ToyotaHighlander2002
  1. Toyota Highlander
  2. Problems
  3. 2002
  4. Equipment

2002 Toyota Highlander Equipment Problems

5
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.

Among these 5 stored complaint records:

  • 1 indicate a crash
  • 1 indicate injury
  • 0 indicate fire

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
60–100k mi2
1–30k mi1

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • November 15, 2008 · 89,374 miles

    Electrical System · Equipment · Visibility

    The interior heating/ac system and fan repeatedly fails to operate properly. In the spring summer when the ac would fail to blow cold and blow heat that wasn't so bad. I got the control knob fixed and all seemed to work fine. However the knob has failed again and when i needed the heat/defrost fan to work at night the frost got worse because the knob failed and the heater/fan would only blow cold air. Depending on…

    ODI 10248917

  • June 4, 2008

    Equipment · Structure

    2002 toyota highlander. Both sunvisors faulty. Hit a bump and they will fall down in front of vision. Crash hazard in certain driving situations, especially driving uphill or trying to look at a traffic light. They suddenly fall and obscure upward vision. *tr

    ODI 10230217

  • February 21, 2008

    Equipment

    A/c blows hot air on driver side when it should blow cold air as it does with passenger side. *tr

    ODI 10225770

  • April 7, 2007 · 87,900 miles

    Equipment

    Tl*the contact owns a 2002 toyota highlander. While driving 65 mph, the passenger replaced the cigarette lighter and, without warning, it ejected and burned his hand. Prior to the failure, the cigarette lighter failed to operate when the passenger attempted to use it to warm his coffee. On may 22, 2007, an inspector from toyota videotaped and duplicated the failure, however, he was unable to discuss his findings…

    1 injury

    ODI 10204947

  • August 6, 2003 · 10,000 miles

    Equipment · Unknown Or Other

    After only having my new 2002 toyota highlander for approx. 8 months, the accelerator in the car stuck and i ended up running into a car. I complained to toyota and had the dealer look at the car numerous times, but they kept telling me there was nothing wrong. Well 8 years later and they still haven't recalled my car, even though they have other years. *tr

    Crash reported

    ODI 10320349