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2004 Toyota Highlander stability control problems

Owners reported stability control problems in 17 complaints for the 2004 Toyota Highlander, 5% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
17 5% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
60,000 miles 17 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When stability control problems show up

Stability control complaints by mileage, 2004 Toyota Highlander Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 60,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 4 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 60,000 miles
Based on 17 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.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles2
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles4
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 17 stability control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 60,000 miles, and 47% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

While traveling through a highway construction zone my car suddenly became hard to steer, and my speed became greater, tried to (break) decelerate the car began sliding out of control-plowing into the road construction barriers part lodged in front passenger windshield. The car went through the ditch became airborne through a rod iron fence shattered the rear second-row right side window spun out , and came to rest just feet from the some pileings.

Reported at 250,000 miles, September 2020 CrashInjury

The car's vsc (vehicle skid control) system activated on a dry straight road. The brakes went on and reduced the speed to about 5MPH, making the car undrivable. Glad this didn't happen in traffic. The car was turned off, and restarted, and I could get it to about 10MPH, and then it would apply the brakes quickly and reduced power no-matter what the throttle position was, and the car was limited to about 5MPH.

Reported at 86,210 miles, December 2008

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