2007 Toyota Highlander Hybrid problems
Owners have filed 160 complaints with NHTSA about the 2007 Toyota Highlander Hybrid. Brakes is the most reported problem area, at 29% of complaints. After that come electrical system (18%) and cruise control (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 160 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 29% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 21 and 4
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 105,000 miles 149 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 14 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 15 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 13 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 10 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 15 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 30 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 22 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 11 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 12 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 6 |
What the data shows
Among the 149 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 105,000 miles. For brakes specifically, the median reported mileage is about 92,000 miles (41 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 21 complaints mention a crash; 4 complaints mention a fire; 3 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2007 ranks 3rd most-complained-about out of 5 model years of the Toyota Highlander Hybrid with enough data (59 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
I was in a head-on collision proceeding through an intersection when a toyota camry turned left in front of me and at the last minute tried to correct back to avoid me; but was unable to and hit me with the passenger's front corner of their vehicle directly into the front bumper of my toyota highlander hybrid, more towards the drivers side. Both cars were totaled and all of the camry's air bags deployed but none of mine deployed.
Car was parked in driveway and was stationary. Warming car up to get rid of frost on windshield. The car started on fire - total lost. 3 to 4 feet flames coming out of engine.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 toyota highlander. While driving 5 MPH when stopping the vehicle with her foot on the brake pedal the brakes malfunctioned. Within a few minutes, they began operating normally. The failure has occurred 20 to 30 times . The dealer has not been notified of the failure. No repairs were made to the vehicle. The failure mileage was 150. The current mileage was 17,859.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 toyota highlander hybrid. While driving approximately 50 MPH, the engine stalled, the vehicle shut off, and the check hybrid indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the hybrid inverter malfunctioned. The hybrid system needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact back to the dealer. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 140,000. The VIN was not provided.