2012 Toyota Highlander Body Problems
- 12
- 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 12 stored complaint records:
- 0 indicate a crash
- 1 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 3 |
| 60–100k mi | 2 |
| 30–60k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Body · Unknown Or Other
On march 19, 2019 around 9:30pm (dry road condition ' no rain), my husband and i heard a loud explosion outside while we were driving on highway (i-70) going approx. 70 mph. It sounded like a tire blew out or a gun shot. My husband didn't feel the car was wobbly so we assumed the tires on our car are ok. We were driving on left lane and there was a semi-truck next to us but we didn't see anything happened to the…
ODI 11192394
Body
The seal coating on the roof paint clear coat is under current warrantee and the dealer wants not to cover it. Instead they want to not use the policy ,but charge me $1000 for them to paint it.this i consumer fraud.
ODI 11206953
Body
SUNROOF LEAKING UNDERCARRIAGE RUST
ODI 11155400
Body · Unknown Or Other
While driving on the freeway at 75 mph i heard a very loud popping noise in the roof of the vehicle. When i pulled off on a side road at 45 mph, the sunroof exploded, sounding like a shotgun was fired over my head. The cover to the sunroof was open and tiny shards of glass fell into the car and i was picking them out of my hair all day. It was very distressing as i didn't know if someone was shooting at me so i kept…
ODI 11220873
Body
Liftgate operates erratically, not staying open when button is pushed. Sometimes it opens all the way, only to close immediately. Most times it starts to open partially then closes. Twice it opened while driving. Most troubling is once it started to close down on me while i was getting things out of the trunk area. I would think, for safety reasons, there should be some type of sensor. Is that not the case with my…
ODI 11073431
Body
Rear lift gate opened as i was driving down the highway. Dangerous. Now the door does not work as it is supposed to. I was told directly by another owner that the door does not always lock when closed. What about grandchildren and pets. I cannot use my car as intended. It is a safety concern as i have no idea if or when it will repeat.
ODI 11025461
Body
Power liftgate on 2012 toyota highlander fails to full close and latch. 4 years old now, problem began 2 years ago at 12,000 miles, and now 1 year past 3/36 warranty and 47,000 miles. Liftgate has been completely manual for last 1-1/2 years. Using buttons to close power liftgate results in left side where motor is to be close to closed, while right side has an inch gap to d-pillar. No other reason for me to go to…
ODI 10874467
Body · Electrical System
Rear tailgate no longer works.started not closing off and on in jan. 2015. Finally stopped working all together in august 2015.took to my local dealership to see why it was not working they diagnosed it as a broken motor.i would be responsible for the cost to fix it.since it is now out of warranty. Contacted the toyota corporation they went over my complaint and said they would not cover it under warranty even…
ODI 10789424
Body
Rear liftgate arm detached from door. The bolt that attaches the liftgate arm to the door stripped. The pieces shot off from the vehicle wile the arm was attempting to close the gate.
ODI 10862737
Body
I opened the power rear door by depressing the switch next to the steering wheel and the door began to open, made a clunking noise, and closed itself. I exited the vehicle and manually opened the rear door at which time i noticed the liftgate arm (with the screw and washer still attached to the exposed end) had become detached from the door. Despite having 55k+ miles, my highlander is just over 2 years old and there…
ODI 10604746
Body
This event happened when my toyota highlander 2012 (se v6 4wd) was parked and turned off. I pressed the remote control button to automatically open the car hatch door. The door was open and stay up. However, when i was putting some grocery bags inside the car, the door came down without any announcement and hitting my head. I had head ache for a couple of days. After this happened, the back door does not stay up. I…
1 injury
ODI 10534724
Body
Over the course of a few weeks we noticed a significant smell in our car. We have rubber floormats, so did not notice that there was a drainage problem in our a/c condenser. The blockage caused drainage to back up into the body of our vehicle and mold started to grow all over the inside of the vehicle on the carpet underneath the rubber floormats. We later learned that the blockage was caused by a spider web in the…
ODI 10548398