2001 Toyota Highlander Engine And Engine Cooling Problems
- 9
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 4 |
| 30–60k mi | 3 |
| 60–100k mi | 2 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Engine And Engine Cooling
While my 2001 toyota highlander was in operation the engine bolts pulled loose causing the engine to seize and be destroyed. The car was stopped at a light at the time and had it been in operation on the freeway could have caused a serious accident. The engine is destroyed and a new engine would cost $7000. I believe that there have been numerous incidents involving engine bolts on toyota cars and trucks and that…
ODI 10293558
Engine And Engine Cooling
Car began surging on three occasions. Car was parked, in park at the curb, and engine was surging from idle to aprox 2500 rpm. I plugged an obd into the car to look for error codes and there were none. I cycled the obd again and the surging stopped. ?? *tr
ODI 10314488
Engine And Engine Cooling
2.4 (4cyl) engine making noise, sounds like rod knocking. Toyota dealer said same thing. Engine blew up at 45 mph. Oil was always changed at approximately 3000 miles. Used on highways and city streets. Contacted toyota corporate and they didn't seem to care. Out of warranty. Never heard of a toyota engine blowing a rod. This highlander was in ex. Cond. To sold as junk never buy another toyota again !!!!!! *tr
ODI 10219338
Engine And Engine Cooling
Dt*: the contact stated, while driving 55 mph a noise was heard coming from the engine. The vehicle was maneuvered off the road where it stalled. The vehicle was towed to the dealer who determined the engine needed to be replaced due to sludge. The vehicle was taken into the dealer once before for this problem and the engine was cleaned. The manufacturer has been alerted.
ODI 10161755
Engine And Engine Cooling
Check engine and abs brake light come on at the same time; after a while upon restarting the abs brake goes off and the check engine stays on for a few hours then goes off upon restarting.*ak
ODI 10072409
Engine And Engine Cooling
Oil sludge issue. The toyota was in the shop for 1.5 weeks. The final bill did not include any totals, but the service manager indicated parts alone were close to $1600. We were very disturbed with toyota's position that this problem was a maintenance issue and that they would only repair this issue once within the first eight years. They indicated that we followed the wrong maintenance schedule of normal rather…
ODI 10070964
Engine And Engine Cooling
Engine light started flashing right at 25,000. Car gave no sign of failure or anytime of problem. Oil changes was performed every 5000/mi and car was running fine until the light started to flash and we took car to concord toyota to check on the engine liht problem. Concord toyota said the engine was burned in and out due to lack of oil and blamed tha customer for poor maintenance to the car and refuse to fix the…
ODI 10069763
Engine And Engine Cooling
Engine oil sludge. The estimated cost of our engine problem was $7,200 (canadian) and it started at 38,000 km (24,000 miles). The matter was resolved when we dug up an old oil change slip that my wife and i had forgotten about altogether. Before the discovery we were unable to provide a receipt for each year that we have owned the car so toyota insisted that it was customer negligence that resulted in the oil…
ODI 10071350
Engine And Engine Cooling
My highlander had sludge in the engine. The engine was cleaned out. I was told that if i change my oil every 3,000 miles instead of 7,500.00 that would not happen. The toyota manuel states every 7,500. Remember my car only has 18,202 miles on it. It's not even 2 yr old yet. The service advisor assured me that if i change my oil every 3,000 and not every 7,500 like the manual says that if this happen again they would…
ODI 10070044