1. Toyota Highlander
  2. Problems
  3. 2016
  4. Vehicle Speed Control

2016 Toyota Highlander Vehicle Speed Control Problems

4
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 4 stored complaint records:

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

What owners report

  • cruise control · 4 records

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
1–30k mi3

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • June 26, 2017 · 15,000 miles

    Body · Service Brakes · Vehicle Speed Control

    I was in a parking lot trying to park my car i put my foot on the break to stop the car and put into reverse and the car accelerated instead of stopping. The harder i pushed the breaks the faster it accelerated and hit the car parked in front of me.

    Crash reported

    ODI 11003560

  • January 31, 2017 · 28,000 miles

    Service Brakes · Vehicle Speed Control

    My wife was driving with our two daughters (ages 12 and 14). It had just started to snow and my wife said the road was slippery she put the car into low gear and traveled slowly. She was right around the corner from our house when she could no longer control the vehicle. She hit a tree, a fence, and then two more trees, traveling more than 600 feet. Even though she was traveling downhill she said the brakes did not…

    Crash reported · 3 injuries

    ODI 10949888

  • January 31, 2017

    Engine · Fuel System, Gasoline · Vehicle Speed Control

    Occasionally, at a stop sign/intersection or entering a highway if i have come to a full stop before proceeding the car will stall. I pressed on the accelerator and nothing happens. My wife and i have found ourselves in this predicament several times now and it is only getting worse. This scenario is very dangerous for several reasons, but the most important one is that my family has been inside the car when this…

    ODI 10949035

  • November 12, 2016 · 205 miles

    Unknown Or Other · Vehicle Speed Control

    When the cruise control is engaged and the vehicle is on a decline the cruise control does not maintain the set speed. I noticed this several times while on the interstate traveling between 65-75 mph. Each time there was a car ahead of me and i narrowly avoided what could have been tragic accidents. The first time it happened i thought it was a fluke so i continued to use the cruise control as i would normally do.…

    ODI 10960097