2017 Toyota Highlander Vehicle Speed Control Problems
- 8
- 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 8 stored complaint records:
- 3 indicate a crash
- 1 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 6 |
| 30–60k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Air Bags · Unknown Or Other · Vehicle Speed Control
I turned my car to park in the church parking lot. I believe my foot was on the brake, it happened so fast, i am not sure. . All of a sudden the car began to accelerate on it's own! It scared the daylights out of me! Suddenly the car jumped through a wooden fence and off a five foot drop off to the street below. I was lucky there was a pile of gravel to stop me. I put it into park.the airbags did not go off. I was…
Crash reported
ODI 11281468
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 toyota highlander. While the contact was parking the vehicle, it suddenly sped forward, drove over a median, and crashed into a tree. There were no injuries and a police report was not filed. The manufacturer offered to inspect the vehicle or process a request for the vehicle to be repurchased. The contact was unsure of which option to take. Darcars toyota frederick (5293 buckeystown…
Crash reported
ODI 11267105
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Vehicle Speed Control
My toyota highlander would not go into park. The suv lunged forward over curbing and into building. Then went violently into reverse and into a uncontrollable spin. Then the suv went violently into drive and jumping over a curbing and into a ditch and was sitting on top of a natural gas line. During this whole time i was pressing the brake and pushing the ignition switch trying to turn off the engine. This was done…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 11242500
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
On sunday oct 21 2018, the driver had just left the olin rest area in north carolina, heading northbound on rt 77. After driving for a little bit the car suddenly acceleration unintentionally by itself. And the car started to zig zag across the highway lanes without the driver turning the steering wheel. The driver tried to press on the brake but it was not effective. The car then grazed an highway guardrail and it…
ODI 11149666
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
While driving up the i-5 grapevine at 72 mph the car suddenly slowed without any warning to under 20 mph. The check engine light turned on and the dash said awd system disengaged or error or some similar message and to take to the dealer. I was barely able to accelerate to get off the road. I pulled off, turned the car off and back on, and it started running again. I'm lucky i was not rear ended.
ODI 11057498
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
While driving vehicle lost power to appx 5mph and check engine, check all wheel drive system, visit dealer, lights appeared on dash, vehicle was on highway driving at appx 50mph at time of incident , dealer reprogammed ecm, and returned car to owner and next day while driving incident happened again
ODI 11005233
Vehicle Speed Control
The dynamic radar cruise control does not operate correctly and can be very dangerous. When driving on a highway with the feature on and a vehicle in front of you exits to the right, the highlander will slow and brake aggressively as if it's still following the slowing exiting vehicle that is now in another lane and leaving the highway. The setting of the vehicle to vehicle distance and pre-collision setting have…
ODI 10992791
Fuel/Propulsion System · Unknown Or Other · Vehicle Speed Control
2017 toyota highlander se awd ("vehicle"). On january 26, 2017 at approximately 11:15 p.m., pacific time, i was driving the vehicle on the interstate 10 freeway near the la brea avenue exit. It was dark but clear with light to medium traffic. While i was driving around 80 mph and merging toward an inner lane, the vehicle suddenly - on its own - slowed to around 30 or 40 mph. Concomitantly, the vehicle's messaging…
ODI 10949488