1. Toyota Highlander
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  3. 2017
  4. Visibility/Wiper

2017 Toyota Highlander Visibility/Wiper Problems

9
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 9 stored complaint records:

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

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
1–30k mi9

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • December 24, 2019 · 24,000 miles

    Visibility/Wiper

    I was driving home from work and hear a loud exploding sound from my vehicle. I thought something extremely heavy was thrown or fell on my car. When i arrived home, i found a gaping hole on my sunroof. The glass was shattered but the object that "hit" it was nowhere to be found. After closely examining it, it doesn't make sense that an object hit it based off the angle the sunroof metal. The metal looks like the…

    ODI 11291182

  • October 20, 2018 · 27,000 miles

    Visibility/Wiper

    Bought this 2017 toyota highlander new from dealer in denver. 400 miles on vehicle. The windshield was cracked severely in the first 1000 miles from minor stones hitting the base of the windshield, requiring replacement- oem with camera, heat, radar sensors for $1800. Now, that second windshield has cracked again, requiring a 3rd windshield installed at 27,000 miles. Toyota slanted the angle of the front hood on…

    ODI 11143389

  • December 29, 2017 · 6,500 miles

    Visibility/Wiper

    This vehicle has a defective windshield washer pump that toyota refuses to replace. I was in chicago on 12/26-31/2017 and the temperature was below 20 degrees. The windshield washer froze and i took the vehicle to grossinger toyota, lincolnwood, il on 12/27 and 12/29. They did nothing on 12/27 other than park the vehicle inside where the pump thawed and worked. The next two days it froze again. On 12/29 i drove to…

    ODI 11061292

  • December 12, 2017 · 2,000 miles

    Visibility/Wiper

    The bulky side mirror on the driver's side creates a safety hazard when making a left hand turn because of a large blind spot. I was involved in an accident due to that very reason. I was making a left hand turn as described above. I checked for oncoming traffic several times and turned when i saw traffic was clear. I was hit on the driver's side because my visibility was blocked by the mirror and the oncoming…

    Crash reported · 2 injuries

    ODI 11054889

  • October 25, 2017 · 1,000 miles

    Visibility/Wiper

    When driving in the rain with the windshield wipers operating, a pattern, for a lack of a better term, appears as per the included photo taken when the vehicle was being driven at that time. This pattern or markings when visible run vertically in the form of wavy lines from one end of the windshield to the other. This condition is not the result of the windshield wipers, a dirty windshield, inside or out, or any…

    ODI 11112429

  • August 23, 2017 · 6,000 miles

    Visibility/Wiper

    Vehicle sustained a crack from two small stones hitting the windshield while traveling on a highway at approximately 55 mph. Crack spread significantly from the initial impact site. Weather did not have a factor in this as it was summer. Crack continued to spread even after the vehicle was parked in a garage. Crack spread with very little pressure applied to the windshield. Believe that the windshield was not…

    ODI 11019128

  • July 5, 2017 · 5,889 miles

    Visibility/Wiper

    Interstate drive- 70mph. No traffic within at least 0.5 mile ahead. Multiple vehicles behind. No overpasses or overhanging signs or structures. Sudden, extremely loud noise followed by wind noise. Exited first opportunity. Panoramic sunroof shattered with large section missing above passenger seat. Minimal glass above sunroof screen. No foreign objects under glass atop the screen. At the time of explosion cars…

    ODI 11004940

  • May 28, 2017 · 6,200 miles

    Visibility/Wiper

    Bought this 2017 highlander brand-new from the dealer. It had 67 miles on the odometer. Within a few thousand miles, a stone chipped the windshield and within days the windshield was a spider's nest of spreading cracks all across up and down the windshield. I bought a new 2015 highlander from the same dealer and had the exact same problem after just a few thousand miles. I believe toyota slanted the hood of the…

    ODI 10994221

  • May 12, 2017 · 250 miles

    Visibility/Wiper

    I am experiencing excessive amounts of glare from the windshield. The vehicle was purchased new in may of 2017. I initially had tint applied to the windshield for medical reasons and thought maybe it was causing an interaction with the glass itself. After having the tint removed, i am still experiencing this excessive glare.

    ODI 11013576

Catalog parts for this system

Catalog year/make/model rows for 2017 Toyota Highlander.

Catalog fitment does not by itself prove OEM-equivalent compatibility.