2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID Complaints

VEHICLE STABILITY CONTROL WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. NOTHING IN MANUAL ABOUT IT. CALLED TOYOTA DEALER SAID NO RUSH TO BRING IT IN. SNOWSTORM DELAYED ME. WENT IN - TOLD DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. HAVE TO REPLACE THE AUTOMATIC BRAKING ACTUATOR - PART COSTS $1800 AND 3 HOURS LABOR - AROUND $2400 - THE CAR ONLY HAS 130K ON IT. BRAKE WAS SLIPPING DAY I GOT TO THE DEALER UNLESS I PRESSED HARDER THAN NORMAL.

I WAS ON HIGHWAY THE LIGHT( BRAKE VSC ABS..) THEN I HEARD NOISE I TRY TO PUSH THE BREAK DIDN'T STOP AND I AM GLAD THAT I MANAGE TO SLOW IT DOWN. I TAKE IT TO MECHANIC AND HE TOLD ME THIS BECAUSE SOME KIND OF ABS BRAKE ACCUMULATOR AND RELATED ISSUES. THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE INSTANCES WHERE I'M PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT STARTS TO SLOW DOWN, THEN FEELS LIKE THE BRAKES RELEASE, THEN GRAB AGAIN SLOWING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. I'VE ALMOST CRASHED A COUPLE TIMES. I'VE HEARD AND READ OF MANY PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WITH THIS SYSTEM AND SOME HAVE EVEN HAD ACCIDENTS DUE TO THIS. TO ME, I DONT HAVE $4000 TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND RIGT KNOW I AM STUDENT AND I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO, IT SHOULD BE RECALL. ALSO, WHEN TURNING THE KEY TO ON, THE ACCUMULATOR HAS STARTED MAKING A LOUD BUZZING NOISE FOR 10-15 SECONDS. PLEASE, PLEASE CONSIDER THIS SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RECALL

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY 65MPH THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER,THE CHECK HYBRID LIGHT WAS FLASHING, WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND STOP. WAS ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE AND DRIVE 110 MILE HOME.

WARRANTY ENHANCEMENT LETTER ZG1 BRAKES FAILED TO ENGAGE FOR THE OWNER AND A THIRD-PARTY MECHANIC. MECHANIC SUGGESTED IT WAS THE ABS SYSTEM AND RECOMMENDED TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. I WAS TOLD OF THE WARRANTY LETTER ZG1; MECHANIC AT DEALERSHIP READ CODES (C1345 AND C1368). THEY ATTEMPTED A RE-CALIBRATION BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO REPLACE THE ACTUATOR. TOYOTA CORPORATE WAS CONTACTED TO SEE IF THIS WOULD FALL UNDER THE WARRANTY FOR REPLACEMENT. THEY DECLINED REPLACEMENT BECAUSE NONE OF THE FOLLOWING CODES WERE NOTED (C1391, C1252, C1253, C1256). THE WARRANTY VERBIAGE DOES NOT STATE THESE CODES MUST BE INDICATED, BUT INSTEAD SAYS THEY "MAY BE ILLUMINATED". MY ARGUMENT IS THAT IF THERE IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE ACTUATOR, REGARDLESS OF WHICH CODES WERE ILLUMINATED, THEN THIS COMPONENT SHOULD BE REPLACED BY TOYOTA. AT THIS POINT, I HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD IF IT IS SAFE TO OPERATE MY HIGHLANDER AND DEPEND ON THE BRAKING SYSTEM OR NOT.

ABS SYSTEM FAILED AT 137,000 MILES , MECHANICS STATED THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN,I WAS DRIVING WHEN ABS BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AND CONTINUES TO STAY ON, AND ON 09/17 MY ABS AND BRAKE LIGHT IS ON,AND WHEN I PUSH BRAKE PETAL DOWN , MY CAR DOES NOT STOP. UNABLE TO GET CAR TO COME TO A STOP. I RECENTLY CHANGE MY BRAKE PADS IN AUGUST AND EVERYTHING WAS WORKING PERFECTLY UNTILL SEPTAMBER 20TH 2017

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THERE WAS CLICKING NOISE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TUSTIN TOYOTA IN TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA THAT DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE AS ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

ABS SYSTEM FAILED AT 180,000 MILES , MECHANICS STATED THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN,I WAS DRIVING WHEN ABS BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AND CONTINUES TO STAY ON, AND ON 6/10/17 MY ABC LIGHT IS ON,AND UNABLE TO PUSH BRAKE PETAL DOWN , UNABLE TO GET CAR TO COME TO A STOP.

CHECK VSC SYSTEM, BRAKE AND ABS LIGHTS COME ON, ALSO AUDIBLE ALARM. ABS BRAKING DOES NOT WORK. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR AND WHEN I BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN I HEARD A CHIME AND A CHECK VCS SYSTEM WARNING CAME WITH ABS , BRAKE AND SLIP INDICATOR ,MASTER WARNING LIGHT AND ELECTRONIC CONTROLLED BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT CAME ON TOO. I HAVE FOUND THAT IN 2013 THERE WAS A SAFERY RECALL DLF(D2F) ON CERTAIN HIGHLANDER HV 2006-2010.

I FOUND SOME INFO IN A FORUM WHERE MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME COMPLAINTS ABOUT LEAKING AROUND THE AXLE. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE RIGHT AXLE SEAL NEEDS REPLACEMENT WHEN I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A MULTI-POINT INSPECTION. I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS OVER TIME BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S HAPPENED TO OTHERS WHO HAVE NOTICED IT BEFORE THE WARRANTY EXPIRATION AND IT WAS COVERED UNDER THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. I PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY BUT IT HAS EXPIRED AND I WAS NEVER TOLD ABOUT THIS ISSUE WHILE MY VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY.