2025 Toyota Highlander problems and complaints

Owners have filed 9 complaints with NHTSA about the 2025 Toyota Highlander. The most-reported areas: Vehicle Speed Control (2), Forward Collision Avoidance (2), Unknown Or Other (2).

Key takeaways

  • 9 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.
Complaints by component
ComponentComplaintsShare
Vehicle Speed Control222%
Forward Collision Avoidance222%
Unknown Or Other222%
Electrical System111%
Steering111%
Visibility111%
Engine And Engine Cooling111%
Service Brakes111%
Seat Belts111%

One complaint can name several components, so shares add up to more than 100%.

NHTSA 5-Star crash ratings
VersionOverallFrontSideRollover
2025 Toyota HIGHLANDER SUV AWD5/54/55/54/5
2025 Toyota HIGHLANDER SUV FWD5/54/55/54/5

Latest complaints, as filed

Owner-written and unverified by NHTSA.

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...

Steering - filed 2026-07-16

[XXX] was turning left onto [XXX] from [XXX]. Two lanes turn left. She was in the inside lane. The traffic light was red, and when it turned green, she started to turn. Partway through the turn, the steering became unresponsive. She couldn't get it to turn left, and she could not complete the turn, and crashed int...

Visibility - filed 2026-06-03

The contact owns a 2025 Toyota Highlander. The contact stated that while she and her husband were driving at 60 MPH, she heard a loud explosion noise from above her head and felt air whipping on top of her head. The contact stated that the sunroof exploded; however, the sunroof shield prevented the glass from entering ...

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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.