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Model years to avoid

Toyota Highlander Hybrid

What it says about you

Opinion

The default answer for a family that does a lot of miles and no thinking about cars. That is a compliment.

Not measured, not from the data, and offered in fun. Everything below this is not.

21 model years on record, 2,462 complaints filed.

The years to look at closely: 2017 (out), 2016 (safety), 2015 (safety), 2010 (door), 2009 (out), 2008 (out), 2007 (out), 2006 (down). Everything else drew a normal number of complaints for this model.

What owners report, and when

Faults that dominated the complaints of more than one model year. Not the same question as which year to avoid — a car can have an ordinary number of complaints every year and have most of them be about the same thing.

  • models 2007, 2008 peak 10.3% of that year's complaints
  • recalled 2007, 2008 peak 7.8% of that year's complaints

Every year

  1. 2026 nothing on record 0 complaints
  2. 2025 2 recalls 0 complaints
  3. 2024 4 recalls 7 complaints
  4. 2023 6 recalls 9 complaints
  5. 2022 4 recalls 6 complaints
  6. 2021 4 recalls 15 complaints
  7. 2020 4 recalls 9 complaints
  8. 2019 0 recalls 6 complaints
  9. 2018 0 recalls 5 complaints
  10. 2017 out 224 complaints
  11. 2016 safety 108 complaints
  12. 2015 safety 182 complaints
  13. 2014 1 recall 0 complaints
  14. 2013 nothing on record 0 complaints
  15. 2012 nothing on record 0 complaints
  16. 2011 1 recall 0 complaints
  17. 2010 door 238 complaints
  18. 2009 out 174 complaints
  19. 2008 out 600 complaints
  20. 2007 out 233 complaints
  21. 2006 down 646 complaints

What does a Toyota Highlander Hybrid say about you?

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Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints — compared against itself rather than against other cars, so popularity and age do not decide the answer.