Toyota Highlander Complaints (2006)

648 consumer complaints on file.

#10384031February 22, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE JUMPSTARTED . THE FAILURE OCCURRED BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO REPLACED THE BATTERY; THE BATTERY HAD BEEN PLACED FOUR TIMES IN FIVE YEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 108,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10384035February 22, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2006 HYBRID HIGHLANDER REPORTED AND WENT TO MEDIATION WITH NOTHING DONE. CAR HAS LOTS OF ISSUES, IT JUMPS FORWARD WHEN STOPPING ABOUT 3 FEET ON OCCASION, IT WILL GO DEAD FOR NO REASON, THE GPS FAILS AND PUTS YOU IN PA WHEN IN VA, AND ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL NIGHTMARE, HAD WRITTEN TESTIMONIALS BUT THEY IGNORED IT SAYING ALL TESTS WERE FINE AND IT STARTED WHEN THE CAR WAS ONLY ABOUT 3-5 MONTHS OLD. I WENT ON HTN MEDS BECAUSE OF THIS AND AM AFRAID TO DRIVE CAR AND HAD TO BUY ANOTHER FOR MY KIDS TO DRIVE AS IT IS NOT SAFE. THERE ARE WEBSITE WITH LOTS OF OTHERS WITH THE SAME ISSUES BEING TOLD ALL ALONG THAT NOONE ELSE REPORTED IT BUT THEY ALL DID...PLEASE HELP!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10381540February 11, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V499000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC: FOUNDATION COMPONENTS: MASTER CYLINDER). AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE PART NEEDED FOR REPAIRS WAS ON A MASSIVE BACKORDER IN WHICH A TIME FRAME COULD NOT BE PROVIDED FOR THE AVAILABILITY OF THE PART. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE WITH THE VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10381039February 7, 2011
VISIBILITY
VISIBILITY - THE DRIVER'S SIDE SUN VISOR APPEARS TO HAVE A "LOOSE SPRING". IT WON'T FULLY STAY IN THE UP POSITION AND WHEN PLACED DOWN, IT ALSO DROOPS. BOTH SITUATIONS IMPACT THE DRIVER'S VISION. *LN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10379321January 27, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE IN REVERSE, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT STATED THE VSC LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AFTER THE VEHICLE HAD STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIANS STATED THE INVERTER HAD FAILED AND STATED THE TRANSAXLE AND THE INVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THEY WERE AWARE OF A POSSIBLE INVERTER PROBLEM WITH THOSE MODELS AND WOULD CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER TO SEE IF THE REPAIRS COULD BE MADE FREE OF CHARGE SINCE THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10378406January 24, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID (NA). THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART SO IT WAS TOWED TO A DEALER. THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT SHE NEEDED TO REPLACE THE INVERTER INSIDE THE ENGINE WHICH WAS DEFECTIVE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED TO PAY A PORTION OF THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 108,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10376440January 12, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER WITHOUT WARNING AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE INVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 145,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10374897January 6, 2011
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
LENS IS MELTING IN FRONT OF DAY TIME RUNNING LITE BULBS ON BOTH LEFT & RIGHT SIDES OF MY 2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID.CONCERNED THIS COULD CAUSE FIRE AS THIS IS ALSO THE HIGH BEAM LITE. IF LEFT ON ACCIDENTLY THESE COULD BECOME VERY HOT AS THE HALOGEN BULBS WILL ACTUALLY MELT GLASS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10372758December 21, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
I WAS PARKING ON A STEEP HILL AND AS I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE, THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD APPROXIMATELY 2 FEET AND HIT THE SIDE OF A FENCE POST AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO MY FRONT BUMPER. SINCE I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE IN 2007 I HAVE NOTICED THAT OFTEN TIMES WHILE DRIVING AND THEN TRYING TO BRAKE ON STEEP HILLS THE VEHICLE LURCHES FORWARD. THIS LURCHING OFTEN CAUSES ME TO END UP IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION OR VERY CLOSE TO A CAR IN FRONT OF ME, THUS MAKING IT A VERY UNSAFE SITUATION ESPECIALLY WHILE DRIVING KIDS. I HAVE REPORTED THIS PROBLEM TO MY TOYOTA SERVICE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND EACH TIME THEY DENY THAT THERE IS ANY ISSUE.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10372761December 20, 2010
