Model years Toyota Highlander Hybrid
2007 Toyota Highlander Hybrid
Complaints about this year name out far more often than the model's other years — 18% of them, about 46× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 233 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 9 |
| Involving a crash | 25 |
| Involving a fire | 3 |
| Recalls | 2 |
| EPA combined | 26 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- recalled — 6% of this year's complaints, against 1.7% across the model's other years (3.5×). Owners wrote it as: recalled, assume.
- models — 6% of this year's complaints, against 1.9% across the model's other years (3.2×).
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
Also unusual this year
- other — 18% of complaints, 45× usual
- abs — 17% of complaints, 42× usual
- about — 16% of complaints, 41× usual
What owners wrote
BRAKE ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY ENHANCER/ABS MODULE WENT OUT IN 11/2017. TOYOTA HAD A WARRANTY [VIN] ON THIS THAT ENDED IN 12/31/2017. THIS WENT OUT IN 11/2017, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED AT A TOYOTA SERVICE DEPARTMENT, BUT THE SVC DEPT WAS CALLED ABOUT IT.. IT WAS DIAGNOS…
DRIVING ABOUT 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, HEARD AN EXTREMELY LOUD BANG. CHECKED WINDOWS AND WINDSHIELDS, AT THAT TIME, BUT DIDN'T THINK TO CHECK THE MOON ROOF. A FEW DAYS LATER (YESTERDAY), I TRIED TO OPEN THE MOONROOF AND DISCOVERED THAT IT HAD SHATTERED.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 11V342000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 13V396000 HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Toyota Highlander Hybrid was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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