PROBLEM. TOYOTA IS NOT TAKING ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS PROBLEM, WHICH CLEARLY THEY ARE AWARE...

HEADLIGHTS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY. USUALLY THEY WORK FINE, BUT EVERY SO OFTEN SINCE MY FRIEND FIRST TOLD ME MY LIGHTS WERE OUT LAST WEEK, THEY DON'T TURN ON WHETHER THE CAR IS RUNNING OR NOT. IT CAN HAPPEN TO ONE OR BOTH LIGHTS AT A TIME, AND IS UNPREDICTABLE, MAKING ME AFRAID TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC'S TODAY, BUT THE LIGHTS WERE WORKING AND HE COULDN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. THE BULBS ARE FINE, AS LONG AS THEY ARE ABLE TO TURN ON, AND THE MECHANIC AGREED THE BULBS DO NOT NEED REPLACEMENT.

HEADLIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY GO OUT WHILE DRIVING. IMMEDIATELY WILL COME BACK ON WHEN SWITCHED OFF AND THEN ON..

THE COMBINATION METER ON MY 2005 TOYOTA PRIUS IS NOT WORKING. SO MY INSTRUMENT PANEL WILL GO OUT OR GO DARK AND MY CAR WILL KEEP RUNNING

THE HEAD LIGHT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE RANDOMLY GOES OUT. IF I TURN THE LIGHT SWITCH OFF AND ON IT MAY COME BACK ON. NEW LAMPS HAVE NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED AT NIGHT WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE.

THE HID HEADLIGHTS WORK UPON START UP THEN SHUT OFF AFTER ABOUT 10 SECONDS. REPLACING THE BULB DOES NOT FIX IT. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS THE HEADLIGHTS DONT STAY LIT DURING NIGHTTIME HOURS.

THE HEADLIGHT WILL GO OUT, AND IT WILL COME ON AGAIN IF YOU TURN THE HEADLIGHTS OFF AND TURN THEM BACK ON AGAIN. THIS WILL HAPPEN MULTIPLE TIMES IN AN EVENING, AND IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME THE CAR IS DRIVEN.

DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT KEEPS GOING OUT AND I HAVE TO TURN OFF HEADLIGHTS AND TURN THEM BACK ON TO MAKE THEM WORK. THIS IS NOT SAFE AT ALL. IT HAPPENS STANDING STILL AND DRIVING.

HEADLIGHT GOES OUT REPEATEDLY. HEADLIGHT WORKS AGAIN AFTER HEADLIGHTS ARE TURNED OFF THEN ON AGAIN. STARTED WITH THE SAME ONE HEADLIGHT GOING OUT. NOW THE OTHER. SOMETIMES BOTH GO OUT, INCLUDING AT NIGHT. EACH TIME THE HEADLIGHTS MUST BE TURNED OFF THEN ON AGAIN AND THEY WORK FOR A WHILE LONGER. LIGHTS GO OUT WHEN STATIONARY AND WHEN DRIVING.

THE HEADLIGHTS ARE PRONE TO TURNING TO OFF RANDOMLY, SOMETIMES ONE SIDE, OTHER TIMES BOTH SIDES. AFTER TURNING THEM ON/OFF AT THE STEERING COLUMN THEY WILL COME BACK ON FOR A WHILE THEN THE ISSUE STARTS OVER. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS WITH THE VEHICLE EITHER MOVING OR IN THE STATIONARY MODE. NO HEADLIGHTS WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT IS A DEFINITE SAFETY HAZARD. SO FAR, TOYOTA REFUSES TO HONOR A FIX!

HEADLIGHT CAME OFF AND ON WHILE I'M DRIVING ALL FUSE OK ALL BULBS OK LOOKING ON THE WEB APPEARS LIKE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THIS VEHICLE ALSO RADIO LIGHT SAME PROBLEM

THE HEADLIGHTS ARE CONTINUALLY REPLACED (ONCE EVERY 6 MONTHS FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF OR MORE), AND REPLACEMENTS OF AUTHORIZED PARTS KEEP FAILING, CONSISTENT WITH ISSUES PRESENTED IN THIS FORUM: HTTPS://PRIUSCHAT.COM/THREADS/HEADLIGHT-PROBLEM.34584/. I HAVE CHECKED AND RECHECKED WITH DEALERSHIP BUT THEY ONLY OFFER $500+ REPLACEMENT AND NO RECALLS OR FIXES FOR THE GENERAL ISSUE.

