Toyota lighting problems
Across all Toyota models in NHTSA's complaint database, 5,535 complaints involve lighting. The Prius accounts for the largest share (64%). The single worst model year is the 2007 Prius with 1,069 lighting complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 5,535 about lighting, all Toyota models
- Most affected
- Prius 64% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 55,000 miles 4,275 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 79 and 74
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Toyota models
Worst model years for lighting
- 2007 Toyota Prius1,069 complaints
- 2006 Toyota Prius948 complaints
- 2008 Toyota Prius587 complaints
- 2005 Toyota Prius349 complaints
- 2008 Toyota Avalon214 complaints
Lighting complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 6 |
| 1991 | 7 |
| 1992 | 10 |
| 1993 | 18 |
| 1994 | 20 |
| 1995 | 36 |
| 1996 | 49 |
| 1997 | 37 |
| 1998 | 44 |
| 1999 | 43 |
| 2000 | 55 |
| 2001 | 32 |
| 2002 | 48 |
| 2003 | 62 |
| 2004 | 272 |
| 2005 | 393 |
| 2006 | 1,023 |
| 2007 | 1,161 |
| 2008 | 850 |
| 2009 | 279 |
| 2010 | 222 |
| 2011 | 119 |
| 2012 | 68 |
| 2013 | 47 |
| 2014 | 44 |
| 2015 | 57 |
| 2016 | 93 |
| 2017 | 81 |
| 2018 | 59 |
| 2019 | 30 |
| 2020 | 12 |
| 2021 | 49 |
| 2022 | 50 |
| 2023 | 61 |
| 2024 | 60 |
| 2025 | 25 |
| 2026 | 13 |
Among the 4,275 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 55,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.