2007 Toyota PRIUS - Ratings, Complaints and Recalls

"i cant see the road. who is in charge of allowing these new bright led headlights? they make it very hard to see where i’m driving when they’re eye level with my car!! so all i see is a bunch of led lights coming straight at me, which is very unacceptable because now i can’t see the road. making it a very obvious safety concern which is weird when i thought the government is supposed to be preventing stuff like this from happening. what the heck"

"toyota north america failed to notify me of the latent defect in the headlight operating system. i have had ongoing issues with the flickering of the lights for multiple years. i finally saved up enough money to try and fix the problem and spent $2854.34. after multiple failed attempts to get the problem fixed and having both headlights shut off simultaneously, i went to alexandria toyota in virginia on october 20,2022 to get the problem diagnosed. the automobile status report showed that the failed headlights were a direct result of the latent defect in the headlight operating system that was repaired free of charge in two separate support programs; one that ended in 2012, and the other in 2013. when i contacted customer support service on october 24, 2022, to inquire when toyota contacted me and where they sent the support program information regarding the headlight issue, none of the three managers could tell me the date this was sent out, nor the address. i didn’t own the car in 2012, and never received the 2017 notice. if i had received this information, i would have brought my vehicle in at that time. i purchased this vehicle back in 2013 as a “toyota certified vehicle” with the understanding that the 160-point quality assurance meant that this was a safe and reliable vehicle, and that any problems or latent defects were fixed. toyota misrepresented themselves and are in contradiction with their own policy that states: “the tcuv policy prohibits the certification of any vehicle with an outstanding safety recall, special service campaign, or limited service campaign. thus, no affected units are to be designated, sold, or delivered as a tcuv until all applicable safety recalls, special service campaigns, and limited service campaigns have been completed on that vehicle.”"

"front right light keeps going out, if i turn it off and turn it back on it works. had the bulb replaced, still having issues."

"the headlights keep burning out and stops working without warning. *tr"

"hid lights going off while driving. one light intermittently going on and off. turning light switch off and then on again turns them back on. have seen online numerous reports of this probel"

"for a few months, the left hand side front headlight has gone out, if i turn the lights off and then back on again, it comes back on. however last night, while driving on a dark nc highway both lights went out. they came back on when i turned the lights on an off again. this happened two more times. it is clearly a safety issue that i see many other prius owners experience. it is entirely possible both lights have been going out for some time, since driving on dark country highways at 70 mph is not something i regularly do."

"headlights intermittently fail. sometimes one headlight will go out and other times both. so far, if i detect one or both headlights are out, turning the headlight switch off and back on will correct the problem. depending on street lighting, i am not always able to detect if the headlights are off until another car flashes to let me know or i enter a dark roadway where it becomes obvious."

"similar to this complaint (nhtsa id number:11268053) i have been struggling to keep both of my headlights working for over a year now. i have tried replacing the lightbulbs and the ballasts without success. both the regular lights and the high beams turn off about every couple of minutes and sometimes faster. i drive with one hand on the switch and constantly turn them off then back on in order to get where i am going. please help! i am intending to go to the toyota dealer but it is expensive and i believe this is a flaw in the vehicle. this problem occurs regardless of whether the car is in motion or not."

"while driving passenger side headlight went out. after several tries of turning lights on and off, the headlight stayed on.it cuts out at difficult times like driving on highway. worried police may stop me. have tried several fixes like new headlight assembly, etc."

"while driving at night, the headlights will randomly turn off. this is dangerous and scary. please help!"