2011 Toyota Prius Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors) Problems

“I was driving on interstate 20 with my wife when the sunroof exploded. There are two panes of glass and the exterior pane sent shards of glass out onto the highway. The internal pane of glass stayed in place but some shards of glass fell on my wife and myself. The Toyota dealer says this was due to a crack from debris which hit the car and compromised the integrity of the sunroof. They could not prove or show any mark indicating this as a fact. It was a very scary situation and I feel our sunroof was materially flawed and Toyota should be responsible for the problem.”

“Power window switch fails to close window when lifted up into the full auto-up mode. The window goes to the top of the door and then rebounds to approximately 1/2 way down. Driver is required to put window up by only lifting slightly on the switch to manually stop it.”

“Starting on/about february 1st, 2011, any point source of light (I.e., traffic signal, headlight, taillight) viewed through the front windshield creates an optical effect of multiple images. The effect typically manifests as a triple image when the light is viewed from a distance -- one false image, each above and below the actual light. As the light source is approached, the images converge on the center (actual) light source, going from three (one false above and below) to eventually one image when the light source is very close (such as a car passing, going in the opposite direction). …”

“Tl- the contact owns a 2011 Toyota Prius. The contact stated that the side windows would become extremely foggy and the contact was unable to utilize the side-view mirrors when needed. The contact would have to open the windows in an attempt to clear the windows but to no avail. The contact spoke with the manufacturer and was advised that the failure was not considered a safety defect and that they would be unable to assist. The failure mileage was 5 and the current mileage was 6,000. Kmj - updated 02/09/12 the consumer was informed it was a design problem and nothing could be done about it. …”

“The headlights keep burning out, I have replaced the drivers side 3 times in 12 months and the passenger side twice. I only use sylvania brand, but have switched to different brightness to see if it has any impact, it has a slight impact but not much. The headlights are not on when not needed.”