2004 Toyota Highlander Electronic Stability Control Problems
- 14
- 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.
What owners report
- stability control · 6 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 30–60k mi | 5 |
| 60–100k mi | 3 |
| 100–150k mi | 3 |
| 1–30k mi | 2 |
| 150–400k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes · Traction Control System
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 toyota highlander. While driving various speeds, while depressing the brake pedal, the pedal traveled to the floor. The traction control, check engine, vsc, and brake indicators illuminated. The vehicle was serviced per nhtsa campaign number: 10v499000 (service brakes), but the remedy failed to repair the vehicle. The contact observed brake fluid leaking from the vehicle. The manufacturer…
ODI 10971175
Electronic Stability Control
I was driving about 15 mph on a city streetand the vsc indicator light came on and the vehicle started breaking on its own. A loud scrapping sound was heard. It was about 70degrees and sunny and the car thought i was going down a slippery slope. I stopped the vehicle. Every time i got above 8-10 mph the light would come on and the care would start breaking becoming unable to drive.
ODI 10854642
Electronic Stability Control
In feb 2005 while doing about 30 mph the vsc light came on and started braking, on it's own, to the right making it almost impossible to drive. The next morning the car was towed to the toyota dealer. The car displayed no codes and they said that they had calibrated the steering angle sensor. We had no further problems until mar 24, 2016. This time the vsc indicator came on at about 40 mph. If i slowed down to about…
ODI 10852145
Electronic Stability Control
Traction control came on during normal driving
ODI 10789080
Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes
My vehicle is having an issue where the vehicle stability control and abs are being disabled. This is the default mode whenever there is an issue. It is now occurring every time i start my car. *tr
ODI 10659890
Electronic Stability Control · Traction Control System
The check engine, vsc, trac-off lights appeared on my dashboard of my 2004 toyota highlander on or around march 7, 2010. On march 9, i went to my local mechanic whose toyota diagnostic machine informed them that since this vehicle had under 80,000 miles - it was still covered by my original warranty. I made an appointment with sunrise toyota, in oakdale, ny where i purchased this highlander. After showing sunrise…
ODI 10328900
Electronic Stability Control
Summary: on dec. 30, 2009, i experienced a malfunction in the electronic stability control system of my 2004 4cyl fwd toyota highlander suv. The malfunction is exactly of the nature described in the summary of findings following an odi investigation of malfunctions in the electronic stability control systems of 2003 toyota sequoia vehicles(nhtsa campaign id number 10v176000, nhtsa action number ea09006). Complaint:…
ODI 10364915
Electronic Stability Control
I am the owner of a 2004 toyota highlander 2wd. This vehicle is in excellent condition, low mileage (about 40,000) and has never been in an accident. On april 19, the vehicle stability control/anti-slip buzzer sounded. The icon lit on the dashboard, and the vehicle started to break as if the car was slipping. The road was dry, our speed was extremely low (about 15mph), and there was no reason for this to happen.…
ODI 10266458
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
Wife was driving on clean dry road. Suddenly, the vcs light and traction lights came on the dashboard while alarm sounding came on as well. Car suddenly braked, brakes made a grinding sound, and car jerked to the right. Tried to drive forward and it would not go over 10mph. If the car did, the above happened again. Car was not drivable, and was towed to the nearest toyota dealership. The situation was very…
ODI 10259942
Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes, Hydraulic
The car's vsc (vehicle skid control) system activated on a dry straight road. The brakes went on and reduced the speed to about 5mph, making the car undrivable. Glad this didn't happen in traffic. The car was turned off, and restarted, and i could get it to about 10mph, and then it would apply the brakes quickly and reduced power no-matter what the throttle position was, and the car was limited to about 5mph. Once…
ODI 10252755
Electronic Stability Control
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 toyota highlander. While driving 5 mph, the contact experienced unwanted traction control activity, which caused the vehicle to brake excessively. He took the vehicle to a local repair shop and the mechanic reprogrammed the pcm memory, which remedied the failure. The dealer could not determine the cause of the failure. Currently, the failure has not resurfaced. The failure mileage was…
ODI 10254022
Electronic Stability Control · Vehicle Speed Control
Vsc system activated and started applying brakes when the auto was on dry roads. System has no disconnect switch in order to disable system. Drove auto home at about 10 miles an hour because system would not dis-engage. The auto only has 25,000 miles. Happened once before at 4,000 miles. *tr
ODI 10221087
Electronic Stability Control
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 toyota highlander. While driving 40 mph, the vehicle stability system activated on dry surface and attempted to steer the vehicle. The failure affects the steering and occurs every few feet. Since that time, the system attempts to activate automatically while driving 15-20 mph. The vehicle stability system activates at full speed when driving at highway speeds. The dealer stated that the…
ODI 10214029
Electronic Stability Control
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 toyota highlander. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 50 mph, the vehicle began to sway out of control from left to right. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealership for diagnosis where the contact was advised to reduce speed to 35 mph to gain control of stability. The dealer also stated that the stability control module computer was off balance and needed to be…
ODI 10327919