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2008 Toyota Highlander stability control problems

Owners reported stability control problems in 15 complaints for the 2008 Toyota Highlander, 3% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
15 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
128,000 miles 13 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When stability control problems show up

Stability control complaints by mileage, 2008 Toyota Highlander Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 128,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 0 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 2 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 2 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 128,000 miles
Based on 13 complaints that include mileage. 38% 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 miles2
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles0
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles2
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles2

What the data shows

Of the 13 stability control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 128,000 miles, and 38% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the stability control complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

We have a 2008 toyota highlander with intermittent failure of the anti-lock brakes and vehicle stability control system (abs/vsc). For no apparent reason, the abs/vsc will malfunction and brakes operate incorrectly. It is an intermittent problem that comes an goes. We have almost had an accident in the snow in ohio. We have had the car into the dealer 4x without resolution since nobody knows what is wrong. It has been an ongoing issue since it started jan 2010.

Reported at 29,000 miles, January 2010

At toyota, we are dedicated to providing vehicles of outstanding quality and value. As part of our continual efforts to ensure customer satisfaction, toyota would like to advise you of a voluntary customer support program that has been initiated for your vehicle. Toyota has received reports regarding certain internal malfunctions of the brake actuator assembly in certain 2008-2010 model year highlander hybrid vehicles.

Reported at 162,000 miles, September 2019

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