Headlights problems of the 2007 Toyota Prius - part 2

I was driving my car in the dark and the head lights failed leaving me driving in complete darkness. When I stop my car and turned it off and back on the headlights come back on. I was driving at that moment on an circle exit ramp that had no street lights; complete darkness.

Headlights are unreliable, they can go off (one or both) at any time. This problem is well documented on many internet sites.

When the car is turned on and the headlights are turn on, a few seconds later the headlight on the left hand side goes off. When turned off and back on again, they turn right back on. The same thing happened on the road (freeway to be exact). Have to keep turning it off and back on to be able to see the road clearly. Tried replacing lightbulb but still having the same problem happening. Scared to drive car at night with my children because this can cause an accident.

Headlight failure! well driving near my neighborhood the hid headlights suddenly shut off causing me to lose focus on the road for a brief moment putting pedestrians at risk. To go from the illumination of a high intensity discharge to nothing is very unsafe. I have read multiple forums this is not a one-time occurrence and from what I've read you guys are well aware of this problem and have yet to issue a recall. May I ask why?.

Drivers side headlight went out randomly while driving for 3-4 days, then failed entirely and was replaced at dealership.

Reading about the headlight issue, also exists on my car. Has been this way since I bought it with 148k miles on it. I had the one headlight die thing happen. Dealership said they knew about the issue but that it wasn't part of a recall. I had to get lower voltage aftermarket headlights to get 2 to work at the same time and to avoid the $400 cost of replacement bulbs. Rediculous. I was afraid the headlight left on would shut off as well. You'd think Toyota would take responsibility for an issue occuring on all their same type of car, but they haven't. Very disappointing. Sorry, even with one headlight hid bluish light, still hard to see. We really need two working lights and no stress when it comes to replacement. This should be an easily affordable experience, but its not. Read on the web, lots of other people also have this issue and it doesn't go away.

My headlights keep going out for no reason. The bulbs are not burned out but they will go out and I have to turn them off and back in. It makes driving at night very dangerous.

Driver side headlight turns off intermittently while driving.

Passenger side headlight goes out while driving. Must turn lights off and back on to get it to work again. Stated it's the bulb, assembly, and computer causing the issue. It's a known problem with these vehicles with hid lighting systems.

The headlights constantly go off by themselves sporadically. I never know when the issue occurs only if I see my headlights reflected in the car in front of me do I know whether one of the lights are out. Turning the lights off and clicking them back on temporarily resolves the problem, but it is a constant problem that is unsafe and scary at times because it causes extreme visibility issues. This has happened at any time, while I'm on the street, while I'm parked and on the highway.

The headlights (single or both) turn off while driving at night . I turn them back on and both seem to work for a few minutes and after a few minutes the problem occurs again, when 1 or both lights go off.

Headlights sporadically turn off while in motion. Sometimes it is just one headlight, sometimes it is both!.

Three times within the last week, while driving at night, the headlights suddenly went out. Although I was able to turn them back on right away, this is an extremely dangerous situation to be in when driving on a dark road.

This is a known problem with 2007 Toyota Prius. . . Headlights on my Prius go out intermittently posing a safety hazard while driving at night. Either one headlight goes out or the other. You have to turn headlights off and on to correct. There were 2 occasions when both headlights went out at the same time. I was driving home on the freeway late at night and could have been killed. My mechanic informed me to replace the left and right front headlight ballasts and bulbs. This is a major safety hazard and Toyota should be held responsible!.

The headlights come on together but the passenger side will randomly go off while driving. Usually they come back on when I turn them off and back on. One time they both went off while on a highway and I could not get them to come back on. I drove to the hotel with out the headlights, the next day they worked.

The headlights frequently shut off for no apparent reason, either one or the other or both. It seems to occur at random, whether idling or while in motion. The headlights will turn back on if the lights are shut off and turned back on, however it can be dangerous when the lights can both shut off while driving on a dark road and the constant turning off and on of the headlights while driving is distracting and potentially dangerous to other drivers. I don't know exactly when it started happening but it has been going on for at least a year.

The ballists inside the two front headlights intermittently turn on/off. Both lights went out at the same time while night driving, causing a serious safety concern while the vehicle was in motion. The vehicle has 120,000 miles and both lights randomly turning off/on is not safe and Toyota should incur a recall.

Toyota recall 2007 Prius' due to faulty high-density discharge headlights. Headlights are a safety hazard and go off and on while driving at night. At times both headlights have gone off. Toyota should take responsibility and repair. It is their fault! not mine. I cannot drive at night due to this problem.

Right headlight randomly goes out. As of recently, both started going out randomly. Seem to turn back on when turned off and on again.

Headlight burned out; they want $ 450 to fix. Researching, we find that this is a known safety issue, subject to multiple legal actions, including class action. Their current "customer service" solution? "sue us!!".

Bought 2007 Prius used and everything worked. Now the driver side headlight wont work after several new lightbulbs and a ballast have been changed. It has never been in an accident to my knowledge, I would like to know if Toyota will fix their problematic vehicle.

One or both headlights will randomly turn off while driving. Mechanic was unable to find a problem to fix. This is very dangerous when traveling on the highway at high speeds. Toyota needs to recall this vehicle and fix the problem!.

Front driver side headlight keeps turning off intermittently and at random while driving. The car has been in to the Toyota service department several times but the problem can not be isolated. Several on-line forums suggest this is a manufacturer defect with the hid or electrical connection and have been charged thousands of dollars replacing bulbs, light housings, and connectors without fixing the issue. This is a major safety concern and traffic violation to be driving at night when your headlight can turn of at any moment. Please have Toyota address this issue immediately. Https://priuschat. Com/threads/headlight-problem. 34584/ https://www. Carcomplaints. Com/Toyota/prius/2007/lights/headlight_randomly_turns_off_while_driving. . Read more...

