2009 Toyota Prius Visibility/Wiper Problems
- 2
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 60–100k mi | 1 |
| 150–400k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Electrical System · Exterior Lighting · Visibility/Wiper
The ballasts for the hid lights in the 2009 prius are famously unreliable. Mine demonstrated this last evening in a very unnerving way. The headlamps would simply turn off without warning, sometimes one, and many times, both, leaving me to the mercy of street lights! This is incredibly dangerous. I checked on it and found that this happens to hundreds of prius drivers. Isn't toyota concerned that its $1,200 charge…
ODI 10761636
Electrical System · Exterior Lighting · Visibility/Wiper
The headlights have been going out randomly for the last few months but only one at a time. This evening while driving home from a late meeting, both headlights went out while driving at 55mph. I pulled off the highway and tried turning the car off and on again. Headlights went on when i turned the car back on, so i resumed driving only to have the lights go out again! This time i flicked on the high beams and the…
ODI 10495305
Catalog parts for this system
Catalog year/make/model rows for 2009 Toyota Prius.
Catalog fitment does not by itself prove OEM-equivalent compatibility.