2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER Complaints

MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF MOMENTARY LOSS OF BRAKING POWER ON UNEVEN SURFACE. AUTOMOBILE: 2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID. DEALER STATES IT IS 'NORMAL' AND THAT THE NEWER HIGHLANDER HYBRIDS HAVE BEEN REDESIGNED. *TR

VEHICLE TOYOTA, 2006 HIGHLANDER LIMITED LETTER SENT TO TOYOTA MOTOR SALES USA INC WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION. "AFTER COMING TO A STOP WHEN I DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR TO RESUME A FORWARD MOTION THERE IS SOMETIMES A ONE OR TWO SECOND DELAY BEFORE THE ENGINE RESPONDS. AND THAT RESUMPTION OF ENGINE SPEED IS NOT A NORMAL RATE BUT AT A HIGHER RATE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO "JUMP A LITTLE FORWARD" BEFORE RESUMING A NORMAL INCREASE IN ACCELERATOR SPEED. IN A GENERAL SENSE I WOULD DESCRIBE THE PROBLEM AS A "DELAYED ACCELERATOR RESPONSE" THAT HAPPENS OCCASIONALLY. *TR

WE HAVE A 2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID. I SHOULD START OFF BY STATING THAT WE LOVE THIS VEHICLE. WE HAVE, HOWEVER, NOTICED A "GLITCH" THAT MIGHT BE RELATED TO THE SAME PROBLEM THAT THE PRIUS HAS AND THOUGHT WE SHOULD REPORT IT. OCCASIONALLY, WHEN WE STEP ON THE BRAKE, AND AFTER THE CAR IS SLOWING DOWN, THE ENGINE WILL SURGE FORWARD AS IF IT WANTS TO ACCELERATE AGAIN. PUMPING THE BRAKES WORKS AND THE CAR STOPS. I DON'T THINK THIS IS A PEDAL PROBLEM BUT A COMPUTER PROBLEM. SINCE WE NEVER TAILGATE AND WE ALWAYS ALLOW FOR DISTANCE TO STOP, THIS HAS NEVER POSED A PROBLEM FOR US BUT IT IS AN ISSUE WORTH NOTING. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID. WHILE ENGAGING THE BRAKE PEDAL AT SPEEDS OF LESS THAN 10 MPH DOWNHILL OR ON A RAMP, THE VEHICLE RESPONDED AS IF THE BRAKES HAD FAILED AND LUNGED FORWARD. WITHIN MINUTES, THE BRAKES BEGAN FUNCTIONING NORMALLY. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED; HOWEVER, THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND NO REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,118 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNDER 30,000.

PURCHASED 2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID NEW IN 2006. COMPLAINED SEVERAL TIMES TO THE DEALER THAT JUST BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE BRAKES SEEMED TO RELEASE AND THE CAR SURGED FORWARD. THE DEALER INSISTED THAT THIS WAS NORMAL FOR HYBRIDS AS THE ELECTRONIC BRAKING SWITCHED TO HYDRAULIC BRAKING AND NO FIX WAS AVAILABLE. I NOW HAVE A 2010 PRIUS WITH A SIMILAR PROBLEM. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE TOYOTA HIGHLANDER INCLUDED AND ALSO INVESTIGATED FOR THIS PROBLEM ALONG WITH THE 2010 PRIUS INVESTIGATION. *TR

WE HAVE A 2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF MINOR BUT ANNOYING PROBLEMS: 1) BATTERY DEAD IN MORNING 4 OR 5 TIMES FOR NO APPARENT REASON. 2) AFTER TURNING OFF ENGINE AND OPENING DOOR, BUZZER OCCASIONALLY GOES OFF FOR NO APPARENT REASON. 3) SOME RADIO STATIONS PICK UP A LOT OF STATIC WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS PUSHED. 4) DVD CAROUSEL PLAYER PICKS UP ERRORS WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PLAY DISKS FOUR OR FIVE. WROTE A LETTER TO TOYOTA IN 2007 REGARDING SOME OF THESE ISSUES BUT GOT NO RESPONSE. THESE PROBLEMS COULD BE RELATED TO THE ELECTRONIC ISSUES WE HAVE RECENTLY BEEN HEARING ABOUT. *TR

DURING CONSTANT BRAKING OF MY 2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID (SUCH AS WHEN APPROACHING A RED LIGHT), THERE IS SOMETIMES A MOMENTARY, BUT NOTICEABLE FAILURE OF THE BRAKES (WHICH CAUSES SLIGHT ACCELERATION), BEFORE THE CONDITION RESOLVES ITSELF ON ITS OWN. AT THE MOMENT OF FAILURE, IT FEELS AS IF THE BRAKES ARE RELEASED FOR A SPLIT SECOND AND THEN THE CONDITION SELF-CORRECTS BEFORE THERE IS TIME TO REACT. I HAVE NOTICED THIS PERHAPS 30 TIMES IN THE NEARLY THREE YEARS THAT I HAVE DRIVEN THE VEHICLE. MY WIFE HAS ALSO NOTICED THIS CONDITION. ABOUT A YEAR AGO I RECEIVED A SERVICE LETTER FROM TOYOTA WHICH, I THOUGHT, WAS INTENDED TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEAL TO HAVE IT SERVICED, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. *TR

MY 2006 HIGHLANDER HYBRID BRAKES DO NOT GRAB IMMEDIATELY WHEN I AM DRIVING FORWARD AND GOING OVER A POT HOLE OR TRAIN TRACKS WHILE BRAKING TO REDUCE MY SPEED. THIS OCCURS ANY TIME I AM IN THAT SITUATION. IT IS EVEN MORE NOTICEABLE WHEN TURNING AND BRAKING WHILE GOING OVER A POT HOLE OR TRAIN TRACKS. I HAVE ASKED THE DEALER TO CHECK THIS OUT 2-3 TIMES. THEY DON'T SEEM TO TEST DRIVE IT, JUST TEST THE BRAKES AND SAY THEY ARE OKAY. *TR

WHEN I STEP ON THE BRAKE, THERE IS A 1-2 SECOND DELAY BEFORE THE BRAKE WORKS. THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. NO CRASHES, NO INJURIES, NO REPAIR. CONSEQUENCE: I GET FRIGHTENED THE CAR WILL NOT STOP. I OWN A 2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID. THIS HAS HAPPENED FOR YEARS. *TR

LIVE IN NORTHERN US, 2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID, IM FEELING ELECTRICITY ON AND OFF AS IM DRIVING MY CAR, FEEL ELECTRICITY IN QUICK BURSTS THRU LEGS AND THRU SEAT. I TOOK TO DEALER AND SHOWED NOTHING, I THINK THIS IS COVER UP.. *TR