PASSENGER HEADLIGHT GOES OFF INTERMITTENTLY. TURN SWITCH OFF AND ON AND COMES ON AGAIN. HAVE HAD BULB REPLACED X2 AND NOW TOYOTA DEALER SAYS THAT TOYOTA HAS A BULLETIN ABOUT IT. NOTE TO THE TUNE OF $500 TO FIX. IN RESEARCHING THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. IT'S A HAZARD AT NIGHT OR IN RAIN OR INCLEMENT WEATHER AND EVIDENTLY SOMETHING TOYOTA HAS HAD COMPLAINTS ABOUT ENOUGH TO PUT OUT A BULLETIN. VEHICLE IN MOTION, HIGHWAY MILES. I BELIEVE SOME SORT OF SHORT BUT CERTAINLY NOT MECHANIC. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE JANUARY 2017. TWO NEW BULBS PLUS LABOR AND NOW TOLD WIRING MECHANISM. HELP. IF TOYOTA KNOWS A PROBLEM, ADDRESS IT IN A RECALL.

HEAD LIGHTS DIMS AFTER 2 MINUTES OF DRIVING THEN FEW SECONDS LATER COMPLETELY SHOTS OFF.

LIGHTS WOULD GO OFF WHILE DRIVING, AT FIRST 1 SIDE OR THE OTHER, ACOUPLE TIMES BOTH WENT OFF WITH THE LAST TIME ALMOST CAUSING A COLLISION AND I HAD MY KIDS IN THE CAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA PRIUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED TO ILLUMINATE AFTER THE VEHICLE OPERATED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE REVERSE LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 230,000.

INTERMITTENT HID/XENON HEADLIGHT OPERATION. MUST CYCLE POWER USING HEADLIGHT ON/OFF SWITCH TO REIGNITE HEADLIGHT. HAPPENS OCCASIONALLY DURING COLD STARTS IN THE MORNING AS WELL AS DURING VEHICLE OPERATION.

THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT HAS GONE OUT 3 TIMES IN A 3 YEAR PERIOD. EACH TIME THE BULB HAS BEEN REPLACED AT SIGNIFICANT EXPENSE ($300 AT THE DEALERSHIP), BUT HAS GONE OUT AGAIN AFTER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL MONTHS. THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED WAS 11/2014. SINCE THEN WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO USE THE CAR AT NIGHT DUE TO THE OBVIOUS SAFETY ISSUE IT PRESENTS. WE CANNOT AND WILL NOT CONTINUE TO SPEND HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO REPLACE THESE BULBS WHEN THERE IS CLEARLY A DEFECT IN THE SYSTEM. BASED ON THE HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR REPORTS I HAVE SEEN ONLINE ABOUT THIS VERY ISSUE, I KNOW MY STORY IS NOT UNIQUE. I REQUEST THAT A RECALL BE ISSUED FOR THE AFFECTED MODEL YEARS, WHICH INCLUDES 2005!

MY DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT DOESN'T STAY ON. IT WILL GO ON FOR A MINUTE THEN TURN OFF. IF I TURN THE HEADLIGHTS OFF AND ON, IT STARTS BACK UP AGAIN, THEN GOES OUT AGAIN. I REPLACED THE HEADLIGHT CONTROL AND IT STILL CONTINUES. IT DOES THIS IF I'M DRIVING OR NOT. *TR

MY HEADLIGHT INTERMITTENTLY GOES OFF WHILE DRIVING & THEN BACK ON. I PAID A LOCAL MECHANIC TO CHECK IT OUT; HE COULDN'T FIND ANY LOOSE CONNECTIONS, ETC. BUT DID ADVISE ME OF A CLASS ACTION SUIT FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM ON THE 06 - 09 MODEL YRS. I'VE CONTACTED BOTH A LOCAL DEALERSHIP & TOYOTA CORP. WHO BOTH REFUSE TO FIX IT AT NO COST TO ME (SEE ATTACHED RESPONSE FROM TOYOTA CORP. *TR

LEFT HEADLIGHT IS DIM, GOES OUT, COMES BACK ON WHEN LIGHTS ARE TURNED OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN, BUT THEN DIMS AND EVENTUALLY FAILS AGAIN. THIS HAPPENS WHETHER IN MOTION OR STOPPED, REGARDLESS OF SPEED, AND WHETHER TURNING OR GOING STRAIGHT. I READ THAT THIS IS VERY COMMON AMONG 2005-2009 PRIUSES, AND A DESIGN CHANGE IN 2010 FIXED IT. THAT MEANS IT IS CAUSED BY A DESIGN PROBLEM, AND TOYOTA SHOULD DO A RECALL TO FIX IT.

