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2002 Toyota Highlander wipers, windshield & visibility problems

Owners reported wipers, windshield & visibility problems in 140 complaints for the 2002 Toyota Highlander, 42% of the complaints on file. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
140 42% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
64,000 miles 98 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When wipers, windshield & visibility problems show up

Wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by mileage, 2002 Toyota Highlander Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 64,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 7 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 14 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 25 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 17 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 18 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 8 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 7 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 64,000 miles
Based on 98 complaints that include mileage. 47% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
View the numbers
MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles7
20k to 40k miles14
40k to 60k miles25
60k to 80k miles17
80k to 100k miles18
100k to 120k miles8
120k to 140k miles7
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 98 wipers, windshield & visibility complaints that report mileage, the median is about 64,000 miles, and 47% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the wipers, windshield & visibility complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

While driving a toyota highlander, that we leased on 01/08/2002, we noticed that the vehicle has a problem: when the windows on the rear doors are lowered, the vehicle makes a very loud turbulance noise and vibration occurs, that makes the vehicle difficult to steer. On 01/12/2002, accompanied by my brother-in-law, we visited toyota of cerritos, where I had leased the toyota highlander, and advised them of this problem.

January 2002

Driver/s side sun visor will not stay up. While driving, it suddenly drops obscuring my vision and putting the driver at extreme risk for an accident (impaired vision of the road). There is no apparent way to fix this problem short of replacing the sun visor (estimated cost of approx. $700 per blogs). This problem has been experienced by many owners of 2002 highlanders as exemplified via "complaint" postings.

Reported at 80,000 miles, April 2012

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