2016 Toyota Highlander brakes problems
19 complaints about brakes have been filed for the 2016 Toyota Highlander, which is 14% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 19 14% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 27,000 miles 14 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 7 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 5 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When brakes problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 4 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 8 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 2 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 14 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 26,000 miles, and 86% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 7 crashes, 5 injuries.
What owners wrote
My wife was driving with our two daughters (ages 12 and 14). It had just started to snow and my wife said the road was slippery she put the car into low gear and traveled slowly. She was right around the corner from our house when she could no longer control the vehicle. She hit a tree, a fence, and then two more trees, traveling more than 600 feet.
Brakes have a slight vibration when traveling at high speeds in the city and someone is stopped on the freeway. My lights have dimmed dramatically since I first purchased new. The passenger side daytime running light is full of moisture. Most importantly, the temperature sensor and/or AC fan/motor is halfway functioning at 38k! By this, I mean that the AC in the front of the car kicks on and off in the middle of cooling and it blows 50% of what it did when I bought the car. Convenient toyota?