2008 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID Complaints

TOYO OPEN COUNTRY A20 TIRES 245/55/19 WHICH CAME AS STANDARD EQUIPMENT ON 2008 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID WORE SIGNIFICANTLY AND PREMATURELY. AT 18000 MILES THESE TIRES WERE WORN NEARLY TO THE WEAR BARS RESULTING IN EXTREMELY POOR WET AND SNOW TRACTION LEADING TO SLIDING AND HYDROPLANING. THE TREAD ALSO BEGAN TO PEEL ON ONE TIRE. I DID NOT NOTICE THE WEAR UNTIL IT WAS POINTED OUT BY A MECHANIC AS THEY LOOKED GOOD FROM A DISTANCE AND I DIDN'T THINK TO CHECK THE TREAD ON A 60,000 MILE WARRANTY TIRE AT ONLY 18000 MILES. TOYOTA STATES THAT THIS IS NORMAL WEAR AND TOYO DOES NOT HONOR A MILEAGE WARRANTY ON OEM TIRES. THESE ARE DANGEROUS TIRE AS THEY WERE SOLD ON ONE OF THE BEST SELLING FAMILY VEHICLES IN THE INDUSTRY AND COULD RESULT IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT ESPECIALLY COMING INTO THE WINTER MONTHS AS OWNERS OF LOW MILEAGE VEHICLES MAY NOT REALIZE THAT THE TIRES ARE ACTUALLY COMPLETE WORN OUT ALREADY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 25-30 MPH, THE CONTACT SMELLED A BURNING ODOR AND NOTICED SMOKE EMITTING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE DOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IMMEDIATELY THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR WAS OPENED AND THE AUTOMATIC WINDOW SWITCH EXHIBITED SEVERE MELTING. THE WIRES WERE DISABLED AND REMOVED FROM THE SWITCH. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 178,000.

WHEN I BRAKE IT FEELS LIKE THE VEHICLE ACTUALLY ACCELERATES A LITTLE BEFORE THE BRAKE KICKS IN. ALMOST AS IF I WERE STEPPING ON THE ACCELERATOR AND BRAKE AT THE SAME TIME. DOES NOT HAPPEN OFTEN BUT OFTEN ENOUGH THAT I NOTICE IT. ALSO REAR BRAKE PADS WORN DOWN TO METAL AFTER ABOUT 36,000 MI. ALSO PRE- MATURE TIRE WEAR OUT. HAD TO GET NEW TIRES AT 20K. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID EQUIPPED WITH TOYO OPEN COUNTRY A20 TIRES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE NOTICED THAT THREE OF THE ORIGINAL TIRES (EXCLUDING THE FRONT PASSENGER BY ANOTHER TIRE MANUFACTURER) ON THE VEHICLE WERE BEGINNING TO SHRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT SEEMED AS IF SOMEONE TOOK A "CHEESE GRATER" TO THE TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE OR THE TIRES; THEY DID STATE THAT THEY WOULD REPLACE TWO OF THE TIRES. THE CONTACT HAD NOT SPOKEN WITH THE MANUFACTURER AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 22,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 21,000.

2008 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER. CONSUMER STATES EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR, PROBABLY DUE TO SUSPENSION PROBLEM. *TGW

MY 2008 HIGHLANDER HYBRID LIMITED HAS ABOUT 16K MILES ON IT. I JUST HAD MY TIRES INSPECTED BY A SHOP THAT CHANGES MY OIL. MY TIRES ARE ALMOST WORN DOWN TO 2/32'S! THEY MENTIONED THAT THIS WAS VERY ABNORMAL AND THESE TIRES WERE NO LONGER SAFE TO DRIVE ON. *TR

UNINTENDED ACCELERATION OF 2008 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID WHILE PARKING CAR. FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE THE WHOLE TIME, EASED UP ON BRAKE TO COAST INTO PARKING SPACE AND ACCELERATOR ENGAGED. STOMPED ON BRAKE AND CAR STOPPED, BY THEN HAD CLIMBED UP CURB ONTO SIDEWALK. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPS AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE MOMENTARILY SURGES FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 20,000.

MY SUV STARTS ITSELF WITHOUT ANYONE OR THE KEY FOB BEING ANYWHERE NEAR THE VEHICLE. IT HAS DONE THIS AT LEAST 9 TIMES AND HAPPENS ANYWHERE AND AT ANY TIME OF DAY OR NIGHT. IT IS TOO DANGEROUS TO PARK IN MY GARAGE SO I LEAVE IT OUTSIDE ALL THE TIME. TOYOTA FACTORY NOR DEALER HAVE OFFERED ANY SUGGESTIONS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I WANT IT RECALLED OR BOUGHT BACK. IT IS UNSAFE TO HAVE A CAR THAT DOES THIS. CAR HAS DONE THIS SINCE NOV 2009 THAT I HAVE NOTICED. *TR

TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID 2008 REQUIRES FREQUENT JUMPING DUE TO DEAD BATTERY, THIS HAS BEEN SINCE I BOUGHT IT, BUT MORE RECENTLY I HAVE HAD TO JUMP THE CAR ONCE A WEEK. *TR