2025 Toyota Highlander problems and complaints
Owners have filed 11 complaints with NHTSA about the 2025 Toyota Highlander. The most-reported areas: Vehicle Speed Control (3), Service Brakes (2), Forward Collision Avoidance (2).
Key takeaways
- 11 owner complaints on file with NHTSA.
- 2 involve a crash, 0 a fire, 1 reported injury.
- Complaints are unverified owner reports; recalls are confirmed defects.
| Component | Complaints | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Vehicle Speed Control | 3 | 27% |
| Service Brakes | 2 | 18% |
| Forward Collision Avoidance | 2 | 18% |
| Unknown Or Other | 2 | 18% |
| Seats | 1 | 9% |
| Electrical System | 1 | 9% |
| Steering | 1 | 9% |
| Visibility | 1 | 9% |
| Engine And Engine Cooling | 1 | 9% |
| Seat Belts | 1 | 9% |
One complaint can name several components, so shares add up to more than 100%.
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- Engine air filter
- Cabin air filter
- Wiper blades
- Headlight bulb
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| Version | Overall | Front | Side | Rollover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Toyota HIGHLANDER SUV AWD | 5/5 | 4/5 | 5/5 | 4/5 |
| 2025 Toyota HIGHLANDER SUV FWD | 5/5 | 4/5 | 5/5 | 4/5 |
Latest complaints, as filed
Owner-written and unverified by NHTSA.
Seats - filed 2026-10-29
The contact owns a 2025 Toyota Highlander. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 26V128000 (Seats); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The dealer was contacted and confirmed that parts were not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a rea...
Vehicle Speed Control,service Brakes - filed 2026-09-21
The contact owns a 2025 Toyota Highlander. The contact stated that while leaving the driveway at the doctor's office on a slope, the accelerator pedal was depressed while making a left turn, but the vehicle failed to move. The vehicle then rolled into traffic. The brake pedal was depressed, but the vehicle was slow to ...
Electrical System,vehicle Speed Control,forward Collision Avoidance - filed 2026-07-31
I was backing up the vechial accelerated the steering wheel was turning rapid & a grinding noise causing me too hit another vechial about a month before my husband was driving & the vechial accelerated going toward also we had had some issues with back camera not doing a warning signal with a object behind vechial when...
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More for the 2025 Toyota Highlander
Complaints are reports filed by owners with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. NHTSA publishes them without verifying them, and counts rise with how many cars were sold, so compare years of the same model rather than different models. Crash ratings are NHTSA's own 5-Star Safety Ratings results.