The headlights will flicker out without warning while driving on the road at night. Sometimes it's one and sometimes it's both (which is a scary occurrence on a windy road at night). It also does it while it's idle and stationary. I've changed the bulbs and I know it's not a connection issue because the quick fix is turning your lights on and off quick. They come back on but not for long. It seems to be a manufacturer malfunction. I'm seeing hundreds of exact complaints online for the same vehicle. I'm not sure what else to do. Thank you.

I am the original owner of a 2007 Prius. While driving, the car headlights shut off randomly. Sometimes it is the left, sometimes the right, and sometimes both. One way of fixing the problem is to turn lights off and immediately on again but the problem would reoccur again randomly. I keep checking to make sure the lights are on and have had many drivers flash at us since the lights are off when I don't even know it. I am now afraid to drive the car for safety reason. Both hid lights have been replaced less than 2 years ago. The problem is unlikely related to the bulbs since turning the lights off and on would temporarily fix the problem. After researching the web, it appears that this is a common problem for this generation of Prius. I know there was a class action filed several years ago but there is no recall for this issue. I want to raise the awareness of this issue again and I'd obviously like Toyota to do something to fix the issue since driving at 65mph last night and having both lights simply turn off was a terrifying experience.

The right headlight turns on and then at some point while driving goes out. I have changed the headlight and it did not solve the problem. It is a lot of money to deal with diagnostics, but the problem isn't resolved. It is a safety hazard to only have one headlight working. Toyota should be paying for these malfunctions because accidents can be their fault for such a safety violation. There are many other people that are experiencing the same thing. This happens ever time I turn on my headlights for the last year trying to resolve it. It could have been for longer and I never noticed because the lights turn on initially.

The contact owns a 2007 Toyota Prius. While driving unknown speeds, the headlights failed. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The failure mileage was 117,000.

After a dealer service, my Prius' headlights started randomly going out. Sometimes the left, sometimes the right and sometimes both. If I turn off and back on, they will both work for a few minutes, then will again go out. This is dangerous and Toyota should recall the vehicles affected by this issue and fix for good.

I have endured the same headlight issue that I see endless numbers of people have commented on here on the NHTSA site. I have 110,000 miles on my 2007 Prius and have been experiencing regular outages of my right headlight for 80,000 of those miles no matter what the "fix" has been. Toyota dealerships I have taken my car to over the years all claim that this is not a typical problem and yet it appears from this website that it is most certainly due to some sort of faulty design/parts. My right headlight will be on and flicker off after a few minutes of driving. If I quickly turn the lights off and then back on as I drive, it will turn back on for a period of time before flickering off, once again. My cousin's 2007 Prius and my fiancé's father's 2004 Prius had the exact same issue with a single headlight. Obviously, this has proven to be a highly dangerous problem when driving at night and in all kinds of weather-related situations and would appreciate the NHTSA's assistance in investigating this as a potential recall for us Prius drivers.

Both headlights go out without warning . . This is the 5th time in a month this has happened. . I've replaced the bulbs which are very expensive by the way twice now. . . . . This is clearly a manufacturing problem and you people clearly know that it is and still aren't doing a dam thing about it is bs. . . . . I have read hundreds of complaints on this issue and they all say the same dam thing . . . . Do something about this issue before someone is seriously hurt or killed . . . . . . . .

The headlights turn off during driving, so I exit the freeway and turn them on and off and they start again and so on, I already changed the bulb did not help, I took it two times to the longo Toyota in el monte California and they refused to repair it stating that they could not duplicate it, I I complained about the noise of the abs system and they refused to repair it there is recall on both.

The right hid headlight on my 2007 Prius shuts off intermittently when the car is in motion. The failure is intermittent, and it is unclear when it first started and how frequently it occurs. The headlight turned off last week and made it dangerously difficult to see a pedestrian on the side of the road. There was no incident, but the experience was troubling. Toyota has disclosed issues with hid headlights in their "2006 through 2009 model year Prius hid headlight customer support program" and offered to reimburse the full cost per conditions in owners warranty. After a 30 minute phone call to the local Toyota dealer and them 60 minute call to the Toyota customer service experience center the discussion re-enforced that there was ¿no way¿ to cover the cost outside of the 5 year 50k mile warrantee and thus am supposed to pay $300 to the dealer to fix the defective headlamp and ecu that is probably the actual source of the defect (lamps generally work a long time if they get correct/stable source current). For several years I inquired during annual state inspection checks to check the headlights as I sometimes had trouble seeing at night. The lights worked when the car was not in motion and hence always passed inspection. The Toyota five-year warrantee seems arbitrary and not relevant for intermittent failures that may or may not have been diagnosed within that time window. Toyota should be culpable for fixing the defect cars identified as having the problem. It seems unfair for Toyota to belatedly announce a known defect but limit responsibility to time or mileage of an owner¿s warrantee. Shouldn¿t potentially hazardous defects be serviced by Toyota regardless? why should Toyota collect service payments from customers to drive a vehicle with headlights that stay on all the time when they know they don¿t work and crap out?.

While driving the passenger headlight will start to flicker and then go out. If I turn the lights of and then turn them back on they will come back on but then go back out again.

The headlights on this car flicker and go our with very little warning while driving in the city and on the highway. We were almost in a very serious collision when the lights went out without warning while driving at night on the highway. Sometimes turning the lights off and on again will get them to work for a while, but is is happening so frequently that we cannot drive the car at night anymore. I have see many hundreds of complaints about this online. Would it take the death of my family to get Toyota to recall and fix this dangerous defect???.

Headlight turns off randomly, and start again when turning the lights off and on again, then goes off again.