THE HEADLIGHTS ARE GOING ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING. THEY WILL STAY ON FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN THE LEFT OR RIGHT ONE WILL GO OUT SO THEN I'LL RESET THE LIGHTING AND IT WILL COME BACK ON AND THEN I WILL GO OUT AGAIN. SOMETIMES THE RIGHT SOMETIMES IT'S THE LEFT SOMETIMES IT'S BOTH.

TAKATA RECALL IM HAVING A PROBLEM IN HEADLIGHT OF MY TOYOTA PRIUS 2005 THE DRIVER SIDE ALWAYS MISSED UP AND ONCE I TURN IT OFF AND ON IT WORKS FOR A WHILE THEN SAME PROBLEM I BEEN PULLED OVER BY THE POLICE MANY TIME I HAVE CHANGED THE LIGHT BUT SAME PROBLEM ITS ALSO DANGEROUS SOMETIMES WHEN IM DRIVING IN A CURVE WHERE IS NO LIGHT AND THE LIGHT TURNED OFF I FOUND MY SELF IN THE SHOULDER THAT REALLY WEIRD. *TR

ONE HEADLIGHT OR BOTH WILL RANDOMLY GO OUT WHILE DRIVING. HAS HAPPENED SPORADICALLY 6 OR SO TIMES OVER THE LAST 6 MONTHS, INCLUDING THIS EVENING WHEN BOTH HEADLIGHTS FAILED. TOTALLY RANDOM, CAN HAPPEN ON SHORT OR LONG TRIPS, CITY STREETS OR HIGHWAY. SO FAR LIGHTS HAVE COME BACK ON BY CYCLING THE LIGHT SWITCH ON AND OFF

BOTH HEADLIGHTS WILL FLICKER AND GO OUT, MOSTLY AT DIFFERENT TIMES THAN THE OTHER BUT CAN HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME. BY TURNING THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH OFF, THEN BACK ON AFTER 10 TO 15 SECONDS THEY WILL COME BACK ON. DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY THIS LEAVES YOU IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THANK GOD FOR FOG LIGHTS, A LIFE SAVER AT 70 MILES AN HOUR. THIS CAN ALSO HAPPEN SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY BEFORE LEAVING FOR WORK.

ONE OF MY FRONT HEADLIGHT ALWAYS GOES OUT ONCE I MAKE A TURN BY USING A TURN SIGNAL. IF I SWITCH THE HEADLIGHT OFF AND ON AGAIN, THE HEAD LIGHT WILL COME BACK. I READ SIMILAR POST FROM WEBSITE, AND FOUND SOME PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH ME. WE ALL SUSPECT THIS IS A DESIGN PROBLEM BY THE MANUFACTURER.

HEAD LIGHTS TURN OFF AFTER BEING ON FOR A WHILE. TURNING OFF HEADLIGHT SWITCH AND TURNING IT BACK ON TURNS THE LIGHT BACK ON. HIGH BEAM STITCH DOES NOT AFFECT THE LIGHT WHICH IS OFF. THIS HAPPENS WHILE IN MOTION ON BOTH HIGHWAYS AND CITY STREETS. THIS OCCURS FREQUENTLY

HEADLIGHTS GO OFF, ONE AT A TIME, INTERMITTENTLY, WHILE DRIVING ON ANY ROAD. IF I TURN THE LIGHTS ALL THE WAY OFF AND THEN BACK ON AGAIN THEY WILL USUALLY STAY ON FOR 15 MINUTES BEFORE GOING OFF AGAIN. I AM NOT AWARE THAT THEY HAVE BOTH GONE OFF AT ONCE, BUT I HAVE NOT DRIVEN THE CAR AT NIGHT YET

I WAS DRIVING THROUGH NEVADA AT 11 PM AT NIGHT TOWARDS RENO (APPROX. 180 MILES AWAY) ON I-80 AT 75 MPH WHEN SUDDENLY MY HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT. I IMMEDIATELY TRIED TURNING THE LIGHTS OFF AND ON MANUALLY WITH MY LEFT HAND, AND THE LIGHTS CAME ON AGAIN (I COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE DARK, SCARED OUT OF MY MIND). THEN, ABOUT 2 MINUTES LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED (I WAS DRIVING SLOWER THIS TIME). I DID THE SAME TURNING OFF AND ON AGAIN, AND THE LIGHTS CAME BACK ON AGAIN, ALTHOUGH SOMEWHAT DIMMER. A FEW MINUTES LATER (5 MINUTES?) I WAS PASSED BY A VEHICLE, THAT THEN SLOWED DOWN AND CAME IN BEHIND ME, AND THEN TURNED ON THE POLICE LIGHTS AND I IMMEDIATELY PULLED IN AN EXIT RAMP (FORTUNATELY THERE WAS ONE RIGHT THERE). AFTER THE POLICEMAN CHECKED MY LICENSE AND REGISTRATION, HE INFORMED ME THAT ONE OF MY...

