Toyota Highlander Change Vehicle

"No codes but bakes make noise when applied. If the antilock relay is removed the noise stops"

"ABS failed because one of the tone rings in one of the wheel axle (rear passenger side) was broken. Also the ABS sensor for that wheel had to be replaced - apparently due to the seized caliper. A very expensive job. ABS very noisy on this vehicle"

"left rear caliper frozen; part not available at dealer. Toyota part very expensive"

"Frozen caliper had to be replaced"

"Right front caliper locked after 183000 Miles. Repair included new calipers, rotors, and brake fluid flush/refill. Friction from the locked caliper overheated the brake fluid, and destroyed the rotor. Since brakes are replaced in pairs, the cost was very high. At my current lineage, I can’t really complain. The car is a rock star."

"none out of the ordinary"

"Time for new front brakes"

"new disc brakes"

"Very expensive routine brake work. Normal for age of vehicle"

"needed new brake pads"

"Needed brake job. Normal"

"Normal wear"

"This was the first brake job I had to have done since purchasing vehicle with 35K miles on it."

"Parking brake cable froze. Cable needed to be loosened and lubricated"

"Corrosion and expensive to replace. Old car."

"Parking brake does not hold sufficiently to pass inspection"

"This car has had multiple brake repairs for sticking calipers that have ruined rotors. Twice about 2 to 3 months after the 12 month dealer repair warranty for repairs. NOT HAPPY"

"The front brakes had been replaced 12 months ago--total brake work including resurfacing of rotors and new calipers and brake pads. Recently had the same work done again and had to pay again. Car vibrates badly when front brakes are worn. Also, rot"

"front rotors make noise going over rough roads"

"rear rotors replaced at about 80000 miles"

"Entire rotor knuckle had to be replaced due to rust"

"experienced twice now, with warped front brake rotors. first time I had a brake shop remove them and turn them flat again. withing a year, they warped again. so this time I ordered in new rotors and since I was doing that I replaced the pads as well,"

"braking"

"Rotors rusted from lack of regular use"

"Brakes were making quite a loud noise regularly"

"Rusted brake rotors"

"Each time I press the brake I hear a grinding sound"

"Just routine wear and tear - rust at the connection to the muffler."

"Front flexible exhaust pipe leaked and needed replacing."

"Muffler and pipes have had to be replaced twice, 2nd recently"

"Check engine light comes on. Take it to the dealer for inspection. Dealer finds a hole in the exhaust pipe next to catalytic converter and can't fix the leak without replacing the converter though nothing is wrong with it. Big bucks, over $700. D"

"This is the original exhaust system on this car, minor leaks have occurred that are quickly remedied by my mechanic"

"rusted out"

"Due to the street salt applied in the Cleveland (OH) area, over time, there were several perforations in the manifold resulting in accelerated deterioration. It thus make a loud noise, and will not likely pass emission inspection come renewal of the"

"Oxigen sensor on manifold needed replacement. Sensor was only $125, but the manifold needed to be retapped for a total of $300"

"Wore out"

"The Y exhaust manifold developed a hole from rusting that required it to be replaced to eliminate the noise coming from the engine compartment. Completed April 2020."

"mufflers rust from salt in winter. After market parts are not good"

"makes a noise"

"Original equipment. Suddenly became very noisywith a hole in the muffiler, @204000"

"Muffler finally went after 220000 km,, this is th first replacement muffler"

"Front muffler failed due to age"

"flexible pipe near engine had a small leak and made noise"

"Replaced because of corrosion"

"broken flange behind muffler"

"A small leak developed in the mid pipe area"

"Cracked pipes and joints had to be professionally repaired"

"The exhaust pipe rotted away at the clamp before the muffler"

"paint and coating are coming off roof and hood."

"Clear coat is peeling and paint is fading on hood and some side areas"

"clear coat is pealing"

"The gold paint is chipping and peeling in various locations throughout the exterior of the SUV"

"with plastic bumper cover any little bump causes paint to chip off"

"Some paint fading below front head lights"

"Paint peeling on roof and hood"

"the paint in the top and the hood"

"We live in a rural area, don't really care about the paint job."

"Fading, clear coat is gone and rust spots on doors"

"Paint was doing all of the above, resulting in signs of rust"

"Clear coat faded and peeled. Underlying paint is dull"

"Clear coat is peeling"

"Paint on hood cracking/peeling just aft of windshield. Car parked outside on street"

"My factory installed tow hitch rust so badly that one day while towing my 700 lb trailer, the thing became detached on the left side and started to drag on the ground."

"extreme rust in area where windshield meets roof. Has caused related issues with windshield stress and cracks"

"Starts to develop rust in the back top area where rack is"

"Engine light stays on. Not able to get resolved. One mechanic thought it wasn't worth the cost to pursue further"

"Check engine light comes on. Replaced air fuel ratio sensor. Light came on again. Replaced gas cap. Light came on again, computer reset. Light came on again. I am ignoring it."

"2020 Spring. Knock sensor or wiring harness became defective which cause the computer to put the car in a protected mode. Transmission would not shift into high gear. Expensive to replace."

"harmonic balancer came apart, ruined timing belt cover and two belts replaced knock sensors, trouble shifting into OD"

"Broken mount needed replacing"

"It used oil and it didn't appear to leak, just oil level would decrease especially on long trips."

