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2006 Toyota Highlander Hybrid lighting problems

15 complaints about lighting have been filed for the 2006 Toyota Highlander Hybrid, which is 3% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
15 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
68,000 miles 14 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 4
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When lighting problems show up

Lighting complaints by mileage, 2006 Toyota Highlander Hybrid Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 68,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 6 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 4 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 68,000 miles
Based on 14 complaints that include mileage. 43% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles0
20k to 40k miles0
40k to 60k miles6
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles4
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 14 lighting complaints that report mileage, the median is about 68,000 miles, and 43% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 4 fires.

What owners wrote

Tl*the contact owns a 2006 toyota highlander hv. She noticed that there was a round circle around the lens area on both headlights. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where she was informed that the lens on both headlights were melting. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 51,000 and the current mileage was 51,876.

Reported at 51,000 miles, September 2010 Fire

I own two highlander hybrids, 2006. One was purchased in september 2005, the other in september 2006. On the older of the two, in front of the daytime running lights I have exactly the same melted plastic shown in multiple pictures I found online. On the newer one, you can see imperfections forming on one side, and a smaller fully melted area in the other. I am in touch with toyota and they are offering new lens parts and I must pay labor.

Reported at 40,000 miles, July 2006

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