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
PLASTIC HEADLIGHT LENSES ARE MELTING DIRECTLY OVER THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHT (DRL) HALOGEN BULBS ON BOTH SIDES. THE LIGHTS ARE THE SAME AS THE 'BRIGHTS' BUT SHOULD BE AT 50% POWER WHEN USED AS DRL'S. DEALER INFORMS ME THAT THEY HAVE NEVER HAD THIS COMPLAINT AND CANNOT FIND ANY OTHER INSTANCES ON-LINE OR IN THEIR DATABASE, BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL THAT I FOUND WITHIN A FEW MINUTES OF SEARCHING. AT THIS POINT, IT IS ONLY COVERED UNDER THE 36,000 MILE WARRANTY, BUT AS THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT DEFECT IN EITHER THE PLASTIC LENS COVERING OR IN THE BULB ITSELF (RUNNING TOO HOT) OR IN THE DRL RELAY THAT SHOULD BE AT 1/2 POWER, I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT THIS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10370254December 16, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE INVERTER WAS REPLACED IN THE HYBRID SYSTEM. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10369950December 10, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID POWER INVERTER FAILED CAUSING SUDDEN LOSS OF ALL POWER, INCLUDING BRAKES, AND STEERING. $9500 REPLACEMENT COST WAS NEGOTIATED DOWN TO $4700 WITH DEALER AND TOYOTA. A NUMBER OF 2006 HIGHLANDER HYBRIDS HAVE HAD THE SAME FAILURE, WITH NO ABILITY TO USE THE BATTERY TO GET THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD AND OUT OF DANGER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10369429December 7, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH WHEN THE BEGAN VEHICLE LOOSING POWER. THE HYBRID WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE THEN STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A FAILURE IN THE BATTERY CELL. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE INVERTER WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER HAD REPLACED THE BATTERY A FEW MONTHS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER ENGINEER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND ADVISED THAT THE TOWING COMPANY CAUSED MORE DAMAGED TO THE VEHICLE BATTERY WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GET THE VEHICLE STARTED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 29,500.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10369475December 7, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING ON MAJOR EXPRESSWAY I LOST ALL POWER AND WAS (THANK GOODNESS) ABLE TO SAFELY COAST TO SHOULDER. ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS LIT UP TOGETHER WITH THE ALTERNATING MESSAGES: "HYBRID SYSTEM FAILURE" AND "VSC FAILURE." THE CAR WOULD NOT RESTART. I WAS FORTUNATE IT WAS A SUNDAY MORNING AND I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY REACH THE SHOULDER. THE EXPRESSWAY I DRIVE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY (I-595 IN BROWARD COUNTY FLORIDA) IS VERY HEAVILY TRAVELED AND, DUE TO CONSTRUCTION, HAS MANY SECTIONS WITHOUT A SHOULDER. MY 2006 HIGHLANDER HYBRID HAD TO BE TOWED. I WAS ADVISED THAT THE HYBRID INVERTER, A $7,000 PART, HAD FAILED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10369028December 3, 2010
CHILD SEAT, CHILD SEAT:LATCH CONNECTOR/CLIP
I AM WRITING TO REPORT A DEFECT IN THE BRITAX DECATHLON CAR SEAT LOWER LATCH SYSTEM. THE BELT ON MY SYSTEM IS TWISTED AND WILL NOT PERFORM PROPERLY IN A CRASH. I HAVE NOTIFIED BRITAX AND THEY SENT ME A REPLACEMENT BELT BUT WITHOUT ANY INSTRUCTIONS AND HAVE NOT ISSUED A RECALL. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT ALL THE OTHER CAR SEATS ON THE ROAD AND THE CHILDREN WHO ARE AT RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE PA TRAFFIC INJURY PREVENTION PROJECT (TIPP) AT THE PA CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS INSPECTED THE CAR SEAT ON TUESDAY OCTOBER 26, 2010 AND FOUND THAT ?THE LOWER ANCHOR ATTACHMENT IS BACKWARDS ON ONE SIDE AND CANNOT BE USED CORRECTLY TO INSTALL CHILD SEAT USING LOWER ANCHORS.? HER NAME IS [XXX] AND SHE CAN BE REACHED AT [XXX]. SHE SAID THAT IT WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND THE SEATS SHOULD BE RECALLED. THE IDENTIFIERS FOR THE CAR SEAT ARE: DATE OF MFG: 04-05-2007 MAKE DECATHLON MODEL E9L 4769 SERIAL NUMBER E9L4769017324 BATCH NUMBER J00088948 PURCHASED FROM BABYUNIVERSE.COM IN MAY 2007 MY CONTACT AT BRITAX IS [XXX] CONSUMER SERVICE MANAGERBRITAX [XXX] 13501 SOUTH RIDGE DRIVE CHARLOTTE NC 28273 [email protected] (RELATED VEHICLE INFORMATION: MODEL YEAR=2006, MAKE=TOYOTA, MODEL=HIGHLANDER). INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10368959December 1, 2010
