Toyota Highlander Change Vehicle

“Failed completely. Will not accept CDs,play them or eject them”

“CD changer 'ate' CD. Entire unit replaced under warranty”

“same problem the amplifier”

“rejects cd's in properly”

“Problems in cold weather for a few years, finally failed completely this past winter”

“CD player occasionally malfunctioned: display beame hard to see, press random bottoms that would cause CD player ejecting all CDs in the CD player. I had the problem since purchase, but whenever I went to dealership, they could never find it since the incidences are rare. I have learned to live with it, but it is quite annoying”

“Affected by the previous issue”

“Hard to see. Very small, poorly illuminated, hard to see under bright conditions”

“not USble due to reflections”

“It is the same issue. The amplifier affected the external device interface and the CD player”

“Auxillary output not working”

“It's not intuitive”

“System has poor location ability based on address. Known addresses or streets fail to show and must be located manually using the map. System sometimes sends you off direct route an in circles. Voice controls are useless at recognizing my voice comm”

“back up view not greatest”

“Voice system is terrible and unusable”

“Blue tooth device beaped incesantly and had to be replaced early on”

“Poor pairing and poor reception”

“The blue tooth would not work, was not able to receive calls without a great amount of static”

“Bluetooth pairing with phone not working”

“Radio has been working 99% of the time but has not worked the other 1%. It has been going on since the car was purchased”

“Radio stopped working (CD is integral part of radio). Radio was out of warranty. $1600 to replace radio. Installed aftermarket radio with GPS system for less$”

“there is no volume control. the radio, CD, bluetooth, and navigation system only play at full volume. Can not use any of those systems due to the lack of volume control”

“Volume knob sporadically stops working. Display screen freezes or becomes a jumble of letters/numbers. Satellite radio stops working”

“Radio went out at 38000 miles. Since the car was over 2 years old, was not covered by warranty. With all the issues, feel Toyota does not stand behind their vehicles”

“Radio problems first intermittent then failed - was advised I needed a new radio and it wasn't covered under warranty. Changed to a refurbished radio and it still din't work so they did more tests and found it to be the amplifier a cost of over $1,00”

“Radio works fine but gives static when I shift to a gear”

“Amplifier went out. Toyota wanted over $5,000 to replace the entire entertainment system. This after owning the car about 5 years”

“problems with tuning of stations - knobs on radio are messed up and wont work properly”

“The LCD display occasionally malfunctions”

“This is the second radio I have had installed by the dealership. Both this one, and the original, both experienced the same problem. The display goes "crazy" and looks like a row of triangles not showing the stations. The player will randomly eject the cd”

“Cracked front passenger door speaker”

“The speaker in the front passenger door failed. I purchased a replacement from Crutchfield”

“Speed gauge stopped working”

“Low beam burned out on right headlight”

“Had to replace the entire headlight fixture because of a broken plastic piece. The bulbs in both have burnt out very quickly”

“The lightbulbs keep buring out every 4-6 months”

“trunk ajar signal said rear hatch was open when actually it was closed. Dealer found faulty switch and replaced it”

“There is a short somewhere in the electrical system which Toyota cannot find. 1/6 times my battery is dead in the morning”

“Interior lights will not go one. Toyota will not do the work undery extended warenty and could not tell me how much it would cost to repair”

“Despite being turned off, light continued to drain battery. Switch had to be replaced”

“Have to use key to open door and manually open all door locks”

“rear door locks refuse to open”

“Battery for the Key Fob would drain after 3-4 months continuously”

“Remote control power door locks have gotten sporadic. $1,500 estimate to repair. Issues with doors vary”

“Had to replace electric door lock actuators on 3 of 4 doors at over $500 each”

“It only works half the time yet the dealership says nothing is wrong and it always works for them”

“faulty sensor”

“It will turn on during and is difficult to keep reset at times”

“tire pressure monitor goes on periodically even though when tires are checked manually by dealer, the pressure is fine”

“Goes on and stays on even when the tire pressure is correct for all tires”

“quit working in 2016. though occurred after installing new tires so could have been damaged by installer”

“Toyota mechanic was unable to diagnosed the anti-skid light coming on while stopped. Took to another Toyota dealer and found the problem to be a corroded connector”

“Persistent rear hatch warning indicating that the hatch is open when it is actually closed & latched. Dealer Cost to repair by replacing latch is $800. On-line comments indicate that the problem can be fixed by cleaning grease off latch mechanism, but dealer won't do this”

“Warning light and bonging sound that the back hatch was open. Cost $800 to fix it at dealer”

“Rear window wiper failed and drivers power window came off track Rear hatch gas shocks failed”

“Rear power hatch control arm broke. Rear wiper has stopped working”

“Rear window washer has stopped working. Have managed not getting it repaired thus far but will have to see”

“The power lift gate arm has detached twice due to a stripped male and female threads at the point it attaches to the gate. There seems to be no good way to replace/repair the nut welded to the interior of the gate body. I will likelly have to have it”

“Rear hatch stuck. After opened by dealer the power lift gate no longer works and told it would require replacing entire lift gate at over $1400”

“water leak”

“Rear hatch will not open electrically from either the local or remote switch. Local mechanic indicates that there is a broken gear inside the rear hatch that is broken”

“The back hatch can open with either the wholr door or the glass only. the glass only supports are jammed and the window won't open. The car has extended warranty and has been serviced regularly by Toyota and they won't cover the repair costs”

“The gas-assisted lifts on the tailgate do not raise the tailgate to full height, especially when the temperature is below 40F. Replacements are expensive!”

“The arm connecting the tailgate to the tailgate operating motor broke away from the tailgate. To fix it, I had to drill and tap the hole in the tailgate and rethread the arm”

“Toyota repaired the rear hatch of my Highlander as the hinge was separating from the frame and the auto-close feature of my rear hatch wasn't working. This caused 4 days of downtime on my car”

“Power tailgate lift stopped working, initially told it was not covered under warranty and would cost around 3 to 4 thousand dollars. After complaint to Toyota customer service, repaired for free”

“The rubber gasket (seal)around the opening of the tailgate has come off on several occasions. They finally used some type of very strong adhesive to hold it in place”

“repeated problems with automatic liftgate . .. toyota finally issued an extended warranty to fix our problem for free :)”

“My rear automatic rear hatch does not close all the way. I changes the piston arms but did not fix. There is now a recall being planned”

“Window has come off the track”

“Drivers side window broke down inside door panel. Required ordering a new window, opening up door panel. Was an expensive fix right after purchasing car”

“window came off track”

“The electric window has two bolts that hold it in place. They had loosen over the 6 years that we have had the vehicle and the window would hot close properly without help”

“Dr window”

“Driver's window came loose from mounting and wouldn't raise or lower correctly”

“Passenger door window slipped off track more than once”

“The bolt holding the electric window motor broke and required to be replaced”

“Bolt in driver side front window mechanism failed and caused inability of window to open or close”

“Driver-side window went down and then would not fully close. Toyota dealer was basically non-responsive to the problem. Called our local auto shop who quickly addressed the issue-protecting the car from rain damage and fixing the problem days before the Toyota dealer could even look at it”