2007 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID Complaints

RECEIVED TEMPERATURE WARNING FOR HYBRID SYSTEM WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND PULLED OVER. VEHICLE LOCKED UP AFTER PULLING OVER, MADE VERY LOUD NOISE AND COULD NOT DRIVE. TOWED TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE HYBRID INVERTER ASSEMBLY FAILED AND REQUIRES REPLACEMENT. THERE IS A RECALL FOR DEFECT IN THIS ASSEMBLY ON MY MODEL YEAR, BUT MY VIN IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CURRENT RECALL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF, AND THE CHECK HYBRID INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE HYBRID INVERTER MALFUNCTIONED. THE HYBRID SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT BACK TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 140,000. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED.

BRAKE ACTUATOR MAKES VERY LOUD CLICKING SOUND FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AFTER EXITING VEHICLE. WHEN BRAKING OVER BUMPY ROADS, BRAKES "SKIP" AS IF RELEASING AND THEN GRABBING AGAIN. ALSO, BRAKES GRAB INTERMITTENTLY WHEN SLOWING DOWN ON A HILL WHEN NEARLY STOPPED. ALL APPEARS RELATED TO ABS BRAKING SYSTEM.

DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE RECEIVED A CHECK HYBRID LIGHT THEN THE ENGINE POWERED DOWN AND THEN SHUT DOWN. WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF INTERSTATE WITHOUT CRASHING. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO TOYOTA DEALER WHERE THEY SAID IT WAS THE IVS, INVERTER SYSTEM, WHICH OVERHEATED AND SHUT ENGINE DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS RECALLED IN 2014 FOR BAD SOLDERING IN THE IVS SYSTEM. CAR HAS ONLY 72,000 MILES ON IT, BUT OVER 8 YEARS ON WARRANTY. SO I AM WAITING ON TOYOTA TO DECIDE IF THEY ARE GOING TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR $9,500 REPAIR. I AM NOW AWARE OF LAWSUITS AND COMPLAINTS ON THE INVERTER SYSTEM OF THE HYBRID HIGHLANDER.

TOLD BY TOYOTA DEALER THAT THE BRAKE ACTUATOR ACCUMULATOR PUMP ASSEMBLY HAS INTERNAL PRESSURE LOSS. STATEMENT FOLLOWED BY "SHOULDN'T NORMALLY DO THAT" AND "$3200.00 TO REPAIR". NEXT, I WAS INFORMED THAT THE ISSUE EFFECTS ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM. WHILE DRIVING AND COMING TO A STOP THE BRAKING BECOMES DIFFICULT. IT FEELS AS IF THE POWER IS LOST IN THE BRAKES AND TAKES MUCH MORE FORCE ON THE PEDAL TO MAKE STOP. HOWEVER THIS PROBLEM IS NOT CONSISTENT, AT TIMES THE BREAKING IS NORMAL, BUT AFTER DRIVING FOR A WHILE THE HARD TO BRAKE ISSUE ARISES.

ABS ACTUATOR IS PUMPING TO PRIME BRAKES EVERY 15 SECS. DEFECTIVE AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. TOYOTA SAYS $2300

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 5 MPH AND COMING TO A STOP, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE RESTARTED AND IT HAD MULTIPLE UNKNOWN WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED INCLUDING THE CHECK HYBRID SYSTEM, THE CHECK ENGINE AND THE CHECK CSV WARNING LIGHTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE INVERTER ASSEMBLY WITH CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS UNDERGOING SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE, THE MECHANIC POINTED OUT THAT THE ABS ACTUATOR WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000.

THE VSC SYSTEM WARNING APPEARS AND IT SMELL LIKE THE BRAKE IS IMGAGE OF ATTACHED LIKE A BURNING METAL SMELL.

I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR A FLAT TIRE REPAIR AND AN ALIGNMENT. AFTER THE SERVICES WERE PERFORMED THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO RESET THE COMPUTER AS IT KEPT SHOWING AN ERROR. ALL LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD WERE LIGHTED. I DROVE THE CAR TO A TOYOTA SERVICE CENTER. WHEN DRIVING I NOTICED THAT THE BRAKES DID NOT FEEL QUITE RIGHT. IT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THEY WOULD BRAKE QUICKLY IF NEED BE. THE ULTIMATE DIAGNOSIS WAS THE CAR HAD A C1345 LINEAR VALVE OFFSET UNDONE AND C1368 LINEAR VALVE OFFSET MALFUNCTION. A NEW BRAKE ACTUATOR WAS INSTALLED AT A COST OF $3200. PER MY RESEARCH, THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED FOR THE TOYOTA CAMRY HYBRID AS AN ISSUE. PERHAPS THE HIGHLANDER SHOULD ALSO BE LOOKED INTO.