"In May 2019: Valve cover seal had a minor leak, as discovered by dealer during other maintenance work: No burnt oil in exhaust (i.e. no blue smoke nor odor from exhaust), no oil leaks onto ground, Highlander performing well. Valve cover seal was to be done at next maintenance overhaul (in approx month). However, about 10 days later, one cylinder started misfiring that resulted in loss of spark plug, ignition coils. When those parts were replaced, cylinder failed compression test. Cost of manual engine disassembly or replacement engine was deemed prohibitive due to age of vehicle."

"oil leaks and heavy smoking at start up, we are told there is excessive buildup in the engine for these years of toyota"

"may be that after oil. change it was not properly sealed - ongoing problem"

"Upper oil pan leaked. expensive fix"

"Engine is burning oil excessively; 1-2 quarts per week during mixed city-highway driving. Apparently, the valve covers are defective from this model year. New style covers are reported to fix the problem. I have them on order and plan on installing them this summer. Hopefully, this will sort out the problem."

"Head gasket seeping oil. Will live with it for a while."

"I have to add oil often as there seems to be an oil leak"

"Upper seal leak between engine and transmission,"

"Valve cover gaskets needed to be replaced"

"Replacing a rear motor seal solved this problem"

"Had the oil gasket and valve cover gasket replaced"

"Seal on third brake light wore out & water leaked into vehicle when it rained"

"In Feb. of this year, while driving down an uneven road, my right rear window came off it's track and slipped down out of sight into the door. The 45 miles that I had to drive to get back home, were very cold."

"There is leaking on driver's window when rain is heavy."

"The Highlander is 12 years old. The seals wore and cracked. I had oil leaks. They had to be replaced at $1100"

"Rattling noise when first started cold. Goes away after driving a few miles."

"Rear Lift Gate or Window rattle.while traveling on rough road"

"Plastic components on interior of vehicle squeak in cold weather. Also a few rattles on bumpy surfaces"

"We love this car. Been very reliable. Perfect size. New ones are too big."

"Seals are worn out"

"Actually, overall road noise. Some caused by wind, other by contact with road"

"Much wind noise at highway speeds"

"All exterior brake lights failed repeatedly over last year. Tag lights and both left and right rear brake lights"

"Electrical connectors for the brake lights (on each side) went bad"

"The wiring on one rear brake light is faulty. Replacing the bulb did not fix the problem"

"continuing problem with bulbs lasting in right rear brake light, running light system"

"Took 3 visits to correct tail lights not working"

"Two problems: 1. Headlight wires very short; difficult to change headlamp bulbs if necessary. 2. Light bulb assembly shorted out socket on driver's side. Caused me to have mechanic pull all the electrical wires, related to headlights, on driver's side to check for shorts."

"Horn is very stupid on this vehicle - barely can't hear it. Also stupid is the exhaust system - whole exhaust pipe had to be replaced because of the leaking flexi (flexible joint). The heater sensor is hard to control - going from very cold to very h"

"The interior dome light doesn't work all the time"

"Ridiculous system for monitoring; needs to be discarded or complete redesign."

"check engine light came on, was bad gas cap"

"Had to replace the transmission at 152,000. $4000 because AWD. Would have been $2000 if just front wheel drive"

"Transmission completely failed at 175k thoUSnd miles. Replacement cost was $5200. Shop told me that transmissions on these AWD Highlanders and older Lexus with the same transmission fail often"

"Transmission died at about 130k miles and had to be replaced"

"Not a good year for this vehicle. Engine block, transmission, engine mount all gone bad over the years. High dollar repairs"

"trans would not engage"

"Highlander Trans. Wad slipping badly..had to replace"

"Ran over something, heard a loud bang, then transmission started slipping. Within 20 more miles, the trans broke apart"

"head bolts pulled out of block. this is a known problem with this engine. toyota offered no monetary help"

"Engine leaking oil like crazy beginning at 150k miles. Not why we bought a Toyota"

"Chose not to do this 3,000 repair. Filling up with oil regularly instead. Common problem with 2002 Highlander. Thanks Toyota!!!!"

"A very common problem in 2AZ-FE engines where the aluminium block threads are stripped and the coolant leaks with out the owner knowing. This is because there is a large foam block under the plastic in take manifold that absorbs the coolant. Because there is no tell-tail signs of coolant on the ground it goes unnoticed till there is a major failure. This is not isolated to the 4 cylinder Highlander. It affects every other 4 cylinder vehicle that Toyota manufactured from 2002-2006. Which is a"

"The problem was the Engine light could not be reset. That led to finding the muffler & catalytic converter replacement. When the engine light still was on the injectors were replaced, probably unnecessarily, before they found a loose wire."

"Moderate leakage"

"Timing belt was worn and making noise running over the pulleys"

"There is a board in the dash behind the radio with a computer that controls all the heat a/c defrost controls that totally failed and had to be replaced. very expensive"

"Climat control failed, could not turn off the heat. Had to replace the "computer"/sensor system. $1,100"

"Vehicle Skid Control light came on. Sensor replaced at dealer at cost of $300 fixed the problem. No repeats."

"Noise at increased speed. Had replaced with salvaged part."

"Sensor located on firewall malfunctioned causing the light on my instrument panel to flicker, would occasionally slip out of reverse and would cause cruise control to shut off"