Below you may see the STEERING components and the number of complaints they received.
Tl*the contact owns a 2008 toyota highlander. on february 10, 2008 while driving approximately 35 mph, the vehicle suddenly accelerated when she put h...
On saturday, may 30th at approximately 8:30 i was moving our 2005 highlander from the street into our reserved parking space within our complex. as i...
When i was trying to park my toyota highlander 2005 in front of the building where i work, backing up, the engine iddle went extremely high and i trie...
Clunking and clicking when turning the wheel. tsb from toyota calls for intermediate steering shaft replacement, but toyota will not warranty replacement of the faulty part. hundreds of complaints online with this same issue.
Our 2015 highlander steering intermittently locks up and has a complete loss of power. first happened when starting the vehicle and had to sit and start and stop over 15 times and the steering finally came back. we immediately contacted toyota and they said this vehicle had no recalled parts and there is no problem. when it happened the second time we took it in and they said it had a bad battery and the problem was fixed. we paid a hefty service fee and paid for a really expensive battery. two days later it happened again and while moving on a city street about 35/40 mph. we got over safely but was so dangerous. took it back to toyota and they are telling us the vehicle has no problem and we just need to use it till it happens again and bring it back! if we don't kill ourselves or another motorist! after doing our own research we find our car is doing exactly what the vehicles with the recall are doing but they will not replace the eps system and toyota is putting us back on the road in a dangerous vehicle. so now we only have one ...
Brake actuator assembly and brake booster pump assembly (problem known to toyota for this and other models,) failed, leading to dash messages: master warning, abs warning, brake system warning (brake malfunction: stop the vehicle in a safe place immediately and contact a dealer), slip indicator. brake pedal function seems limited, and dangerous. all warnings come back upon shutting off and restarting vehicle.
While driving, we (multiple drivers) experience intermittent loss of power steering at slow to moderate speeds (below 30 mph). we have checked the fluids and all looks good. the mechanic cannot pinpoint the issue and i've noted that multiple people on the internet have experienced the same issue. the issue occurs very sporadically and may go days without recurrence. it has occurred during turns around the corner as well as during lane changes.
Steering shaft u joint makes clunking noise. dealer advised immediate replacement as this is a safety concern.
Tl* the contact leases a 2019 toyota highlander. while driving, the engine stalled without warning and the steering wheel seized. the contact coasted the vehicle over to the side of the road and powered off the engine. the vehicle was restarted and was able to drive normally; however, the failure recurred twice. the vehicle was taken to page toyota (21262 telegraph rd, southfield, mi 48033, (248) 352-8580) where it was diagnosed, but the technician could not find a failure code. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure and provided case number: 1910282286. the failure mileage was approximately 4,000.
The steering shaft makes a clunking noise during low speed turns. there have been a number of complaints about this over the years, but no recall. meanwhile, toyota is charging around $800 to make the repair.
While driving, the vehicle had a slight lag when i applied gas then started beeping and provided the warnings: check engine, hybrid system malfunction, pre-collision system malfunction, check awd system. i turned the car off multiple times, the errors were still on the car the next morning when i started the car to take it to the service appt. when i got to the dealership i turned the car off to check it in, when i came back the error was gone. they checked out the car they said there was nothing wrong with it and thought it was just 'ambient conditions'. two weeks later, i was driving and i had the same lag in power then the same alarms and started driving toward the dealership (about 3 miles away) and the hybrid system and power steering shut down in the middle of the road leaving me with no power. i turned the vehicle off and back on and the errors were still there and it shut down again another half mile down the road. it is at the dealership again. the vehicle has 10,800 miles and should not be having these significant issues. ...
I started experiencing a clunk in the steering wheel column when turning the wheel to the left for parking . it happened a couple of times so i took it to my regular toyota dealership for service. after test driving the car they told me it was the steering intermediate shaft that needed to be replaced. i felt i had no choice so had them do the work and it cost $782.30 for parts / labor plus $134.95 for alignment. total of $917.25. i found out that toyota had issued a technical service bulletin #t-sb-0034-13 on february 21,2013 sent to all toyota repair shops addressing this issue. they told the mechanics how to replace this equipment and that "a new intermediate shaft has been developed to address this condition". to me that means that in 2013 they knew it was a design flaw and corrected the problem by designing a new shaft. if they had notified the 2008-2013 toyota highlander customers then that this would be an issue, many would have still been under warranty and it would have been covered. but instead they waited until people had the problem, brought their ...