Exterior Lighting Related Problems of the 2011 Toyota Prius

Table 1 shows four common exterior lighting related problems of the 2011 Toyota Prius. The number one most common problem is related to the headlights (30 problems). The second most common problem is related to the exterior lighting (17 problems).

Table 1. Exterior Lighting related problems of Toyota Prius


Recently reported Exterior Lighting problems of the 2011 Toyota Prius

The Headlights problem

Both of my Prius low beams went out at the same time, I thought it was unusual as both headlights should not go out simultaneously. It was late at night and I was returning from church. I either had to drive without the low beams which is very dangerous or drive high beams which blinds oncoming   Read details...

The Exterior Lighting problem

The low-beam headlamps on thousands of 2011 Toyota Priuses were burning out very prematurely (a matter of weeks, not months). Toyota corporate said they created a customer support program to replace the headlight wiring harness free of charge, but this program ended in 2019.   Read details...

The Headlight Switch problem

The headlights keep burning out one at a time, typically about 1-2 weeks after replace the other side. Tried switching to a better brand, same issue. Tried switching to led, even they burned out after 2 months.   Read details...


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