POWER TRAIN
I PULLED OUT FROM A PRIVATE PARKING LOT ONTO A BUSY HIGHWAY. AS I ACCELERATED, THE CAR MAKE A NOISE AND EVERYTHING STOPPED. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS.-NOTHING. I MANAGED TO GET THE CAR OVER TO THE RIGHT AND TURN IMMEDIATELY WHERE IT INTO A GAS STATION THAT ALLOWED THE CAR TO COAST DOWNHILL TO WHERE IT STOPPED. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP. ON THE 2ND DAY, WE WERE TOLD THE TRANSMISSION AND THE INVERTER CONVERTER-HYBRID SYSTEM BOTH WENT OUT. ALTHOUGH THEY TOLD US THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN - ONE OR THE OTHER CAN GO OUT BUT NOT BOTH. IT WOULD COST 14,000 DOLLARS TO FIX. NOW THEY TELL US WE CAN SELL OUR NICE 2006 CAR FOR SCRAP AT AUCTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10367273November 23, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY STALLED AND COASTED UNTIL IT STOPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS AN INVERTER FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 130,000. UPDATED 02/08/11*LJ UPDATED 11/30/2011 *LN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10366296November 17, 2010
HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM: INVERTER
2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER. CONSUMER STATES DESIGN FLAW IN VEHICLE *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED AS HE WAS TRYING TO MAKE TURN, HE APPLIED THE ACCELERATOR WITH FORCE WHEN SUDDENLY A POP AND A SHUDDER CAME FROM THE VEHICLE, AND THEN THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO COAST. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SAFELY. ATTEMPTS TO GET THE VEHICLE GOING AGAIN WERE UNSUCCESSFUL AND ULTIMATELY THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. A DAY LATER, THE DEALER STATED THE HYBRID INVERTER HAD BLOWN AND THAT NO REPLACEMENT PARTS WERE AVAILABLE IN THE REGION. THE REPAIRS WERE EVENTUALLY MADE UNDER WARRANTY A WEEK LATER. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10366377November 16, 2010
SEATS
IN JULY OF 2009 I NOTICED A TEAR ON BOTH FRONT LEATHER SEATS, IN ALMOST THE SAME SPOT, ON THE SIDE OF EACH SEAT. WE TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF OUR CAR AND WE ARE NOT OVERWEIGHT. TOYOTA WILL NOT REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SEATS. EVEN THOUGH IT IS VERY CLEAR THIS IS A DEFECT. BOTH FRONT SEATS WITH TEARS IN THE SAME LOCATION? WE PAID EXTRA FOR THE "LIMITED' EDITION WHICH INCLUDES 'HIGH QUALITY LEATHER SEATS'. WE HAVE ANOTHER CAR WITH 500,000 THOUSAND MILES ON IT (NOT A TOYOTA) AND THE SEATS SHOW NO SIGNS OF TEARING. WE HAD A TOYOTA SALESMAN CALL US AND WANTED TO KNOW IF WE WANTED TO TRADE IN OUR 2006 HIGHLANDER FOR A NEW ONE AND THE ANSWER IS NO. WE HAVE ALREADY HAD TO HAVE THE HEADLIGHTS REPLACED BECAUSE THEY HAD MELTED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HEADLIGHT DUE TO THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS. TOYOTA PAID FOR THE LABOR BUT WE HAD TO PAY FOR THE HEADLIGHTS. WITH TOYOTA GOING THROUGH SO MUCH BAD PRESS, ONE WOULD THINK THEY WOULD BEND OVER BACKWARDS FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE, DO THE RIGHT THING, SO THAT PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO BUY TOYOTA AGAIN. ARE THERE OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS AND IF SO, WHY WON'T TOYOTA HELP OUT? WE WILL NOW HAVE TO PAY A CAR INTERIOR SHOP TO REPAIR THE TEARS ON BOTH SEATS, NOT HAPPY WITH THAT. IT IS A SHAME BECAUSE ALL IN ALL WE ARE VERY PLEASED WITH OUR HIGHLANDER HYBRID. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10365831November 15, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS NO HYDRAULIC PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE PEDAL TRAVELED TOO FAR INTO THE FLOORBOARD WHEN DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THERE WAS EITHER AIR IN THE BRAKING SYSTEM OR A DEFECTIVE MASTER CYLINDER. THE PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE BRAKES WERE BLED TWICE BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO ADVISED HIM TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER BUT OFFERED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 35,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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