LEFT AND RIGHT HEADLIGHTS SPORADICALLY TURN OFF WHICH IS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT IN ROADS WITHOUT STREET LIGHTS. DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE WHICH TOYOTA MUST ISSUE A RECALL. LIGHT BULBS ARE NOT THE ISSUE. THE ISSUE IS IN THE COMPUTER OR BALAST THAT CONTROLS THE LIGHTS.

HEADLIGHTS WILL RANDOMLY GO OUT WHILE DRIVING. MOST OF THE TIME IT IS ONLY ONE HEADLIGHT BUT SOMETIMES BOTH GO OUT. TO "RE-LIGHT" THEM YOU HAVE TO TURN THE HEADLIGHTS OFF AND THEN BACK ON. REPLACING THE BULBS DOES NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. AT NIGHT THIS HAS ALMOST LED TO DISASTROUS EFFECTS AND, FROM A RISK MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE, IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMETHING BAD DOES HAPPEN AS A RESULT OF LOSING YOUR EXTERNAL HEADLIGHTS WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. IT HAPPENS WHETHER THE CAR IS STATIONARY OR IN MOTION. SOME ELEMENT OF THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE CAR (MULTIPLE TIMES PER DAY).

WHILE DRIVIN BOTH HEADLIGHT TURN OF INTERMITTENTLY WHILE I CAN TURN OFF AND BACK ON THEY COME ON TO ONE OR THE OTHER OR BOTH GOING BACK OFF SOMETIMES AND SOMETIMES THEY WORK PERFECTLY THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AS YOU ONLY USE HEADLIGHTS AT NIGHT.

DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT IN 2015 AND WAS REPLACED BY LOCAL MECHANIC. BEFORE IT WENT OUT IT HAD FLICKERED BUT CAME BACK ON. I WAS DRIVING AT NIGHT WHEN IT WENT OUT AND WAS PULLED OVER BY POLICE. FORTUNATELY I ONLY GOT A WARNING. MARCH 2016 THE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT AGAIN (I NOTICED IT IN MY DRIVEWAY) AND WAS REPLACED AT A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP ON 21 MARCH 2016. THAT VERY DAY, THE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT AGAIN (NOTICED IT IN MY DRIVEWAY). IT WOULD COME ON PERIODICALLY BUT KEPT GOING OUT. 25 MARCH 2016 THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE "COMPUTER SUB-ASSY, H" FOR $458.52. 28 MARCH 2016, THE HEADLIGHT IS OUT AGAIN (NOTICED IT AGAIN IN MY DRIVEWAY).

THE HEADLIGHTS (HID) STOP FUNCTIONING INTERMITTENTLY. ONE OR THE OTHER OR BOTH WILL RANDOMLY SHUT OFF. THE LIGHTS WILL COME BACK ON IF THEY ARE TURNED OFF THEN ON AGAIN. THE ISSUE HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.

WHILE DRIVING THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT, I REPLACED THE BULB AND THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. IT TURNS OFF SHORTLY AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE WETHER IT IS DRIVING OR SITTING, WHEN I TURN LIGHTS OFF AND ON AGAIN LIGHT WILL TURN BACK ON FOR A MOMENT AND TURN OFF AGAIN, THIS HAPPENS WHILE I AM DRIVING AND I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT AND BE PULLED OVER FOR NOT HAVING WORKING HEADLIGHTS.

I WAS DRIVING AT NIGHT ON THE FREEWAY 280 AND SUDDENLY BOTH HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT, IT WAS SO BLACK YOU COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING ON THE ROAD. TALK ABOUT SCARY, TRY DRIVING AT 65 MPH ON A ROAD THAT CURVES WHEN YOU ALL YO CAN SEE IS BLACK. I WAS ABLE TO JIGGLE THE SWITCH THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH OFF AND ON SEVERAL TIMES AND THE LIGHTS FINALLY CAME BACK ON. WITH MY HEART POUNDING I CONTINUED TO DRIVE HOME ONLY TO HAVE BOTH HEADLIGHTS AGAIN GO OUT TOGETHER. THIS HAPPENED 6-7MORE TIMES UNTIL I REACHED HOME. I WAS ACTUALLY SHAKING BY THE TIME I GOT OUT OF MY CAR. WHY WERE BOTH HEADLIGHTS MALFUNCTIONING AT THE EXACT SAME TIMES? I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERS THE NEXT DAY AND AFTER INSPECTION THEY TOLD ME I SIMPLY NEEDED NEW HEADLIGHTS. I THOUGHT IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION, BUT THEY INSISTED THAT...

