Toyota HIGHLANDER HYBRID brakes problems
428 complaint narratives mention brakes terms.
Key facts
824 owner complaints analyzed
26 distinct recall campaigns
90,000 mi median reported failure mileage
Scope: 2004 to 2025 model years. Data snapshot: . 732 complaints include usable failure mileage.
Braking behavior evidence
428 of 824 complaints match this topic (51.9%). The keyword filter can include complaints that mention a transmission without reporting its failure. View matching rules.
Owner report 10175884 · 2006-12-11 (December 11, 2006)
HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING BRAKING PROBLEMS ... DRIVING IN TRAFFIC OR COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP FAIRLY QUICKLY (I.E. STOP SIGN), THE BRAKE ENGAGES ... LETS GO FOR A SECOND... CATCHES, CAR STOPS. THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, BUT IT BEGAN HAPPENING QUITE FREQUENTLY ... TOOK IT TO TOYOTA. THEY CHANGED THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS ON THE FRONT ... SINCE THERE WAS A TECHNICAL BULLETIN ON THE NEWER MODEL, BUT NOT MINE. RIVING ON A SERVICE ROAD ... 55-60 MPH ... THE CAR STARTS SLOWING DOWN BY ITSELF ... CONSTANTLY.. KEPT SPEEDING UP AND IT KEPT SLOWING…
Owner-reported narrative. 15,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10175884 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 10226120 · 2008-04-30 (April 30, 2008)
DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT A SLOW SPEED DUE TO TRAFFIC, AROUND 20 MPH. THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME UNEXPECTEDLY CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. I HAD 2 CAR LENGTHS AND PUT ON THE BRAKES, BUT THE CAR NEVER "GRABBED"--I JUST SLOWED AND COASTED INTO THE BACK OF THE CAR AHEAD OF ME. BECAUSE THE ABS ON A HYBRID DOES NOT KICK IN UNTIL THE CAR REACHES 25 MPH, MY CAR WAS BUSY REGENERATING POWER FROM THE BRAKES RATHER THAN DOING A QUICK, EMERGENCY STOP. NOW I AM LIABLE FOR THE DAMAGE TO THE CAR AHEAD OF ME THAT I REAR-ENDED, AND I AM CONCERNED THAT I WOULD NOT …
Owner-reported narrative. 35,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10226120 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 10226607 · 2008-05-04 (May 4, 2008)
VEHICLE STARTED TO LOOSE BRAKE PRESSURE WHEN GOING DOWN HILL OR MOVING AHEAD SLOWLY AS IN A FAST FOOD REST LINE. THE BRAKES WOULD HOLD AT FIRST THEN LOOSE PRESSURE TO A POINT WERE YOU HAD TO PUSH HARDER ON THE PEDAL TO MAKE THEM WORK. THIS WOULD HAPPEN ON A HILL WHICH WOULD TAKE YOU BY SURPRISE AND CAUSE THE CAR TO BE OUT OF CONTROL UNTIL YOU PUSHED HARDER ON THE BRAKE. IF A CAR WAS COMING FROM ANOTHER INTERSECTION YOU WOULD NOT HAVE TIME TO STOP YOUR CAR AND COULD CAUSE A ACCIDENT. WHILE IN A LINE AT THE DRIVE THRU THE BRAKE PRESSURE LET GO A…
Owner-reported narrative. 10,800 miles reported. Look up ODI 10226607 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 10230201 · 2008-06-07 (June 7, 2008)
WE DROVE OUR 2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID HOME FROM TOWN AT ABOUT 7:00 P.M. ON A COOL EVENING, (SIX MILES) 1/2 MILE IS A FAIRLY STEEP HILL TO CLIMB. ON PULLING INTO THE DRIVEWAY AND STOPPING I NOTICED A BURNING SMELL AND TOLD MY HUSBAND I THOUGHT THE BRAKES WERE HOT. AFTER A COUPLE MINUTES HE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM AROUND THE HOOD. HE OPENED IT AND THERE WERE FLAMES COMING FROM THE LOWER CENTER AREA OF THE ENGINE UNDER THE RADIATOR HOSE. HE GOT A FIRE EXTINGUISHER FROM THE GARAGE AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE FOLLOWING MORNING WE HAD…
Owner-reported narrative. 25,590 miles reported. Look up ODI 10230201 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 10252135 · 2008-12-17 (December 17, 2008)
HI, THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID BRAKING, THE BRAKING SYSTEM DOESN'T WORK PROPERLY AND AND VEHICLE MOVES FORWARD AND THIS IS INTERMITTENT. IT BEEN RECURRING FOR SOME TIME AND THE DEALERSHIP(TOYOTA OF HACKENSACK) WON'T ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE AD ARE DISMISSIVE TO DOWNRIGHT DISRESPECTFUL . WHEN YOU BRAKE ST TIMES THE VEHICLE CONTINUES FORWARD LIKE THE BRAKES ARE NOT HOLDING OR NO BRAKES BEING APPLIED. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE LINKS BELOW ITS NOT AN ISOLATED ISSUE. HTTP://WWW.HYBRIDCARS.COM/FORUMS/TOYOTA-HIGHLANDER-HYBRID-T404…
Owner-reported narrative. 40,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10252135 at NHTSA ↗