Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIGITAL INSTRUMENT PANEL | |||
| 01/01/2010 | 1000 | 1 | 02/11/2009 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2010 toyota prius. whenever the contact drove the vehicle while wearing sun glasses he stated that it was difficult for him to see the speedometer. the vehicle was taken to the dealership where the contact was informed that nothing could be done to correct the problem. the current and failure mileages were 1000. updated 3/24/10 *cn updated 05/10/10*jb | |||
| 07/23/2009 | 1 | ||
| Tl*the contact test drove a 2010 toyota prius from a authorized dealer. he states that he was wearing polarized sunglasses. he had extreme difficulty reading the instrument panel cluster and speedometer gauge which exhibited dim lighting. the vin was unavailable. bl updated 10/09/09 *cn the consumer stated the vehicle has a dashboard display just below the windshield that reports the speed, fuel level and other operating information. the display is a reflected image of a vacuum-fluorescent display inside the dash. unfortunately, the reflection path polarizes the displayed image so that it is all but unreadable through polarized sunglasses. updated 10/16/09. | |||