16V396000
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER
If damaged, the copper strand heating element may short circuit, increasing the risk of a fire.
2005 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER
5 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 289 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns5
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints289
Complaints citing a crash50
Complaints citing a fire8
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 5 of 5
11V539000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
IN SOME CASES, THE BELT FOR THE POWER STEERING PUMP MAY BECOME DETACHED FROM THE PULLEY WHICH COULD RESULT IN A LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND A SUDDEN INCREASE IN STEERING EFFORT, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
11V112000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
IF THIS OCCURS, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL MAY TEMPORARILY BECOME STUCK IN A PARTIALLY DEPRESSED POSITION RATHER THAN RETURN TO THE IDLE POSITION. A STUCK ACCELERATOR PEDAL MAY RESULT IN UNINTENDED AND SUSTAINED VEHICLE SPEEDS AND MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO STOP, INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH.
10V499000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
A LEAK OF BRAKE FLUID COULD LEAD TO A CHANGE IN BRAKE PEDAL FEEL AND OVERTIME A DEGRADATION IN BRAKING PERFORMANCE INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
10V035000
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
THIS DOES NOT MEET THE STANDARD REQUIREMENTS.
What owners report most
- 33VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 27POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
- 22ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 21STEERING
- 17POWER TRAIN
- 13VISIBILITY
- 12SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- 8VISIBILITY/WIPER
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2005 TOYOTA HIGHLANDERs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.