2013 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER Complaints

RAIN WATER IS FUNNELED INTO 'GUTTERS' WHICH ARE INTERNAL TO THE BODY OF THE CAR. IF DIRT, LEAVES OR OTHER DEBRIS GET INTO THE GUTTER SYSTEM, IT CAN BLOCK THE FLOW OF WATER WHICH THEN COMES INTO THE CAR VIA THE ROOF AND SUNROOF SYSTEM. ANY MOVEMENT OF THE CAR, ONCE THE GUTTERS WERE FLOODED, CAUSE WATER TO COME FROM THE ROOF ONTO THE THE DRIVER'S LAP. THIS WATER THEN CAUSED A FLOODING OF THE FLOOR OF THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT FOOT AREAS. THE FLOODING RISK WAS NOT SHARED WITH ME WHILE PURCHASING THE CAR AND THE POTENTIAL RESOLUTIONS SHARED ONCE IT DID HAPPEN ARE UNACCEPTABLE. THE RESOLUTION MY TOYOTA DEALER SHARED WAS (1) PARK IN A GARAGE AND (2) BRING THE CAR IN ONCE A YEAR TO HAVE THE GUTTER SYSTEM FLUSHED.

MY INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT MAKES CLUNK NOSIES TURNING LEFT AT LOW SPEEDS AND NOW PROGRESS WHEN TURNING RIGHT AT TIMES. I HAVE 50K MILES AND STARTED THIS ISSUE AT 38K MILES. IT GETS LOUDER SEEMS LIKE. CONCERNED IT WILL EFFECT THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE.

ABS SYSTEM ISSUE. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THE ABS MAKES VERY LOUD NOISES LIKE KNOCKING VERY LOUD. LOCAL MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE ROUND DRUM ATTACHED TO THE ABS WAS VERY HOT. VEHICLE HAD BEEN DRIVEN TO MECHANIC AND WAS STATIONARY WHEN HE CHECKED IT. BRAKE FLUID LEVEL GOOD. ABS WILL KEEP RUNNING AFTER VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF. TRYING TO KEEP CORRECT PRESSURE IN SYSTEM, I WAS TOLD. CHECKED FOR RECALL, BUT NO RECALL ON THIS VIN

I GOT HIT BY A DRUNK DRIVER WHILE I WAS AT AN INTERSECTION STATIONARY. I WAS WAITING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AND AN ONCOMING CAR GOING 35 MPH CROSSED LANES AND CRASHED INTO ME. IT WAS A BAD ACCIDENT, BOTH CARS INVOLVED TOTALLED.I HAD 4 OTHER PASSENGERS IN THE CAR, AND NO AIRBAGS WENT OFF. I RECEIVED HEAD INJURIES (A LOT OF DIZZINESS), NECK AND BACK INJURIES. *DT*JB

THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT AIRBAG SENSOR HAS FAILED ON 4 OCCASIONS. THE DEALERSHIP HAS CLAIMED THAT THE AIRBAG SYSTEM IS FINE, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE RECALIBRATED EACH TIME. NONE OF THE OTHER AIRBAGS ARE AFFECTED.

2013 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER. CONSUMER WRITES CONCERNING SAFETY ISSUE REGARDING TO BOTTOM SEAT FRAME/ ADJUSTER ASSEMBLY NOT HOLDING ITS POSITION THAT IT WAS ADJUSTED TO. *AS *TR

MY STEERING WHEEL ON VIN#(XXXX) FEELS CLUNKY WHEN I TURN CORNERS. IT SCARES ME, LIKE IT FEELS LIKE A GHOST IS JACKING IT ABRUPTLY INTO THE TURN IT DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME. I WENT TO THIS SITE TO CHECK UP ON PROBLEMS, AND RECALLS. PUT MY VIN # IN AND LO AND BEHOLD, PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS SAME THING AND FOUND THAT THE WHOLE STEERING COLUMN BECAME LOOSE AND HAD TO BE CHANGED OUT! THIS OUGHT TO BE A RECALL. I'M SCARED. TO CHECK UP ON THE SITE I USED GO HERE: HTTPS://DRIVING-TESTS.ORG/VIN-DECODER/ PUT MY VIN IN AND YOU'LL SEE 1/3 WAY DOWN THE PAGE "MOST RECENT COMPLAINTS" THERE YOU WILL READ WHAT IS HAPPENING TO MY SUV. I BOUGHT THE CAR USED FROM A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AND THE WARRANTY IS NOT GOING TO BE USED ON THIS BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW OF ANY RECALL. DO I WAIT UNTIL MY STEERING COLUMN BECOMES LOOSENED? THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING INTERMITTENTLY FROM SUMMER TIL PRESENT TIME. PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

I STARTED FEELING A CLICKING/CLUNKING FEELING IN THE STEERING COLUMN A MONTH AGO, ESPECIALLY WHEN I MADE TURNS. I WAS ALSO ABLE TO FEEL THAT THE STEERING WHEEL HAS STARTED TO GET LOOSER. ON 2/8/19 TOYOTA RECOMMENDED THAT THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT BE REPLACED. I HAD THIS PART REPLACED FOR $428. THERE'S 58,254 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. THIS IS MY 3RD TOYOTA VEHICLE IN 30 YEARS AND I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY MAJOR PROBLEMS IN THE PAST. I UNDERSTAND THE NEW SHAFT MAY HAVE AN IMPROVED DESIGN I HOPE SO IT DOES NOT OCCUR AGAIN. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL TO REPLACE THIS PART. DOES THERE NEED TO BE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OR EVEN SOMEONE GETTING KILLED IN A CAR ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THIS FAULTY INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT??

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER. THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL CLUNKING NOISE INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE NOISE WAS A CONSTANT DISTRACTION, WHICH MADE DRIVING DIFFICULT. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT PLANNED ON TAKING THE VEHICLE TO CONICELLI TOYOTA (550 RIDGE PIKE, CONSHOCKEN, PA 19428, 877-485-3193) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,188.

CLUNKING NOISE FROM STEERING WHEEL. INTERNET SEARCH REVEALED POSSIBILITY OF STEERING WHEEL COMING OFF RESULTING IN ACCIDENT. THIS COULD BE A SEVERE PROBLEM AND NEEDS A RECALL.