DIGITAL DASHBOARD SOMETIMES IS COMPLETELY BLANK FOR EXTENDED PERIODS SO THAT I CAN'T SEE MY SPEED, FUEL LEVELS, ODOMETER, AND OTHER INFO. WHEN I START UP IT HAPPENS AND CONTINUES THE WHOLE TIME I AM DRIVING. IT IS CAUSING OTHER PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE HYDROLIC BRAKING SOMETIMES AS WELL WHEN THIS HAPPENS.

LAST NIGHT WHILE DRIVE 1.5 HOURS HOME, THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT WOULD SHUT OFF, AND IF I NOTICED AND FLIPPED THE LIGHTS OFF THEN ON, IT WOULD COME BACK ON. IF I DIDN'T NOTICE, THEN THE PASSENGER LIGHT WOULD ALSO GO OUT LEAVING ME IN DARKNESS. I BEGAN TIMING THE INTERVAL, AND IT CAME OUT TO BE INTERMITTENT BETWEEN ONE AND TWO MINUTES, REGARDLESS OF TERRAIN, SPEED OF VEHICLE, SMOOTH OR BUMPY ROADS, STRAIGHT OR CURVY ROADS, ETC.

ME AND MY FAMILY TRAVELING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH IN THE DARK WHEN A TRACTOR TRAILER ALL OF A SUDDEN STARTED TO CHANGE LANES WHEN WE WERE DIRECTLY TO THE LEFT OF IT. LUCKILY THE LANE TO OUR LEFT WAS OPEN AND WE WERE ABLE TO QUICKLY CHANGE LANES TO AVOID COLLISION. IT TURNS OUT OUR 2005 PRIUS HEADLIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING AND THE TRUCK DID NOT SEE US. HAD TO TURN LIGHTS OFF THEN ON AGAIN TO GET THEM TO WORK. THE REST OF THE WAY HOME ONE LIGHT WOULD GO OUT, THEN THE OTHER WOULD GO OUT. HAD TO TURN SWITCH OFF THEN ON AGAIN TO GET THEM TO TURN ON AGAIN. THIS IS DEFINITELY A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE WITH THIS CAR. WHY IS THERE NOT A RECALL.

PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT IS INTERMITTENT. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST TWICE BEFORE AND I BELIEVE THE BULB AND SOME OTHER ELECTRONICS HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER CHARGES A HUGE AMOUNT FOR THIS REPAIR.

WHILE DRIVING IN ANY DIRECTION IN ALL CONDITIONS, THE LEFT HEADLIGHT BEGAN FLICKERING IN MAY 2015, SHORTLY AFTER LEFT HEADLIGHT BEGAN FLICKERING. THEY DO NOT WORK AT ALL NOW.

WE WERE ON THE OVERPASS GOING FROM HIGHWAY 87 TO US 101 NORTH IN SAN JOSE GOING ABOUT 70 MPH HEADING TO THE SAN FRANSISCO AIRPORT. IT WAS 8PM, AND VERY DARK. THE HEADLIGHTS JUST SHUT OFF, WHILE THE DASHBOARD INDICATOR SAID THAT THE LIGHTS WERE STILL ON. WE TRIED FRANTICALLY TRIED TURNING THE LIGHTS ON AND OFF AGAIN TO SEE IF THEY WOULD COME ON, AND THEY DIDN'T. WE TOOK THE NEXT EXIT AND STOPPED IN FRONT OF A HOTEL WERE WE COULD SEE THE HEADLIGHTS IN THE WINDOW, AND THEY WERE OFF. WE TURNED THE CAR OFF, COUNTED TO 10, THEN TURNED THE CAR BACK ON. THE LIGHTS CAME BACK ON. WE TURNED ON THE FOGLIGHTS IN CASE THE HEADLIGHTS TURNED OFF AGAIN. THEY STAYED ON ALL THE WAY TO THE AIRPORT AND ALMOST ALL THE WAY HOME. THEY TURNED OFF FOR ABOUT 1 MILE, AND THEN TURNED...

PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT WILL NOT STAY ON, IT WILL STAY ON ABOUT 5 MINUTES AND THEN IT GOES OUT ! WHAT IS THE PROBLEM ???