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Hard to believe that LEDs are out. Has car been wrecked? If you think your parts are high, you should own a Mercedes-Benz that is out-of-warranty. INTERGALACTIC! And the LABOR!!!
The left headlamp was replaced in Feb of 2008 -- same symptoms. The controller card passed diagnostics and they replaced the lamp itself. I believe there is one controller for each lamp, but I'm not certain.
The first case was covered by the factory bumper-to-bumper warranty -- no cost to me. I'm hoping this problem will be covered by my 7 yr 100K extended warranty, since I'm outside the factory warranty period/miles -- I'll have to check.
I've had no other issues with my Prius. I often drive with my headlights on during the day here in Seattle, unless it is clear and sunny (we do have some of those days). I think I'll keep the lights off during the day at this point.
I had one ( right side ) intermittently malfunction, and it took ONLY THREE TRIPS in to get it "fixed". It was just a "burner".
Again, I wish you good luck.
Yeah, I don't think my extended warranty will be of any help -- bulbs are considered wear and tear items. But a number of people over at PriusChat indicated they got their repair cost covered when they complained to Toyota Corporate Customer Service. I will try that route if the dealer tries to bill me. :mad:
That seems like kind of a stretch to me. I have done one in nearly 36,000mi. I drive w/lights on at all times. Oh my God! Eddie Money is singing the halftime show at the Arizona Liberty Bowl!!! I thot he was dead.
Thanks.
Your car's problem could be a defective rear windshield antenna, or connection at the windshield. Or a bad coaxial cable to the radio from the windshield.
Stop resenting how much you paid for a car with a "lousy radio/antenna".
Start resenting the guy driving next to you who is texting, or applying makeup.
If you think just because the cost of the car guarantees there will be no problems with the car throughout it's lifetime, you have another think coming. WOW! That burns me up!!! What a punk.
I have not complained to Toyota yet, but I have been looking around for an after-market replacement antenna for the 2010 Prius. The only replacement roof antenna I can find is a "shark fin antenna," which looks primarily designed to reduce wind resistance and look "cool" rather than to provide better FM radio reception. So, I have asked some auto parts sellers be on the look out for a better roof antenna for the 2010 Prius. Really, almost anyone could design one, including Toyota, and its primary attribute is that the FM component would likely be longer to be better tuned for FM reception, and it should simply be a screw-in replacement to swap out with the original antenna using the same antenna base.
Now, it's possible that Toyota has done the research on this and they just decided to do the best they can while achieving minimum wind resistance. I think people like myself, probably you included, would gladly sacrifice a little wind resistance (and the minor impact on gas mileage) for better FM radio reception. So, I'll probably put in a word with Toyota about this. In the mean time, someone might read this and say, "Yeah, we might be able to design something like that!" And beat Toyota to it.
In the mean time, I'm afraid that 2010 Prius owners will have to live with poorer FM reception than they might be used to. Unfortunately, for me, XM is not an option, as I don't care for most of the XM/Sirius programming. (Otherwise, BTW, I love the car.)
Anyway, if anyone hears of a better replacement antenna for this model, please do chime in here!
The battery cost $138.70 and installation charge was $12.00 total of $150.70 plus tax.
This is cheaper than the cost of the battery at e-learn which is $161.00 and you still have to install it yourself.
If you google Toyota Prius 12 volt battery. you will see a site where you can buy the OEM Toyota battery Msrp $138.70 but thier price is $102.70 plus $13.99 shipping, so you can save about $40 if you order and install the battery yourself.
He did not know what I was talking about and called another service tech over, and I told them they should have put a 12 volt source on the jumper posts to hold all the computer presets. They asked me if I was sure it would hold all the computer presets. I told them yes the jumper posts are in parallel with the 12 volt battery. They then said they would put a notice out to all the Prius Tech's to put 12 volts on the jumper posts to keep all the computers from resetting.
BE CAREFUL OF DEALER TECH'S DIAGNOSIS OF YOUR PRIUS'S PROBLEMS.
Aside from the obvious "what do you think is wrong?" my other question is, I would have liked to back it gently out of the garage to facilitate charging but how would I get it into neutral to give it a little push? (or to tow it, if needed?)
To make it easier, I modified one cigarette lighter to be always on (from Coastal Tech) and then I bought a very small 12VDC charging battery from Autosport. Keep that charged and it can easily furnish enough juice to start the computer and avoid the jumping. This happened to my 2004 once at the very beginning and once or twice since. It has happened to my wife's 2007 HH a few times lately so when I finally did replace the small battery in the Prius (with an Optima), I put the old one which was really OK, in the rear compartment of the HH with a set of jumper cables. It is a minor PIA but we're probably leaving something on every once in while.
http://www.insideline.com/toyota/prius/toyota-to-repair-650000-prius-hybrids-for- -cooling-pump-problem.html
bright. Were they HID's and if not, when did HID's become available?
Thank you
I was given a 2005 Prius as a gift for watching my neighbors' dogs for a few years. It has 239K miles and she was offered $1500 in trade for a new Subaru last year. I found that the HID headlamps wouldn't stay lit for more than a few minutes. Toyota has avoided admitting the fact that the OEM ballasts burn out. All the ballast is, is an inverter to get high voltage from the 12 volt DC battery. Generally, you don't need new bulbs. I opened up the OEM ballast and found where the laquer-covered coils were overheating. It seems that they were designed poorly. It's too bad that Toyota didn't recall the bad ballasts instead of having the dealer charge big bucks to repair them. I'd like to inform this forum about the way this has gone down.
I bought 2 new D2R headlights bulbs and 2 digital ballasts from ProTuningLabs($50). The parts work. The connectors were not compatible with what was in the car. I had to clip all the connectors and solder the wires supplying 12volts to the ballast and outputting the HID high voltage to the headlights. It all works OK now. It would be nice if ProTuningLabs provided connectors that were compatible with the car. They ask for all the info and don't provide any plug and play connectors.