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2010 Toyota Highlander wipers, windshield & visibility problems

Owners reported wipers, windshield & visibility problems in 43 complaints for the 2010 Toyota Highlander, 16% of the complaints on file. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
43 16% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
50,000 miles 36 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, 2010 Toyota Highlander Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 50,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 8 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 15 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 5 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 50,000 miles
Based on 36 complaints that include mileage. 69% 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 miles2
20k to 40k miles8
40k to 60k miles15
60k to 80k miles5
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 36 wipers, windshield & visibility complaints that report mileage, the median is about 50,000 miles, and 69% were reported before 60,000 miles.

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

What owners wrote

Immediately after purchasing our car, we noticed that the front windshield was defective. It has waves, causing vision distortion and headaches. We have contacted toyota and also had a toyota corp rep look at it, without us being present, and they simply deny this problem exists. We have compared it with other highlanders, and none have the same issue. The salespeople acknowledge a problem exists, but toyota will not fix it.

October 2009

The driver side sun visor does not retain its closed position. It falls down during driving and hinders visto ability of driver to see. Clearly a safety issue and a danger during driving time to the driver and other vehicles close to the driver.

Reported at 47,000 miles, August 2013

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