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2007 Toyota Prius lighting problems

1,069 complaints about lighting have been filed for the 2007 Toyota Prius, which is 44% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
1,069 44% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
50,000 miles 966 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
5 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When lighting problems show up

Lighting complaints by mileage, 2007 Toyota Prius Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 50,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 40 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 262 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 317 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 147 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 87 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 41 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 27 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 18 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 11 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 6 complaints 200k+ miles: 10 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 50,000 miles
Based on 966 complaints that include mileage. 64% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
View the numbers
MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles40
20k to 40k miles262
40k to 60k miles317
60k to 80k miles147
80k to 100k miles87
100k to 120k miles41
120k to 140k miles27
140k to 160k miles18
160k to 180k miles11
180k to 200k miles6
200k+ miles10

What the data shows

Of the 966 lighting complaints that report mileage, the median is about 50,000 miles, and 64% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 5 crashes, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

The lights spontaneously turned off while driving on a cloudy night on an unlit section of interstate. While slowing the car down, it went onto gravel, semi-circled around and flipped over onto the lower median. No air bag deployed. No protection from shoulder seat belt. Head hit steering wheel, and I briefly lost consciousness. Tests showed skull and cervical fractures. The car was "totaled." I was planning a move. Now I consider myself to be lucky to be alive.

October 2023 CrashInjury

Driverside front headlight intermittently went out. Took my automobile to original dealer on march 9, 2010 and it was replaced. During my conversation with the service advisor, he indicated that the passenger side headlight might experience the same problem. He was correct. On march 10, 2007 the passenger side began having the same problem. This is the same problem described in NHTSA -pe09019. I am concerned for my safety and others who will be affected.

Reported at 40,000 miles, March 2007

Other problems reported for the 2007 Toyota Prius

Lighting problems in other years

Lighting problems across all Toyota models