Halogen light harness recall, anyone have it done yet?

Wow, I forgot about that! I received the recall AFTER I replaced the bulbs!
I will have to check it out next week. Thanks!

 

I had forgot about the recall. It needs to be done by December this year I believe.
I need to call Toyota and see if they have the part and when they can do it and how long it will take.
I'd rather they give me the part and I'll replace it myself. Then I'll know it's done correctly.

 

I did it. Wasn't there for it, but was told they needed 2 hours, and replaced both bulbs and some wiring. Been a couple months and no burned out light bulbs.

They were insistent to not call it a recall, but a warranty service...

 

The land of semantics .

 

Thanks, now I have an idea. It's probably a 20 minute job.
I've worked at dealerships...
Both my bulbs are only a month or so old/young. I'm not sure if my Prius has a wiring problem as I don't
drive much at night anymore.

 

The problem is the voltage the bulb sees. Since the Prius 12v circuit runs at about 14 volts, it fry’s the bulb sooner than it should.

Pretty sure they just install a wire to drop the voltage to the bulb for the “warranty service”.

 

Makes sense. It's probably a resistor wire. Like a fusable link.
Thank you.

 

So far no one measured how much voltage the low beams are after the harness recall fix

 

Hmm, perhaps not, but the measurements have been made of the headlight voltage before the fix, and the headlight current at that voltage, and the voltage drop of the repair harness at that current, so if you buy Kirchhoff's laws, you're not missing anything you need....

-Chap