We eventually broke down and had the computer replaced in the drivers side headlight. We had a way to get free labor, but the computer alone, for one headlight, was nearly $300!
Well, that seemed to work for about another 9 months... whoopee.
However, the drivers side headlight eventually started acting up again, and just like the first time around, it started off a little rare, and gradually became more frequent, to the point where it is expected to go out about every 10 minutes.
We were annoyed and of course the dealer wanted next to replace the bulb, which would have cost another few hundred dollars (I want to say another $300 just for a f* bulb!).
Last December-January, we were at the point where BOTH headlights will randomly, but expectedly go out every few miles down the road and sometimes both go out at the same time... we know it is dangerous, but is hard to justify spending $1000 JUST IN PARTS to replace headlights.
With all of the bad publicity Toyota was getting, they decided to help the customer out and announced that the bulbs seem to be the culprit and have been fixed. They are also offering the bulbs at a discount of $150 per bulb... labor not included. Yay?
So we got annoyed to the point where we finally scheduled an appointment to get both bulbs replaced tomorrow where they charge us for two bulbs ($300) and two hours of labor ($120/hour). So like the title says, "Toyota, I'd like to get robbed tomorrow. Here's $540 for two headlights."
