2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STALLED AND ALL LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE INVERTER. THE DEALER REPLACED THE INVERTER. THE VIN INFORMATION WASN'T AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75, 000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 83,000.

SUN VISOR FALLS DOWN, OFTEN WHEN GOING OVER A BUMP, IMPAIRING VISION. THIS STARTED HAPPING AROUND 45,000 MILES AND NOW THE VISOR WILL NOT STAY UP. *TR

I HAVE AN 06 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID WITH 64,900 MILES ON IT, WE WERE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 5 SOUTH ON CENTRAL CA, SUDDENLY VSC AND CHECK HYBRID SYSTEM FLASHED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE CAR WAS TOTALLY DEAD, TRIED TO START IT A COUPLE OF TIMES BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE CAR WAS TOWED TOO A NEAREST DEALERSHIP AND THE PROBLEM WAS THE HYBRID INVERTER. 2 DAYS BEFORE THE INCIDENT THE CAR'S BATTERY WAS TOTALLY DRAINED, NOT A SINGLE LIGHT WILL TURN ON. I JUMP STARTED THE CAR TO MAKE RUN. THE INVERTER WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY AND IT WOULD HAVE CAUSED US $8200 W/O INSTALLATION TO REPLACED IT IF IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR HIGHLANDER HYBRID INVERTER FAILURE. THIS CAN HAPPEN ANYTIME AGAIN W/O WARNING AND COULD LEAD TO ACCIDENTS , AND I DON'T FEEL SAFE ON DRIVING THIS CAR AGAIN. *TR

TL-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WOULD NOT START. IT TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE SHE WAS TOLD A WIRE SHORTED AND BLEW OUT THE HYBRID SYSTEM. SHE WAS TOLD THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHIN THE INVERTER. THE AUTHORIZED DEALER ALSO INFORMED HER THIS FAILURE WAS A MANUFACTURED DEFECT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 131,600. SM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE INVERTER WAS DEFECTIVE AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 104,000. UPDATED 11/03/10. *LJ

2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER....SUN VISOR ON DRIVER'S SIDE WILL NOT STAY IN A LOCKED POSITION. IT FALLS DOWN AND HANGS BLOCKING THE DRIVER'S VISION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RESTART THE VEHICLE A SERVICE LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL TO CHECK THE HYBRID SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE INVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER WAS REPLACING THE INVERTER WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 99,681. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID . WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING . SHE WAS ABLE TO COAST THE VEHICLE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE HYBRID INVERTER MALFUNCTIONED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 128,648.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID WITH GOODYEAR, INTEGRITY, SIZE 225-65-R17. THE REPLACEMENT TIRES WERE PURCHASED IN 2009. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED THE MECHANIC ADVISED HIM THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE TIRE AND THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HE STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD ONLY BEEN DRIVEN 15,000 MILES. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE WEAR WAS ABNORMAL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRES WERE REPLACED BY A LOCAL MECHANIC. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 65,778.

FOR APPROXIMATELY 2-3 DAYS (JUNE 23-25) WAS EXPERIENCING HONK WHEN PUSHING BRAKE PEDAL, ALMOST CONSTANT TICK OF THE ABS ACTUATOR AND STUTTERING AT STOPS IN 2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER (54,540 MILES). TOOK TO OWN MECHANIC WITH DIAGNOSTIC OF FAULTY ABS ACTUATOR. HOPING PART WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY MADE APPOINTMENT WITH TOYOTA DEALER FOR SERVICE. BEFORE MADE IT TO APPOINTMENT WAS DRIVING FORWARD WHEN ALL DASH LIGHTS AND ALARMS FOR ABS & TRACTION CONTROL WENT OFF. UPON PUSHING THE BRAKE PEDAL IT WAS VERY SOFT REQUIRING MULTIPLE PUMPS BEFORE VEHICLE SLOWED. CALLED FOR TOW TO DEALERSHIP. THEY CONFIRMED ABS ACTUATOR NEEDED REPLACED AND VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE. PART REPLACED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. MY RESEARCH HAS REVEALED OTHER TOYOTA VEHICLES, LAND CRUISER, OF SIMILAR YEAR HAVE SAME PROBLEM. SERVICE DIRECTOR OF TOYOTA AND OWN MECHANIC SAID PART GENERALLY EXPECTED TO LAST LIFE OF VEHICLE IF NOT WELL BEYOND THE 4 YEAR LIFE OF MY VEHICLE. *TR