Major Problems with 2013 Toyota Highlander Derived from Complaints & Recalls

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Worst 3 complaints of 2013 Toyota Highlander

2013 Toyota Highlander VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL Victims: 1 Mileage: 12356 miles

2013 Toyota Highlander AIR BAGS Victims: 1 Mileage: 37000 miles

2013 Toyota Highlander WHEELS Victims: 1 Mileage: 100000 miles

Browse 2013 Toyota Highlander complaints by category

Problems with STEERING, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL and ENGINE are the most frequent issues recorded by the NHTSA from Toyota Highlander owners.

Problem Category	Number of Problems
STEERING the 2013 highlander was serviced in florida monday 10/27 for 15000 miles service today my sister was driving since service...	40 ~ 48947 miles
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL vehicle hesitates when accelerating. does not happen all the time when trying to get vehicle up to highway speed will...	30 ~ 11357 miles
ENGINE vehicle hesitates when accelerating. does not happen all the time when trying to get vehicle up to highway speed will...	23 ~ 12025 miles
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM at totally random times after a few miles of driving or 100 miles vehicle hesitates when accelerating. most annoying and...	22 ~ 30364 miles
UNKNOWN OR OTHER july 20 2013 i pushed the ignition button to turn off the engine. i exited the vehicle and immediately...	16 ~ 40802 miles
BODY > STRUCTURE tl the contact owns a 2013 toyota highlander. the contact stated while driving 55 mph the vehicle suddenly accelerated. the...	12 ~ 34946 miles
SERVICE BRAKES my wife was maneuvering the suv into small area parking lot onto a corner space on the first forward and...	12 ~ 36287 miles
AIR BAGS pulling into parking space - brakes applied - car lurched forward (unintended acceleration) - brakes did not engage - car	11 ~ 32126 miles
POWER TRAIN i bought a 2013 toyota highlander in october 2012 and never noticed any problem until early in 2014. when i...	10 ~ 14350 miles
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM occasional throttle no response when trying to accelerate moderately from a stop or from a very low speed (i.e.-coasting around...	9 ~ 57346 miles
SEATS tl* the contact owns a 2013 toyota highlander. the contact stated that while driving 30 mph she depressed the brakes...	6 ~ 22517 miles
VISIBILITY/WIPER i took delivery of a brand new toyota highlander limited with a defective windshield. there was a distortion in the...	5 ~ 5331 miles
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE when driving the vehicle at 35mph when you step on the gas pedal there's a delay on acceleration especially when	4 ~ 96121 miles
EXTERIOR LIGHTING i purchased the toyota highlander in december of 2012. immediately we knew something was wrong with the headlights. they are...	4 ~ 9100 miles
WHEELS tl* the contact owns a 2013 toyota highlander. while driving approximately 35 mph the contact t-boned another vehicle on the...	2 ~ 98000 miles
SEAT BELTS i was cutoff by another driver in heavy traffic and hit my brakes to avoid hitting the driver in front...	2 ~ 36775 miles
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL the complaint has to do with computer systems on this vehicle. some of the complaint is convenience but worrisome because...	2 ~ 30563 miles
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING burnt smell coming from the ac vents which happens most of the time the after the noted first time of...	2 ~ 5000 miles
TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE > TIRES dear sir i purchased a new 2013 toyota highlander. the spare tire is mounted under the vehicle & held in...	2 ~ 5000 miles
HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE > BODY > STRUCTURE tl* the contact owns a 2013 toyota highlander. while the vehicle was being reversed the hatchback open warning light illuminated....	1 ~ 39000 miles
PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS > TIRES my problem is with the low tire warning system. my issue is that you cannot manually reset this warning light...	1 ~ 35000 miles
EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY starting this summer our 2013 toyota highlander was having a terrible odor coming from the ac. went to dealer and...	1
AIR CONDITIONER > APPLIANCE > EQUIPMENT tl* the contact owns a 2013 toyota highlander. while the vehicle was parked the contact discovered that the carpet was...	1 ~ 23000 miles
STRUCTURE water is leaking into the vehicle soaking carpet and electronics. can be a damaged windshield. worried about safety on roads.	1 ~ 26500 miles
SUSPENSION vehicle was proceeding through an intersection under a green light. a vehicle traveling the cross road proceeded through their red...	1 ~ 37000 miles
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC on september 12 2014 my wife was pulling into a parking space at her doctor's office. the space include a...	1 ~ 12356 miles
POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS > VISIBILITY while driving on the highway my son opened the rear passenger window when he opened the window the noise and...	1 ~ 800 miles
HEADLIGHTS > EXTERIOR LIGHTING tl* the contact owns a 2013 toyota highlander. the contact stated that while driving 55 mph the vehicle suddenly stalled....	1 ~ 16000 miles
NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM) > ELECTRICAL > EQUIPMENT while driving to michigan from illinois while using vehicle build in jbl navigation unit on a newly purchased 2013 toyota...	1 ~ 300 miles

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